“Connecting the 4 C’s,” a conference sponsored by the Indiana Department of Education that focuses on the “4 C’s” of 21st century learning: communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity, will be held June 9-10 in Mount Vernon, Indiana, about 30 miles northwest of Henderson. The conference focuses on the need for students to have regular access to technology that enhances [...]
Texas Instruments is sponsoring a workshop, “Exploring Common Core Topics in Mathematics with TI-Nspire Technology,” June 16-18 in Frankfort. The workshop is designed for algebra, geometry and statistics teachers who need support in transitioning to state standards for mathematics. It addresses key topics across conceptual categories for mathematics and essential technology skills for the TI-Nspire handheld and TI-Nspire Teacher Software. [...]
The Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence is offering a four-part webinar series beginning April 30 that will examine the chemistry of trace elements found in the world’s oceans. The series will focus on how these trace elements can be studied to uncover the past, present and future of the ocean and life within it and what they can tell [...]
Nominations are open for the 2016 class of inductees into the Gov. Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame. The Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame recognizes the vital role that P-12 teachers play in the education of young people, ultimately leading to positive impacts throughout the state’s economy. Twenty-four educators have been recognized in the hall since the first [...]
Teams of two to three teachers are invited to participate in a mathematics training session presented by Kentucky Educational Television on June 19 in Lexington. The training will be led by nationally recognized mathematics educator and writer Linda Sheffield, who will lead a hands-on workshop on fraction multiplication and division and proportional reasoning. The day will include an introduction to [...]
A Hazard Middle School teacher has led an effort to make students’ individual learning plans more meaningful.
Teachers can learn how to better integrate technology with literacy instruction at the Kentucky Writing Project Summer Tech Academies this summer. The three-day professional development workshops will allow teachers to learn about websites, apps and tools that will streamline management as well as engage students in ways to use technology that enhance literacy learning. The schedule of workshops: June 9-11, [...]
Students in grades 5-12 can design and propose real microgravity experiments to fly in low-Earth orbit on the International Space Station in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 9 to the International Space Station (ISS). This STEM education opportunity immerses about 300 students in an authentic, high-visibility research experience. One experiment in each community is selected for flight to [...]
High school students interested in creative writing are invited to the inaugural Purchase Area Writing Workshop June 14-19 at Murray State University. Students will work on their own creative writing with MSU professors and working writers, while living on campus during the week of June 14. Residential workshop activities will include film screenings and opportunities to hear speakers talk about issues [...]
Hope Street Group, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that connects teachers directly to policymakers, is currently accepting applications for the Kentucky Teacher Fellowship. The fellowship provides teachers with opportunities to meet leading policymakers and present them with solutions that elevate the teaching profession. Teacher fellows stay in their classrooms full time, work with Hope Street Group 10 to 15 hours [...]