The Kentucky Theater Association’s annual Professional Development Day, which is designed for teachers with all levels of experience teaching drama, is scheduled for Nov. 12. KTA’s Professional Development Day is held in conjunction with its annual conference, which features a high school one-act play festival, a community theater play festival and auditions for performers seeking acting opportunities around the country. [...]
The Western Kentucky Assistive Technology Center will offer iPad training for parents of children with disabilities. The training includes a basic overview of how to navigate the iPad and an opportunity to review apps designed for people with special needs. An iPad will be available for each participant during the training. The training is great opportunity for parents to explore [...]
Do you understand how you get immunity if you are sued by a student due to a disciplinary action? Do you understand the latest rules regarding discipline of public school students? It is crucial for local school officials to stay abreast of current Kentucky and federal law and district policy in this area to have legal protection should a student [...]
The 76th Annual Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts conference will be Feb. 17-18 in Lexington. The theme is “Literacy Matters: The Common Core and Beyond.” Proposals to present are being accepted until Oct 31. Submit a proposal here.
The registration process for the Nov. 10 Productivity Conference with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will open up to anyone outside of school districts, co-ops and associations on Oct.1. To guarantee a district has slots for its team, participants must register by Friday, Sept. 30. After that date, the registration will be open to all other interested parties and for [...]
Coordinated School Health is one of many sponsors for the third annual Making Every Minute Count workshop. This workshop is scheduled for Oct. 28 in Georgetown, and the deadline to register is Oct. 17. Aaron Beighle and Heather Erwin, both with the University of Kentucky, will be presenting sessions on ways to add moderate to vigorous physical activity into the [...]
The Kentucky Improving Schools and Districts Productivity Conference will be Nov. 10 in Louisville. The conference will focus on efficient and effective practices in district operations. Along with keynote speakers, breakout sessions will offer best practices from local school districts. For more information, contact David Cook at david.cook@education.ky.gov.
Bellarmine University will host a workshop about Pig E. Bank Economics Sept. 15. Pig E. Bank is the lead character in the Piggy Bank Primer lesson series, which teaches economic and financial literacy concepts to students in grades K-4. The latest installment in the series, 25 Cents’ Worth of History teaches economic concepts and mathematics applications using the state coins [...]
The Kentucky School Public Relations Association fall institute will be Sept. 29-30 at the Embassy Suites in Lexington. Click here to register. For more information, contact Nancy Howe at (859) 824-2859.
The Kentucky Writing Project Network will host its annual fall conference on literacy at Eastern Kentucky University on Sept. 10. Kentucky Department of Education Program Review Specialist Rae McEntyre will deliver the keynote speech on the new state assessment expectations. Concurrent sessions will focus on the new Kentucky Core Academic Standards; teaching argument; literacy in content areas; visual and media [...]
