Educator Quality & Diversity

Last Updated on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 4:09 PM

Educator Quality and Diversity secures the talents and skills of the highest quality professionals for every classroom, school, and district in Kentucky. The Division seeks to recruit, select, and retain exceptional, multi-dimensional individuals who have chosen education as their career. Traditional educational programs, scholarships, alternative certification routes, professional development, and early identification initiatives are tools used to accomplish this undertaking. The implementation of such systemic policies and programs will provide the Commonwealth with diverse, competent, caring educators, who are essential to ensure that children reach their maximum potential.

Kentucky Educator Placement Service
The Kentucky Educator Placement Service (KEPS) was developed by the Kentucky Department of Education to support the efforts of school districts to recruit teachers, principals and administrators. KEPS offers a placement service matching certified vacancies with applicants seeking employment. The ...

Kentucky Class Size Maximums
KRS 157.360(4) prescribes that except for those schools that have implemented school-based decision making, hereafter referred to as SBDM, the chief state school officer shall enforce maximum class sizes for every academic course requirement in all grades, except in vocal and instrumental music, and physical education classes and shall establish procedures ... More

Teacher Quality
Teacher Quality KY The purpose of this web site is to share the work done in Kentucky to improve teacher quality in order to enhance student achievement. Teacher Quality US Research confirms that teachers are the single most important factor in raising student achievement. Students arrive in the classroom with ... More

Alternate Certification Routes
The Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) is the state agency that establishes standards and procedures for the alternative route options. Contact information: 100 Airport Road, 3rd FloorFrankfort, Kentucky 40601Phone: (502) 564-4606Fax: (502) 564-7092Toll Free: (888) 598-7667 Alternative Routes to Certification EPSB provides technical assistance to qualifying individuals who have potential as ... More

Awards & Recognition Programs
The Kentucky Department of Education recognizes outstanding students, educators and schools through various awards and recognition programs.

Educational Leadership Development
Educational Leadership Development prepares highly qualified minorities to assume leadership roles as principals and superintendents and provides resources, guidance, and support in order to reduce some of the traditional barriers and challenges encountered during the certification process.

Future Educators Association

Minority Educator Recruitment & Retention
As part of our ongoing commitment to recruiting the best and brightest educators for Kentucky, Educator Quality and Diversity seeks to actively recruit and train qualified, diverse educators for Kentucky's schools. To assist in this task, this division offers the Minority Educator Recruitment and Retention Scholarship to qualified applicants.

Posting of Certified Vacancies
When a vacancy for which "certification" is required occurs in a local school district, the superintendent shall notify the Kentucky Department of Education, Division of Educator Quality and Diversity thirty (30) days before the position shall be filled. The Department of Education, Division of Educator Quality and Diversity, maintains an electronic registry of ... More

Scholarships & Loans
In conjunction with Kentucky's state-supported institutions of higher education, Minority Educator Recruitment and Retention provides eligible in-state students scholarships of up to $5,000 per year towards initial teacher certification. There is a service component (in-kind service to state public school settings for the number of semesters/years funds are accepted) to help increase the ... More

Transition to Teaching

For more information contact:

Michael Dailey
500 Mero Street, 17th Floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601

Phone: (502) 564-1479

Michael.Dailey@education.ky.gov

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