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The Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky (The Fund) inspires and scales innovation and excellence in Kentucky’s public schools, resulting in a better future for all of our children. Here on our blog, we share about our work in a more in depth manner. Blog posts are written by staff members, teachers we work with, board members and others.

The Fund believes in unlocking the unique potential of every student by spreading innovative ideas, shining a spotlight on transforming teacher leadership, and driving sustainable change that will increase academic achievement for all students in Kentucky’s public education system.

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Barbara Bellissimo
CEO

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Connected Educator Month 2014

Connected Educator Month is upon us, and we have big plans with our partners again this year. We think it’s important to consider how far we have come since last October and recognize that connectedness extends beyond one month of the year. Connectedness also extends beyond our classrooms, schools, and districts. We have more Kentucky teachers and administrators connecting with one another online, engaging in conversations, supporting and learning from one another.

Kentucky is known nationally for our ability to bring in multiple stakeholders and also for our longstanding practice of having numerous partners collaborating. Connected Educator Month provides us a chance to highlight the collaboration. At the end of last year’s Connected Educator Month, The Fund, KDE, and Hope Street Group collaboratively blogged about the experience and how we met our objectives. Some of our reflection was focused on the tools and platforms we used to connect, but more importantly, we focused on the impact these connections have on students.

For 2014, we will continue the emphasis of connecting to improve student learning, and we will also emphasize the importance of considering how community leaders, business leaders, and education leaders work together to impact students.

Each day in October, we will highlight one connected educator, and we will also provide a few suggestions each day for how you can participate in connected educator month. Stay tuned and get connected!

Want to participate? Consider:

  • Following our blog daily where we will highlight a different educator each day in October
  • Attending our Innovate: Education Summit on October 21

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