Social studies asks students to weigh evidence, take positions, and understand multiple perspectives, and writing is how they make that thinking visible. In this one-hour session, explore writing routines that strengthen argumentation, source analysis, and historical reasoning while moving students from recall to deeper thinking. Designed for K–12 social studies, these approaches fit into everyday instruction and are ready to use on Monday.
Format: Virtual (Zoom) • 1 hour of PD/EILA credit provided • Zoom link sent prior to the session
Writing is one of the most powerful tools for improving reading, thinking, and learning. In this one-hour virtual session, explore practical writing strategies that strengthen comprehension, analysis, and communication across K–12 ELA classrooms. Leave with ready-to-use approaches that fit seamlessly into the lessons you’re already teaching and can be implemented immediately to deepen student thinking and improve writing outcomes.
Format: Virtual (Zoom) • 1 hour of PD/EILA credit provided • Zoom link sent prior to the session
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.
The science of reading is not just a primary-grade concern—and many upper-grade students are still struggling with the demands of complex texts. In this session, we’ll explore what the science of reading means for grades 4–12. We’ll build a clearer understanding of how skilled reading develops over time and what factors most often interfere with comprehension in later grades. We’ll connect this research to practical, classroom-ready strategies that support students in navigating complex academic texts—through vocabulary development, sentence-level understanding, knowledge building, comprehension, and disciplinary writing across content areas. Whether you teach upper elementary or secondary, you’ll leave with research-informed strategies you can use immediately, along with a clearer picture of how your instruction supports students in becoming proficient readers of increasingly complex texts.
lindsey.ellis@ckec.org
The CKEC Multilingual Learner Teacher Network will be time to work with other EL/ML teachers, specialists, admin, and other educators in the region. Through participant input, training and workshop opportunities will be developed based on the needs, trends, and ongoing issues that face schools and districts across our region and the state. The network will provide open chair time for members to share success stories. There will also be time to vet specific issues in a supportive and constructive manner.
Network Dates/Times
Sept 21, 2026 (In-person Lexington); 8:30 am -3:30 pm ET
Oct 12, 2026 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Nov 16, 2026 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Mar 8, 2027 (In-person Harrodsburg); 8:30 am -3:30 pm ET
Apr 19, 2027 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
EILA credit will be awarded.
Contact: mark.helton@ckec.org
The CKEC Multilingual Learner Teacher Network will be time to work with other EL/ML teachers, specialists, admin, and other educators in the region. Through participant input, training and workshop opportunities will be developed based on the needs, trends, and ongoing issues that face schools and districts across our region and the state. The network will provide open chair time for members to share success stories. There will also be time to vet specific issues in a supportive and constructive manner.
Network Dates/Times
Sept 21, 2026 (In-person Lexington); 8:30 am -3:30 pm ET
Oct 12, 2026 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Nov 16, 2026 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Mar 8, 2027 (In-person Harrodsburg); 8:30 am -3:30 pm ET
Apr 19, 2027 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
EILA credit will be awarded.
Contact: mark.helton@ckec.org
The CKEC Multilingual Learner Teacher Network will be time to work with other EL/ML teachers, specialists, admin, and other educators in the region. Through participant input, training and workshop opportunities will be developed based on the needs, trends, and ongoing issues that face schools and districts across our region and the state. The network will provide open chair time for members to share success stories. There will also be time to vet specific issues in a supportive and constructive manner.
Network Dates/Times
Sept 21, 2026 (In-person Lexington); 8:30 am -3:30 pm ET
Oct 12, 2026 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Nov 16, 2026 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Mar 8, 2027 (In-person Harrodsburg); 8:30 am -3:30 pm ET
Apr 19, 2027 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
EILA credit will be awarded.
Contact: mark.helton@ckec.org
The CKEC Multilingual Learner Teacher Network will be time to work with other EL/ML teachers, specialists, admin, and other educators in the region. Through participant input, training and workshop opportunities will be developed based on the needs, trends, and ongoing issues that face schools and districts across our region and the state. The network will provide open chair time for members to share success stories. There will also be time to vet specific issues in a supportive and constructive manner.
Network Dates/Times
Sept 21, 2026 (In-person Lexington); 8:30 am -3:30 pm ET
Oct 12, 2026 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Nov 16, 2026 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Mar 8, 2027 (In-person Harrodsburg); 8:30 am -3:30 pm ET
Apr 19, 2027 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
EILA credit will be awarded.
Contact: mark.helton@ckec.org
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.
The registration fee provides each participant with a copy of The Writing Revolution 2.0.
For more information, contact Lindsey Ellis at lindsey.ellis@ckec.org.
The CKEC Multilingual Learner Teacher Network will be time to work with other EL/ML teachers, specialists, admin, and other educators in the region. Through participant input, training and workshop opportunities will be developed based on the needs, trends, and ongoing issues that face schools and districts across our region and the state. The network will provide open chair time for members to share success stories. There will also be time to vet specific issues in a supportive and constructive manner.
Network Dates/Times
Sept 21, 2026 (In-person Lexington); 8:30 am -3:30 pm ET
Oct 12, 2026 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Nov 16, 2026 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Mar 8, 2027 (In-person Harrodsburg); 8:30 am -3:30 pm ET
Apr 19, 2027 (virtual, Google Meet); 4:00-5:00 pm ET
EILA credit will be awarded.