Registration is open for the Kentucky Association of Teachers of History (KATH) Annual Meeting Oct. 29 at the University of Kentucky’s William T. Young Library in Lexington. The conference features two plenary sessions, a roundtable discussion, the KATH business meeting and elections. There also will be a pre-conference reception and optional tour at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate. The conference [...]
The University of Kentucky Department of Mathematics will host its 2016 High School Math Day for Women on Oct. 29. The program features hands-on activities, games and talks for female high school students and their teachers (both men and women). Its purpose is to introduce new and exciting mathematics and applications of mathematics. There also will be an optional problem-solving [...]
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics is offering a free professional learning event, “Foundations for Primary Grades,” for teachers in grades K-3 beginning Nov. 3 at Lee County High School in Beattyville. “Foundations for Primary Grades” cohorts are professional learning communities that grow K-3 teachers’ understanding of early numeracy development and improve their ability to establish a strong foundation in students [...]
The Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA) is giving teachers the opportunity to study in Scotland June 23-July 8, 2017, and to earn college credit hours in a variety of subjects. The two-week program offers classes that explore various aspects of Scotland’s past and present and includes visits to Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Highlands. Participants can earn graduate or undergraduate [...]
The American Geosciences Institute/ExxonMobil Exploration Teacher Leadership Academies is recruiting teachers for its annual institute next summer in Houston. Two week-long academies – one June 19-24 for teachers in grades K-5 and one July 17-22 for middle school teachers – help prepare a cadre of teachers to share key ideas in the geosciences with their colleagues, students and others. Participants [...]
A free science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) consortium on making mathematics and science accessible for blind students will be held in conjunction with the American Printing House for the Blind’s annual meeting at 10 a.m. Oct. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Louisville. The meeting will feature a series of presentations on issues related to the development and delivery of [...]
The Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE) is accepting proposals for its annual conference, KySTE 2017, which will be March 8-10 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. Presentations may be in a basic or hands-on format and may cover various strands, including technical, instructional, leadership and library/media. Presenters also may choose to present on an introductory, intermediate or [...]
The Kentucky Association for Assessment Coordinators will host the Scott Trimble Workshop on Instruction and Assessment on Oct. 17-18 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. The conference focuses on using instruction and assessment data to guide classrooms, schools and districts toward continuous improvement and is open to teachers, administrators, district assessment coordinators, building assessment coordinators and superintendents. Click here [...]
The Eastern Kentucky University Department of Mathematics and Statistics is hosting its annual teacher workshop for K-12 mathematics teachers Sept. 29 at the Perkins Conference Center on the EKU campus in Richmond. The conference theme is “Bridging the Gap,” and presenters are invited to share their knowledge on that topic in 45-minute sessions. Sessions will be geared to elementary, middle [...]
Registration is open for the Understanding Language Professional Learning Workshop, which consist of a workshop Sept. 20-21 and a follow-up session Nov. 15-16, both at Western Kentucky University’s Knicely Conference Center in Bowling Green. The workshop is for English learner (EL) teachers and upper elementary, middle school or high school general education teachers who provide services to ELs in the [...]