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Let’s TALK conference seeks proposals for presenters

Teachers are encouraged to submit proposals to be presenters at the Let’s TALK: Conversations About Effective Teaching conference June 13-14 in Covington. The conference is designed to inform participants about effective strategies for improving professional practice through instructional strategies and new leadership roles. Proposals should demonstrate ways in which classroom teachers contribute to ongoing education improvement and elevate the profession [...]

By |2016-02-10T15:47:09-05:00February 11, 2016|

GAFE Certification Boot Camp scheduled in Bardstown

The first EdTech Team Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Certification Boot Camp in Kentucky will be April 16 at Thomas Nelson High School in Bardstown. The workshop will educate teachers about Google tools in the classroom while preparing them to become Google Certified Educators. Teachers will learn how to connect with other educators by creating a personal learning network, discover [...]

By |2016-02-10T15:35:20-05:00February 11, 2016|

Competition challenges students to develop clean technology solutions

Students ages 15-18 are invited to enter the Clean Tech Competition, an international research and design challenge for pre-university students that encourages scientific understanding of real-world issues and the integration of environmentally responsible energy sources. The 2016 challenge theme is “Making an Impact.” Students are asked to develop a clean technology solution to the problems associated with plastics or the [...]

By |2016-02-10T16:00:36-05:00February 11, 2016|

KHS seeks proposals for history education conference

The Kentucky Historical Society is accepting proposals for its Kentucky History Education Conference (KHEC) June 23 in Frankfort. Educators who have a lesson or activity – especially involving primary sources – that would benefit other social studies teachers are invited to submit proposals, which should be loosely tied to the conference theme, “Taking a Stand in History.” The deadline for [...]

By |2016-02-10T15:26:22-05:00February 11, 2016|

KHS adds 11 to Teacher Advisory Committee

Eleven educators have been named to the 2016 Kentucky Historical Society Teacher Advisory Committee, which advises the historical society on all its educational programming to help make it relevant for Kentucky students and teachers. Committee members do this by drawing on their classroom experiences and their knowledge of Kentucky’s standards. The educators represent multiple grade levels and regions. They are: Pam [...]

By |2016-02-10T15:24:16-05:00February 11, 2016|

Grants offered to project-based learning classes, groups

The Kentucky Association of School Administrators’ Student Impact Grant Opportunity offers grants of up to $2,500 for schools that use project-based learning in their classrooms and give back to their community or the global community. Students or classes from any grade level in Kentucky schools may apply for the grants, which will be awarded to project-based learning classes or groups [...]

By |2016-02-03T16:34:15-05:00February 4, 2016|

Henry Clay Center expands Student Congress program

The Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship is expanding its National Student Congress events to both high school and college-level students for the first time, in partnership with The Council of State Governments and the University of Kentucky’s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration. The week-long programs in Lexington gives students the opportunity to meet with lawmakers, academics, journalists and [...]

By |2016-02-03T16:36:51-05:00February 4, 2016|

Workshop on Industrial Revolution offered in Mass.

The Tsongas Industrial History Center in Lowell, Mass., invites educators to attend a week-long workshop, “Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution” this summer at the center. The workshop combines scholarly presentations with investigations of the canals, mills, worker housing and exhibits of Lowell National Historical Park. In addition to Lowell’s landmark resources, drama, hands-on simulations, historical fiction and field [...]

By |2016-02-03T16:40:22-05:00February 4, 2016|

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