Register Now for Curriculum Design and Implementation Guidance Leadership Meetings
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In order to provide equitable learning environments for all students, it is important for schools and districts to translate the Kentucky Academic Standards into a guaranteed and viable curriculum. The regional educational cooperatives, in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education, will host meetings in March for district and school leaders to examine a process for developing standards-aligned curriculum at the local level.
The meetings will focus on building an understanding of the role of standards, curriculum and instructional resources, components of a curriculum development process as outlined in the revised "Model Curriculum Framework" and the toolkit of supporting resources. The session also will include an update on additional new resources available to support standards implementation.
Dates and Locations
Click on the date to learn more and register for the 3-hour session of your choice. Additional dates and locations to reflect meetings in partnership with all Kentucky educational cooperatives are still being finalized and will be made available as soon as possible.
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March 4: London, Southeast/South-Central Educational Cooperative
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March 5: Hazard, Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative
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March 11: Ashland, Kentucky Educational Development Corporation
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March 17: Eddyville, West Kentucky Educational Cooperative
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March 18: Bowling Green, Green River Regional Educational Cooperative
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March 24: Lexington, Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative
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March 31: Florence, Ralph Rush Professional Development Center
‘Elementary Social Studies Focus: Healthy Integration of the KAS for Social Studies and Reading and Writing’ Webcast set for 9 a.m. ET Feb. 20
This webcast will preview the release of a new social studies module and discuss healthy integration at the elementary school level using the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Social Studies and Reading and Writing as the foundation of this work.
Access the live webcast by going to the KDE Media Portal and clicking on the EdCast Video icon at the bottom of the page. The livestream will be on the “Home” tab. You can get your questions answered during the webcasts using GoSoapBox with the access code: KAS.
An archive of the webcast and slides will be made available on the Standards Webcast webpage shortly after the original air date.
‘Elementary Social Studies Focus: Healthy Integration of the KAS for Social Studies and Reading and Writing Digital Professional Learning Opportunity to Release Next Week
This month’s digital professional learning opportunity is a brand new module that will explain the value of social studies experiences for students in elementary school, and the benefits of content knowledge for reading comprehension and writing skills.
The module also will focus on building teacher capacity to effectively integrate the newly adopted KAS for Social Studies and Reading and Writing. Participants will discover the connections between the two sets of standards and be empowered to teach social studies as a compelling content for growing proficient readers and writers.
The module will be available Feb. 27 on the Social Studies Professional Learning Modules webpage and via email to subscribers of the Standards Newsletter.
Updated Science Instructional Resources Alignment Rubric Now Available
The Science Instructional Resources Alignment Rubric has been revised to reflect instructional shifts demanded by the Kentucky Academic Standards for Science. Reviewers will look for evidence of phenomena/problems driving lessons, the integration of the three dimensions and coherence across lessons, units and program.
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