Additional training, forms and programs related to those involved in professional development are below:
School Based Decision Making
School Based Decision Making is the required decision making method for most of Kentucky's schools. Beginning in 1990 with the Kentucky Education Reform Act, this research based decision making strategy is a tool used in Kentucky schools to create conditions at the school level that will help all students reach proficiency by 2014.
Effective Instructional Leadership - EILA
School Improvement provides a data-driven, research-based framework for defining goals and objectives for improving student learning and for selecting and implementing strategies to improve the instructional and organizational effectiveness of every school
State Action for Education Leadership Project - SAELP
The Kentucky SAELP Grant is being implemented by the Kentucky Educational Leadership Consortium.
Teachers' Professional Growth Fund (TPGF)
This fund is for teachers of grades 5, 6, 7, or 8 to request funds to participate in high quality professional development in content knowledge and teaching methodoligies in the core content disciplines in one of the eight content areas: Arts and Humanities, Foreign Language, Language Arts, Mathematics, Practical Living, Science, Social Studies, and Vocational Studies.