The Grant Training Center will host a professional grant development workshop Aug. 21-22 at the University of Louisville. The workshop is designed for those who want to strengthen their grant writing skills and for beginners who want to acquire proven techniques of preparing and writing winning proposals. Participants will learn how to: navigate the world of grant procurement; research and [...]
The Build Math Minds Virtual Summit is a free online professional learning event from July 31-Aug. 2 for pre-K through 5th-grade teachers. Christina Tondevold is the founder of this summit and has 27 of her favorite presenters host virtual learning sessions. Each presentation will be made available for viewing at the scheduled time and will remain available to everyone with [...]
The Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Department of Mathematics and Statistics will host its annual Teachers’ Workshop Sept. 21 at EKU’s Carl D. Perkins Conference Center in Richmond. The workshop theme is, “Assuring Growth Across All Groups.” It will offer best practices for developing and implementing curriculum and instruction methods that create and encourage growth mindset among students of varying ability [...]
Students at Breckinridge County Area Technology Center have completed their third year in a NASA program in which they build training hardware.
Lauren Coomes, a 3rd- and 4th-grade teacher at Estes Elementary School (Owensboro Independent), has been named the Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts’ (KACD) Teacher of the Year. The award recognizes the outstanding conservation education efforts of Kentucky’s teachers and conservation districts. “I was shocked. It’s an incredible experience to win an award for something that I love to do. I’m [...]
Registration is open for the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education’s (KAEE) annual conference Sept. 7-9 at Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park in Gilbertsville. The conference is open to educators and others, and will include more than 30 sessions and opportunities for collaboration across schools and other organizations. The conference theme is “Bridging the Gap: Discovering Opportunities for Collaboration and [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking biology teachers to work on the development of new end-of-course assessments for biology that align with the Kentucky Academic Standards for Science. Applicants must be available for meetings Aug. 24-26 in Frankfort. They will receive a $250 stipend plus travel expenses; the cost of a substitute teacher for Aug. 24-25 will be [...]
Teachers, interventionists and library media specialists are invited to join Classroom Teachers Enacting Positive Solutions (CTEPS) in a collaborative effort throughout the 2017-18 school year to create, research, implement and reflect on a plan to remove barriers to student learning. Teachers participating in the program will create, enact and reflect on a plan to solve a problem in a classroom, [...]
Simulation at the Persistence to Graduation Summit helps educators understand the problems many of their students face.
The Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) will host a water quality and conservation workshop July 18 at the Thomas More College Biology Field Station near California. The workshop is open to teachers from all grade levels and content areas. Educators will learn how to teach lessons focusing on water quality and water conservation in all grade levels, view demonstrations, conduct [...]