Target Audience: School/District Crisis Team Members, School Mental Health Professionals, Administrators, Teachers, Pupil Services Personnel, SROs, Front Office Staff, Transportation Directors, Communication Directors, Operations Personnel, and before and after-school Activities Coordinators

In this 1-day workshop, participants will learn how to establish and sustain comprehensive school safety efforts that attend to both physical and psychological safety. The workshop addresses critical components needed to develop, exercise, and evaluate safety and crisis teams and plans and conduct building vulnerability assessments. The model also integrates school personnel and community provider roles in providing school-based crisis preparedness and response activities. Additional topics addressed also include media/social media, communication, reunification, students with special needs, culture, and memorials. After this workshop, participants will be better prepared to improve their school’s climate, student resilience, and crisis response capabilities of school personnel. With updated research and strategies, this workshop makes a clear connection between ongoing crisis prevention, mitigation, protection, response, and recovery.  PREPaRE Workshop 1 provides a broad overview of the school crisis team’s roles and responsibilities, with a special emphasis on crisis prevention and preparedness.  

Participants must attend the entire day and stay through the end of the day to take the post-test in order to receive a certificate of completion.

NOTE: Registration Deadline is Thursday, February 12 at 12:00 noon ET.

NOTE:  This training is offered at no cost through a grant with KDE!  However, due to having to purchase seat licenses ahead of time, anyone who cancels registration after Thursday, February 5, 2026 will be billed for the license fee.

6.5 hours of EILA credit will be available. Participants must allow time for some preparation prior to the training.

Contact mark.helton@ckec.org with questions.

Target Audience: Health and PE teachers of all grades

This 6-hour professional development session is designed for Kentucky Health and Physical Education teachers to gain a deep, practical understanding of the new Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Health Education and Physical Education and develop actionable strategies for their successful implementation in the classroom and gym.

Participants will move beyond simply reading the standards to aligning with the current curriculum and building high-quality, standards-based instructional resources. The session will emphasize the shifts in focus within the new Kentucky standards, ensuring teachers are prepared to transition their instruction effectively by the implementation deadline (no later than the 2026-2027 school year).

This will be off-site at the Woodford Co. Central Office (former Woodford Co. High School); 180 Frankfort St, Versailles, KY 40383

Target Audience: Visual and Performing Arts Teachers

This session is designed to build knowledge and capacity around the updated Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) standards and to capitalize on the opportunity to improve teaching and learning aligned to the KAS for Visual and Performing Arts and implement them for vibrant student experiences. Throughout the session, participants will have opportunities for deeper exploration of components such as the Artistic Processes and Anchor Standards and will reflect on how the components are approached within their specific arts discipline. Jessica Greene from the Kentucky Department of Education will be facilitating this session

Harrodsburg Campus-1150 Danville Road

Contact tabor.placido@ckec.org with questions.

Target Audience: K-12 Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Embrace the essence of DuFour’s 4th Question, “What do we do when students already know it?” This session is dedicated to igniting educators’ approaches to teaching, focusing on enriching students who surpass standard academic benchmarks. Learn to identify and cultivate each student’s unique talents, fostering curiosity, creativity, and emotional and social intelligence. Discover interdisciplinary methods and sustainable practices to keep the flame of learning alive for all students.

Ideal for educators aspiring to create a dynamic, engaging, and comprehensive educational experience that fuels every student’s potential.

For more information, contact lindsey.ellis@ckec.org 

Target Audience: Science/Social Studies  Educators (General Inquiry Teachers), Admins, Instructional Coaches

Stop teaching—start investigating! Inquiry in Motion gives you the tools to design lessons that move students from passive to powerful thinkers. Leave with ready-to-use inquiry units and strategies that transform student learning. Get ready to set your classroom in motion!

This dynamic professional development experience is designed for social studies, science, and general educators who want to spark curiosity, deepen thinking, and empower students to take charge of their learning.

Through hands-on exploration of the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), participants will learn to craft compelling questions, design meaningful inquiry tasks, and implement strategies that move students from passive listeners to active investigators. You’ll dive into questioning techniques, scaffolding strategies, and practical tools that make inquiry accessible, engaging, and transformative for every learner.

By the end of the day, you’ll leave with a ready-to-implement inquiry unit, practical strategies to ignite curiosity, and a classroom culture buzzing with questions, exploration, and discovery. Step into the flow of learning—get your classroom moving with Inquiry in Motion!

PD/EILA Available

Contact sherra.caudill@ckec.org with questions.

Target Audience: 6-12 Teachers (Social Studies) & Instructional Coaches

Join fellow social studies educators for a dynamic four-part virtual book study of Inquiry-Based Practice in Social Studies Education by S.G. Grant, Kathy Swan, and John Lee. In this interactive professional learning series, participants will unpack the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) to reimagine teaching and learning through meaningful questions, authentic tasks, and rich sources.

Each one-hour session explores key chapters of the text and offers practical, classroom-ready strategies to design and implement inquiry-based instruction that deepens understanding and student engagement.

Walk away with inquiry blueprints, adaptable templates, and a clear plan for transforming your next unit into an authentic, student-driven investigation of the world.

January 14, 2026; February 25, 2026; March 25, 2026; April 15, 2026

No Fee: Please note that this is a bring-your-own-book book study. Books can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Inquiry-Based-Practice-Social-Studies-Education/dp/1032202351/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 

PD/EILA Credit Available

Contact sherra.caudill@ckec.org with questions.

Target Audience: K-12 Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators, Curriculum Coordinators

This 3-day session equips teachers with easy-to-use tools to improve student writing in any subject at any grade level. Based on Judith Hochman’s The Writing Revolution, this session covers clear, step-by-step methods for building sentence and paragraph writing skills. Teachers will learn ways to help students express ideas clearly, understand content better, and gain confidence in their writing. By the end of the session, participants will have a toolkit of effective, research-based strategies to transform writing instruction and boost student success.

One registration for all sessions.

February 24, 2026; March 5, 2026; April 14, 2026

The registration fee provides each participant with a copy of The Writing Revolution 2.0.

For more information, contact Tabor Placido at tabor.placido@ckec.org.

Target Audience: DSC, School Administrators, Instructional Coaches

This professional learning series is designed for district and school leaders responsible for curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Through a sequence of collaborative sessions, participants will explore how to effectively implement and maximize their High-Quality Instructional Resources (HQIRs) to drive improved student outcomes.

Using the Curriculum Implementation Framework as a guide, leaders will learn how to develop and refine a local curriculum document, utilize the Pedagogical Practices Mapping Tool, and align learning targets, standards, lessons, and assessments to ensure coherence across their instructional system.

Each session will balance learning, reflection, and collaboration, providing opportunities for participants to:

• Examine tools and processes that strengthen curriculum implementation;
• Apply learning to their own district or school context;
• Engage in meaningful discussion and problem-solving with peers; and
• Hear from other districts about their implementation successes and challenges.

By the end of the series, participants will leave with actionable tools, aligned curriculum structures, and strategies to ensure improved teaching and learning across classrooms.

One registration for the following dates:

January 22, 2026

February 19, 2026

March 19, 2026

April 16, 2026

 

Contact heather.brown@ckec.org with questions.

Target Audience: K-12 Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Embrace the essence of DuFour’s 4th Question, “What do we do when students already know it?” This session is dedicated to igniting educators’ approaches to teaching, focusing on enriching students who surpass standard academic benchmarks. Learn to identify and cultivate each student’s unique talents, fostering curiosity, creativity, and emotional and social intelligence. Discover interdisciplinary methods and sustainable practices to keep the flame of learning alive for all students.

Ideal for educators aspiring to create a dynamic, engaging, and comprehensive educational experience that fuels every student’s potential.

For more information, contact lindsey.ellis@ckec.org 

Target Audience: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Library Media Specialists, School Technology Coordinators, Digital Learning Coaches, Administrators

In this two-day cohort, educators will explore the potential of artificial intelligence in the classroom, centered on the six educator functions presented in The Artificial Intelligence Playbook by Meghan Hargrave, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey. Through these interactive sessions, participants will engage in hands-on activities that demonstrate how AI can streamline lesson planning and boost student engagement. 

Day 1 will explore managing content, fostering student engagement, and meeting students’ instructional needs. Day 2 will focus on assessing student learning, providing effective feedback, and supporting lifelong learning. By the end of the cohort, participants will have a toolbox tailored to their teaching context, leaving with new, time-saving tools to enrich learning experiences in meaningful ways.

Participants will receive a copy of The Artificial Intelligence Playbook (1st Edition).

Fee: Free for Member Districts; $125.00 for Non-Member Districts

6 Hours of PD/EILA Credit each day

Contact holly.lawrence@ckec.org with questions.