The Kentucky Department of Education’s novice reduction team will host a series of workshops for principals and teacher leadership teams in the coming weeks. “Novice Reduction Strategies for School Improvement” will offer teacher leaders, principals and district leaders high-impact, research-based strategies that are proven to influence novice performance and improve overall student learning. The schedule of workshops: Aug. 30 – [...]
The Jesse Stuart Literacy Council is offering a workshop for first-year teachers Aug. 4 at Madison Central High School in Richmond. “Surviving KTIP and Your First Year” is for teachers about to enter the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program. The event is free for members of the Kentucky Reading Association, but open to all first-year teachers. Click here for more information.
Monthly Core Advocate webinars are held 7-8 p.m. ET on the third Tuesday of the month.
The Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services will host its Regional Physical Education and Arts and Humanities Edcamp on July 18 at North Pointe Elementary School (Boone County) in Hebron. The edcamp is designed for P-12 physical education teachers and arts and humanities teachers. The event is free to teachers from member districts, but is open to all teachers. Six [...]
The Louisville Writing Project will host a writing mini-conference Aug. 27 at the University of Louisville’s College of Education. Conference topics will include lessons and strategies for meeting the Kentucky Academic Standards in all grades and content areas, as well as sessions on argument and English learners. Participants who register by Aug. 25 will receive a free lunch. Email Linda [...]
The Grant Training Center will host a professional grant development workshops July 21-22 at the University of Louisville Shelby Campus. The workshops are designed for those who want to strengthen their grant-writing skills and for beginners who want to acquire proven techniques of preparing and writing winning proposals. Participants will design an abstract, grant design and budget for their next [...]
Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia is teaming with REL Mid-Atlantic and REL Northwest to host a workshop on preparing students in rural schools for colleges and careers July 25 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. The perspectives of researchers, practitioners and students will be integrated into sessions throughout the day. Specific topics include dual enrollment, measuring postsecondary readiness, career [...]
Research Skills for STEM Teachers & Librarians, a professional learning workshop aimed at middle school and high school teachers and librarians, will be held July 11 at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights. Information research experts from NKU’s Steely Library will provide hands-on guidance in the workshop for developing lesson plans, assignments and projects that teach students science and mathematics [...]
In celebration of 40 years of annual conferences, the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE) will construct a timeline of important events and achievements in environmental education in Kentucky at its conference Sept. 23-24 at Lake Cumberland State Resort Park near Jamestown. Educators are invited to submit historical documentation that KAEE will use in constructing the timeline. Documentation may be [...]
Registration is open for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s Southeast Regional Farm to School Conference Sept. 23-24 in Greenville, S.C., which serves teachers, early childhood educators, parents, community health professionals and child nutrition staff from an eight-state region. These shareholders will work to strengthen existing programs and jump-start new farm-to-school efforts. The conference includes a day of field trips to [...]
