Kentucky Adult Education

Professional Learning Leadership Team

We embrace:
  • Collective inquiry into the intersection of best & everyday practice
  • Continuous improvement in teaching effectiveness
  • Maximizing student success

Instructor Development and Student Outcomes

Affectionately known as IDSO, our team serves the needs of adult students in our state directly, by coordinating GED testing across the state, and indirectly, working with educators statewide to facilitate continuous improvement in instruction and student oriented service.
Lori Looney, Director

Kentucky Adult Education

502-892-3035

lori.looney@ky.gov

Primary Tasks Include:

  • Management of IDSO Team
  • Budget Oversight/Monitoring
  • Instructional leadership/director meetings/coordination with Program Accountability and Program Compliance Team
  • Conference Travel
  • Framework Series – RLA
  • PLC Lead
  • PL Elective Coordination (shared)
  • Contextualization/Differentiation customized electives
  • PLC Guide
Emily Bosley, Senior Coordinator

Kentucky Adult Education

502-892-3074

emily.bosley@ky.gov

Primary Tasks Include:

  • Instructional Technology focus
  • Innovation Fund instructional tech support in the form of customized coaching and live PL elective boot camps
  • Instructional tech implementation guidance
  • G Suite/Google Classroom/COABE Google Digital Literacy Curriculum Boot Camp Coordination/COABE $1,000 Success Story Awards/G Certified Educator
  • Framework Series–Instructional Technology
  • Instructional tech vendors/seats — IXL
  • Blackboard support

Morehead State University Adult Education Academy

At the Adult Education Academy, established with funding from Kentucky Adult Education and the Adult Education Literacy Fund, we work in close partnership with KYAE to facilitate professional learning opportunities that help Kentucky’s adult education practitioners meet state, programmatic, and learner goals.

 

 

Morehead State Adult Education Academy logo
Joanna Botts, Director

Adult Education Academy

606-783-9033

jbotts@moreheadstate.edu

Primary Tasks Include:

  • RLA and ESL Content Expert
  • Framework Series – RLA and ESL
  • PLC & PLC Google Classroom Support
  • RLA & ESL Google Classroom Support/Creation – TABE 11/12 Focus
  • Statewide ESL PLC
  • BurlingtonEnglish support
  • RLA and ESL customized boot camp electives
  • PL Handbook and Website design
  • Instructional Technology 1-Day F2F Elective – Google
  • Blackboard support
  • CASAS statewide contact
Dr. David Potter, Associate Director

Adult Education Academy

606-783-3977

d.potter@moreheadstate.edu

Primary Tasks Include:

  • FastForward (FF) & Workplace Essential Skills (WES) Digital Curricula
  • EdReady Digital Curricula
  • Reasoning through Language Arts (RLA) Content Expert
  • Professional Learning Community (PLC) Support
  • Special Projects
James Bowman, Associate Director

Adult Education Academy

606-783-2026

jabowman@moreheadstate.edu

Primary Tasks Include:

  • WIN Digital Curricula
  • Math Content Expert
  • Professional Learning Community (PLC) Support
  • Special Projects

KYAE Professional Learning Community Coaches

Our PLC Coaches are our champions of adult eduction, educators, and student. In collaboration with our professional learning communities, coaches facilitate the identification of opportunities for increasing student success, and lead in the development and implementation of strategies to best capitalize on these opportunities.
Program Responsibilities

  • Big Sandy CTC
  • HCTC
  • Southeast CTC
Daphne Atkinson

deatkinson13d@gmail.com

Program Responsibilities

  • Hardin
  • Nelson BOE
  • Somerset
Emily Bosley

emily.bosley@ky.gov

Program Responsibilities

  • Statewide DLL PLC
  • JCPS
Program Responsibilities

  • Statewide ESL PLC
Program Responsibilities

  • Laurel
  • KEDC
Program Responsibilities

  • WKEC
  • SKYCTC
  • Hopkinsville
Dee Crescitelli

dee.crescitelli@gmail.com

Program Responsibilities

  • GCTC
  • OCTC
  • Edmonson BOE
Patricia Erwin

perwinplc@gmail.com

Program Responsibilities

  • Madisonville
  • Henderson
  • WKYCTC
Program Responsibilities

  • MCTC
  • Thorn Hill
  • Taylor BOE
Susan Pittman

skptvs@gmail.com

 

Program Responsibilities

  • JCTC
  • BCTC
  • Statewide Corrections PLC
Dr. David Potter

d.potter@moreheadstate.edu

Program Responsibilities

  • MSU
  • Jessamine/Newport
Erron Prickett

ae.eprickett@gmail.com

Program Responsibilities

  • JCPS
  • Statewide DLL PLC