(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and Valvoline have selected 24 outstanding Kentucky educators as recipients of the 2018 Valvoline Teacher Achievement Awards. These teachers qualify to compete for the 2018 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award, which will be announced in May. The programs have recognized more than 500 teachers and awarded $750,000 since 1988. The [...]
The Advanced Placement Summer Institute at Western Kentucky University’s Center for Gifted Studies offers 27 one-week courses for AP teachers June 26-30 in Bowling Green. The College Board-certified workshops help beginning or experienced AP teachers provide a quality learning environment for their students by challenging themselves to become better educators. Instructors are College Board consultants who write and grade AP [...]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Project 2061 is seeking the help of high school science teachers in developing biology assessment questions as part of two projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The questions will measure students’ understanding of ideas about biology such as natural selection, heredity, speciation, human body functions, homeostasis and cellular respiration. [...]
Heesung Choi, a special education teacher at The Learning Center at Linlee (Fayette County), recently received a certificate of appreciation at the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Chicago to thank her for her devotion and hard work in sharing about Korea with Fayette County students and the Lexington community. Choi teaches an exploratory class at The Learning [...]
Stephanie Winkler, president of the Kentucky Education Association, draws the final TELL Survey winner with Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt. Nearly 91 percent of educators completed the working conditions survey this year.Photo by Bobby Ellis, April 3, 2017 (FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Kentucky educators have set a new record with their response to the 2017 Teaching, Empowering, Leading and [...]
Registration is open for the Berea Festival of Learnshops, scheduled for July 7-23. The event includes workshops lasting from two hours to two days on topics ranging from glass blowing to oil painting, as well as professional development for educators. Two-day arts education and arts in education packages include both hands-on sessions and arts education updates and applications, which include [...]
Marlana Pressley-Wallace, a science teacher at Tates Creek Middle School (Fayette County), is one of four honorees selected by the Kentucky Commission on Women for their contributions in shaping young lives. The commission traditionally has honored women of the past during Women’s History Month. But this March, the group opted to praise women of the present impacting women of the [...]
Andrew Hobbs, network engineer for Bullitt County schools, was recognized with the Outstanding Technology Support Award by the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE) at its spring conference earlier this month. Hobbs was recognized by KySTE president Susan Vincentz, a technology integration specialist for Bullitt County schools, for his outstanding work in managing the network and its servers, writing [...]
Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University and the Kentucky University Partnership in Environmental Education (KUPEE) will offer a climate change workshop for middle school and high school teachers April 15 at Mammoth Cave. Participants will examine the roles of water, weather and climate and global systems as they relate to a changing climate. Participants will practice new classroom activities [...]
Teachers and administrators at a Hardin County elementary school are paying some of their best students a visit to recognize them for a job well done.