Task Force Groups

The following Task Forces have been created to dive into existing data, research, and possible solutions on key aspects of the issue, including but not limited to principal leadership, teacher working conditions and more.

Principal Leadership Development Taskforce

  • Co-Chair: Carrie Ballinger, Ed.D., Superintendent (Rockcastle Co.)
  • Co-Chair: Thom Cochran, Superintendent (Johnson Co.)
  • Co-Lead: Jason Booher, Superintendent (Mercer Co.)
  • Co-Lead: Keith Griesser, Principal Partnership Project Lead (KY Dept. of Ed)
  • Co-Lead: Sarah Janzen, Teacher (Boone Co.)
  • Co-Lead: Corinne Murphy, Ph.D., Dean of Education (Western KY University)
  • Kim Coomer, Teacher (Warren Co.)
  • Jarrod Hankins, Principal (Webster Co.)
  • Tim Isaacs, Retired Principal
  • Adrienne Usher, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent (Bullitt Co.)
  • Sally Zaring, Teacher (Shelby Co.)

Improving Teacher Working Conditions Taskforce

  • Co-Chair: Killian Timoney, Special Projects Coordinator (Fayette Co.)
  • Co-Chair: Jenny Watson, Ed.D., Vice President (Educate NKY)
  • Co-Lead: Doug Bechanan, Superintendent (Spencer Co.)
  • Co-Lead: Amanda Butler, Assistant Superintendent (Spencer Co.)
  • Co-Lead: Allison Sloan, Teacher (Rowan Co.)
  • Elizabeth Gabehart, Principal (Scott Co.)
  • Elly Gilbert, Assistant Director, Division of Educator Recruitment & Development (KY Dept. of Ed)
  • Amy Lingo, Ed.D., Dean of Ed (University of Louisville)
  • Sheila Mitchell, Superintendent (Anderson Co.)
  • Elizabeth Moore, Teacher (Jefferson Co.)
  • Nichole Scarberry, Teacher (Johnson Co.)

Equitable Compensation & Benefits Taskforce

  • Co-Chair: Barry Lee, Superintendent (Casey Co.)
  • Co-Chair: BJ Martin, Assistant Principal (Fayette Co.)
  • Co-Lead: Kevin Jackson, Representative (KY House of Representatives)
  • Co-Lead: Rodney Jackson, Executive Director of Finance (Fayette Co.)
  • Co-Lead: Priscilla Keller, Teacher (Livingston Co.)
  • Co-Lead: Rob Stafford, Ed.D., Lecturer of Ed (Georgetown College)
  • Jeremy Camron, Principal (Daviess Co.)
  • Justin Edwards, Program Consultant (KY Dept. of Ed)
  • Todd Marshall, Ed.D., Retired Principal
  • Amanda O'Bryan, Teacher (Johnson Co.)
  • Mandy Perez, Teacher (Crittenden Co.)

Promoting the Education Profession Taskforce

  • Co-Chair: Rachel Crider, Chief Information Officer (Floyd Co.)
  • Co-Chair: Stephen McCauley, Superintendent (Paris Ind.)
  • Co-Lead: Ryan Asher, Chief Academic Officer (Woodford Co.)
  • Co-Lead: Meredith Brewer, Associate Commissioner (KY Dept. of Ed)
  • Co-Lead: Troy Brock, Director of Pupil Personnel (Paducah Ind.)
  • Co-Lead: Lu Young, Ed.D., Professor (University of KY / Chair on KY Board of Ed)
  • Jana Bryant, Teacher (Daviess Co.)
  • Brook Chancey, Teacher (Elizabethtown Ind.)
  • Jayme Knochel, Assistant Superintendent (Breckinridge Co.)
  • Frank Shelton, Director of Public Relations (Knott Co.)
  • Christin Swords, Assistant Principal (Hardin Co.)
Coalition 2025 Recommendations Report
Phase 3 of the Coalition to Sustain the Education Profession’s work builds on its past successes in providing proposals and support to assist the General Assembly and other governing bodies in addressing the problem of recruiting and retaining high-quality individuals as teachers in Kentucky’s classrooms.
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Contact
David Meinschein, Co-Chair
Terrie Morgan, Co-Chair
Bob Rowland, Director of Government Affairs
Rhonda Caldwell, Executive Director