Districts of Innovation—A District of Innovation is a district that has developed a plan of innovation, in compliance with state statutes (KRS 156.108 and 160.107), which has been approved by the KBE and exempts the district from certain administrative regulations and statutory provisions to improve the educational performance of students within the district. These districts are: Danville Independent, Eminence Independent, Jefferson County, Taylor County, Owensboro Independent, Owsley County and Trigg County. Integrated Strategy District—A district who applied and was chosen to participate in the integration grant during 2011-2014 which supported the integration of several critical streams of work: measures of teacher effectiveness (i.e., PGES), implementation of the Common Core State Standards (i.e., KCAS) and the development of innovative tools and resources to help teacher deliver instruction (i.e., LDC & MDC). Those counties are: Boyle County, Campbell County, Daviess County, Fayette County, Fleming County, Floyd County, Gallatin County, Hardin County, Jackson Independent, Jessamine County, Jefferson County, Kenton County, Lee County, Magoffin County, Owen County, Simpson County and Washington County. Kentucky Department of Education Capacity Framework--The framework provides guidance around core behaviors and actions that, when applied with intentionality and fidelity, increase the likelihood of successful implementation of any initiative. These capacities are important indicators of success and warrant self-reflection. They push us to think beyond the to the and “what” “how” “how well.” Core Capacity Characteristics Application Human High-capacity individuals are strategically Intellectual proficiency, situated in the system, and there is evidence will of sustainable human capacity growth. Organizational Culture is shaped or evidenced by the degree Interactions, to which interactions, collaborations, and collaborations, communications are positive and communications Material Consider existing resources from within and Fiscal resources, material outside system, as well as the allocation of resources those resources. Resources must be allocated according to strategic priorities. Structural Problems arise when structures do not fit the Roles, organizational goals, or do not facilitate the procedures/routines, change process. The quality of structures policies, hierarchies must also be considered. Kentucky Largest School Districts For the purposes of this grant, identification of – largest districts is based on student population data from 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 Kentucky’s and include the following school districts: Jefferson County, Fayette County, Boone County,
Districts of Innovation—A District of Innovation is a district that has developed a plan of innovation, in compliance with state statutes (KRS 156.108 and 160.107), which has been approved by the KBE and exempts the district from certain administrative regulations and statutory provisions to improve the educational performance of students within the district. These districts are: Danville Independent, Eminence Independent, Jefferson County, Taylor County, Owensboro Independent, Owsley County and Trigg County. Integrated Strategy District—A district who applied and was chosen to participate in the integration grant during 2011-2014 which supported the integration of several critical streams of work: measures of teacher effectiveness (i.e., PGES), implementation of the Common Core State Standards (i.e., KCAS) and the development of innovative tools and resources to help teacher deliver instruction (i.e., LDC & MDC). Those counties are: Boyle County, Campbell County, Daviess County, Fayette County, Fleming County, Floyd County, Gallatin County, Hardin County, Jackson Independent, Jessamine County, Jefferson County, Kenton County, Lee County, Magoffin County, Owen County, Simpson County and Washington County. Kentucky Department of Education Capacity Framework--The framework provides guidance around core behaviors and actions that, when applied with intentionality and fidelity, increase the likelihood of successful implementation of any initiative. These capacities are important indicators of success and warrant self-reflection. They push us to think beyond the “what” to the “how” and “how well.” Core Capacity Characteristics Application Human High-capacity individuals are strategically situated in the system, and there is evidence of sustainable human capacity growth. Intellectual proficiency, will Organizational Culture is shaped or evidenced by the degree to which interactions, collaborations, and communications are positive and Interactions, collaborations, communications Material Consider existing resources from within and outside system, as well as the allocation of those resources. Resources must be allocated according to strategic priorities. Fiscal resources, material resources Structural Problems arise when structures do not fit the organizational goals, or do not facilitate the change process. The quality of structures must also be considered. Roles, procedures/routines, policies, hierarchies Kentucky Largest School Districts – For the purposes of this grant, identification of Kentucky’s largest districts is based on student population data from 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 and include the following school districts: Jefferson County, Fayette County, Boone County,
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