The International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park will host a free teacher day April 8 to allow teachers to experience what the museum and the park have to offer school groups.
The College Board is offering two scholarship opportunities for Advanced Placement teachers to attend the AP Summer Institute June 26-30 at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green for free. The institutes are suited for both first-year AP teachers and veteran AP teachers who are looking to refine their curriculum and approach. The scholarships are available to teachers at schools without [...]
Harrison County’s multi-layered approach to getting students to graduation has helped students stay in school and stay on track.
The KET Young Writers Contest gives students in grades K-8 the opportunity to ignite their imaginations through creative writing. The contest is designed to promote the advancement of children’s literacy skills through hands-on, active learning and empowers children to celebrate creativity and build literacy skills by writing their own stories. There are three competitions: an illustrated story contest for grades [...]
Nominations are open for the National Association of Biology Teachers’ (NABT) 2017 Outstanding Biology Teacher Award for Kentucky. Current biology and life science instructors teaching grades 7-12 are eligible for the award. Winners receive one year of complimentary membership in the NABT and will be recognized at the NABT conference this fall. The nomination deadline is Feb. 28. Email Heleen [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education’s Division of Next Generation Professionals is accepting proposals for the 2017 Learning from Kentucky’s Classrooms Conference, which will be held Sept. 9 in Bowling Green. The conference will highlight the innovative work happening in classrooms across Kentucky, specifically work aligned to the Instructional Transformation grant, including: Effective implementation of English/language arts, math and science standards (including the Literacy Design Collaborative and Math Design Collaborative); Innovative [...]
Registration is open for the National Economics Challenge, which allows student teams to test their knowledge of economics as they compete for prizes at the state and national levels. Students can compete in one of two divisions: one for students new to economics and one for Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and honors students and students who have competed in previous [...]
The Race to the Top Kid-FRIENDLy (Kids-Focused, Responsible, Imaginative, Engaged, Determined to Learn) Personalized Learning Symposium will be Feb. 28 for elementary school educators and March 2 for middle school and high school educators at Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC) in Bowling Green. There will be three morning sessions presented in a TeachMeet format and afternoon sessions in an [...]
Monica Hall Monica Hall, the family resource and youth services center coordinator (FRYSC) at Booker T. Washington Elementary School (Fayette County), has been awarded the Humanitarian Cup by the Rotary Club of Lexington. The annual award goes to an individual who exemplifies Rotary’s primary tenant of “service above self.” The club presented Hall with an engraved silver cup [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education is offering a series of 12 in-person training sessions on the Kentucky Individual Learning Plan (ILP), a student career tool intended to help students search for career options, locate scholarship opportunities, explore the employability outlooks, compare colleges and more. The hands-on, interactive sessions are designed to inform teachers, counselors, advisers, administrative staff and designated school [...]