Phillip Watts, Superintendent of the Breathitt County School District received an award from the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative for his leadership during the 2021-2022 school year for serving as the KVEC Chairman of the Board for our 24-member school districts. Over this past year, Superintendent Watts was the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative Chairman of the …


High school students need explicit/intentional writing instruction that helps them to think about the elements of paragraph writing and build stamina and critical thinkingfor essay writing. The Hochman Method strategies provide a clear, coherent, evidence-based process aligned to the KAS for Reading and Writing for grades 9-12. The training will run from 9:00 AM and …
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Middle school students need explicit/intentional, age-appropriate writing instruction. This session will build upon The Hochman Method for teaching writing by providing clear, coherent, evidence-based methods aligned to the KAS for Reading and Writing for grades 6-8. “I just want to say that I have taught for 24 years and today is the only one I’ve …


Flat Gap Elementary out of Johnson County has implemented a STREAM classroom. It was interesting the way the class was structured. But, to understand the structure you need to know what STREAM means. S – ScienceT – TechnologyR – ReadingE – EngineeringA – ArtsM – Math Hopefully, that clears it up. The class is set …