The University of Kentucky’s Partnership Institute for Math and Science Education (PIMSER) will offer an ACT Boot Camp for Science Teachers Sept. 29-30 at the UK/Lexmark Center for Innovation in Math and Science Education in Lexington. The workshop is open to teachers in grades 9-12. Participants will practice strategies for accessing complex tests, analyzing data and opposing arguments, develop tasks [...]
The Bluegrass Center for Teacher Quality will host “Building the Village: A Summit on Down Syndrome and Autism Education,” on Oct. 20 at The Carrick House in Lexington. The event is a day of interdisciplinary professional learning designed to increase collaboration among professionals who work with similar populations of students. Teachers, parents, administrators, social workers, nurses, psychologists and other community [...]
The Kentucky Writing Project State Network will hold its Fall Conference on Schoolwide Literacy Sept. 12 at the University of Kentucky’s Hilary J. Boone Center in Lexington. The conference is open to educators in all grades and content areas. Participants will learn strategies for improving student achievement in literacy. Some sessions draw on the argument/opinion writing i3 College Ready Writing [...]
A new program at Kentucky School for the Deaf is opening career pathways for students from nearby Burgin and Danville high schools, as well as its own students.
Alltech will host STEMposium 2015 on Sept. 26 at the Locust Trace AgriScience Center in Lexington. The event features breakout sessions with hands-on professional development opportunities for K-12 science teachers. The event allows teachers to learn how to incorporate engineering practices into all sciences, discover how Design Thinking can generate interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and engage [...]
Teachers in grades 4-12 may register their students to participate in The Stock Market Game, an interactive, educational simulation and competition that teaches personal finance, economics, technology and team-building skills. It can be used in mathematics, reading, writing, economics, social studies and business classes. Teachers may use the program to reinforce economic and investing concepts and provide real-world applications. Students [...]
A Rockcastle County science teacher shares what she has learned about the importance of student engagement with fellow teachers.
Mathematics educators can sharpen their skills and gain new techniques during the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference & Exposition on Nov. 18-20 in Nashville, Tenn. Six focus strands and nine conference topics will give participants the opportunity to learn the most effective teaching practices within the topics most essential to their teaching. Discounts are available for early-bird [...]
The Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics will hold its annual conference Oct. 10 at Martha Layne Collins High School in Shelbyville. The theme is “Student Mathematicians in Action,” and sessions will be designed to support the network of teachers and teacher leaders in Kentucky. The deadline for an early registration discount is Oct. 2. Speaker proposals also will be accepted [...]
Applications are being accepted for the Kentucky Network to Transform Teaching’s Classroom Teachers Enacting Positive Solutions (CTEPS) program. CTEPS, which is for National Certified Board teachers, gives teachers the skills and knowledge necessary to emerge with confidence and take on leadership at many levels. Based on the Kentucky Teacher Leadership Skills Framework, teachers engage with self-assessment tools as well as [...]