One of the best apps I have found this year is Teach Your Monster to Read. My FMD students LOVE it! It is a game-based reading program. The website is always free and the app is $4.99, BUT is offered free every few months. If you sign up on the website, you’ll get an email when the app is on a discount or free offer. Even if you pay the $4.99,…Read More

http://pbskids.org/apps/

I just uploaded new documents for coaching beyond ratings on FfT.

Initial Certification Training (first time evaporators of certified staff) is scheduled for August 30 and 31 at Hazard Community college. Please register at KASA website.

The Student Voice window in Infinite Campus will be from September 1 through March 1. There will be two reporting periods, at the end of December and again in mid-March. Districts will schedule their own windows. More information will be forthcoming.
Peer observation on-line training is
available. Go to this link for more
information
Many of…Read More

Questions to ask about student growth goals before they are approved. These questions can be used by principals in the approval process, by PLCs in the review process, or by individual teachers in the development of their student growth goals.
Jennifer Carroll uploaded new file(s): kvec-knott_lookforswithsample.xlsx to PGES

Here is a link to the September PGES newsletter…pay special attention to the article about the upcoming changes to student voice survey.
[bpfb_link url=’http://education.ky.gov/teachers/PGES/Documents/September%20PGES%20Newsletter-Teacher%20Edition.pdf’…Read More

We interviewed some kids last year who said Wolfram Alpha is their “go to” app for Math….

So happy to see all the new members in the PGES Holler. Please post questions, comments, or discussion topics! We can help each other improve the growth and effectiveness of our teachers and leaders!

Photomath is a great app for students to receive immediate feedback on a math problem. The student captures the problem and the app shows the solution and steps.

What are some good math apps to use for RTI?

What are some good math apps to use for RTI?

Jennifer, thanks so much for posting these resources! Thank you for always taking time for me! You’re the best!

Great training on PPGES today at Knott Central HS with Abbie & Jennifer today! Kudos for their commitment to PGES!

Great training on PPGES today at Knott Central HS with Abbie & Jennifer today! Kudos for their commitment to PGES!

I am posting resources for PPGES goals development.
Abbie Combs uploaded new file(s): principal-professional-growth-and-effectiveness-goals.docx to PGES

Carly teaches first grade, and asks, “Could anybody tell me whether it is just as easy to use a Macbook as a teacher (syncing with Smart board programs etc.), or whether it is best to use a different laptop?”

KDE, in the CEP trainings, has been asking for feedback from the districts on the administration of the Student Voice Survey. Would your district benefit from having flexibility in the way Student Voice is administered? Paper and pencil? Response systems? Would a change in format impact how results are used? Would love to see your feedback…Read More

Register for CEP trainings at the link found on KDE’s website for CEPs below:
http://education.ky.gov/teachers/PGES/geninfo/Pages/PGES-Certified-Evaluation-Plans.aspx

Register for CEP trainings at the link found on KDE’s website for CEPs below:
http://education.ky.gov/teachers/PGES/geninfo/Pages/PGES-Certified-Evaluation-Plans.aspx

KDE CEP Regional Work Sessions for 50-50 Committees
These regional meetings, held typically at county extension offices, will allow for up to 6 members of your district’s 50-50 committee to spend the morning learning about updates for the 2015-16 school year. In the afternoon, the district teams will work together to begin the process of deciding…Read More

Tools and resources from yesterday’s Peer Observation Training are now posted in Resources. Click on PGES and then open the Peer Observation folder.

Haven’t used this app, but looks very interesting: MoMA: ART LAB iPAD APP. Check it out and tell me what you think.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.moma.org/explore/mobile/artlabapp’ title=’MoMA | Art Lab iPad App’ image=”]MoMA | Art Lab iPad App[/bpfb_link]

Superintendents or their designee can now enter site visits into CIITS. Here is the QRC that shows the screenshots for that process.http://education.ky.gov/teachers/PGES/geninfo/Documents/CIITS%20QRC_EDS_Conducting%20Site%20Visits.pdf

District 50/50 committees can begin making the edits to their CEPs based on this year’s experiences and adding language for OPGES which will be full implementation in 2015-2016. More info will come after KBE meeting about other district personnel.

I know some of the districts are using Google with their students. I see that google has just released apps, IOS and Android for Google Classroom based on the article from eschoolnews. Here are some of the features:
The Classroom mobile app lets students and teachers the ability to:
1. Snap a photo and attach it to an assignment directly from…Read More

A few weeks ago, I was asked about NearPod, an app that will allow teachers to create, engage, assess students in real time. I will be creating a tech tip that will go out in the future on this app. If there are any teachers using this device in your classroom, would you please post commons on how you are using it and are there any issues or…Read More

In the upcoming tech Tuesday, you will see the tip about Post-it Note App for iPad. I’m sorry it is not available yet for Google Play, but heard it is coming. We are always using post its in the classroom, would it be cool to not only collect the evidence but to use them as tools to enhance classroom and staff meetings.
[bpfb_link…Read More

Anyone have any experience with this resource? I signed up today and am peeking around a bit.
[bpfb_link url=’https://www.opened.io/’ title=’Lesson Plans, Assessments, Homework, Videos, Games. Over a million items aligned to Common Core, PARCC, SBAC’ image=”]Teach, Learn and Analyze with the largest K-12 Resource Library[/bpfb_link]

Peer Observation training offered February 9 at Jenny Wiley is filling up fast…Link below
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1d0m-mzVad1wfE2ZwGzDeT6B7Gpf1D-lzY6I2OgT2ZXE/viewform

Peer Observation training offered February 9 at Jenny Wiley is filling up fast…Link below
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1d0m-mzVad1wfE2ZwGzDeT6B7Gpf1D-lzY6I2OgT2ZXE/viewform

UPDATED
PGES FAQ
Includes questions for OPGES and teachers of hearing and vision impaired students
http://education.ky.gov/teachers/PGES/geninfo/Documents/PGES%20FAQ.pdf

Interesting
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/how-to-edit-office-files-in-google-drive’ title=’How to Edit Office Files in Google Drive – Shake Up Learning’ image=’http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/how-to-edit-office-files-in-google-drive/ http://www.shakeuplearning.com/uploads/1/7/2/2/1722468/3860323.png?250'%5DYes! You can edit…Read More

An oldie, but a goodie.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/how-to-create-a-test-that-grades-itself-using-google-forms’ title=’How To Create A Test That Grades Itself Using Google Forms’ image=’http://www.teachthought.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/google-forms.jpg’]How To Create A Test That Grades Itself Using Google Forms[/bpfb_link]

Peer Observation Training has been rescheduled for February 9th. Sorry for the change….A registration link has been shared with PGES coordinators and principals in the KVEC region.

One of my teaching colleagues stopped me in the hallway the other day to share her excitement over using the ClassDojo app. From what I could tell in the two minute exchange that we had, it’s a positive behavior management system. Anyone else had any experience with it?
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.classdojo.com/’ title=’ClassDojo’…Read More

Three Questioning Strategies for Any Lesson
(good embedded .pdf resources)
http://inservice.ascd.org/questioning-strategies/?utm_source=ascdexpress&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=express1009

Einstein’s 55 (Seven Questioning Strategies for Teachers)
Includes .pdf of question stems
Great article…
http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol10/1009-shrum.aspx?utm_source=ascdexpress&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=express1009

Teaching Students to ask Rich Questions
http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol10/1009-virgin.aspx?utm_source=ascdexpress&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=express1009

Article on questioning in social studies classroom….good resource to help SS teachers with Domain 3 Component b
http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol10/1009-mount.aspx?utm_source=ascdexpress&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=express1009

Good article on connecting PBL and PGES.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/educators-voices/guest-columns/2014/12/problem-based-learning-and-pges/’ title=’Problem-based learning and PGES | Kentucky Teacher’ image=’http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/LindseyChilders.jpg’]Posted on 04 December 2014. Tags: Hope…Read More

Teachers must be connected to the students they teach in order to correctly link Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs) to the teacher that has impacted their learning. KDE has posted information on how to correctly link students to teachers:
http://education.ky.gov/teachers/PGES/TPGES/Pages/Student-Teacher-Data-Links-for-Student-Growth-Percentiles.aspx

Is your district regularly reviewing progress of PGES?

The EDI rubric can be used by district team (or have an outside facilitator like me) to gauge progress, effectiveness, and capacity of implementation of PGES..

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Student Growth Percentile Medians
http://education.ky.gov/teachers/PGES/TPGES/Pages/TPGES-Student-Growth-Percentile-Medians.aspx

Fall Student Voice Survey Results

Student Voice Survey results from the fall window will be available in CIITS/EDS by mid-January.

I am sharing a draft document that is being developed by a KDE special needs committee. This is a crosswalk between
CEC Initial Special Education Individualized General Curriculum Standards & Kentucky Framework for Teaching. Dionne Bates is KVEC’s representative on the development team. She would love for you to share comments.

Abbie Combs…Read More

Lots of supervisors are looking for site visit forms in EDS. Jennifer told me yesterday that those are still not available. Stay tuned.

Thank you Jennifer for your hard work with the teachers of the blind/vision impaired and deaf/hard of hearing! The groups sing your praised in the help and resources that you provided them!

Thank you Jennifer for your hard work with the teachers of the blind/vision impaired and deaf/hard of hearing! The groups sing your praised in the help and resources that you provided them!

Thank you Jennifer for your hard work with the teachers of the blind/vision impaired and deaf/hard of hearing! The groups sing your praised in the help and resources that you provided them!