The National Science Teacher Association is currently accepting applications for the 2013–2014 New Science Teacher Academy. The academy was created to help promote quality science teaching, enhance teacher confidence, and improve teacher content knowledge. Among the many benefits, attendees will get unlimited use of resources including vetted web links for lesson plans, links to state and national standards, professional organizations, [...]
The Kentucky School Boards Association has an opening for a Director of Policy and eMeeting Services. This full time position is based in Frankfort and full time benefits, including membership in the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System, are provided. The position is a grade 10 and salary will be commensurate with experience. The person filling the position will be responsible for [...]
The spring/summer issue of Kentucky School Leader has a feature article written by Kentucky Department of Education Assistant General Counsel David Wickersham. Wickersham writes about restraint and seclusion in the article, touching on the limits of which restraint and seclusion may be used in Kentucky public schools, how these limits will foster stronger school culture that will, in turn, lead [...]
Recent Federal legislation, Public Law 110-234, The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, authorized funds for expansion of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) to all 50 States, the District of Columbia and Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Elementary schools that represent a State’s highest free and reduced price enrollment are eligible to participate in the [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education invites teachers, administrators, district staff, parents, students and other education stakeholders to submit questions for Commissioner Terry Holliday's Twitter Town Hall Wednesday, May 15, 4-5 p.m. ET. Questions can be tweeted both before May 15 and during the live event. Use the hash tag #AskDocH to send questions. If you don’t have a Twitter account [...]
The season finale of KET’s Education Matters will focus on early childhood learning and kindergarten readiness. Host Bill Goodman and guests explore the Brigance Kindergarten Screen and take a look at how preschools, parents, and informal learning experiences can help young children arrive at kindergarten ready to succeed and thrive. “Kindergarten Readiness,” will air Monday evening, May 6 and then [...]
The deadline for teachers to apply for the Next-Generation Academies for the Integration of the Arts and World Languages has been extended two weeks to April 29. Two Academies are being offered: June 17-21 Integrating the Arts and World Languages Languages: Spanish and Japanese Location: Jesse Stuart Elementary School in Madisonville June 24-28 Integrating the Arts and World Languages Languages: Spanish and [...]
The Kentucky Science Teachers Association (KSTA) is accepting session proposals for its annual KSTA Conference at the Lexington Center and Lexington Hyatt Regency Oct. 31-Nov. 2. The theme is Next Generation Science…NOW! and includes strands on the Next-Generation Science Standards; Science Literacy Reading and Writing; and Integrated Engineering Practices. Those interested can go to the KSTA website and click on [...]
The Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission (KSNPC) is promoting a metal art exhibit that calls attention to the vast array of biodiversity found in Kentucky. The exhibit’s aluminum images, primarily taken from the KSNPC book, “Kentucky’s Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity,” depict an ecosystem of flora and fauna, some of which are endemic to Kentucky and found nowhere else [...]
Nominations are being accepted for the 2014 class of inductees into the Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame. The deadline is July 15. For information about the Hall of Fame and to obtain a nomination form, go to www.wku.edu/kythf/. Inquiries and/or additional information may also be directed to Tammy Spinks, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Western Kentucky [...]