RankUp KY!
On-the-Job Rank Advancement
Show what you know – and develop the knowledge and skills to level up your teaching and your career – while at work in your classroom! No night or weekend courses. No tests and term papers.
Learn more about this newly revised and EPSB-approved program, developed by Western Kentucky Education Cooperative (WKEC) and BloomBoard. It’s the simplest, fastest way to earn a Rank II or Rank I!
Program Benefits
Low-Cost with Deferment
The program is a low-cost alternative to graduate courses. Payment can be deferred until your expected salary increase goes into effect.
Salary Advancement
Completion of the program enables educators to earn a Rank Change and salary advancement!
Job-Embedded Learning
Course work is job-embedded and much of the learning is integrated into your existing classroom practice!
Credit Towards a Master's
All credits earned through this program can also be put towards a Master’s Degree of Curriculum and Instruction!
What Kentucky Teachers are Saying…
Financial Incentives
Kentucky Administrative Regulations now state that districts can develop their own Continuing Education Option (CEO) for licensure rank change and certificate renewal. The AdvanceED on-the-job Rank Advancement program has been approved for advancement to Rank II or Rank I.
Use the salary calculator on the right to see how earning a rank change will impact your salary.
Program Structure & Supports
This program is being offered by the Western Kentucky Education Cooperative (WKEC) and BloomBoard, based on years of experience with learn-by-doing credential programs. Through the program, educators will complete 5 courses (3 units each), one of which is a Capstone project for a total of 15 units. Much of the course work is job-embedded, meaning the learning is integrated into your classroom practice and there are no traditional university-like classes or exams that need to be completed on nights or weekends. The program is designed to be self-paced, which allows flexibility for you to progress as your schedule allows.
Regularly scheduled collaborative learning sessions, led by a certified facilitator, will be offered throughout the program. A local mentor will also be assigned to each participant.
Orientation
Once you’ve completed enrollment, you’ll be invited to a kickoff orientation with your program facilitator/coach and other educators in your cohort.
Success Academy
Following the orientation, attend BloomBoard Success Academy to help support the first course/porftolio submission.
Coaching
Your assigned coaches are available for as-needed 1:1 support during the program.
Asynchronous Discussions
Throughout the program, you can communicate with your coach and other educators in your cohort through the BloomBoard platform.
Want to learn more about the program and how it works? Click the button below to sign up for one of our daily information sessions. If that time does not work for you, click here to schedule a one on one information session.
If you have questions about eligibility for enrollment, please contact Carter Myers at carter.myers@bloomboard.com
Partners In the News
Signing day celebrates 17 WCPS teachers seeking rank change
The Warren County Public Schools system continues to push back against a nationwide teacher shortage one rank at a time. Educators and families gathered at Greenwood High School on Thursday for a “signing day” celebrating 17 teachers seeking Rank 1 or 2 certification status through its Grow Your Own initiative.
New program helps to improve teacher retention in Kentucky
The Kentucky Department of Education reports that 72% of current teachers are at risk of leaving their jobs soon. We spoke to educators about a new “Rank Change” program to allow them career development and the opportunity for better pay.
Lincoln County Schools curbing teacher retention rates
The teacher shortage is still causing problems in schools across the country and right here in central Kentucky. This possess the question, what can be done to keep teachers on the payroll for longer? Lincoln County Schools is just one of the districts implementing the Rank Change Program.
Grant County tries to keep teachers by paying for advanced education; dozens sign up
A local school administrator’s way of trying to keep teachers in the classroom seems to be working. By offering to further their education for free, leaders in Grant County Schools are helping fight the state’s teacher shortage.
Lezli Adams is first graduate of Bloomboard Rank Change
The Lincoln County School District announced Lezli Adams as its first graduate of the Bloomboard Rank Change program. The Board partnered with Bloomboard to grow, advance and retain valuable educators for the school district at no cost to the staff participants as long as they fulfill a five year contract with Lincoln County Schools.
Christian County Public Schools Featured on WZTV Fox 17
Grant County Schools Featured on WCPO News