156.111 Superintendents Training Program and Assessment Center -- Local board
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not responsible for training costs -- Assessment of superintendents required --
Contracts for training providers permitted.
(1)The Department of Education shall establish a Superintendents Training Program
and Assessment Center. The department shall provide for assessor training and shall
ensure that an assessment center includes but is not limited to training and
participation in the following components:
(a)Core concepts of leadership and quality practices;
(b)Effective implementation of school-based decision making;
(c)Kentucky school law;
(d)Kentucky school finance and budgeting;
(e)School curriculum and assessment;
(f)Instructional leadership;
(g)School improvement;
(h)Community and board relations;
(i)Effective communication; and
(j)An executive coaching and mentoring program with an emphasis on
demonstrated professional growth.
The department may provide assessment centers regionally.
(2)Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, an employing local board of
education shall not be responsible for any training costs associated with a
superintendent's participation in the training and assessment center process.
(3)At the conclusion of the training, each participant shall deliver to the employing
board of education and the Kentucky Department of Education a comprehensive
collection of work products and assessments that demonstrate proficiency in each
area of training.
(4)In addition to any applicable certification and experience requirements, any person
hired for the first time as superintendent in Kentucky shall successfully complete
the assessment center process within two
(2)years of taking office as
superintendent.
(5)The Kentucky Board of Education shall adopt administrative regulations to govern
the training content, number of hours, assessments, and work products for
successful completion of the training and assessment center process. The board
shall also establish the continuing professional development requirements for
school superintendents to include, at a minimum, three
(3)hours of annual training
in school finance and three
(3)hours of annual training in ethics.
(6)The Department of Education may contract with qualified agencies, organizations,
or institutions or may approve programs offered by training providers to carry out
the provisions of this section.