Directpackages.com is offering $1,000 grants to teachers who describe the most innovative and beneficial uses for classroom technology. Teachers must write a 400- to 500-word essay on the impact new classroom technology could have for them and their students and how they would use a grant to address a learning challenge. Three winners will be chosen to receive $1,000 each [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education is offering the KY Math Academy, an online professional learning program designed to increase mathematical knowledge for teaching in order to positively impact student learning. One-hour sessions will be offered Feb. 2, Feb. 16 and March 2. The program will focus on the eight effective teaching practices from the National Council of Teachers’ of Mathematics’ [...]
Applications are being accepted for the PBS Digital Innovators program, which recognizes preK-12 teachers and administrators who excel at using technology and digital media to support student learning and serve as leaders in educational technology. One Kentucky educator will be chosen as a PBS Digital Innovators and will receive a three day, all-expense paid trip to San Antonio to participate in [...]
Ron Spriggs, a Lexington-based historian and curator of a traveling exhibit on the Tuskegee Airmen, offers speaking engagements for school assemblies in which he will present the oral history of the Tuskegee Airmen during Black History Month and throughout the year. The Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II and their support personnel, [...]
George Washington’s Mount Vernon is offering the George Washington Teacher Institute Summer Residential Programs, five-day immersive professional learning experiences designed to support K-12 educators who teach about the life, leadership and legacy of George Washington and the 18th-century world in which he lived. The best elements of Mount Vernon’s residential programs are accessible to educators, with a different thematic focus [...]
The Murray Shakespeare Festival will host two daytime performances of “Romeo and Juliet” for students March 7-8 at Murray State University’s Lovett Auditorium. Actors from the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va., will perform at 10 a.m. both days. Other performances of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Two Gentlemen of Verona” also will be offered during the festival. Discounted tickets are [...]
Sallie Pierce, right, a guidance counselor at Southern Elementary School (Pulaski County), receives her award from Kentucky Counseling Association President Tammy Hurst after being named KCA's 2016 Outstanding Elementary School Counselor.Photo submitted Sallie Pierce, a guidance counselor at Southern Elementary School (Pulaski County), was named the 2016 Outstanding Elementary School Counselor by the Kentucky Counseling Association. Pierce has [...]
The Northwest Evaluation Association and The Council of Chief State School Officers has released a new podcast series, “Leading from the Classroom,” in which the 2016 state teachers of the year share personal stories from the classroom. Each episode contains an individual testimonial of moments that solidified the teachers’ belief in the teaching profession. Through their stories, the speakers emphasize [...]
Applications are open for the U.S. Department of Education’s (USED) 2017-18 School Ambassador Fellowship program. The program is designed to create a cadre of outstanding educators to contribute to the program and policy work of USED, while expanding their own knowledge and expertise. Teachers, school counselors, assistant principals and other school personnel that work with students are encouraged to apply. [...]
Applications are open for The National WWII Museum Summer Teacher Institute, a professional learning opportunity for high school social studies teachers that includes a week-long seminar at the museum in New Orleans in July 2017 and a trip to Normandy, France, in July 2018. The program focuses on strategies for teaching about World War II in Europe. The lead scholar [...]