New Resources Available for Revised Minimum Graduation Requirements
On April 5, Kentucky's new minimum high school graduation requirements became law, 704 KAR 3:305. The changes add "graduation prerequisites" and "graduation qualifiers" to ensure students have basic math and reading skills, as well as experiences that can help them be prepared to enter college or the workforce.
Several tools are available on the Minimum High Graduation Requirements webpage, including an FAQ and several charts to help people understand the new changes and how they impact other important elements of Kentucky education.
For more information or questions, email Damien Sweeney.
KDE Offering Evaluation Training for Administrators
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is the official provider for the 2019-2020 Initial Certified Evaluation Training for administrators newly assigned to the role of evaluator of certified personnel. The two-day training, including the assessment, is required per KRS 156.557 and 704 KAR 3:370.
All new evaluators of certified personnel are required to attend. Visit the Principal Partnership Project website for information about dates and locations, and to register.
KDE also will provide a separate, one-day, six-hour update training for experienced administrators. Districts may choose to fulfill the requirement by applying for their own EILA certificates and providing the training in their district, but KDE is providing regional options for districts that choose not to do their own in-house training. Six hours of update training is required annually for all experienced administrators per KRS 156.557 and 704 KAR 3:370.
Any experienced evaluator of certified personnel who has completed the two-day Initial Certified Evaluation Training is qualified to attend. Visit the Update Evaluation Training webpage for more information about dates, locations and to register.
There is no fee to participate in either training and the appropriate number of EILA credit hours – six for the update or 12 for the initial – will be awarded. Multiple training sites are located across the state. Advance registration is required.
All trainings are 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. local time.
Join KDE for the Standards Rollout Webcast Series
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) will host a series of webcasts on the implementation of newly adopted standards geared toward district and school leaders. All webcasts will occur on Thursdays at 9 a.m. ET.
You can access the live webcast by visiting the KDE Media Portal and clicking on the EdCast Video icon at the bottom of the page. The livestream will be on the home page. You can get questions answered during the webcasts using GoSoapBox with the access code OTL.
If you cannot participate live, the webcasts will be archived in the KDE EdCast archives.
Schedule:
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May 16: Architecture of Newly Revised Social Studies Standards
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May 23: Interdisciplinary Literacy Practices
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May 30: Alignment Considerations: Curricula, Assignments, Common Assessments
Contact the standards team if you have any questions.
Sign up Now for ‘Get to Know Your Standards Learning Lab’
If you are wondering how standards revisions will affect your school, your classroom or your preparation of future educators, the “Get to Know Your Standards Learning Lab: Revised Kentucky Academic Standards for 2019-2020” is for you.
Come away with a stronger understanding of the instructional implications of building standards-based instruction and assignments that align with revised standards. The day will include numerous 60-minute break-out session options geared towards teachers, administrators and post-secondary faculty.
Three dates and locations are available. Register using the appropriate link for the date and location you wish to attend.
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Contact the standards team with any questions regarding the newly adopted standards or the standards revision process.
Elevating Evidence – Meeting ESSA’s Evidence-Based Requirements
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) calls on education leaders to deepen their understanding and expand their use of evidence-based decision making. The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) staff will host several workshops throughout Kentucky in July to introduce attendees to ESSA’s evidence-based provisions and facilitate conversations about common issues in educational research.
As part of this training, participants will evaluate a study that is relevant to their local setting and will leave with a completed study analysis that meets KDE compliance expectations. While all school and district leaders are welcome, this workshop is designed for principals and teacher leaders who want a deeper understanding of ESSA’s evidence-based practice provisions.
Three-hour morning and afternoon sessions will be offered at each location. To register, select the link below or visit KDE’s Evidence-based Practices website. Space is limited. EILA credit is available for this workshop.
Registration Link
The training sessions are:
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July 9: Elizabethtown, Regional Postsecondary Education Center, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
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July 11: Hazard, Hazard Community and Technical College
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July 23: Madisonville, The Brown Badget Sr. Energy and Advanced Technology Center, Madisonville Community and Technical College
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July 25: Florence, Gateway Community and Technical College
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July 30: Grayson, Rocky Adkins Pavilion, Ashland Community and Technical College
Teacher Nominations Sought for Georgetown Internship Opportunity
Leadership Initiatives, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating future leaders through experiential learning, partners with Georgetown University to give outstanding high school students the opportunity to gain real-world experience, explore future careers, develop leadership skills and experience college life through summer internships.
Leadership Initiatives has more than $200,000 in grant money to put toward its Future Leaders Mentorship Scholarship. Teachers may nominate outstanding students for the Youth Development Programs at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Any educator-nominated student will receive priority consideration for admissions and $1,000 in tuition assistance, free SAT/ACT training, college application training, essay editing assistance, two letters of recommendation and scholarship application assistance. These benefits remain available for four years to allow nominations for rising freshmen through rising seniors.
The 2019 teacher nomination form is located on the Leadership Initiatives website. Summit dates with links and detailed explanations are listed below:
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Advanced Law and Trial Internship Summit (July 7-13 and July 14-20): Participants will intern for Goodwin Weber PLLC to create key case arguments and have their work incorporated into the cases, which will be heard in fall 2019. Students will be given the unique opportunity to work with the American Civil Liberties Union, District of Columbia police officers, prosecutors and law professors from Georgetown University Law School.
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International Leadership and Business Internship Summit (June 30-July 6 and July 21-27): Participants will partner with Nigerian small business owners to help them create innovative solutions to problems facing their businesses. At the end of the week, top presentations will receive grants to make their solutions a reality for their business partner. Throughout the internship, students will connect with leaders from prominent corporations, along with international development experts. Students also will attend exclusive tours of the Nigerian, Swedish, Chinese, Israeli, French and Iraqi embassies. Each embassy visit will have a special question–and-answer session with embassy officials.
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Advanced Medical and Public Health Summit (July 21-27 and July 28-Aug. 3): Participants will learn about diseases impacting the developing world from doctors and medical professionals at Georgetown. This knowledge will help interns diagnose a patient in real-time using Oculus-Rift technology. Students also will work with the Red Cross to become certified in first aid, CPR and automated external defibrillator. Students will partner with a cadre of experts in surgery, medical research, emergency room medicine and physical therapy to learn about future medical careers.
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Advanced Medical Neuroscience Summit (June 23-29): Participants will apprentice for world-renowned neuroscientist and chief of Georgetown’s neuroethics program Dr. James Giordano. Students will participate in cutting-edge neuroscience experiments that explore the biological foundations of the brain. As a final project, students will design and propose an experiment related to cognitive neuroscience and neuroethics in order to focus and apply their understanding. Participants will present these proposed experiments to leading neuroscientists, and members of the winning team will be asked to write a paper to be published on their theories.
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