from Jon Akers, executive director, Kentucky Center for School Safety (KCSS) As the 2011-12 school year begins, these reminders should help leaders and administrators put several safety-related matters on the radar screen early in the school year. Superintendents are encouraged to send this information along to all district principals. 1. Remind all school principals to review and update their school-based [...]
The Prichard Committee presented its highest recognition, its Award of Excellence, to Tim Hanner of the Kenton County school district. Hanner, 50, retired from the Kenton County schools in June due to medical concerns. He began serving as superintendent in 2006 and was named the Kentucky Association of School Administrators’ Superintendent of the Year in 2010. […]
From the Prichard Committee Teachers from school districts across Kentucky shared what they see as revolutionary new teaching strategies and lessons that will strengthen what students know in mathematics and language arts. What started as a pilot program in nine school districts will soon spread across the state – and to other states as well. An audience of 225 state [...]
Forty-eight Kentucky school principals will receive executive-level leadership training as participants in an institute being created and funded by the state’s business community through the Kentucky Chamber Foundation. The principals were chosen for pilot classes (two groups of 24 each) of the Leadership Institute for School Principals that will begin this summer at the nationally recognized Center for Creative Leadership [...]
Great by 8, a statewide initiative to educate and engage local communities to improve economic growth through advocacy for early education, is hosting a statewide summit June 21-22 in Louisville. The goal of Great by 8 is to expand and strengthen support to programs and services for Kentucky’s children from birth through age 8. The effort emphasizes building leadership capacity [...]
The 2011 Kentucky School Public Relations Association (KYSPRA) Fall Institute will focus on the essential elements of leadership and the development of skills that will take districts to the next level. Several leadership experts, motivational speakers and public relations (PR) skill-building experts are scheduled to appear, including: Stu Silberman, long-time Kentucky superintendent (Daviess and Fayette counties) and recently-named executive director [...]
Asbury University will be offering online leadership courses this fall including a Principal Leadership Program. Courses for the Principal Courses - Level I include: Leading Teaching and Learning Assessment/Monitoring Performance Collaborative Performance Appraisal Financial Resources/Personnel Selection Professional Learning Communities Financial Resources/Legal Responsibilities Leading Differentiated Instruction Organizational Structures Using Data/Student Achievement Capstone Project: School Improvement Level II courses include: Modeling Highly Effective [...]