An online summer book study designed to help middle school science teachers learn more about the practice of constructing explanations will begin June 22. The group will study Supporting Grade 5-8 Students in Constructing Explanations in Science: The Claim, Evidence and Reasoning Framework for Talk and Writing, a book by Katherine L. McNeill and Joseph Krajcik. The study will be [...]
Two Kentucky middle schools are among three Kentucky institutions honored by the U.S. Department of Education as 2015 Green Ribbon Schools.
The Kentucky Department of Parks will host REACH: Beyond the Classroom, a series of open houses for educators, July 15 at 28 Kentucky State Parks. The program will feature discussions on primary educational field experiences available at the parks and on REACH (Recreational, Environmental and Cultural History) overnight camps and programming. It will include a facility tour, a sample interactive [...]
The Murray State University College of Education and Human Services will host a workshop for science and mathematics teachers July 6-10 and 13-17 at MSU’s Alexander Hall. The 10-day workshop is intended to help elementary and middle school teachers meet the requirements of the Next Generation Science Standards and the Kentucky Core Academic Standards for mathematics and learn to effectively [...]
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics has scheduled five trainings and course offerings for 2015-16 in locations across Kentucky. The schedule of courses: “Assessing Math Concepts,” July 6-10, Bowling Green “AVMR (Add+Vantage MR)/KNPI (KY Numeracy Project Intensive),” various dates, Frankfort, Richmond and Glasgow “Do the Math,” July 27-29, Oct. 26-28 and Jan. 25-28, Lexington “MRIS (Math Recovery Intervention Specialist),” Aug. 11-14, [...]
Achieve and Teaching Channel have released four online videos that present an overview of key innovations in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and dive deeper into each of the NGSS’ three dimensions. The videos are publicly available for viewing on Teaching Channel’s website. The topics are: Next Generation Science Standards: A Vision for K-12 Science Education Crosscutting Concepts Science [...]
The Innovations for Learning conference, which focuses on innovative instructional strategies that engage students to improve learning, will be held June 11 at Bryan Station High School in Lexington. The conference, produced by the Office of Instructional Technology at Fayette County Schools, is open to any teacher, technology specialist, administrator or anyone else interested in using technology to improve student [...]
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Louisville Branch is offering “Teaching Economics Through Children’s Literature,” a series of free professional development workshop on personal finance and economics July 8-9 in Louisville. The workshop will teach educators how to use popular children’s stories and the whiteboard to spark students’ interest in personal finance and economics. Free, downloadable lessons and Notebook [...]
Elementary students in Covington Independent Schools are benefitting from changes to a long-running summer youth program that places an emphasis on mathematics and reading.
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics is partnering with other Kentucky organizations and universities to develop “The Road to Success in Algebra I,” a professional learning experience for teachers working with 8th- or 9th-grade students before or during Algebra I. Teachers participating in the program should be better able to diagnose student need and use that evidence to design and deliver [...]