The Kentucky School Counselor Association (KSCA) is seeking program proposals for three- and six-hour preconference workshops and 50-minute breakout sessions for its upcoming 2016 Leadership Conference. The conference will be Feb. 24-26 in Lexington, with workshops to be held Feb. 24 and breakout sessions Feb. 25-26. The theme is “Delivering Five-Star Counseling Services!” KSCA is seeking programs applicable to all [...]
The American Printing House for the Blind and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grants workshop Nov. 19-20 in Louisville. This training is for grant-seekers across all disciplines, including educators. Participants will learn how to find grants and write winning grant proposals. Tuition is $455, and advance registration is required. Click here for more information.
The Danville Schools Education Foundation, in conjunction with the National School Foundation Association, is sponsoring an education foundation training Dec. 10-11 at the Danville-Boyle County Public Library in Danville. The meeting is open to any district or community member who wants to start a nonprofit education foundation and/or has a struggling education foundation and needs ideas and strategies to motivate [...]
The Kentucky Storytelling Conference will be Nov. 6-7 at Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park in Burkesville. The Nov. 6 evening session includes featured storyteller Pat Nease, a three-time Florida champion liar, an open mic session and a Late Night Story Slam. The agenda for Nov. 7 includes workshops, open mic sessions and another evening concert. Advance registration discounts are [...]
“Statistical Content for the Common Core,” a workshop sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics, will be 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood. The workshop – presented by Brooke Buckley, Jackie Wroughton and Northern Kentucky University student Danielle Hoffman – will present content, pedagogy and activities dealing with statistical concepts. Participants can learn [...]
Teachers are invited to study the myths and reality of medieval history in London and Dublin as part of a course led by Eastern Kentucky University professor Cynthia Resor during the winter term. “Medieval Civilization: Modern Myths and Historical Reality,” a three-hour upper division or graduate level class from Dec. 26-Jan. 8, will compare modern conceptions to the reality of [...]
The Kentucky NEED Project has scheduled 13 free workshops for teachers on energy education for this fall across Kentucky. The Kentucky NEED Project is the state program of the National Energy Education Development, which focuses on K-12 energy education. Its workshops include grade-level appropriate energy activities and curricula that support the Kentucky Academic Standards in science and other disciplines, as [...]
Registration is open for the Kentucky World Language Association’s annual conference Sept. 24-26 at the Ramada Plaza Louisville Hotel and Conference Center in Louisville. The conference will include professional development sessions and keynote speaker Nicole Naditz, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’ 2015 Teacher of the Year. Click here for more information.
The University of Kentucky’s Partnership Institute for Math and Science Education (PIMSER) will offer an ACT Boot Camp for Science Teachers Sept. 29-30 at the UK/Lexmark Center for Innovation in Math and Science Education in Lexington. The workshop is open to teachers in grades 9-12. Participants will practice strategies for accessing complex tests, analyzing data and opposing arguments, develop tasks [...]
The Bluegrass Center for Teacher Quality will host “Building the Village: A Summit on Down Syndrome and Autism Education,” on Oct. 20 at The Carrick House in Lexington. The event is a day of interdisciplinary professional learning designed to increase collaboration among professionals who work with similar populations of students. Teachers, parents, administrators, social workers, nurses, psychologists and other community [...]
