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 [...]
The 2011 Annual Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics (KCTM) Conference will be Oct. 8 at South Warren High School in Bowling Green. With the implementation of the Kentucky Core Academic Standards, the theme this year is Driving the Standards: Content and Practices. Several sessions will be addressing both the content and practice standards. Those registered by Sept. 1 are [...]
The annual Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools (KAPS) will be Sept. 21-23 in Lexington. The registration packets will be posted on the KAPS website and distributed by e-mail. Hotel reservations can be made at www.thecampbellhouse.net, using the block code KAF until Aug 23. The nightly rate for KAPS is $89.
The Kentucky Council for the Social Studies annual conference will be in Bowling Green on Sept. 21-22. The theme this year is “Social Studies for the Citizens of Tomorrow.” The keynote speaker will be Berry Craig, a local historian and journalist. For more information about the conference and registration, go to www.kcss.org.
The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grants workshop in Louisville, Aug.29-30. This training is for grant seekers across all disciplines. Beginning and experienced grant writers from city, county and state agencies as well as nonprofits, K-12, colleges and universities are encouraged to attend. Seating is limited, and online reservations are necessary. Those [...]
The Speech Education Alliance of Kentucky (SPEAK) conference will be Sept. 30 at the University of Kentucky. Information and registration is available online at www.kyspeak.org. This conference is a joint educational professional development day sponsored by the four competitive speaking groups in Kentucky – the National Forensic League; the Kentucky High School Speech League; the Kentucky Educational Speech and Drama [...]