Podcasts about kentucky valley educational cooperative

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Digital Promise, Adult Learning.The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.Can micro-credentials be used to create new pathways to social mobility for rural learners who are impacted by poverty, particularly for Black, Latino, and Indigenous people? Digital Promise joins learners and leaders from the University of Maine System's All Learning Counts Initiative and the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative to highlight preliminary findings from our ongoing research on the use of micro-credentials in rural postsecondary institutions. The conversation focuses on career pathways in K-12 education and information technology. Listeners hear directly from rural postsecondary leaders and learners to understand how they are:Using micro-credentials for affordable, flexible, and meaningful skill development that leads to better opportunities and higher wagesIncreasing efforts to prioritize social mobility for poverty-impacted communitiesDeveloping educator-industry partnerships to promote sustainable career pathwaysThis edWeb podcast is intended for K-12 educators and school and district leaders, adult education and career service providers, higher education institutions, employers, and community leaders interested in leveraging micro-credentials to create real-time pathways toward social mobility for people in rural communities. Digital Promise Digital Promise's mission is to accelerate innovation in education to improve opportunities to learn

In this episode, we explore the use of Competency-Based and Micro-Credentialing as a method for furthering the professional development of teachers. For many teachers, there are limited options for furthering their professional training to stay current and meet yearly state standards. As part of this episode, the co-hosts interview Robert Brown and Jennifer Carroll, leading the charge of credentialing through the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC). Our interviewees discuss the various ways credentialing can benefit teachers and increase the educational outcomes of teachers and, by extension, their students. They offer reflections on the process of credentialing. Jennifer.Carroll@wolfe.kyschools.us Robert.Brown@hazard.kyschools.us

(Image: Shutterstock) Drugs, incarceration and the Kentucky business community: Kentucky Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ashli Watts is making it a priority to de-felonize drug possession and focus on recovery. And, Kentucky Health News reporter Melissa Patrick on how newsrooms are changing the language used to report about drug addiction. Plus, the micro-credential, a tool for classroom teachers that is making a difference. And, Tom Eblen with the 2020 inductees into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.  Segments:  ONE: Kentucky Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ashli Watts is making it a priority to de-felonize drug possession and focus on recovery. And, Kentucky Health News reporter Melissa Patrick on how newsrooms are changing the language used to report about drug addiction. LISTEN  TWO: Dr. Jennifer Carrol and Robert Brown of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative on the micro-credential, a tool for classroom teachers that is making a difference in student performance and outcomes. LISTEN  THREE: Carnegie Center for Learning and Literacy Arts Liaison Tom Eblen with the 2020 inductees into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. LISTEN

January 9, 2020 Drugs, incarceration and the Kentucky business community: Kentucky Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ashli Watts is making it a priority to de-felonize drug possession and focus on recovery. And, Kentucky Health News reporter Melissa Patrick on how newsrooms are changing the language used to report about drug addiction. Plus, the micro-credential, a tool for classroom teachers that is making a difference. And, Tom Eblen with the 2020 inductees into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.  Segments:  ONE: Kentucky Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ashli Watts is making it a priority to de-felonize drug possession and focus on recovery. And, Kentucky Health News reporter Melissa Patrick on how newsrooms are changing the language used to report about drug addiction. LISTEN  TWO: Dr. Jennifer Carrol and Robert Brown of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative on the micro-credential, a tool for classroom teachers that is making a difference in student performance and outcomes. LISTEN  THREE: Carnegie Center for Learning and Literacy Arts Liaison Tom Eblen with the 2020 inductees into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. LISTEN

host Nat Malkus talks to Jeff Hawkins of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative and Campbell Scribner at the University of Maryland about the unique challenges and strengths of rural schools, the history of consolidation and local control, and why rural schools perform better than urban and town schools. The post https://www.aei.org/multimedia/rural-education-with-jeff-hawkins-and-campbell-scribner/ (Rural education with Jeff Hawkins and Campbell Scribner) appeared first on https://www.aei.org (American Enterprise Institute - AEI).

Rural school districts face unique challenges based on various economic and demographic changes that continue to squeeze school budgets.  In this episode, we look at how one rural school system is using creative strategies to support and expand high-quality education in rural public schools. Follow us on Twitter: @suptDgibson David W. Gibson is a 22-year educator. 14 years in administration 5 as superintendent.  3rd year as superintendent of Paintsville Independent schools, which is a distinguished school system in Kentucky.  Chair of Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative. Dr. Jeff Hawkins is the Executive Director at the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative serving twenty-three school districts in eastern Kentucky. Through his leadership, KVEC has been recognized as one of the highest performing educational service agencies in the country and has been awarded three significant USDE awards within the last five years: an Investing in Innovation Award, a Project Prevent Award and a coveted Race to the Top – District Award that led to the development of the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative.

Listen to the full length program Listen by segment: One: Do undocumented immigrants = increased crime rates? This analysis says no. A conversation with Anna Flagg, Senior Data Reporter for The Marshall Project. LISTEN Two: Does quality public education = positive economic development? These educators say yes. Jeff Hawkins, Director of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, and Magoffin County Schools Superintendent Scott Helton on a new strategy for public education and economic development in Appalachian Kentucky. LISTEN Three: Can rural Kentucky benefit from ideas hatched in other parts of the world? This Eastern Kentucky leader says it can. An interview with Hindman Settlement School Director and newly minted Obama Foundation Fellow Brent Hutchinson. Might you kick yourself for forgetting this  before heading out for a hike in the back country? Wilderness survival expert Chris Begley says, probably. And, can an artist bring the Great Lakes to Kentucky? Yes. Well, so to speak. An UnderMain interview. LISTEN  

Listen to the full length program Listen by segment: One: Do undocumented immigrants = increased crime rates? This analysis says no. A conversation with Anna Flagg, Senior Data Reporter for The Marshall Project. LISTEN Two: Does quality public education = positive economic development? These educators say yes. Jeff Hawkins, Director of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, and Magoffin County Schools Superintendent Scott Helton on a new strategy for public education and economic development in Appalachian Kentucky. LISTEN Three: Can rural Kentucky benefit from ideas hatched in other parts of the world? This Eastern Kentucky leader says it can. An interview with Hindman Settlement School Director and newly minted Obama Foundation Fellow Brent Hutchinson. Might you kick yourself for forgetting this  before heading out for a hike in the back country? Wilderness survival expert Chris Begley says, probably. And, can an artist bring the Great Lakes to Kentucky? Yes. Well, so to speak. An UnderMain interview. LISTEN  

Renee speaks with Paintsville Independent Superintendent David Gibson and Magoffin County Superintendent Scott Helton, and Jeff Hawkins, executive director of Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, about improving education in rural eastern Kentucky.

Renee speaks with Paintsville Independent Superintendent David Gibson and Magoffin County Superintendent Scott Helton, and Jeff Hawkins, executive director of Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, about improving education in rural eastern Kentucky.

Educational innovation in the mountains is leading to a teaching and learning renaissance in southeast Kentucky. Renee and her guests, Dr. Dessie Bowling, associate director of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative and Rose Shields, rural project manager for the Center for Excellence in Rural Health at the University of Kentucky, discuss recent innovative education practices in the region.

Educational innovation in the mountains is leading to a teaching and learning renaissance in southeast Kentucky. Renee and her guests, Dr. Dessie Bowling, associate director of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative and Rose Shields, rural project manager for the Center for Excellence in Rural Health at the University of Kentucky, discuss recent innovative education practices in the region.

Three years ago, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative won a $30 million federal grant to support innovation and personalized learning in classrooms throughout eastern Kentucky.  “One of the groups that may not have benefited right away was the vocational school students,” KVEC Associate Director Dessie Bowling explained. To remedy that, in 2016 the cooperative funded three eastern Kentucky vocational schools to design and build tiny movable homes. The "Building It Forward" project gives students experience with a wide range of construction skills such as plumbing, wiring, carpentry, design, budgeting, heating and cooling to name a few. Bowling described the tiny house project as a way of making sure that the cooperative’s schools offer classes that are interesting and valuable to students, and provide them marketable skills whether or not they plan on going to college. The program is designed to be financially self-sustaining. Money from the sales of each house covers the costs of materials it takes to “build it forward” again the next year. WMMT's Benny Becker filed this report as part of the Ohio Valley Resource's Changing Course series on innovative practices in eastern Kentucky schools.  The series is supported by the Solutions Journalism Network.

Many people would be surprised to hear that Bill and Melinda Gates and Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg visited eastern KY schools in 2017, but they came to learn about the innovative and wholistic educational approaches in use at 22 school districts that are members of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative.  KVEC schools emphasize personalized learning, team projects, and an entrepreneurial attitude that Executive Director Jeff Hawkins thinks can make a difference in a region in need of change. This report is the first in a series from the Ohio Valley Resource that is looking into how these school districts are working together to to find ways to address some of the country’s most profound economic and public health problems.

This week's program brings together stories that question what comes next for our region. As coal jobs decline throughout Central Appalachia - communities, scientists, and schools work to develop innovative approaches to economic transition. First, we’ll hear a story from the Ohio Valley Resource about the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative’s work to provide relevant, effective education in uncertain economic times. Then, we’ll hear an excerpt from an interview with Dr. Jeremy Richardson from the Got Science Podcast. Richardson is a senior energy analyst in the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists - and he speaks about his research on economic diversification in the West Virginia coal fields. And finally we bring you an interview with Brett Ratliff and Abby Huggins at the Hindman Settlement School about the upcoming 3rd annual Dumplins and Dancin event- a weekend celebration of the rich food and traditional dance communities in our mountains.

Jeff Hawkins and Robert Brown join Renee to discuss the KVEC, which serves 21 school districts in southeast Kentucky.

Jeff Hawkins and Robert Brown join Renee to discuss the KVEC, which serves 21 school districts in southeast Kentucky.

RURAL EDUCATION IN AMERICA..TWO GREAT GUESTS: Dr. Jeff Hawkins of The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative and John White, Deputy Ass't Secretary for Rural Outreach at the US Department of Education

RURAL EDUCATION IN AMERICA..TWO GREAT GUESTS: Dr. Jeff Hawkins of The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative and John White, Deputy Ass't Secretary for Rural Outreach at the US Department of Education

In this episode of Mountain Talk Monday, we welcome special guest hosts Tanya Turner and Willa Johnson with the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative. They interviewed four students involved in KVEC’s initiatives around the region’s schools about the effects that their participation has had on their educational experience in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. KVEC activities was one of the highlights of the 2016 SOAR Innovation Summit. They discuss everything from coding, student senate, creative writing, and the educational social platform – The Holler!