Areas of Expertise, Experience, or Professional Collaboration:
  • Teacher and Leader Effectiveness
  • Certified Educator and Leadership Evaluation
  • Cultural Competence, Diversification, Minority Recruitment and Retention, Minority Leadership Development
  • School Culture Development and Sustainability
  • Community Involvement and Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Recruitment of Top Talent
  • Implicit Bias and Cultural Sensitivity
  • Student Motivation and Enrichment
  • Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS)
  • Teaching and Leading in High Poverty and/or High Minority Dynamics
  • Team Development
  • After-School Program Development/ Male Mentoring (Keeping Inner-city Neighborhood's Great [K.I.N.G.'s Club])
Dr. Ross also provides the following professional learning opportunities for state and national agencies:
The following training opportunities have been approved by Education Professional Standards Board and Kentucky Department of Education
  • Professional Code of Ethics for Certified Employees
  • Appropriate Student/Teacher Boundaries
  • Positive Behavior Strategies
  • Cultural Sensitivity/ Cultural Competence
  • Special Education Law
  • Fiscal Management for KY Schools
  • Risk Management
  • Anger/Conflict Management
  • Bully Prevention
  • Classroom Management
  • Confidentiality/ FERPA
  • Sexual Abuse Awareness
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Appropriate Use of School-Based Technology
  • School Safety
  • Administration Code for Educational Assessment (Federal/State Testing)
  •  Responsibilities of Certified School and District Leadership
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