Grant opportunity for Summer Institute participants
The Albert I. Pierce Foundation is offering a one-time grant for a Kentucky teacher who has participated in the Teacher Renewal Summer Institute.
KET opens new school video challenge, website
A new Kentucky Educational Television School Video Project (KETSVP) Challenge focuses on the 2016 election. Student-produced videos related to the election may be submitted. Suggested formats for videos include mock debates, a history of the election process, famous presidents, candidate biographies, an explanation of the electoral college, important election issues and student/teacher interviews. The challenge is open through Nov. 18, [...]
McCracken librarian a candidate for ALA president
Terri Grief, the school librarian at McCracken County High School, is a candidate for the 2018-19 presidency of the American Library Association (ALA). An ALA member for 19 years, Grief served as the 2013-14 president of the American Association for School Librarians (AASL) and has been a member of ALA Council as the Kentucky chapter councilor (2003-05), AASL division councilor (2010-13), [...]
Oldham teacher selected for Global Classrooms program
Lori Foster, a world language teacher at Oldham County High School, has been selected to participate in the 2016-17 program cycle of the Teachers for Global Classrooms Program (TGC), a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State administered by IREX. Foster is among 76 Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellows from 34 states [...]
Kentucky Junior Historical Society welcoming new chapters
Registration is open for new chapters of the Kentucky Junior Historical Society (KJHS), a club-like program that can help teachers engage their students with Kentucky history. The KJHS program focuses on Kentucky history and offers a flexible format – after-school or curriculum-based – that can be tailored to the needs of schools and teachers. Teachers receive a handbook with activities [...]
New global competency Listserv established
Keep up with all future announcements and news about global competency through a new Listserv for teachers and administrators who are in charge of global competency in their schools.
Virtual exchange program brings the world to your classroom
Through virtual online exchanges with Reach the World travelers, Kentucky students can virtually visit other cultures and learn about diverse people and places.
McConnell Center scholars program open to social studies teachers
Kentucky social studies teachers are invited to apply for the University of Louisville McConnell Center Civics Education Program’s 2016-17 Teacher Scholars Program. Participants will debate the legacies of John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, study Shakespeare’s lessons in statesmanship and follow the inauguration of a new president during the nine-month program. A fully funded travel immersion program is scheduled for summer [...]
Writing Program Advisory Committee accepting nominations
Nominations are open for the Writing Program Advisory Committee, a board appointed by the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) to analyze the program of studies of grades 7-10 and to make recommendations to KBE concerning all areas related to writing programs. The board, which is required by Kentucky Revised Statute 158.770, is composed of nine members and typically meets once [...]
Students invited to apply to Commissioner’s Student Council
Applications are being accepted for the Commissioner’s Student Council, a student panel that meets with the commissioner of education and Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) staff. Council members discuss how decisions made at the state level are affecting students throughout Kentucky and provide feedback on critical issues impacting Kentucky students and schools. The Commissioner's Student Council is a year-long program [...]