March Leadership Meetings 2024 filling up fast - register now to reserve your spot!
In order to provide equitable learning environments for all students, it is important for schools and districts to translate the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) into a guaranteed and viable curriculum. The regional educational cooperatives, in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), will host in-person meetings in March for district and school leaders to explore new resources available to support effective implementation of local curriculum supported by high-quality instructional resources (HQIRs).
The purpose of the meeting is to provide the following:
- HQIR Implementation Support
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- Curriculum Implementation Framework
- Curriculum-Based Professional Learning Guidance Document
- Structuring Professional Learning Cycles
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Kentucky Academic Standards for Science Resources
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- Science Instructional Resources Consumer Guide
- New Science Module
- Academic Standards Update
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- KAS for Visual and Performing Arts
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- KAS for Health Education and Physical Education
Dates and Locations
Click on the date to learn more and register for the live, in-person 3-hour session of your choice.
- March 5: London, Southeast/South-Central Educational Cooperative, 9 a.m. ET - Sold out!
- March 7: Louisville, Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative, 9 a.m. ET - Sold out!
- March 11: Lexington, Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative, 9 a.m. ET - Sold out!
- March 21: Ashland, Kentucky Educational Development Corporation, 9 a.m. ET
- March 22: Hazard, Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative, 9 a.m. ET
- March 26: Cold Spring, Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services, 9 a.m. ET
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March 28: Bowling Green, Green River Regional Educational Cooperative, 9 a.m. CT
- March 29: Eddyville, West Kentucky Educational Cooperative, 9 a.m. CT
Participants will need to bring a personal device to access documents from the digital meeting folder.
Reminder: Register Now for the Reading and Writing HQIR Implementation Community of Practice
Per amendments to KRS 158.305 as part of Senate Bill 156 (2023), by July 1, 2024, “each superintendent … shall adopt a common comprehensive reading program that is determined by the department to be reliable, valid and aligned to reading and writing standards … for kindergarten through grade three (3) for all schools or a subset of schools, with consultation of all affected elementary school councils.”
To assist districts in effectively implementing an approved Tier 1 comprehensive reading program so the resource adopted ultimately leads to high-quality instruction and improved student outcomes, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is offering a community of practice, beginning in April 2024, for district and school leaders responsible for supporting curriculum implementation. Applicable role groups might include district instructional supervisors, High-Quality Instructional Resource (HQIR) coordinators, building principals and instructional coaches.
The community of practice will build capacity using key tools to support local implementation of an HQIR including:
Participants will have opportunities to network with other districts across the state while working through the first year of implementation and to learn from districts who are further along in their implementation journey. Each virtual session will tentatively meet from 10:00-11:30 a.m., ET on the following dates:
- April 18, 2024
- June 6, 2024
- August 8, 2024
- October 10, 2024
- December 12, 2025
- February 13, 2025
- April 17, 2025
Online registration is open through March 29, 2024. Please contact Fox DeMoisey or Misty Higgins if you have any questions.
PLEASE NOTE: To assist districts in effectively selecting an approved Tier 1 comprehensive reading program, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) provides the Reading and Writing Instructional Resources Consumer Guide as well as a recording of the one-hour High-Quality Adoption Support webinar offered on November 20, 2023.
 Kentucky Reads to Succeed Summer Conference Date Announced
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) Division of Early Literacy invites you to the first annual Kentucky Reads to Succeed Summer Conference on June 20, 2024, at the Central Bank Center, formerly the Lexington Convention Center.
Keynote speaker and educational journalist Emily Hanford, host of the Sold a Story podcast, the second-most-shared show on Apple Podcasts in 2023 and one of Time magazine’s top three podcasts of the year, has been covering education for American Public Media since 2008. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the EWA Public Service Award in 2019 for Hard Words and the 2017 Excellence in Media Reporting on Education Research Award from the American Educational Research Association.
The conference will require registration but will be FREE to Kentucky K-12 public educators and will offer focused learning pathways to meet the needs of teachers and administrators. Attendees will learn from KDE OTL consultants and partners about:
- Evidence-based instructional shifts for literacy;
- The benefits of structured literacy;
- Why high-quality instructional resources matter; and
- Available resources for implementing the Read to Succeed Act.
Mark your calendar for this June 20 event, and please stay tuned for registration information coming soon.
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