In coming weeks, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) will be applying to the U.S. Department of Education for a School Improvement Grant (SIG). These grants, authorized under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, are made to State Educational Agencies (SEAs) which, in turn, make competitive sub-grants to Local Education Agencies [...]
After just one week, more than 9,500 Kentucky educators have taken part in the TELL (Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning) Survey of school working conditions. That represents about 18 percent of the school-based certified educators eligible to participate. Two districts, Leslie County and Harlan Independent, have already achieved a 100 percent response rate; and 250 schools have already met or [...]
Project Learning Tree will host its Southeastern Forests and Climate Change workshop for educators April 24 at the Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary in Frankfort. The workshop will provide the latest and greatest curriculum regarding the effects of climate change for teachers and facilitators. The registration fee is $15, which includes lunch. The registration deadline is April 17. Click here to register, [...]
The Kentucky Writing Project is offering New Voices, a workshop designed to help middle and high school teachers understand how to engage students in playwriting, July 13-15 at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Teacher consultants who have worked with Actors Theatre to engage students in playwriting will share classroom-tested strategies and materials that address speaking and listening and reading and writing [...]
Sherri McPherson Naturally, when the Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (TPGES) was rolled out to our faculty many of us had questions. At my school, some of us wondered how this work would look in our large high school. Would our principals be stretched too thin with all of the observations and conferences? Others wondered how we [...]