The Kentucky Center for School Safety, in cooperation with the Murray State University College of Education Career Readiness Summit, will offer S.T.O.P.! TIPLINE training on June 19. The training is aimed reporting and addressing online bullying, and is free to Kentucky school districts.
The College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems at Kentucky State University will host the Interdisciplinary Environmental Education (EE) Training for High School Teachers June 17-18. The goal of this free training is to explore methods of teaching environmental education in interdisciplinary settings and for teachers across content areas to learn more about how they can meet standards requirements [...]
The Kentucky Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is hosting a workshop June 18 at Madison Central High School in Richmond for educators to learn more effective strategies for improving instruction and implementing the Kentucky Core Academic Standards. Attendees will refine their professional practice to meet the new Professional Growth and Effectiveness System expectations. Early Bird Registration pricing expires May [...]
The Kentucky Association for School Councils’ newest workshops for teachers and council members are ready to be booked to meet a school’s needs. Teacher PGES Implementation Tools workshop makes implementation easier for teachers and principals and will include: steps for writing Student Growth Goals best practices for teachers to be scored Effective tools for Peer Observations and constructive peer feedback innovative [...]
The Kentucky Writing Project has several summer offerings for professional learning. The first is June 26-27 in Louisville, and will feature Kentucky Department of Education’s Carol Franks., who will engage participants in a deeper look at Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES) resources to support student growth goal-setting. She will lead participants through the process of identifying enduring skills, concepts or processes to [...]
This summer the University of Kentucky's College of Education is sponsoring a two-day workshop on standards-based grading. Tom Guskey, Gerry Swan and Lee Ann Jung will be leading the workshop, which will take place June 30-July 1 in Lexington. Find more information at http://p20.education.uky.edu/summer-institute/.
The Kentucky Council on Economic Education, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis-Louisville Branch, Indiana Council on Economic Education and the Kentucky Department of Education, is sponsoring the annual Life Fundamental$ Summit, Teaching Dollars and Sense, a summer professional learning opportunity. The summit is designed for K-12 teachers of economics, consumerism and personal finance with tracks for [...]
The Kentucky Association of School Councils has planned a variety of summer academies to equip educators with the tools they need to succeed. Academies will be held in Lexington, Corbin, Bowling Green, at the Jenny Wiley State Resort Park and at Mason County Middle School. Offerings include: Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES) Implementation Tools – This session will [...]
The annual Kentucky History Education Conference for K-12 teachers will be held at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort July 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This year’s topic is “Leadership and Legacy in History.” Concurrent sessions on primary source activities, classroom applications and instructional strategies also will be offered by teacher peers. The cost [...]
There will be a special training for middle and high school administrators on the Individual Learning Plan (ILP) on March 14 in Lexington and on March 26 in Paducah. Administrators are strongly encouraged to attend this training to learn how the use of the ILP can help all students become college- and career-ready. Attendees will learn how the ILP can [...]