The next Teach to Lead Teacher Leadership Summit will be July 23-24 in Minneapolis. Educators from across the nation will work to collaborate, problem-solve and advance teacher leadership. Educators may apply to attend the summit by submitting ideas for the conference, either as individuals or as a team that can include teachers, principals, administrators, school board members and others. (At [...]
C3 Teachers and the University of Kentucky will host the Inquiry Design Model Summer Institute on June 27-29 at the Embassy Suites, Lexington. The event will showcase the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), an approach to creating curriculum and instructional materials while relying on teacher expertise and experience. The workshop will feature hands-on opportunities for teachers to develop material for use [...]
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics has scheduled seven professional learning programs for mathematics teachers over the coming months: EERTI June – Enacting Effective Response to Intervention (EERTI) cohort for teachers of special education students in grades K-3. June 20-23, Bowling Green Registration deadline: May 6 EERTI Summer Institute – Exploring new ways to develop elementary students’ number sense. For EERTI [...]
A workshop on standards-based grading and mastery learning led by mastery learning experts Thomas Guskey and Lee Ann Jung will be June 28-29 at NorthEast Christian Church in Lexington. “Implementing Mastery Learning: Personalizing Differentiated Instruction for ALL Students” will offer strategies that can allow teachers to better differentiate and individualize teaching and learning in their classrooms. The registration deadline is [...]
Registration is open for the Kentucky Historical Society’s 2016 Kentucky History Education Conference June 23 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The theme of the conference for K-12 educators is “Taking a Stand in History.” There will be a keynote presentation from the Kentucky Humanities Council on its school programs, a Chautauqua performance of U.S. [...]
Bellarmine University and Jefferson County Public Schools will host a STEAM Maker Faire April 30 at Bellarmine's campus in Louisville.
The University of Louisville will host a grant writing certificate program targeted to beginner or intermediate grants professionals working in education or for a nonprofit organization July 27-29 at its Shelby Campus in Louisville. “Grant Writing Certificate: Application Development and Funding,” led by Jefferson County Public Schools Director of Resource Development Rebecca Crump, will help participants develop the skills to [...]
The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education will hold its 40th Annual Conference, “Be The Change for Environmental Education,” Sept. 23-24.
To support educators with the effective implementation of the literacy and mathematical standards, the Kentucky Department of Education will provide regularly scheduled community meetings via Skype focusing on the resources, tools and frameworks of the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and the Mathematical Design Collaborative (MDC). The next meetings for each community, with links for more information, are: Literacy Design Collaborative, [...]
The Kentucky Storytelling Conference is accepting workshop proposals on any aspect of storytelling for the conference Nov. 4-5 at the Pike County Public Library District’s Lee Avenue Branch in Pikeville. Workshop presenters will receive free conference registration and are paid a $175 honorarium for a 70-minute session or a $300 honorarium for a 135-minute session. The submission deadline is May [...]