The Bluegrass Community and Technical College Biotechnology Program is offering a professional learning workshop on stem cell technologies for high school and two-year college science and technical education teachers July 18-21 at the BCTC Cooper Drive campus in Lexington. The Emerging Stem Cell Technologies Academy, presented by Madison College, is a train-the-trainer event designed to provide hands-on experiences and instructional [...]
The Kentucky Educational Development Corporation (KEDC) will host a workshop on argument-driven inquiry June 28-29 at the KEDC Conference Center in Ashland. The workshop is designed for teachers and instructional leaders who are interested in providing more engaging laboratory experiences for their students and in using research-based instructional strategies to improve their students’ learning. The workshop focuses on ADI, an [...]
Join the Kentucky Environmental Education Council and dedicated environmental educators from across the state in the upcoming Professional Environmental Educator Certification course.
High school students interested in creative writing are invited to the Purchase Area Writing Workshop June 19-24 at Murray State University.
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.
