Educators concerned about the effect of the media’s representation of young men and women have an opportunity to explore this idea through the arts at a workshop March 19 in Lexington sponsored by The Girl Project. The workshop offers both EILA and professional development hours. Click here for more information. Girls in central Kentucky have an opportunity to participate in [...]
Darrell Vincent, a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) teacher at Bullitt East High School (Bullitt County), has been selected as a Project Lead The Way master teacher. Vincent, who has taught in Bullitt East’s PLTW engineering program for two years, was one of 90 teachers selected from more than 150 applicants to be apprentice master teachers. These first-year master teachers [...]
Educators are invited to submit workshop proposals for the Southeast Regional Farm to School Conference Sept. 23-24 in Greenville, S.C. Proposals should focus on one of the following topics: community connections, local procurement and cafeteria connections, school gardens, farm to preschool/ECE, getting started and messaging and communications. Teachers, early childhood educators, parents, community health professionals and child nutrition staff members [...]
Students from Kentucky School for the Blind and other schools test their skills in an annual competition.
The Rural Trust's Global Teacher Fellowship program is awarding up to 25 fellowships – up to $5,000 for individual teachers and $10,000 for a team of two or more teachers – to support the professional and personal development of teachers in rural school districts through international travel to research and bring lessons back to their classrooms. These funds support teachers’ [...]
The Shelby County schools’ Edtech Share Fair will be March 23 in Shelbyville. Sixteen teachers from around the district will set up booths and give short presentations on various tools, as well as lead mini-discussions with audience members on how they have integrated education technology into their classrooms and impacted student learning. The event is open to educators from any [...]
Middle school and high school students are invited to participate in the 21st annual Regional Bridge Building Competition on March 12 in Bowling Green. The event is hosted by the Western Kentucky University Ogden College of Science, Department of Engineering, SKyTeach Program and the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative. Students design, construct and test simplified versions of real-world bridges within [...]
Nominations are open for the National Association of Geoscience Teachers’ 2016 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award, which is given to educators who have contributed to the stimulation of interest in the earth sciences at the pre-college level. Teachers who cover a significant amount of earth science content with their students are eligible for section awards; sectional winners become national finalists. [...]
Weekly virtual chats becoming increasingly popular for sharing ideas and innovations.
Nominations are being accepted for the 2015 Kentucky Outstanding Civic Education Leadership Award. Presented by the Kentucky Office of Secretary of State in conjunction with the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Kentucky Department of Education, the award recognizes efforts to promote civic engagement among Kentucky students. Teachers, school administrators, educational leaders, legislators and community organization leaders who have [...]