Hey, KVEC Social Studies – check out our first mini-cast for our Holler!

https://youtu.be/gOESeRAFTm8

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

I got a big test coming up.

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

Yes! http://www.epals.com is a great way for students from all areas of the world, to connect with each other! Check it out! You can join projects, share projects, set up email accounts for your students so they can send/receive emails from other students! It’s a great way for students to explore culture, language, and interesting facts about each other!

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

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!

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

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

The Social Studies Teacher Leader Network meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 24th has been cancelled. The next meeting will be March 27th (note the change from March 31 originally scheduled).

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

Teachers,

Here is a gold-mine for primary sources… Oral-histories for the Appalachian Region. Some of these are amazing!
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/collections/appalachia-oral-history-collection’ title=’Appalachia Oral History Collection | Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History’ image=”]Residents of Appalachia discuss…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.

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.

Our next SSTLN meeting will be February 24th at HCTC. This will be a hard day of working with the new Social Studies standards. You might bring a laptop to do some of the work. More info will come by email. See you then!

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

WONDERFUL RESOURCE The US Holocaust Memorial Museum offers an online experience, “Some Were Neighbors” to explore the role of “onlookers”” during the Holocaust…those who helped the victims and those who helped the Nazis. Includes teacher resources for lessons on analyzing images, etc.
http://somewereneighbors.ushmm.org/#/exhibitions

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.

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

ASCD article on questioning in social studies/history classes
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

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Resources
[bpfb_link url=’http://highland2011.edu.glogster.com/edit/dr-martin-luther-king’ title=’Dr. Martin Luther King: #GlogContest2013, #glogcontest2013, glogcontest2013 | Glogster EDU – 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students’…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

If you are not a member of the Kentucky Social Studies (KYSOCSTU Listserv but would like to join the online community and receive updates and info from them regarding SS instruction..or post questions to the group, you may join at the link below
http://www.coe.uky.edu/lists/kylists.php

I found this web resource with TONS of questioning strategies…also contains support materials for the Question Formulation Technique (QFT). More appropriate for Middle and High SS Teachers/Students.
https://studyskillsforuniquelearners.wikispaces.com/Questioning+Strategies

I found this web resource with TONS of questioning strategies…also contains support materials for the Question Formulation Technique (QFT). More appropriate for Middle and High SS Teachers/Students.
https://studyskillsforuniquelearners.wikispaces.com/Questioning+Strategies

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

Information in this week’s Superintendent email:
Summer history workshop – (Please share with teachers)
We hope that you will apply to be part of the 2015 Summer Teacher Workshop at the Kentucky Historical Society. This exciting and informative weeklong workshop, “Torn Within, Threatened Without: Kentucky and the Border States in the Civil War…Read More

Here is a link to the Model Curriculum Framework:
http://education.ky.gov/curriculum/docs/Pages/KY-Model-Curriculum-Framework.aspx

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!

The Wallace Foundation has created a Professional Learning resource that highlights effective principal and school leadership. There are five online modules with video clips, resources, and facilitator guide. Would be great for a District Leadership Team or to help a principal meet a Professional Learning Goal.…Read More