Registration is open for the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts (KCTE) annual conference Feb. 24-25 at Embassy Suites Lexington. More than 200 English/language arts professionals are expected to attend the event. The theme is “Amplified & Enriched: KY ELA Teachers as Change Agents.” Click here for more information.
Registration is open for the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education’s (KySTE) annual spring conference March 8-10 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. Nearly 2,000 information technology leaders, technicians, tech resource/integration specialists, classroom teachers, administrators, library media specialists, exhibitors and other education professionals are expected to attend the event, billed as the largest education technology conference in the south-central [...]
Forensic Outreach will hold a forensic science conference for high school students April 4 in New York. “On the Front Line: New Frontiers in Forensics, Crime and Security,” also known as FrontLineCon, was held in London earlier this year and is making its U.S. debut. Students will be able to see the science behind true crime brought to life by [...]
The Northern Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NKCTM) will hold its fall mini-conference Nov. 17 at Dixie Heights High School in Crestview Hills. NKCTM board members will present at the conference on K-2 numeracy; Desmos in the K-12 mathematics classroom; focus, coherence and rigor in the K-6 mathematics classroom; and implanting your own K-16 Amazing Mathematical Race. The registration [...]
The Southeast/South Central Educational Cooperative (SESC) will hold two professional learning opportunities in November at The Corbin Center in Corbin: “Speed of Trust,” Nov. 10 – Stephen M.R. Covey will give a presentation on his best-selling book, “The Speed of Trust,” on the importance of trust in today’s leadership environment and offer suggested strategies for daily implementation. Click here for [...]
The Kentucky Association of School Administrators, the Kentucky Association of School Councils and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will host two professional learning opportunities Nov. 1-2 in Lexington and Hopkinsville featuring growth mindset speaker David Dockterman. Dockterman is a nationally recognized pioneer in the development and implementation of technology for classroom instruction. Mindsets are beliefs about yourself and your most basic qualities. [...]
In November, the Kentucky Department of Education will hold seven regional dual credit training sessions designed for guidance counselors, high school principals, instructional supervisors, superintendents and other district decision makers involved with dual credit. Participants can learn more about implementation of dual credit programming in their schools and districts alongside partners from their region. The free sessions will cover several [...]
The University of the Cumberlands is offering a professional learning opportunity for social studies teachers on the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on Nov. 12 at its Hutton School of Business in Williamsburg. “The Fourteenth Amendment in American History” will focus on the amendment addressing citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. The registration deadline is Nov. 4. [...]
The Kentucky Storytelling Conference will be Nov. 4-5 at the Pike County Public Library District, Lee Avenue Branch, in Pikeville. The event includes featured storytellers Jonatha and Harold Wright, who specialize in Japanese, Ohio and Ohio Appalachian stories of all genres; as well as workshops on various aspects of storytelling, storytelling concerts, open-mic sessions and a competitive StorySlam. Advance registration [...]
The Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts is accepting proposals for its annual conference Feb. 24-25 at Embassy Suites Lexington. The conference theme is “Amplified & Enriched: KY ELA Teachers as Change Agents.” Click here for more information.