Register today for the Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children’s 13th Annual Alternative Strategies for Educating Students At-Risk Conference July 23-24 Frankfort. The conference is free and an opportunity to network with colleagues while gaining valuable classroom strategies. More than 30 breakout sessions are scheduled. Click here to register. For questions, contact Katie Helton.
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Mike Howard There are many great programs and activities taking place in the Harlan County school district. One of those the district’s administration is most pleased with is the success of the dual credit college classes offered at Harlan County High School through Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College. The program is a win-win situation for students and [...]
Lynette Breedlove, a gifted and talented educator from Texas, has been named new director of the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at Western Kentucky University. Breedlove, who will start at the end of July, will succeed Tim Gott, the academy’s first director. Gott will retire June 30. “The Gatton Academy is a remarkable place for bright and [...]
The School of Teacher Education at Western Kentucky University (WKU) is hosting a day of professional activities based on the theme Change Your Luck with the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES). The 2014 School of Teacher Summer Conference is dedicated to offering professional development, research presented by WKU graduate students, Makererspace engagement activities and practical applications of the Framework for Teaching. The [...]
Joan Wood, a library media specialist at Lebanon Elementary School (Marion County), and retired teacher Sharon Calhoun with their former student Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Ben Revere.Photo submitted Joan Wood, a library media specialist at Lebanon Elementary School (Marion County) for the past eight years, has a library with a brand emphasizing that readers are leaders. “So leadership is [...]
The University of Kentucky Confucius Institute (UKCI) supplies all start-up and annual funds to help K-12 and post-secondary schools establish Chinese language and culture programs with a “Confucius Classroom.” Currently, schools in 27 states and the District of Columbia are participating in this program. Teacher salary is paid by Confucius Institute Headquarters. Materials provided include Multimedia equipment, teaching venue improvements, [...]
The “Where Ideas Take FLIGHT (Future Lesson Ideas Gathered Here Today)” Institute, sponsored by Bullitt County Public Schools and the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative, would like to invite technology specialists (TIS/TRT), administrators, and teachers of all grades, subjects, and skill levels to present at this year’s conference. Our goal is to encourage everyone to take FLIGHT (Future Lesson Ideas Gathered [...]
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) annual conference will be closer to Kentucky than it has been in decades when NSBA comes to Nashville next March 21-23, and the organization wants Kentucky boards and districts on the agenda. A Call for Proposals website is now open for clinics by district teams. Proposals are being sought for high-quality, breakout sessions that [...]
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) is extending an invitation for superintendents to attend SREB’s College- and Career-Readiness Standards Networking Conference on July 14-16, 2014, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. This year, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will keynote the opening session on July 14 at 1 p.m. For information [...]