Time is running out to nominate educators for the 2014 class of inductees into the Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame at Western Kentucky University. The deadline for nominations is July 15. The Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame was established in 2000 thanks to former governor Louie B. Nunn. The first class was inducted in 2008. New members [...]
INSIGHT program lets students experience everything from navigating a college campus and taking a college course to preparing for a job interview.
Bourbon County school district is conducting an Elementary STEM professional learning opportunity July 8-10 at Bourbon County Middle School. The STEM Academy is partnering in this workshop. Several spots still are available. Those interested should contact Tom Mills to register for training or for more information. The cost of the three day training is $100, and participants will receive multiple [...]
The 2013 Kentucky History Education Conference, “Rights and Responsibilities in History,” will be July 11 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. Presenters include: Thomas Mackey, University of Louisville Edward Smith from Georgetown College as “The Great Dissenter,” Justice John Marshall Harlan Carol Crowe-Carraco, Western Kentucky University Gerald Smith, associate professor of African American and civil rights history at the [...]
The spring/summer issue of Kentucky School Leader has a feature article written by Kentucky Department of Education Assistant General Counsel David Wickersham. Wickersham writes about restraint and seclusion in the article, touching on the limits of which restraint and seclusion may be used in Kentucky public schools, how these limits will foster stronger school culture that will, in turn, lead [...]
Several offices in the Kentucky Department of Education have started work on the School Report Card (SRC) for release in fall 2013. The SRC will display available data and information for A1 schools, alternative programs and career and technical education centers. A proactive and critical first step for 2013 is to verify all schools, programs or centers from the 2012-13 [...]
KSD students learn through creation of mural, hip hop routines.
The Professional Grant Development Workshop will be June 26-28 at the University of Louisville. Participants can learn how to master the techniques of writing superior and winning proposals. This intensive three-day grant proposal workshop is geared for those who wish to strengthen their grant writing skills and for beginners who wish to acquire and master the techniques of preparing, writing [...]
An online science resource developed to increase learner engagement and educator content knowledge is free for teachers. “As Many Exceptions As Rules” tells the stories of organisms that break biological rules or norms in order to survive and thrive. Through these stories, the core concepts of the science are reinforced. The resource can be accessed at http://biologicalexceptions.blogspot.com/. Posted weekly, each [...]
The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Advisory Council will host the “Knowledge is Power” Healthy Minds Conference on Aug. 22 at the Elizabethtown Tourism and Convention Bureau from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and lunch will be provided. Topics will include: The Ticket to Work Program, Bullying, Spirituality, Psychiatric Advanced Directives, [...]