Conferences & Workshops

KET offers PD on Holocaust education

Kentucky Educational Television will host “Echoes and Reflections: Leaders in Holocaust Education,” a professional development program for middle and high school teachers, March 17 in Lexington. Echoes and Reflections is a comprehensive Holocaust education program that prepares educators to teach about the Holocaust in a way that stimulates engagement and critical thinking and allows students to see its relevance to [...]

By |2016-03-02T16:18:58-05:00March 3, 2016|

Confucius Institute hosting PD on Chinese ink painting, calligraphy

The University of Kentucky Confucius Institute will host an art professional development event about Chinese ink painting and calligraphy March 12 on the UK campus in Lexington. This event – designed to promote culture exchange and to further enrich the content of art teaching – is open to all full-time art teachers of Kentucky public K-12 schools. Registration is limited [...]

By |2016-02-24T15:27:26-05:00February 25, 2016|

Workshop spotlights summer program on female identity

Educators concerned about the effect of the media’s representation of young men and women have an opportunity to explore this idea through the arts at a workshop March 19 in Lexington sponsored by The Girl Project. The workshop offers both EILA and professional development hours. Click here for more information. Girls in central Kentucky have an opportunity to participate in [...]

By |2020-09-23T12:26:12-04:00February 25, 2016|

Regional farm-to-school conference seeks proposals

Educators are invited to submit workshop proposals for the Southeast Regional Farm to School Conference Sept. 23-24 in Greenville, S.C. Proposals should focus on one of the following topics: community connections, local procurement and cafeteria connections, school gardens, farm to preschool/ECE, getting started and messaging and communications. Teachers, early childhood educators, parents, community health professionals and child nutrition staff members [...]

By |2016-02-24T15:35:48-05:00February 25, 2016|

Global fellowships offered to rural educators

The Rural Trust's Global Teacher Fellowship program is awarding up to 25 fellowships – up to $5,000 for individual teachers and $10,000 for a team of two or more teachers – to support the professional and personal development of teachers in rural school districts through international travel to research and bring lessons back to their classrooms. These funds support teachers’ [...]

By |2020-10-13T15:52:29-04:00February 18, 2016|

Shelby schools hosting education technology showcase

The Shelby County schools’ Edtech Share Fair will be March 23 in Shelbyville. Sixteen teachers from around the district will set up booths and give short presentations on various tools, as well as lead mini-discussions with audience members on how they have integrated education technology into their classrooms and impacted student learning. The event is open to educators from any [...]

By |2016-02-17T14:56:21-05:00February 18, 2016|

Let’s TALK conference seeks proposals for presenters

Teachers are encouraged to submit proposals to be presenters at the Let’s TALK: Conversations About Effective Teaching conference June 13-14 in Covington. The conference is designed to inform participants about effective strategies for improving professional practice through instructional strategies and new leadership roles. Proposals should demonstrate ways in which classroom teachers contribute to ongoing education improvement and elevate the profession [...]

By |2016-02-10T15:47:09-05:00February 11, 2016|

GAFE Certification Boot Camp scheduled in Bardstown

The first EdTech Team Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Certification Boot Camp in Kentucky will be April 16 at Thomas Nelson High School in Bardstown. The workshop will educate teachers about Google tools in the classroom while preparing them to become Google Certified Educators. Teachers will learn how to connect with other educators by creating a personal learning network, discover [...]

By |2016-02-10T15:35:20-05:00February 11, 2016|

KHS seeks proposals for history education conference

The Kentucky Historical Society is accepting proposals for its Kentucky History Education Conference (KHEC) June 23 in Frankfort. Educators who have a lesson or activity – especially involving primary sources – that would benefit other social studies teachers are invited to submit proposals, which should be loosely tied to the conference theme, “Taking a Stand in History.” The deadline for [...]

By |2016-02-10T15:26:22-05:00February 11, 2016|

Henry Clay Center expands Student Congress program

The Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship is expanding its National Student Congress events to both high school and college-level students for the first time, in partnership with The Council of State Governments and the University of Kentucky’s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration. The week-long programs in Lexington gives students the opportunity to meet with lawmakers, academics, journalists and [...]

By |2016-02-03T16:36:51-05:00February 4, 2016|
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