@judy_siebert is finishing up a very busy week! Her coaching visits took her to Morgan County, Cocke County, and Oak Ridge HS this week. Teachers instruct on STEM, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Digital Arts. 🔧

Today’s @KCS_EPP Learning Day is rich in discussions abt how educational & behavioral theorists have shaped how we (should) teach. Cohort 5 candidates give their presentations. Judy pulls in this info to instruct them on student assessment & feedback that is actually effective!🙂

Last week, our new Cohort 6 candidates met for their Intensive Induction Week at Karns HS. 32 new CTE instructors from 15 partnering school districts got their first taste of what it means to be a teacher—for most a 2nd or even 3rd career at this point 😊

On Monday night, Cohort 5 met to discuss how to infuse CTSOs into their teaching. That’s what you get with our EPP! Thanks to @srebeducation’s T2L curriculum, we prepare new teachers specifically for their jobs in CTE classrooms, workshops, and labs! @judy_siebert

EPP Instructor @judy_siebert recently visited Mr Garland, Mr Graves, Ms Andrews, Mr Cox as well as Mr McMahan & Mr Blanton (not pic’d) in Knox & Claiborne Counties to see how they’re implementing in their own classrooms what they are learning in the EPP. @CTE4KCS

We are working closely with our candidates this week in both coaching visits and during Cohort 5’s EPP Learning Day. @UllaCarr saw Mr Henry 🚗 , Ms Rhodes 🩺 & Mr Huettel (not pic’d) @southdoylehs yesterday. @judy_siebert leads C5 in engagement & questioning strategies today.

It is wonderful to see our former EPP candidates do great things in their schools. The Loudon County School Board recently recognized Mr. Preston, Mr. Webster & Mr Walden for leading their students to win 1st place at the Builders Exchange competition. Congratulations to all!! 🎉

The last EPP Learning Day for Cohort 4 is a wrap! 🎉 Instructor @judy_siebert led the candidates through class activities and group work exploring topics around Questioning and Problem-Based-Learning in more depth. They also worked on their portfolios. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Happy 2026! 🎉 We are back at it - tonight with Cohort 5 learning about how the use of instructional technology can enhance the student experience. @judy_siebert

@judy_siebert & @UllaCarr enjoyed running into current & former EPP candidates at ACTE Vision 2025 in Nashville last week: Shelly Rednour, Tim No, Mark Buckner & there were certainly more! Also there: our partners Chris Bailey from SREB & Ms Conrad from Univ of Central MO 😊

So proud of our current KCS EPP candidates Mr Clark & Ms Lamb and our past graduate Mr Hatfield for collaborating with their @hamblencte colleagues to build and run this awesome coffee cart-winning 2nd place at the Battle of the Build!! 👏🏻👏🏻

Last night, under Culinary teacher Ms Tussey’s initiative, the TN School for the Deaf hosted the 1st annual Grilling Competition! 🎉 Three schools participated, prepping appetizers, main dish 🥘, dessert 🍨 & a drink-judged by industry & school reps. The winners got a trophy 🏆👏🏻