Commissioner's Teachers Advisory Council to meet on Dec. 7

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Meeting Advisory


Media Contact: Toni Konz Tatman

Chief Communications Officer

Office: (502) 564-2000

toni.tatman@education.ky.gov

Advisory 23-285

 

Dec. 4, 2023

Commissioner's Teachers Advisory Council to meet on Dec. 7

(FRANKFORT, KY) – The Commissioner's Teachers Advisory Council (TAC) will meet on Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. ET.

The council’s purpose is to improve the educational landscape of Kentucky by providing Kentucky’s commissioner of education with direct input from Kentucky’s classrooms. Bridging the gap between policy and practice, the Teacher Advisory Council was created to advise the commissioner on educational priorities so that Kentucky’s students are well-prepared for any career they choose. The goal is effective teaching in every school, every classroom, every day.

The meeting will be held in Conference Room 516 at the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE). Public may view on the KDE Media Portal.

A full agenda follows:

Commissioner’s Teachers Advisory Council (TAC)
Dec. 7, 2023
10 a.m. - noon ET
KDE Conference Room 516, 300 Sower Building

Meeting to be held virtually via Microsoft Teams
Recording will be available on the
KDE Media Portal 

 

 Agenda

I. Welcome: Thomas Woods-Tucker, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner and Chief Equity Officer, Kentucky Department of Education

II. Approve Summary from Last Meeting and Roll Call of Members: Jamaal Stiles, TAC Chairperson, Washington County Schools

III. Search for a New Commissioner/Advisory Council FeedbackStacy Noah, TAC Liaison, Kentucky Department of Education

IV. Kentucky Academic Standards for Arts and HumanitiesJessica Greene and Thomas Clouse, Office of Teaching and Learning, Kentucky Department of Education

V. School Report Card SurveyDede Conner, Office of Education Technology, Kentucky Department of Education

VI. Teacher Morale FeedbackJamaal Stiles, TAC Chairperson, Washington County Schools

VII. Chronic AbsenteeismJudi Vanderhaar and Michelle Wilson, Office of Continuous Improvement and Support, Kentucky Department of Education

VIII. TAC Member RecognitionJamaal Stiles, TAC Chairperson, Washington County Schools

IX. Adjournment: Jamaal Stiles, TAC Chairperson, Washington County Schools

 

Future Meeting Dates
March 7, 2024
June 6, 2024