Apply now to host a Chinese guest teacher for the 2016-17 school year. Since 2007, the College Board Chinese Guest Teacher Program has placed more than 1,000 visiting teachers in hundreds of schools nationwide. All guest teachers are qualified, experienced teachers from China. After a rigorous selection and training process, they serve as full-time Chinese language instructors in U.S. schools. [...]
The University of the Cumberlands’ history and political science department will host a free professional development program, “Understanding Federalism: From the Founding to Modern America,” on Feb. 27 in Williamsburg. The program will consist of lectures and seminar discussions of primary source materials related to the topic. The source materials and recorded lectures on a variety of topics and how [...]
“PBS NewsHour” is seeking politically-minded students who love talking politics and will be eligible to vote in the 2016 presidential election, but are undecided about whom they would choose to be the next president. This is part of a collaboration between “PBS NewsHour” and Facebook to identify undecided voters in preparation for the “PBS NewsHour” Democratic Primary Debate on Feb. [...]
The Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky invites teachers to share video examples of creative and innovative learning so it can recognize best practices and share the examples with others across the state and nation. The Fund will accept video submissions on an ongoing basis to build its bank of video examples in its Teacher Portal. To launch the search, [...]
Teachers are invited to bring their classes to celebrate George Washington’s 284th birthday Feb. 11-12 and 17-18 at the Sons of the American Revolution national headquarters in Louisville. Students can experience five interactive stations: Colonial camp life Learn about the first president while enjoying birthday cake Make your own flag, which fulfills a Kentucky statute calling for instruction on the [...]
Applications are available for the 2016-17 Kentucky Reading Project, an initiative sponsored by the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development that has trained about 3,300 teachers throughout the state since it began in 1999. The free program is targeted to teachers in grades K-5, who will receive a stipend, professional resources and three hours of graduate credit upon completion of the [...]
Steve Meadows teaches at a school where speech is a curriculum requirement, and he says being able to speak effectively gives students an advantage both in school and beyond.
Save the Rainforest Inc. and Fundacion Neotropica are offering a professional development program that gives high school biology and environmental science teachers the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica this summer to study rainforest ecology and conservation. Participants spend 11 days in Costa Rica’s rainforests, where they will learn about topics such as sustainability. All food, travel and lodging expenses [...]
Nominations are open for The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation Teacher Innovator Awards, which recognize teachers who demonstrate an original and creative approach to teaching, exhibit resourcefulness, engage students and are making a positive impact on not only their classroom but also their community, colleagues, administrators, school, and/or district. Twenty teachers will receive prizes, with the top 10 first-prize winners receiving [...]
Ron Spriggs, a speaker and oral historian of the Tuskegee Airmen, offers year-round speaking engagements for school assemblies of up to 500 students per session. Spriggs focuses on two main areas that parallel the national Tuskegee Airmen organization: sustaining the legacy and history of the airmen through student lectures, speaking engagements and exhibitions; and creating programs and experiences for students [...]