Conferences & Workshops

Kentucky Center offering four arts academies for teachers

Four arts academies and arts integration academies will be offered to teachers this summer at various locations by the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. Teachers attending the academies will receive hands-on, standards-aligned training. The schedule: Arts Academy, June 15-19, Corbin STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) Academy, July 6-10, Murray Arts-Literacy Academy, July 20-24, Florence Arts-World Languages Academy [...]

By Nancy Rodriguez|2015-03-19T12:05:59-04:00March 19, 2015|

WKU hosting workshop on economics education

The Western Kentucky University Center for Economics Education is sponsoring a free professional development opportunity from 4:30-7 p.m. CT March 24 on the WKU campus in Bowling Green. “Exploring Economics” is designed for teachers and curriculum coordinators in grades K-8 and will illustrate how to integrate economic concepts into social studies, reading and mathematics lessons. Jana Kirchner, an assistant professor [...]

By Nancy Rodriguez|2015-03-19T12:02:06-04:00March 19, 2015|

Climate change workshop to be held in Frankfort

Project Learning Tree will host its Southeastern Forests and Climate Change workshop for educators April 24 at the Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary in Frankfort. The workshop will provide the latest and greatest curriculum regarding the effects of climate change for teachers and facilitators. The registration fee is $15, which includes lunch. The registration deadline is April 17. Click here to register, [...]

By Mike Marsee|2015-03-11T15:21:36-04:00March 12, 2015|

Summer playwriting workshop offered in Louisville

The Kentucky Writing Project is offering New Voices, a workshop designed to help middle and high school teachers understand how to engage students in playwriting, July 13-15 at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Teacher consultants who have worked with Actors Theatre to engage students in playwriting will share classroom-tested strategies and materials that address speaking and listening and reading and writing [...]

By Mike Marsee|2015-03-11T15:12:53-04:00March 12, 2015|

Course offered for teachers interested in NBPTS certification

A course for teachers interested in becoming certified by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) will be offered this spring through the University of Kentucky. Lisa Krause, an assistant professor in UK’s Department of STEM Education, will teach the course, which will meet on Tuesday evenings from May 12-June 9 and will have additional online components. The course [...]

By Mike Marsee|2015-03-11T15:18:16-04:00March 11, 2015|

EKU to host regional conference for physics teachers

The Eastern Kentucky University Physics Department will host “Next Generation Physics Teaching,” a regional innovation conference, March 13-14 in Richmond. The conference, which is supported by the Kentucky Association of Physics Teachers and other sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers, will provide useful information and resources for high school and college physics, science and engineering teachers. There will [...]

By Mike Marsee|2015-03-04T11:41:41-05:00March 5, 2015|

KSU workshop blends STEM concepts, standards

Kentucky State University’s College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems is accepting applications for its Agriculture, Food and Environment (AFE) Academy for high school teachers June 18-19. Up to 20 teachers will have the opportunity to integrate innovative, hands-on experience with new and emerging STEM concepts and teaching strategies tied to the Kentucky Core Academic Standards and the Next [...]

By Mike Marsee|2015-03-04T10:46:43-05:00March 5, 2015|

Historical Society offers weeklong Civil War workshop

The application deadline for the Kentucky Historical Society’s (KHS) 2015 Summer Teacher Workshop, “Torn Within, Threatened Without: Kentucky and the Border States in the Civil War,” has been extended. The workshop, which will be offered June 21-27 in Frankfort, is being held in cooperation with historic sites and museums in Kentucky that will be visited during the week. Sessions on and [...]

By Peter Mathews|2019-03-22T15:26:30-04:00March 3, 2015|

Kentucky Reading Project application period open

The deadline for applications to the Kentucky Reading Project (KRP), a yearlong, graduate-level course focused on research-based literacy instruction, has been extended. Faculty members at each of the eight state universities provide instruction at various sites across the state on topics such as Senate Bill 1 (2009), the Kentucky Core Academic Standards, formative assessments and college- and career-readiness. Teachers in [...]

By Mike Marsee|2015-03-03T10:13:48-05:00March 3, 2015|

Kentucky Storytelling Conference seeks proposals

The Kentucky Storytelling Conference is accepting workshop proposals on any aspect of storytelling for the conference Nov. 6-7 at Dale Hollow State Resort Park near Burkesville. 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. All workshops will be presented on Nov. 7. The [...]

By Mike Marsee|2015-02-24T15:40:20-05:00February 26, 2015|