The Kentucky Council of Teachers of English will hold its 2015 conference in Lexington on Feb. 27-28. The conference theme is "Balancing Passion and Practice: Kentucky Teachers Leading the Way." Featured speakers will include Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday, author Silas House, state Poet Laureate Frank X Walker and educator and consultant ReLeah Lent. Please visit http://kcte.org/confer/ for more information, [...]
The Kentucky School Boards Association's annual Special Education Conference will be held on August 27-29, 2014 at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington. This conference presents the latest legal ramifications and practical guidance to Special Education Directors and others responsible for compliance with Special Education requirements in school districts. Topics include basics such as budgeting; staffing; legal requirements; restrictions [...]
REL Appalachia is pleased to sponsor this free workshop on Sept. 10 from 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in Lexington. The workshop is designed to help K-12 educators: Identify the types of student engagement educators seek to understand and measure. Identify an appropriate student engagement survey with sound psychometric properties. Learn about survey administration procedures. After the event, REL Appalachia [...]
Individual Learning Plan (ILP) trainings are being offered throughout the month of September and early October 2014. The ILP is designed to help students with career and education exploration activities, set career and life goals, research scholarships, build resumes and much more. The ILP is a powerful tool for helping students reach college and career readiness goals. District and school [...]
The National Association of Pupil Services Administrators will hold its annual conference on October 19-22, 2014, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The theme is Pupil Services: Navigate the Waves of Change. For more information or registration, click here.
Teachers from across the Commonwealth are partnering with The Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky (The Fund) to inspire and celebrate talented and dedicated educators at their upcoming Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers (ECET2 KY) convenings. The idea of ECET2 was borne out of a desire of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide a forum for [...]
The Kentucky Association for Assessment Coordinators’ (KAAC)-sponsored training for new District Assessment Coordinators will be held this summer on July 30 at the Indiana Wesleyan University Louisville Education and Conference Center, 1500 Alliant Avenue, Louisville. The targeted audience is the new DAC; however, relatively inexperienced DACs also may register for the training. Click here to register.
On Nov. 6, 7 and 8, 2014 the 42nd annual meeting of Kentucky science educators will convene in Lexington. Over the past decade, the conference has been attended by approximately 500 teachers, administrators, curriculum supervisors, university faculty, vendors, pre-service teachers, students and others, who have benefitted from more than 100 workshops, presentations and activities. The conference for 2014 promises to be one of [...]
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is looking for educators with an interest in using continuous improvement as an approach to solving problems in education. This will be the focus of the foundation’s next Explorers’ Workshop, September 18-19, at the Carnegie Foundation Headquarters in Stanford, CA. The field of education has struggled to find ways to efficiently and effectively [...]
The Kentucky Academy of Science celebrates 100 years at its centennial meeting, Nov. 14-16, at the Lexington Convention Center. There will be plenary lectures, hundreds of scientific papers and posters from Kentucky scientists; an awards banquet and centennial celebration; and field trips on Nov. 16. To participate or present your latest research, sign on as a sponsor or exhibitor, or [...]