*NEW* District LETRS Facilitator Application Now Open
District LETRS Facilitators will play a crucial role in facilitating LETRS sessions and guaranteeing the long-term viability of your district's LETRS instructional application as you go through the professional learning and welcome new cohorts of teachers, both new to teaching and new to your district.
Applicants must meet specific requirements in order to be eligible to apply to be a District LETRS Facilitator, including having at least 80% of the district's K–3 educators participating in LETRS and applicants receiving a score of 88% or above on the posttest. Those accepted are expected to complete a four-day training session in the fall of 2024.
Individuals who are interested in applying to become a District LETRS Facilitator should view the complete list of requirements within the application.
The application closes May 31, 2024.
Reminder: New Resources to Support Curriculum Implementation Now Available
The Model Curriculum Framework (MCF), per KRS 158.6451, provides guidance for districts and schools in implementing educational best practice to enhance curricular coherence at the local level in order to positively impact student outcomes. The framework supports leaders in aligning their local curriculum, instructional resources, assessments and evidenced-based instructional practices with the Kentucky Academic Standards.
The first section of the MCF, the Curriculum Development Process, provides guidance to districts and schools in:
- Articulating an instructional vision for teaching and learning in a content area;
- Selecting high-quality instructional resources (HQIRs) aligned to the vision to support development of a local curriculum; and
- Implementing and monitoring the curriculum over time.
To further support effective curriculum implementation, which research shows is essential for a local curriculum and its HQIR(s) to support high-quality instruction and improve student outcomes, the Kentucky Department of Education has released two new resources:
Within the Curriculum-Based Professional Learning Guidance document, two NEW essential resources are available to assist districts and schools in enhancing literacy instructional practices. The associated Learning Walk Protocol can be used in conjunction with the Instructional Practice Guides to focus conversations and feedback.
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 is 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. Registration information will be coming soon.
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