Instructional Support Leadership Network (ISLN)
Funded by the Kentucky Department of Education
Includes all 176 Kentucky school districts
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Goals
- Provide equal representation to all school districts (i.e., a 'senate' model) to contribute to setting the statewide expectations for and implementation of new standards and assessments
- Build capacity at the DISTRICT level to understand Kentucky's Core Academic Standards and their implications for instruction and assessment
- Create a professional learning community of content and administrator leaders
- Build the capacity of every member to identify and implement highly effective teaching, learning and assessment practices around Kentucky's Core Academic Standards
- Provide the leadership skills, tools, resources necessary for all members to:
- break down or deconstruct standards into clear learning targets
- design/recognize high-quality formative and summative assessments
- plan/identify rigorous and congruent learning experiences for instruction
- select evidence-based strategies and resources to enhance instruction
- support other educators in their districts as they do these same processes
Facilitators
Kim Zeidler-Watters - Director
Diane Johnson - PIMSER Regional Teacher Partner
Other Personnel
Jim Jackson - Higher Education Liaison, University of Kentucky
Jeff Stamper, Greg Finkbonner, Cathy White - Kentucky Department of Education
Karen Kidwell - Network Program Manager, Kentucky Department of Education
For more information on this program, please contact:
Kim Zeidler-Watters,
Director
Kim.Zeidler@uky.edu
859-257-4915