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156.101 Purpose of section -- Definition of "instructional leader" -Instructional leader improvement program.
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The purpose of this section is to encourage and require the maintenance and
development of effective instructional leadership in the public schools of the
Commonwealth and to recognize that principals, with the assistance of
assistant principals, supervisors of instruction, guidance counselors, and
directors of special education, have the primary responsibility for instructional
leadership in the schools to which they are assigned.
For the purpose of this section, "instructional leader" shall be defined as an
employee of the public schools of the Commonwealth employed as a principal,
assistant principal, supervisor of instruction, guidance counselor, director of
special education, or other administrative position deemed by the Education
Professional Standards Board to require an administrative certificate.
In order to carry out the purpose of this section, the Kentucky Board of
Education shall establish a statewide program to improve and maintain the
quality and effectiveness of instructional leadership in the public schools of the
Commonwealth.
The instructional leader improvement program shall contain the following
provisions:
(a) Each instructional leader employed by the public schools of the
Commonwealth shall participate in a continuing intensive training program
designed especially for instructional leaders;
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Effective until June 30, 2006, every two (2) years each instructional
leader shall complete an intensive training program approved by the
Kentucky Board of Education to include no fewer than forty-two (42)
participant hours of instruction;
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Effective July 1, 2006, each instructional leader shall annually
complete an intensive training program approved by the Kentucky
Board of Education to include no fewer than twenty-one (21)
participant hours of instruction;
(c) The Kentucky Board of Education shall prescribe specific criteria for the
training program, which shall include a provision to allow an instructional
leader to annually receive three (3) participant hours credit for duties
performed as part of a beginning teacher committee pursuant to KRS
161.030(6). A maximum of six (6) participant hours credit shall be
awarded annually for serving on multiple beginning teacher committees.
The Kentucky Department of Education may contract for specific training
with qualified agencies or institutions or approve programs offered by
training providers, including local district training programs, except that
the department shall ensure the requirements of paragraph (d) of this
subsection are met; and
(d) Annually, each local district superintendent shall report to the Kentucky
Department of Education any instructional leader who fails to complete
the training requirements of paragraph (b) of this subsection and shall
place the leader on probation for one (1) year. The Department of
Education shall verify completion of the required training. If the required
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training for the prior year and the current year is not completed during the
probationary period, the Department of Education shall forward the
information to the Education Professional Standards Board, which shall
revoke the instructional leader's certificate.
The Kentucky Department of Education shall ensure that training options in
human resource management and conflict resolution techniques are available
to education leaders throughout the state.
This section shall be known as the "Effective Instructional Leadership Act."
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 527, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky.
Acts ch. 9, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15,
1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 130, effective July 13, 1990. -Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 442, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended
1985 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 2, effective October 18, 1985. -Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 365, secs. 1 and 2, effective July 13,1984.
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