Pam Coomer, a library media specialist at Fairdale High School (Jefferson County), has been named a 2016 Fund for Teachers (FFT) Fellow. With her $3,200 FFT grant, Coomer – the only recipient from Kentucky – will participate in the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute to deepen her knowledge of primary sources and connect students with historical artifacts that inspire [...]
The Kentucky Educational Development Corporation (KEDC) will host a workshop on argument-driven inquiry June 28-29 at the KEDC Conference Center in Ashland. The workshop is designed for teachers and instructional leaders who are interested in providing more engaging laboratory experiences for their students and in using research-based instructional strategies to improve their students’ learning. The workshop focuses on ADI, an [...]
The Fayette County Public Schools Technology Department received the 2016 Lydia Wells Sledge MVP Award from the Kentucky Department of Education’s Office of Knowledge, Information and Data Systems. The award is given to a person or group of people who have made significant contributions to students using technology in Kentucky. The award is named for Sledge, a former director of [...]
Commissioner Stephen Pruitt said he was encouraged by the level of interest in the state’s new accountability system at the recent Education Town Hall Meetings, and teachers will be involved in every step of the system’s development.
Mary Ann Blankenship, who recently retired as executive director of the Kentucky Education Association, leaves an organization that she said has made progress in a number of critical areas for teachers.
The next Teach to Lead Teacher Leadership Summit will be July 23-24 in Minneapolis. Educators from across the nation will work to collaborate, problem-solve and advance teacher leadership. Educators may apply to attend the summit by submitting ideas for the conference, either as individuals or as a team that can include teachers, principals, administrators, school board members and others. (At [...]
Anna Sullinger Anna Sullinger, a family and consumer sciences teacher at Beaumont Middle School (Fayette County) has been named the Kentucky Association of Family & Consumer Sciences’ 2016 Teacher of the Year. Sullinger has taught family and consumer Sciences for 10 years, including the past 1-1/2 at Beaumont, where she is the adviser for the school’s Family, Career and [...]
C3 Teachers and the University of Kentucky will host the Inquiry Design Model Summer Institute on June 27-29 at the Embassy Suites, Lexington. The event will showcase the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), an approach to creating curriculum and instructional materials while relying on teacher expertise and experience. The workshop will feature hands-on opportunities for teachers to develop material for use [...]
Fab School Labs, an online contest in which five schools can win an “extreme makeover” for their science, math, engineering or technology laboratories, is open to public middle schools. The contest is designed to encourage students’ interest in STEM education by creating classrooms and labs that can inspire them. Winning schools will receive grants of up to $100,000 from the [...]
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics has scheduled seven professional learning programs for mathematics teachers over the coming months: EERTI June – Enacting Effective Response to Intervention (EERTI) cohort for teachers of special education students in grades K-3. June 20-23, Bowling Green Registration deadline: May 6 EERTI Summer Institute – Exploring new ways to develop elementary students’ number sense. For EERTI [...]