A Russell County Teacher was named one of Fourteen Kentucky public school educators to be named to the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE) Teachers Advisory Council (TAC), according to Education Commissioner Jason E. Glass.

Brook Bartrug, Social Studies and Math teacher at the Russell County Middle School, will begin a three-year term at the council’s next meeting on June 17. Nearly 100 teachers from across the Commonwealth applied for a spot on the advisory council.

The council is designed to improve Kentucky’s educational landscape by providing the commissioner of education with direct input from classrooms. Bridging the gap between policy and practice, the TAC was created to advise the commissioner on educational priorities so students of the Commonwealth are well-prepared for any career they choose.