Kentucky United We Learn Council focuses on ‘moonshot’ proposal during fall convening
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Kentucky United We Learn Council met for its regular fall convening on Nov. 2-3.
Working together with educators makes Bullitt Virtual Learning Academy thrive
Creating a virtual school is a tremendous undertaking in the best of times. Creating one during a pandemic, requires gumption.
2021 Kentucky Teacher of the Year launches Teachers Passing Notes project
Donnie Piercey’s life has been so consumed with helping his students survive COVID-era learning that he has had little time to think about much else. With the school year ending and a new opportunity on the horizon with the Kentucky Department of Education, he now has the chance to focus on his Teachers Passing Notes project.
Woodford County aims to retain teachers with induction program
Woodford County Public Schools has created a teacher induction program that is instilling a culture within the district that is making its teachers want to stay.
Boyle schools bridging the gap with SHARED learning model
Improving student engagement has led to increased achievement for special-needs students and those students who qualified for free- and reduced-price meals in Boyle County.
Solar eclipse demonstrates district’s capability to collaborate
Allen County plans to apply the lessons learned from planning for the recent total solar eclipse to future projects.
Educators invited to apply for CTEPS collaborative program
Teachers, interventionists and library media specialists are invited to join Classroom Teachers Enacting Positive Solutions (CTEPS) in a collaborative effort throughout the 2017-18 school year to create, research, implement and reflect on a plan to remove barriers to student learning. Teachers participating in the program will create, enact and reflect on a plan to solve a problem in a classroom, [...]
Teams invited to join Common Assignment System
The Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative invites teams of educators to participate in a professional learning and collaboration opportunity in Kentucky’s statewide Common Assignment System (CAS). The CAS brings together local educators as instructional leaders to develop units of study that embody the Kentucky Academic Standards and enhance literacy across the curriculum. The work began as a research study and is [...]
Improving their schools, one tweet at a time
Weekly virtual chats becoming increasingly popular for sharing ideas and innovations.
Algebra resource combines collaboration, competition
The Item Writers Algebra Readiness competition, a user-friendly tool that will allow teachers to collaborate and engage in competition as they help their students succeed in algebra, is now available online. The resource, the first in a series that will focus on innovative, open-source item development for formative use, is designed to help educators find and share items that are [...]