The deadline has been extended to Feb. 15 for mini-grants to increase girls' interest in science, engineering and technology. The Kentucky Girls STEM Collaborative, a statewide initiative to encourage girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), is currently offering mini-grants of up to $1,000. Teachers, community groups and other organizations committed to collaborating, informing and motivating girls [...]
The Chicago Metro History Education Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Loyola University Chicago would like to invite K-12 teachers to apply for the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute “Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Capitalism, Democracy, and Progressivisms, 1877 to 1920.” NEH Summer Scholars will spend four weeks in Chicago (July 8-August 2, 2013), a [...]
The Kentucky Center, in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), has announced the 2013 Institute for ECE & Arts Integration. The Institute is for Kentucky public school teachers of ECE (Exceptional Child Education) and Arts & Humanities in grades 3-8 and consists of three components: a six-hour Professional Development workshop on March 2 at Hardin County Schools Performing [...]
The Social Studies Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction (SSACI) collaborative, a consortium of 22 states and organizations, including Kentucky, convened by the Council of Chief State School Officers, is working to publish a new Framework for Social Studies in preparation for new standards. SSACI is working to explicitly ensure that the Framework for Social Studies will support the Common Core English/language [...]
The Kentucky Reading Project (KRP) is a yearlong graduate-level course centered on research-based reading instruction. It is taught by literacy faculty at each of the eight state universities. Teachers in grades K-5 may participate in KRP and will receive a stipend and graduate credit upon completion of the course in May 2014. The National Center for Family Literacy provides one [...]
The Living Arts and Science Center of Lexington will host professional development programs for K-8 teachers in Kentucky. LASC workshops are based on Kentucky core concepts and are scheduled for Jan. 29 and 31. All workshop participants will receive a unit of study complete with lesson plans and a hands-on classroom activity kit. Call the Living Arts and Science Center [...]
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) is working with Strategic Marketing and Research, Inc., to understand educators’ perceptions of historical organizations (museums, historic houses, battlefields and archives) and to gauge interest in using these organizations as a resource in classroom environments. KHS is looking for school administrators, curriculum staff and educators in grades 4-12 currently teaching social studies, English/ language arts [...]
Achieve has announced that the second and final public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will be released next month, the first week in January. Achieve encourages all interested parties to review the draft when it is released and provide feedback. The NGSS will be completed in March 2013. To read the announcement, go to www.nextgenscience.org.
The Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES) Winter Summit is fast approaching. In preparation for the statewide field test in the 2013-14 school year, instructional leaders from all 174 districts will gather at one of five locations (dates and locations listed below) to learn about PGES and deepen their knowledge about the system. Districts should make plans now to send [...]
Achieve announced last week that the second and final public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will be released the first week of January. Achieve encourages all interested parties to review the draft when it is released and provide feedback. The NGSS will be completed in March 2013. To read the announcement, click here. NSTA encourages science educators [...]