My school, Central Elementary, benefited from our purchase of headphones for every student with the grant money I received from through ARI. My action plan included students being assigned a set of headphones to be keep in the classroom where they are readily available to them for use while working on their digital resources either individually,…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #10 (23 mins)
Develop a literacy identity that promotes lifelong learning.
• Provide opportunities for students to view themselves as lifelong learners who take an active role in their literacy development, understanding they impact and are impacted by their interactions with text
• Carole Mullins, NBCT and Reb…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #9 (31 mins)
Apply high level cognitive processes to think deeply and critically about text.
• Help students must move beyond basic comprehension and interact more deeply with the text
• By applying synthesis, analysis, reflection and other higher order thinking skills, students are equipped to examine text cri…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #6-7 (37 mins)
#6: Collaborate with others to create meaning. #7: Utilize digital resources to learn and share with others.
• Help students learn to interact with others in order to confirm, challenge or shape their views and ideas
• Know how to effectively produce and critically consume digital information
•…Read More

INTRODUCTION TO THE 10 INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICES (18 mins)
• Understanding the purpose and function of the practices
• Carole Mullins, NBCT

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #1 (32 mins)
Recognize that text is anything that communicates a message.
• Expand traditional knowledge about text to include visual, auditory & digital sources
• Use sources across disciplines to provide increasingly rigorous opportunities for students to interpret messages communicated through different med…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #2 (29 mins)
Employ, develop, and refine schema to understand create text.
• Through the use of multiple texts and interdisciplinary content, activate students’ schema. Provide opportunities for developing new connections, applying specialized vocabulary and reflecting on new understandings
• Appropriate for K…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #3 (30 mins)
View literacy experiences as transactional, interdisciplinary, and transformational.
• When students’ literacy experiences cross traditional disciplinary boundaries, their knowledge is expanded and relevant
• Students’ interactions with text become transformational when they are motivated to purs…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #4 (30 mins)
Utilize receptive and expressive language arts to better understand self, others and the world. View literacy experiences as transactional, interdisciplinary, and transformational.
• Experiencing both receptive (i.e., listening, reading and viewing) and expressive (i.e., speaking, writing and v…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #5 (38 mins)
Apply strategic practices, with scaffolding and then independently, to approach new literacy tasks.
• Help students to strategically approach literacy tasks in order to make intentional decisions about when, where and how to apply thinking and learning processes
• Independence and tra…Read More

Hey all! The Alexa Echo Show has been an amazing tool for my students! We use it EVERY day! It keeps us up-to-date on the weather and important news topics. We have used it to help us spell sight words and “trick” words that go along with our phonics program. I have created quizzes for my students to use in math. My academic team students…Read More

Composition Video Resources Link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vIg6dkOjgATOSbQCosjIiKQFMGGIqzs1?usp=sharing

KAS for Reading and Writing Video Series: EPISODES 1-5 RESOURCES LINK:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XaizNuJf-tWqMK0CLJU86EZ08xzOabfI

Starting to receive materials for my FIRE Summit presentation! I’m so excited to be a part of this great group of educators who are researching new ways to enhance education in the system.

Just registered for the KVEC FIRE Summit! I’m so excited for this opportunity. I will be presenting on the integration of Alexa into the educational process. Using Alexa Skills Blueprint, teachers can create flashcards and quizzes that students can listen to and answer orally. Alexa will tell them if they are correct or incorrect. Alexa will…Read More

I tried to start my own challenge since so many are silly these days. I was calling it the Formative Assessment Challenge. You do a challenge then get pics of your students engaging in it and post online. Thought it would be a great way to share strategies with each other. I had a tiny bit of success but if anyone on here would like to…Read More

Someone said that the 8th and 10th On Demand was all online? Is this accurate?

I think I heard that the TCT’s were no longer being required to send to the state?? Is this accurate?

Can we post questions here? I had a question about students who score distinguished? If they score distinguished one year and then the next how do they show growth?

A great assessment strategy I use is to follow up any summative with student analysis so they will take ownership of their performance. Formative assessments are used throughout lessons to guide instruction.

My biggest concern regarding rich curriculum after reviewing the Academic Course Codes is the requirement of staffing for my school. Our financial situation in our district does not allow for more staffing to support the suggested courses. Our school will do the best we can to meet the requirements through creative scheduling.

It’s an exciting time to be an educator. Experience has taught me that nothing in education is constant. We are always in a state of change. That is refreshing. However, the basic backbone of education….the interaction between school staff, students, and community….is vital today as it was yesterday. Together we are stronger than we are apart.

My ARI mini grant has helped to add to my classroom. Students are using technology on a regular basis to study science. We have been able to add a new area for computer station work. The student engagement has greatly improved.

Goal: To address critical teaching shortage areas and improve teacher effectiveness in the KVEC/ARI region.
The ARI Teacher Tuition Assistance Program is a RTTT-D funded project that targets teachers who are […]

KVEC/ARI TEACHER TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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February 27, 2017

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Goal: To address critical teaching shortage areas and improve teacher effectiveness in the KVEC/ARI region. The ARI Teacher Tuition Assistance Program is a RTTT-D funded project that targets teachers who are completing, or plan to complete, course work to secure...

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In January of 2015 the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) entered into a partnership with Knovation, a provider of professionally vetted and aligned digital content and open education resources (OER). […]

East KY School Districts Rank Top 100 in Digital Learning

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January 24, 2017

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In January of 2015 the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) entered into a partnership with Knovation, a provider of professionally vetted and aligned digital content and open education resources (OER). The intent of this partnership was to assist our...

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I have uploaded a summary document that outlines KVEC and REL’s collaboration on the Action Research Process.

Beginning in 2013, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) and partners across southeastern Kentucky established the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative (ARI) through a federal Race to the Top–District grant. ARI goals include i…Read More

The second meeting of this cadre for the school year 2016-17 will be hosted at KVEC in Hazard, KY (KVEC building – 412 Roy Campbell, Hazard, KY 41701), on Tuesday, December 6th, from 9:00am to 3:00pm.

If you wish to participate, please, register using this link: h…Read More

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

I have just posted the PDAS Practitioner’s Field Guide to School Improvement. The PDAS is a well-defined set of principles, procedures and tools aimed to motivate schools and districts as they continually collect, analyze, communicate and use multiple measures of data to improve every aspect of school/district decision making. Implementing the…Read More

I just upload a great data tool that was developed by Pam Coe and shared with our KVEC special education department. Check it out.