Kentucky Department of Education

PGES Winter Summit (New Location Added) - Mark your calendar to attend the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES) Winter Summit. In preparation for the statewide field test in the 2013-14 school year, instructional leaders from all 174 districts will gather at one of five locations (dates and locations listed below) to learn about PGES and deepen their knowledge about the system.  Districts should make plans now to send up to six representatives to participate in one of the summits.  Please consider a team that includes a teacher, principal, central office staff member and the superintendent.  The decision concerning the actual team make-up is, of course, a local district decision.  Registration information will be available in January.

 

Dates and locations include the following:

 

February 4, 2013
Ashland – KEDC

February 5, 2013
Bowling Green – Corvette Museum

February 6, 2013
Murray - Kentucky Dam Village 

 

February 11, 2013
Lexington – Fayette County Extension Office

 

February 12, 2013
Somerset – Center for Rural Development

 

New Video on CTE – Associate Commissioner Dale Winkler (Office of Career and Technical Education) and I made a video this week on the status of career and technical education and what will happen to this area in the future.  Please share this video with your principals and teachers.  It can be found at the following link:    http://media.education.ky.gov/video1/On-Demand2012/CTE_12-4-2012c.mp4.

 

Recording of Dec. 5 Kentucky Board of Education Meeting – The Kentucky Board of Education met this week on December 5.  If you are interested in accessing a recording of the meeting, you can do so at the following link: mms://video1.education.ky.gov/On-Demand2012/KBE_12-5-2012.wmv.  Additionally, the materials for the meeting can be accessed at:   http://portal.ksba.org/public/Meeting.aspx?PublicAgencyID=4388&PublicMeetingID=8154&AgencyTypeID=1. 

 

Excellent Video on the Learning Environment from the Colorado Legacy Foundation – At KASS this week, I showed a thought-provoking video on the learning environment that is available from the Colorado Legacy Foundation.  If you desire to use it with your staff or were not present to see it yourself at KASS, it is titled “Because Just Building New Schools Does Not Create A Better Learning Experience” and can be accessed at:  http://colegacy.org/2012/04/elo_video/.

 

This Week’s Commissioner’s Blog – My blog this week is titled “The Need for College Credit for High School Students”.  I encourage you to read it at:  http://kyedcommissioner.blogspot.com/.