Literacy is alive in Oldham County’s summer camp
Incoming 1st -graders get intensive literacy intervention at Oldham County’s Camp Literacy Live.
‘Excellence happening’ at state’s leading alternative programs
The state’s top alternative programs are doing all they can to help students graduate college- and career-ready and to change the perception of alternative programs.
Day camp a key part of Madison migrant program’s busy summer schedule
A science-writing camp helps the Madison County schools’ migrant program to meet the educational needs of its students throughout the summer.
Bringing northern Kentucky math teachers into the circle
Math Teachers’ Circle seeks to connect middle school math educators with mathematicians from academia and industry.
Puppets to Program Review, teachers experience art at Berea Learnshops
More than 120 teachers attended this year’s Berea Festival of Learnshops where they made art, learned about program reviews and the new National Core Arts Standards.
Retreat empowers teachers with a better way to educate on social justice issues
A social justice education retreat equipped teachers on how better to teach the lessons Holocaust and more recent genocides and how to apply them to current social justice issues.
Connecting with experts
By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov I have covered many professional development opportunities this summer. What I heard over and over from the hosts and presenters was, “please contact me if you have any questions.” Please contact me. Over and over. Presenters offered their email address and phone numbers. They repeated that teachers could contact their universities or organizations for help, classroom [...]
Teacher leadership rings true at Bell Elementary
Teachers and administrators at one Wayne County elementary school say a system of shared leadership is working.
Kentucky Writing Project helping teachers go the extra mile for ELLs
A Kentucky Writing Project workshop provided hands-on ideas, reading and writing strategies and a dose of confidence to teachers working with ELL students.
Kentucky teachers TELL state about improved working conditions
Educators across the state are more positive about teaching and learning conditions in their schools than they were in 2013 according to results from the 2015 Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Kentucky Survey.