Donald Shively As befits a former chemistry teacher and assistant football coach, Paducah Independent Superintendent Donald Shively is adept at using numbers to gauge the progress of the district. In looking at the big picture, Shively likes the progress that’s been made toward students being college- and career-ready when they graduate. “We’ve gone from having 34 percent of [...]
Kyle Estes In his third year as superintendent, Kyle Estes is leading the Hancock County school district to embody the principles and practices of a champion organization as it prepares students for college, careers and life. As a part of the district’s mission, it is “committed to instilling and conducting ourselves with integrity, service, quality and trust.” There [...]
Jay Simmons The Carlisle County school district had a very successful year in 2013-14 despite the severe weather that kept us out of school for 19 days. Carlisle Co. Elementary School has continued to implement the new Kentucky Core Academic Standards in mathematics and English/language arts, and end-of-the- year MAP testing showed that a large percentage of students [...]
The next superintendents’ webcasts is scheduled for August 5 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET. Topics will include the national dropout conference, intervention tab, Superintendents’ Summit, Superintendents’ Professional Growth and Effectiveness System and the new District Finance Report Card. For those who are unable to participate in the live broadcast, the Kentucky Department of Education will send out a link to the recorded webcast. [...]
Sam Sanders The LaRue County school district has flourished under Superintendent Sam Sanders’ leadership, and was ranked 11th in the state on 2012-13 Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) assessments. The district has been recognized for success in closing achievement gaps for special needs students with LaRue County High School becoming a model site for co-teaching and [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education is getting ready to start the annual process of collecting and updating data on superintendent compensation. The Superintendent Compensation web form will be securely available from July 3 to July 31, 2014, at this location: https://opsupport.education.ky.gov/webforms/. Please note that the form has been revised from last year to add clarification. Some of the changes include: [...]
Joe Tinius The Bowling Green Independent school district upholds strong tradition and high expectations, working toward the ultimate goal of preparing students for their future. In this district, the well-known motto is “Excellence Is Worth The Effort.” All students, employees and alumni of Bowling Green Independent are part of the “Purple family,” which is based on the Purple [...]
Sam Dick Over the last four years, Caverna Independent Superintendent Sam Dick has led the focus on college- and career-readiness at Caverna High School, increasing partnerships with local industry and implementing “The Leader in Me” program at the elementary and middle schools. In 2010, only two percent of the graduating class was considered college- and career-ready. However, in the [...]
Mary Ann Gemmill The Christian County school district is part of the fastest growing community in the state and is the beneficiary of a tremendous amount of support from partnerships with local businesses and organizations. The district’s shared partnerships with the community are extremely important and help guide the district’s growth and change. Christian County participated in the [...]
Glen Murphy The mission of the Cumberland County school district is “Success – Every Student, Everyday.” With the development of this mission statement came many changes to Cumberland County. Cumberland County High School has developed a data room in which teachers meet and discuss each student’s progress by looking at a card with the student’s name and picture on [...]