Getting ready for my ARI session in Pikeville tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing everyone’s projects.

My grant was to fund a Microsoft Surface so that I could teach sight word fluency more successfully to my students who need Tier 2 intervention in reading. Using the Surface tablet, I downloaded the OneNote App and the add-in called Learning Tools. Learning tools was originally created to meet the needs of students with dyslexia. But all students…Read More

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

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