A free workshop on teaching economics through children’s literature will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT Sept. 29 in Room 2003 of Gary Ransdell Hall at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. This workshop, offered by the WKU Center and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Louisville Branch, will introduce elementary school teachers to basic economic concepts. [...]
Registration for the 2nd annual Kentucky Continuous Improvement Summit: “Focusing on Best Practice to Close the Achievement Gap” that will be held Sept. 22-24 at the Lexington Convention Center closes on Sept. 16. Best practices from across the state will be highlighted and presented by Kentucky teachers and administrators. Principal Baruti Kafele, one of the most sought-after speakers for transforming the [...]
The fourth annual SPEAK (the Speech Professional Education Alliance of Kentucky) conference for middle and high school speech and debate educators will be held Sept. 26 at the University of Kentucky. Kentucky High School Speech League Hall of Fame coach Mark Etherton will speak on Kentucky Speech and Debate, Past and Future, which will lead into a conference-wide roundtable discussion about [...]
Steve Willis, professor of art education at Missouri State University, will lead a workshop on Sept. 13 called Mining the Museum: Using Art to Teach Across Curriculums. The workshop will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, 405 Rose Street, Lexington. It will focus on creating context for art. Afternoon break-out [...]
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 [...]
