Transforming professional growth plans to professional growth projects
Daviess County’s Angela Gunter writes about how changing just one word transformed her outlook on professional development.
Challenging ourselves to move beyond our comfort zones
To really serve our students, we must create a culture that not only allows, but also encourages all teachers to move outside the four walls of their classrooms and sometimes, their individual comfort zone.
KASL offering annual Summer Refresher
The Kentucky Association of School Librarians annual Summer Refresher will be July 19 at North Oldham High School in Goshen.
SREB staff development conference set
The Southern Regional Education Board will host its annual High Schools That Work staff development conference July 13-16 at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville. The conference is designed for K-12 teachers, principals, counselors and district leaders. It will feature more than 500 presentations, best practices and panel discussions centered around literacy and math strategies, career pathways in high-demand [...]
Making peer observation work
Jefferson County's Kip Hottman and Oldham County's Gail Sowell share their experiences on how peer observation helps teacher growth.
Environmental education PD scheduled
Joseph Baust will lead an environmental education professional learning program June 5-11 at Brandon Spring Group Camp in Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. The application requires a $50 fee, but all expenses for meals, lodging, materials and supplies will be paid. Email Baust for more information.
‘Maverick’ Federal Reserve bank focus of PD
The Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Kentucky Historical Society are offering a professional learning event led by economic historian David C. Wheelock on April 13 in Frankfort. Teachers can learn about 102 years of St. Louis Fed history and explore how to use it in their classrooms. Wheelock is deputy director and a [...]
KET offers PD on Holocaust education
Kentucky Educational Television will host “Echoes and Reflections: Leaders in Holocaust Education,” a professional development program for middle and high school teachers, March 17 in Lexington. Echoes and Reflections is a comprehensive Holocaust education program that prepares educators to teach about the Holocaust in a way that stimulates engagement and critical thinking and allows students to see its relevance to [...]
Workshop spotlights summer program on female identity
Educators concerned about the effect of the media’s representation of young men and women have an opportunity to explore this idea through the arts at a workshop March 19 in Lexington sponsored by The Girl Project. The workshop offers both EILA and professional development hours. Click here for more information. Girls in central Kentucky have an opportunity to participate in [...]
Cumberlands offers free PD on federalism
The University of the Cumberlands’ history and political science department will host a free professional development program, “Understanding Federalism: From the Founding to Modern America,” on Feb. 27 in Williamsburg. The program will consist of lectures and seminar discussions of primary source materials related to the topic. The source materials and recorded lectures on a variety of topics and how [...]