Schools can be a part of the Governor’s Derby Celebration by contributing a painted canvas to be used as a table covering during festivities May 2 on the grounds of the Old State Capitol in Frankfort. Tables will be decorated as horse, with a head and a tail affixed to each table. The painted canvases will be used as a [...]
Applications are now being accepted for the Earle C. Clements Innovation in Education Award for Civics and History Teachers, which recognizes promising and innovative Kentucky high school history or civics teachers. Three teachers will be chosen by an independent review panel for the awards, which are presented by the National Archives and the University of Kentucky Wendell H. Ford Public [...]
At a recent adaptive recreation training, teachers learned how physical education classes can be adapted to include students with disabilities, and at the same time break down walls between differently abled students.
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 [...]
A course for teachers interested in becoming certified by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) will be offered this spring through the University of Kentucky. Lisa Krause, an assistant professor in UK’s Department of STEM Education, will teach the course, which will meet on Tuesday evenings from May 12-June 9 and will have additional online components. The course [...]
More students than expected are taking advantage of a newly created pathway to early graduation.
Social studies educators are invited to join Discovery Education and Ford's Theatre at 1 p.m. ET March 26 for a unique virtual event offered as part of the commemorative programming planned for “Ford's 150: Remembering the Lincoln Assassination,” a series of events marking 150 years since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington. Ford's Theatre experts will [...]
The Eastern Kentucky University Physics Department will host “Next Generation Physics Teaching,” a regional innovation conference, March 13-14 in Richmond. The conference, which is supported by the Kentucky Association of Physics Teachers and other sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers, will provide useful information and resources for high school and college physics, science and engineering teachers. There will [...]
Kentucky State University’s College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems is accepting applications for its Agriculture, Food and Environment (AFE) Academy for high school teachers June 18-19. Up to 20 teachers will have the opportunity to integrate innovative, hands-on experience with new and emerging STEM concepts and teaching strategies tied to the Kentucky Core Academic Standards and the Next [...]