Conferences & Workshops

Workshop on mastery learning scheduled

A workshop on standards-based grading and mastery learning led by mastery learning experts Thomas Guskey and Lee Ann Jung will be June 28-29 at NorthEast Christian Church in Lexington. “Implementing Mastery Learning: Personalizing Differentiated Instruction for ALL Students” will offer strategies that can allow teachers to better differentiate and individualize teaching and learning in their classrooms. The registration deadline is [...]

By |2020-09-21T09:17:44-04:00May 5, 2016|

History education conference registration open

Registration is open for the Kentucky Historical Society’s 2016 Kentucky History Education Conference June 23 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The theme of the conference for K-12 educators is “Taking a Stand in History.” There will be a keynote presentation from the Kentucky Humanities Council on its school programs, a Chautauqua performance of U.S. [...]

By |2016-04-27T16:20:02-04:00April 28, 2016|

Bellarmine to host STEAM Maker Faire

Bellarmine University and Jefferson County Public Schools will host a STEAM Maker Faire April 30 at Bellarmine's campus in Louisville.

By |2016-04-21T13:14:15-04:00April 28, 2016|

Louisville hosts grant writing certificate program

The University of Louisville will host a grant writing certificate program targeted to beginner or intermediate grants professionals working in education or for a nonprofit organization July 27-29 at its Shelby Campus in Louisville. “Grant Writing Certificate: Application Development and Funding,” led by Jefferson County Public Schools Director of Resource Development Rebecca Crump, will help participants develop the skills to [...]

By |2016-04-27T16:21:17-04:00April 28, 2016|

KAEE to host conference Sept. 23-24

The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education will hold its 40th Annual Conference, “Be The Change for Environmental Education,” Sept. 23-24.

By |2016-04-21T13:28:58-04:00April 28, 2016|

KDE hosting LDC, MDC community meetings

To support educators with the effective implementation of the literacy and mathematical standards, the Kentucky Department of Education will provide regularly scheduled community meetings via Skype focusing on the resources, tools and frameworks of the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and the Mathematical Design Collaborative (MDC). The next meetings for each community, with links for more information, are: Literacy Design Collaborative, [...]

By |2016-04-20T15:11:26-04:00April 21, 2016|

Kentucky Storytelling Conference seeks workshop proposals

The Kentucky Storytelling Conference is accepting workshop proposals on any aspect of storytelling for the conference Nov. 4-5 at the Pike County Public Library District’s Lee Avenue Branch in Pikeville. Workshop presenters will receive free conference registration and are paid a $175 honorarium for a 70-minute session or a $300 honorarium for a 135-minute session. The submission deadline is May [...]

By |2016-04-20T15:14:04-04:00April 21, 2016|

Short workshop offered for social studies teachers at UK

The Kentucky Historical Society and the University of Kentucky College of Education will conduct a short professional learning workshop for social studies teachers and other interested educators April 29 on the UK campus in Lexington. The 90-minute workshop, “Taking a Stand in History,” will have one session on the key elements of the inquiry design model and one session on [...]

By |2016-04-13T16:12:32-04:00April 14, 2016|

AAUW Tech Savvy program coming to KSU

The American Association of University Women Bluegrass Central Branch and Kentucky State University will host an AAUW National Tech Savvy program May 21 on the KSU campus in Frankfort. The daylong program for girls in grades 6-9 is designed to show girls how studying in STEM fields can lead to careers. Female professionals in STEM fields will lead workshops and [...]

By |2016-04-14T10:16:26-04:00April 14, 2016|
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