Conferences & Workshops

SREB staff development conference set

The Southern Regional Education Board will host its annual High Schools That Work staff development conference July 13-16 at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville. The conference is designed for K-12 teachers, principals, counselors and district leaders. It will feature more than 500 presentations, best practices and panel discussions centered around literacy and math strategies, career pathways in high-demand [...]

By |2020-10-09T12:40:47-04:00April 7, 2016|

Program targets future law students from diverse backgrounds

The Kentucky Bar Association and Northern Kentucky University will host “Why Choose Law: Diversity Matters” on June 16-17 on the NKU campus in Highland Heights. The program is geared toward high school juniors and seniors from groups that typically are underrepresented in law school classes. It is designed to encourage these students to become lawyers and to practice in Kentucky [...]

By |2016-04-06T14:54:25-04:00April 7, 2016|

Seminar focuses on students with disruptive behavior

“Discipline Strategies from Successful Teachers of African American Adolescents,” a research-based professional learning program offering educators the opportunity to obtain leadership skills needed to positively influence students with disruptive behavior, will be held April 28 at Carnegie Literacy Center in Lexington. The seminar is based on the doctoral dissertation of Carolyn Bowman, an English professor at Bluegrass Community and Technical [...]

By |2016-04-01T10:43:41-04:00March 31, 2016|

Kentucky Writing Project offers online American history lessons

The Kentucky Writing Project has partnered with Zoom In, which offers a package of 18 short online American history lessons, to offer two summer academies for teachers to learn how to use the units and free access to the resources for one year for participants in the academies. The lessons, which were developed by the Education Development Center, are for [...]

By |2016-03-30T14:11:54-04:00March 31, 2016|

Energy education conference to be held as bus tour

The Kentucky NEED Project's 2016 Kentucky Energy Conference for Educators will be held June 12-17 as a tour, with stops throughout central Kentucky focusing on energy efficiency, conservation and sustainability. The bus tour will bring together teachers who are passionate about bringing energy education to their classrooms, providing them with the most up-to-date information on all aspects of energy, including [...]

By |2016-03-23T16:05:38-04:00March 24, 2016|

Patent office holding summer teacher institute

The U.S. Patent and Trademark office will hold its National Summer Teacher Institute on Innovation, STEM and Intellectual Property July 17-22 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. The program for K-12 educators combines training tools, practices and project-based learning models to help l teachers incorporate the concepts of making, inventing and innovation into classroom instruction. The central focus [...]

By |2016-03-23T16:01:35-04:00March 24, 2016|

Berea Festival of Learnshops registration open

Registration is open for the Berea Festival of Learnshops July 8-24, which includes workshops lasting from two hours to two days on topics ranging from creative writing to blacksmithing, as well as professional development for educators. A two-day Arts in Education package includes three to nine hours of hands-on sessions and three to nine hours of arts education updates and [...]

By |2020-11-09T15:44:59-05:00March 17, 2016|

Environmental education PD scheduled

Joseph Baust will lead an environmental education professional learning program June 5-11 at Brandon Spring Group Camp in Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. The application requires a $50 fee, but all expenses for meals, lodging, materials and supplies will be paid. Email Baust for more information.

By |2016-05-24T10:09:41-04:00March 17, 2016|

‘Maverick’ Federal Reserve bank focus of PD

The Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Kentucky Historical Society are offering a professional learning event led by economic historian David C. Wheelock on April 13 in Frankfort. Teachers can learn about 102 years of St. Louis Fed history and explore how to use it in their classrooms. Wheelock is deputy director and a [...]

By |2016-03-09T16:20:40-05:00March 10, 2016|
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