Tabor Placido2024-11-12T14:24:06-05:00November 12th, 2024|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: HQIR, Resource|
Supporting Quarterly Step-backs for HQIR Implementation Quarterly step-backs are designed to support district and school leadership teams as they examine progress towards their high-quality instructional resource (HQIR) implementation goals, identify key successes, learn from and solve significant challenges and make adjustments for the next quarter. These [...]
Tabor Placido2024-10-28T15:36:32-04:00October 28th, 2024|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: Grant Opportunity, HQIR, KAS for Reading and Writing|
Kentucky Awarded the Federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant On September 3, 2024, the United States Department of Education (USDE) awarded the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) a 5-year, $54,985,544.00, Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading and writing, [...]
Tabor Placido2024-10-18T15:07:12-04:00October 18th, 2024|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: Grant Opportunity, HQIR, KAS for Reading and Writing|
FY25 Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Fund Mini Grant RFA The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Office of Teaching and Learning has issued a request for applications (RFA) for the fiscal year 2025 Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Fund Mini-Grants. Kentucky public school districts must apply on behalf [...]
Tabor Placido2024-10-15T15:27:47-04:00October 15th, 2024|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: HQIR, KY Numeracy Counts, Professional Learning|
Kentucky Numeracy Counts: Upcoming Initiatives and Opportunities With the passage of HB 162 (2024) the Kentucky Numeracy Counts Act has been established and is now in its first phase of implementation. The law establishes mathematics proficiency is essential for all Kentucky students and states it is Kentucky’s goal [...]
Tabor Placido2024-10-15T15:08:39-04:00October 15th, 2024|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: HQIR, Resource|
Resource Spotlight! Supports for HQIR Implementation, Part 2 The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) 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 includes multiple tools to help ensure maximum [...]
Tabor Placido2024-10-15T15:05:59-04:00October 15th, 2024|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: HQIR, Resource|
Resource Spotlight! Support HQIR Implementation with the Unit 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 [...]
Tabor Placido2024-10-15T13:16:28-04:00October 15th, 2024|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: Deeper Learning, HQIR|
Integrating Deeper Learning and HQIRs to Strengthen Tier 1 Instruction The first big idea of United We Learn’s vision for the future of public education in Kentucky is “creating a more vibrant experience for every student.” How do educators provide vibrant student learning experiences? What is needed [...]
Tabor Placido2024-10-15T11:55:38-04:00October 15th, 2024|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: District Spotlight, HQIR|
HQIR District Bright Spot: Danville Independent Suzanne Farmer, Chief Academic Officer of Danville Independent Schools, and her team recognized the need to strengthen science instruction across her district. When the Kentucky Department of Education launched the Designing High-Quality Local Curriculum pilot focused on science, she and her team [...]
Tabor Placido2024-10-15T11:55:27-04:00October 15th, 2024|Categories: Standards Newsletter|Tags: District Spotlight, HQIR|
Kenton County Uses Systems and Structures to Support Teachers in Literacy Transformation “A student’s ability to read is a critical predictor of success both in education and life. Our students must have the opportunity to gain and strengthen this skill, and our teachers have to be [...]
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.”
