Jennifer Faith, a teacher at Eastside Middle School (Bullitt County), has been named the 2017 Kentucky History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The award is presented to a teacher who finds creative ways to bring history alive in the classroom and in his or her community. “This is such an unbelievable honor,” Faith [...]
Teachers are invited to attend Free Teacher Tuesdays at the Louisville Zoo during July to explore the zoo and discover opportunities for the coming school year. Teachers can engage in scientific discussions using the zoo’s newly designed exploration guides, identify phenomena to incorporate into lesson planning and inquire about the zoo’s Next Generation Science Standards-aligned curriculum, field studies and outreaches. [...]
The Kettering Foundation and the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) will host an online moderator training session for teachers interested in learning about using Common Ground for Action (CGA) online forums in the classroom Aug. 15 and 16. The four-hour session will cover: how to set up a CGA forum; the moderator’s responsibilities; hacks and tricks for moderating; practice exercises [...]
Jennifer Williams, the Technology Student Association (TSA) sponsor at Lexington Traditional Magnet School (Fayette County) has been named the TSA’s Kentucky Middle School Adviser of the Year. Williams, who received her award last month at the TSA national conference, has been a TSA adviser for 19 of her 20 years in education. She teaches engineering technology at Lexington Traditional, where [...]
Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University and the Kentucky University Partnership in Environmental Education will offer a free climate literacy workshop for middle school and high school teachers July 20 at Mammoth Cave. Participants will learn about best practices and resources for teaching climate literacy and common misconceptions. Participants will be eligible to apply for a grant of up [...]
The Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative invites teams of educators to participate in a professional learning and collaboration opportunity in Kentucky’s statewide Common Assignment System (CAS). The CAS brings together local educators as instructional leaders to develop units of study that embody the Kentucky Academic Standards and enhance literacy across the curriculum. The work began as a research study and is [...]
The Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative (CKEC) has recognized four Fayette County teachers for their excellence in co-teaching. Third-grade teacher Cara Harris and special education teacher Molly Anderson of Breckinridge Elementary School, and science teacher Kevin Crosby and special education teacher Erica Beegle of Tates Creek High School were named the CKEC Fayette County 2016-17 Outstanding Educators. The teams were selected [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education and the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) will host a national peer review workshop July 18-19 at Indiana Wesleyan University’s campus in Lexington. The workshop is suited both for educators who want to join the national community of LDC peer reviewers and those who simply want to renew their thinking about curriculum quality in their school [...]
Nominations are open for the Kentucky Science Teachers Association (KSTA) Outstanding Teacher of the Year awards and for the Sherry Fox Distinguished Service Award. KSTA annually recognizes one elementary school teacher, one middle school teacher and one high school teacher for exemplary teaching in science. In addition, a distinguished science educator who has made important contributions in a capacity outside [...]
Students and instructors at Warren County Area Technology Center have benefited from a program designed to help fill a growing number of automotive jobs.