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

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

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My teachers have been using quizizz.com and they love this resource. It has quizzes that are already created by other educators as well as the option to create your own quiz. I also have been using this with my teachers in our weekly interactive agendas and they log in and answer their questions for me.

We, as a school and our literacy team in particular, have been looking for the best way to keep student writing folders with writing samples. In the past there have been those paper folders that follow the student along and materials are added each year. This year we have tried to develop electronic writing folders that can also follow the student…Read More

One of the many resources that we have used at Highland Turner that has been helpful has been the http://www.coretools.ldc.org for integration of writing through content classes. We also have used Jim Knights, High-Impact Instruction, A Framework for Great Teaching published by Corwin ISBN: 9781412981774. Both resources has been used to coach…Read More

I have two resources to share. (1) A book titled The Best Lesson Series: Literature, edited by Brian Sztabnik (ISBN – 978-0692531556). This book is available on Amazon. There are fifteen different, detailed lessons for making literature connections with your students. Near the beginning of the school year, I tried the first lesson about…Read More

I posted these questions in the accountability thread as well. When looking at the KDE assessments page, it says that the ACT will be administered to both grades 10 and 11 this year. Is that accurate? (It also says they’re trying to secure funding for that grade 10 administration.) Also, when looking at EOC information on the KDE assessment site,…Read More

Another question. When looking at the EOC requirements on the KDE page, it says that it is live for those on the early graduation pathway. What will we be doing for our current English II classes? Is there an EOC for this year?

I have a couple questions about the ACT. Will both sophomores and juniors be taking the test for accountability this year? Our curriculum coordinator showed us something that indicated that, and when looking at the ACT page on KDE, it says that they’re looking for funding for the administration of the test to sophomores. I don’t remember that…Read More

We have also been attempting to make the move to standards-based grading. Through this process, we do reteaching and retesting. One of the strategies that I’ve found to be helpful is allowing students to do test corrections on the first test. Students don’t get the same test when they retest. After the tests are graded, they are returned, and…Read More

One of the things we noticed is that to get full points, 50% of the total school population needs to have completed a cultural studies or world languages course. We currently only offer Spanish I and II, and we are unsure if 50% of the students are taking those courses. In addition, it’s difficult for all students to complete career pathways if…Read More

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.

For my capstone project, I plan to establish a student leadership team at Breathitt County High School to work to improve school culture. I will collaborate with school administrations and student senate members to build this student leadership team, as we incorporate some of the Maxwell work to grow our student leaders. The Student Agency…Read More

For my capstone project, I would like to focus on a strong mentoring system at our high school for our students with special needs. We have a working model, but I would like to take this a step further and build a strong mentoring foundation that will be the model for the the whole high school.

@willnoble What are some of the best apps you have found?

More SMS Design Thinking.
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More Sebastian Middle School Teachers working on a Design Thinking Project.
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Teachers at Sebastian Middle School stayed after school today to learn about Design Thinking. Teachers actually completed a Design Thinking Project called The Five Chairs.

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Awesome event last Friday!
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Lots of positive comments this morning at the Breathitt County Schools’ Principal and Central Office Administration meeting in regards to the Promising Practice Summit. Great job ARI KVEC staff!! Looking forward to April.

@willnoble Congratulations!

Fannie Hall, ARI Teacher Leader for Marie-Roberts Caney Elementary receives her MacBook Air from Breathitt Co. IC Susan Watts.
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Heather Griffith, ARI Teacher Leader for Highland-Turner Elementary receives her MacBook Air from Breathitt Co. IC Susan Watts.
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Deana Moore and David Napier, both Sebastian Middle School Teachers, receiving their MacBook Air computers. Pictured with Will Noble, Asst. Principal and Innovation Coordinator Susan Watts.
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Cathy McCune, Breathitt County High School Teacher, receiving her MacBook Air.
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Jesse Bailey, LBJ Elementary Teachers, receiving his MacBook Air.
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Great meeting with Breathitt County ARI teacher leaders! Good ideas beginning to develop in our schools.