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Published: 3/13/2013 11:00 AM

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  • Monday May 13

    ​As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, here is a Monday E-Mail that combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • Embargoed TELL Kentucky Results available
    • Twitter Town Hall May 15
    • PGES Statewide Pilot Webcast Reminder
    • Kentucky Teacher – Principal Professional Growth and Effectiveness System; African American history class
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
     
    Also, remember to review the items from the Outside Agencies section.

  • May 6 2013

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    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • Teacher Appreciation Week
    • End-of-course tests now paper and pencil
    • Twitter Town Hall May 15
    • Correction: Districts of Innovation news release
    • Insurance Guidelines
    • Facility Assessments Update – Phase II
    • 2013-2014 Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program RFA
     
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
     
    Also, remember to review the items from the Outside Agencies section.

  • April 29 2013

    ​As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • KDE chief of staff named
    • Deadline for District of Innovation applications
    • Competency-based Education Survey to be completed by Principals
    • Capital Funds Request (CFR)
    • Food that’s in when school is out (Attachment)
    • Mathematics professional learning opportunity
    • Equine Youth Festival winners
    • Kentucky Teacher – An early start to college/career-readiness, CPE and Earth Day
     
    ​If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
    Also, remember to review the items from the Outside Agencies section.
     

  • April 22 2013

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    As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    · KDE to Apply for Carryover Waiver; Feedback Invited (Attachments)
    · Supporting Early Learning Success
    · FY 2014 Tentative Grant Allocations
    · Financial Reporting and Auditing Workshops
    · TPGES Lync Online sessions now available
    · Deadline extended for Kentucky Teacher Fellows
    · Operation Preparation follow-up
    · Kentucky Teacher – A recipe for life; professional learning; STLP Photo Blog
     
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
     
    Also, remember to review the items from the Outside Agencies section.

  • April 15 2013

    ​As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • Statewide teacher and principal effectiveness system bill signed
    • The Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky kicks off
    • College- and Career-Readiness Progress Celebrated
    • Hope Street Group Fellows deadline reminder
    • Operation Preparation Survey Reminder
    • CIITS State Level Resource Agreement (Attachment)
    • Professional Learning that meets your needs
    • Change in Title II, Part A Teacher Quality Budget Submission
    • Competency-based Education Survey
    • 2013 World Language Immersion Planning/Implementation RFA Awards
    • Vocational Education Payments
    • Federal Reimbursement Files of health benefits
    • General Information about Employers’ Responsibilities regarding health coverage (Attachment)
    • Students asked to design a jockey silk for Derby (Attachment)
    • Kentucky Teacher - Science and Social Studies Standards and other state board news; Legislative impact on educators
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
     
    Also, remember to review the items from the Outside Agencies section.

  • April 8 2013

    ​As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.

    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • Response from Kentucky School Boards Association (Bill Scott) to Additional Questions on KSBIT (Attachment)
    • Flexibility Use of Title I and Other Federal Dollars by Applying the ESEA Flexibility Waiver
    • Information on Alternative Education Regulation (704 KAR 19:002) (Attachment)
    • 2013 Migrant Education Summer Programming Initiative RFA Awards
    • Summer Learning Camps (Attachments)
    • Kentucky Teacher – Student Growth; Leadership and School Culture; Student Enrichment; Photo Blog

    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.

    Also, remember to review the items from the Outside Agencies section.

  • March 25 2013

    ​As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    Follow-up letter to Bill Scott (KSBA) re questions related to KSBIT (Attachment)
    • TELL Kentucky Survey Closes Friday
    • Next superintendents’ webcast on Tuesday – March 26
    • 2013 Project lead the Way (PLTW) RFA Awards – Biomedical Sciences, Energy Technology, and Engineering Pipeline
    • Appropriate Use of School Food Services Funds
    • ARRA Jobs Reporting Reminder – Report due on job estimates relative to ARRA grants; Due date for submission, Friday, April 5 (Attachments)
    • 2012-13 Safe Schools Extract Enhancement
    • CIITS Educator Development Suite coming
      ACT Test Score Study – Superintendents and Principals Asked to Respond
    • Need to submit “Intent to Adopt Form” on teacher/leader evaluation by Friday
      Nominations open for teacher awards
    • Effective Teaching Conference – Save the Date – June 19-21
    • Next Generation Academies for Arts Integration: World Languages and the Arts
    • Kentucky Teacher – A new take on vocabulary lessons; Operation Preparation 2013; Kentucky’s Deaf History
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
     
    Also, remember to review the items from the Outside Agencies section.
     

  • March 18 2013

    ​As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • Graduation Bill Signed
    • Superintendent Transparency News Conference Video
    • Live Lync Online sessions to support TPGES implementation coming soon!
    • Let’s TALK: Conversations about Effective Teaching Conference
    • Encourage teachers and principals to participate in TELL Kentucky Survey
    • Need to submit Intent to Adopt Form on teacher/leader evaluation by March 29
    • General Finance Update
    • FY 14 Tentative Preschool Allocation
    • ACT, Inc. Conducts Test Score Study
    • Kentucky Teacher – Learning through horses; Celebrating with blue tongues; Sweet Sixteen photo fun
     
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
    Also, remember to review the items from the Outside Agencies section.

  • March 4 2013

    ​As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, here is a Monday E-Mail that combines several items into one communication.

    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • TELL Survey is now open
    • IEP Development Guidance
    • 2012-13 SEEK Final Calculation
    • Need to Submit Intent to Adopt Form on Teacher/Leader Evaluation by March 29
    • KACTE Summer Conference Career Pathway RFA
    • Kentucky Teacher – TELL Survey, Superintendent of the Year, Commissioner’s Comments, Photo Blog

    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.

  • February 25 2013

    ​​As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
    • Professional Development from the Southern Regional Education Board Available this Summer (Attachments)
    • Text of Commissioner’s Speech at KSBA Conference (Attachment)
    • USDOE Designated Teacher Shortage Areas for 2013-2014 School Year
    • Foreign F-1 Visa Students
    • Kindergarten Screen 2013-14 Kick-Off Message – Superintendent to have appropriate district contact for this program to complete the survey (only one per district)
    • Revised “Important Due Dates for Superintendents” Document on KDE Website
    • Kentucky Green Ribbon School Award Winners
    • Qualified Zone Academy Bonds – Applications (Attachment)
    • Information regarding HB 172 from Commissioner Holliday (Attachment)
    • University of Kentucky Gatton College’s Applied Project Management Course
    • Deadline extended for Kentucky Equine Youth Festival Essay and Art Contests
    • Kentucky Teacher – Arts and Humanities Support: Using student feedback; Caring about policy; Photo Blog

    Also, remember to review the items from the Outside Agencies section.

  • February 18 2013

    As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    • Special KBE Meeting on Monticello Independent
    • Alternative high school diploma
    • TELL Pre-survey webinars available
    • End-of-Course Standards in CIITS
    • Kentucky Teacher - Learning from energy efficiency; real world science and 21st century skills

    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.

    Also, remember to review the items from the Outside Agencies section.
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  • February 11 2013

    As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:

    • Operation Preparation
    • 2013 Mathematics and Science Partnerships RFA Awards Announced
    • Facilities:  School Safety and Security (Attachment)
    • Ed Jobs Monitoring
    • New features in CIITS
    • Kentucky Teacher:  ILPs; Priority School Progress; Teacher of the Year reflections and Photo Blog
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
    Also, remember to review the Items from the Outside Agencies section
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  • February 4 2013

    As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • ACT Survey request - Your Voice makes all the difference (Will be e-mailed to teachers)
    • Participation in Operation Preparation (Attachments)
    • 2013-2014 Seek Forecast
    • Results of Interactive Poll from the January 24 Superintendents’ Webcast (Attachment)
    • Correction to Gap Map Showing Students with Disabilities and Gap Maps Now Available in Grey Scale
    • Program Review Content to be in ASSIST Soon
    • Update on Submission of CDIPs and CSIPs
    • Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Kentucky Pre-Survey Webinars
    • Updated CIITS Usage Maps and RTTT Performance Measures Available
    • New features in CIITS
    • The Kentucky Center Institute for ECE & Arts Integration
    • Kentucky Teacher – Preparing for Health/PE Program Reviews, Professional Growth, TELL Kentucky
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
     
    Also, remember to review the Items from the Outside Agencies section.
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  • January 28 2013

    As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • Declaration of Participation FY 2014
    • Digital Learning Day – February 6
    • Social Studies Standards Update
    • Kentucky Teacher – Reading, graduating, TOY highlighted
     
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
     
    Also, remember to review the Items from the Outside Agencies section.
     

  • January 14 2013

    As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • KSBIT assessment on districts
    • 2012-13 21st Century Community Learning Centers RFA Awards
    • 2013-14 SEEK Forecast
    • Optional January Growth Factor Report due to KDE
    • Digital Learning Day
    • PGES Winter Summit
    • Kentucky Outstanding Civic Education Leadership Award
    • Kentucky Teacher – Education, Legislation, Virtual Choir, Special School Visits
     
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
     
    Also, remember to review the Items from Outside Agencies section.
     

  • January 7 2013

    As part of our effort to streamline communications and cut down on the number of e-mails you receive, this Monday E-Mail combines several items into one communication.
     
    Please read the Monday E-mail as it contains information about the following KDE-related items:
    • New data available in CIITS – PLEASE SHARE WITH TEACHERS
    • Sending CIITS Express Test Results to Gradebook (Attachment) – PLEASE SHARE WITH TEACHERS
    • Science Standards final draft released Jan. 8
    • PGES Winter Summit Reminder
    • Innovative Alternative Calendars (2013-14)
    • Migrant Education Summer Programming Initiative RFA
    • This week in Kentucky Teacher
     
    If you have questions about the specific items, please see the contact information for each item.
     
    Also, remember to review the Items from Outside Agencies section.

​Archived Messages
This section of the Web site is an archive of the Monday Superintendent E-mail Messages before December 10, 2012.