Refine your ability to provide feedback that moves learning forward. Join Kentucky Department of Education literacy consultants Jamee Barton and Teresa Rogers as we dive into current research aimed to uncover the critical elements of feedback.
The Bluegrass Book Buddies is an initiative inviting Kentuckians of all ages to try reading in a fresh way through meaningful community and shared experience.
Applications are being accepted for the Purchase Area Literacy Academy at Murray State University’s summer academy July 10-21 for teachers in grades 5-12. The academy is open to teachers in all content areas. Click here for more information.
Amid all the rhetoric, how do you choose solid instructional practices to improve the literacy skills of students in your classroom?
Kentucky Department of Education literacy consultants Jamee Barton and Teresa Rogers are offering a new professional learning series that dives into current research about the critical elements of feedback in June at nine locations across Kentucky. Participants can engage with peers in deep conversations about the content of feedback – like focus, specificity and tone – that will have a positive [...]
During the past two years, literacy consultants serving on the Writing Program Review team at the Kentucky Department of Education had the opportunity to visit schools to observe writing programs and provide feedback for next steps.
The Kentucky Reading Association is seeking proposals for its annual conference Oct. 26-28 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. The conference theme is, “Open the World of Literacy: Uncover Endless Treasures.” Proposals may be for content relevant to the K-12 general literacy strands or the newly developing early childhood strand and Read to Achieve educators. The submission deadline is [...]
Students from across the state traveled to the Grand Theatre in Frankfort March 7 to take part in the state finals of Poetry Out Loud.
The Kentucky Storytelling Conference is accepting workshop and pre-conference session proposals on any aspect of storytelling for the conference, scheduled for Nov. 3-4 at the Hotel Louisville. Workshop presenters will receive free conference registration and are paid an honorarium. The submission deadline is April 1. Click here for more information.
Originating from a mere idea in 2010 to highlight many of the great strides Kentucky has achieved in literacy across the Commonwealth, the Kentucky Literacy Celebration has served as a celebratory event in which to share the many successes throughout the state.