Tabor Placido2025-02-10T10:16:10-05:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: KAS for Science, Professional Learning|
Join Us for a FREE Interactive Virtual Webinar: Introducing The Kentucky Atlas of Phenomena! The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) science program consultants invite you to participate in a virtual webinar showcasing an exciting new resource: The Kentucky Atlas of Phenomena (KAP). This resource was designed by [...]
Tabor Placido2025-02-03T09:34:11-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: Kentucky Academic Standards, Kentucky Academic Standards for Health Education and Physical Education|
Feedback Sought on Draft Kentucky Academic Standards for Health Education and Physical Education The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking feedback on the draft Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Health Education and the draft KAS for Physical Education. The drafts were developed by the Advisory [...]
Tabor Placido2025-03-28T11:35:59-04:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: March Leadership, Professional Learning|
Register Now for the 2025 March Leadership Meetings In order to provide vibrant 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 [...]
Tabor Placido2025-01-28T09:07:34-05:00January 28th, 2025|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: District Spotlight, HQIR|
District Spotlight: Powell County Transforms the Teacher Experience with High-Quality Instructional Resources When Powell County Schools embarked on the journey to adopt a high-quality instructional resource (HQIR) for mathematics, the district’s leadership aimed to address long-standing challenges faced by teachers. Over the years, educators had been [...]
Tabor Placido2025-01-28T08:51:50-05:00January 28th, 2025|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: KAS for Social Studies, Professional Learning|
High School Economics Webinar: What do the Kentucky Academics Standards (KAS) for Social Studies look like in practice? The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has partnered with the St. Louis Federal Reserve to showcase what a social studies learning experience aligned to the KAS for Social Studies looks like in [...]
Tabor Placido2025-01-20T09:35:41-05:00January 20th, 2025|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: KAS for Reading and Writing, Professional Learning|
Developing Skilled Middle and High School Readers Webinar Series Session 5 Materials and Recording Available Now As early literacy instruction in Kentucky continues to transform with structured literacy practices, Kentucky Reading Academies’ LETRS professional learning, and the Read to Succeed Act (SB 9, 2022), the Developing Skilled Middle and High [...]
Tabor Placido2025-03-17T09:01:09-04:00January 20th, 2025|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: Grant Opportunity, HQIR, KY Numeracy Counts|
Kentucky Numeracy Counts K-3 HQIR Grant The Kentucky Department of Education's (KDE’s) Office of Teaching and Learning has issued a request for application (RFA) for the Kentucky Numeracy Counts K-3 HQIR grant. Kentucky public school districts, along with the Kentucky School for the Blind and Kentucky [...]
Tabor Placido2025-01-10T14:45:12-05:00January 10th, 2025|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: KAS for Science, Professional Learning|
NEW Professional Learning Module: Using an Anchoring Phenomenon to Drive Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning Unlock the power of anchoring phenomena to create meaningful, three-dimensional science instruction aligned to the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science! This professional learning module is designed for use in district, school, [...]
Tabor Placido2025-01-10T14:46:06-05:00January 10th, 2025|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: HQIR, KAS for Science, KAS for Social Studies, Professional Learning|
Vibrant Learning Experiences in Science and Social Studies: NEW Professional Learning Module Series is now available! Many teachers are already using knowledge-building, high-quality instructional resources (HQIRs) for reading and writing instruction. While knowledge-building resources may provide texts related to science and social studies topics, this is [...]
Tabor Placido2025-01-16T15:05:16-05:00January 10th, 2025|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: HQIR, Resource|
Resource Spotlight! Support HQIR Implementation with the Lesson Internalization Protocol The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Office of Teaching and Learning developed the Curriculum-Based Professional Learning Guidance Document to support districts in effective implementation of a strong local curriculum anchored in high-quality instructional resources (HQIRs). The guidance document [...]
The following grade 5 health standard does not align with Senate Bill 150 (2023) and should not be included in curriculum or instruction at grade 5 or below: “5.1.6. Describe basic male and female reproductive body parts and their functions as well as the physical, social and emotional changes that occur during puberty.”
