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Other OpportunitiesOne click can take you to several helpful education websites. You can help us by suggesting others we should add to this list. E-mail us to report new ideas or problems with the links below. KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: Go straight to the state education department’s main page for school council issues. Find KDE’s School-Based Decision Making Laws and Regulations. SPECIAL EDUCATION: Learn about Individual Learning Plans and parents. An I.L.P. is an online planning and education tool available to Kentucky students grades 6-12. Log on to your child’s I.L.P. (First, contact the school to obtain your parent user name and password.) The Parent Involvement Initiative: Part of the Kentucky Department of Education State Development Grant (SPDG) Designed to promote stakeholder engagement in Kentucky Department of Education initiatives. Advance Kentucky is a program focused on boosting success on high school Advanced Placement courses. Application materials are available to high schools at the website. You can also obtain additional information about the National Math and Science Initiative. Keep up with state and national education issues at The Prichard Blog, maintained by the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, a statewide grassroots advocacy group based in Lexington. They also created the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, which trains parents on ways to understand school goals and promote higher student achievement. |
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Announcements
Earlier this week, Lt. Gov. Coleman released an OpEd and corresponding video entitled, "It's Time to Help the Helpers."
OpEd: https://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=LieutenantGovernor&prId=20
Video: https://youtu.be/BtnRVj105ag
Seal of Arts Excellence Guidance Now Available
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is pleased to announce new guidance for establishing a local Seal of Arts Excellence to recognize high school graduates who demonstrate an advanced level of specialization in one or more areas of visual and performing arts. The guidance can be found on the Seal of Arts Excellence webpage.
A new feature for creating a Seal of Arts Excellence on a student’s transcript will be available in Infinite Campus for the 2022-2023 school year. Districts will have the option of adding a Seal of Arts Excellence to a student’s transcript through the Graduation Tab that will include the date of completion as well as the area of specialization. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
KASC Council Member Shoutout
KASC will be recognizing the council members across our state who are leading their schools. If you’d like to recognize one or more of your council members, please complete this brief Nomination Form and we’ll share with all of our members and on social media. Let’s lift up one another in 2023!
SBDM Election Kit
Now included FREE with membership! Access to our election kit is available to all KASC members through our Learning Management System (LMS). The kit includes advice for developing written procedures, guidance for online elections, forms to customize for every step of the process, and legal requirements. Everything is organized for the person/group running each election, so organizers don’t have to view the entire kit.
Academic Standards Family Guides Available
The Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) family guides were developed to help families familiarize themselves with the content of each grade level’s standards. Each guide contains a standards overview for reading and writing, mathematics, science, and social studies. The guides are now available in Spanish and can be accessed on the Standards Family Guides & Resources webpage on the KY Standards website.
Kentucky’s Multi-Tiered System of Supports
KyMTSS is a multi-level prevention system to support student achievement and social-emotional behavioral competencies through the integration of differentiated core instruction, assessment, and intervention.