The Green River Regional Education Cooperative (GRREC) is hosting a Professional Growth and Effectiveness Summit July 24-25 at the Sloan Convention Center in Bowling Green, Ky. The theme for the event is Game on! The registration deadline is July 11. For more information regarding the event’s agenda, contact Beth Beckham or Amanda Abell at (270) 563-2113 or toll-free at (866) 381-6648.
Register today for the Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children’s 13th Annual Alternative Strategies for Educating Students At-Risk Conference July 23-24 Frankfort. The conference is free and an opportunity to network with colleagues while gaining valuable classroom strategies. More than 30 breakout sessions are scheduled. Click here to register. For questions, contact Katie Helton.
The School of Teacher Education at Western Kentucky University (WKU) is hosting a day of professional activities based on the theme Change Your Luck with the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES). The 2014 School of Teacher Summer Conference is dedicated to offering professional development, research presented by WKU graduate students, Makererspace engagement activities and practical applications of the Framework for Teaching. The [...]
The “Where Ideas Take FLIGHT (Future Lesson Ideas Gathered Here Today)” Institute, sponsored by Bullitt County Public Schools and the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative, would like to invite technology specialists (TIS/TRT), administrators, and teachers of all grades, subjects, and skill levels to present at this year’s conference. Our goal is to encourage everyone to take FLIGHT (Future Lesson Ideas Gathered [...]
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) is extending an invitation for superintendents to attend SREB’s College- and Career-Readiness Standards Networking Conference on July 14-16, 2014, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. This year, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will keynote the opening session on July 14 at 1 p.m. For information [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education’s Coordinated School Health Team is partnering with four different educational cooperatives to provide professional learning to schools and districts to improve aspects of their practical living/consumer sciences Program Review. The intended audience includes health and physical education teachers, Family Resources and Youth Services Center and school nutrition staff and administrators. All events will occur from 8 a.m. – 3:30 [...]
Middle and high school teachers are invited to join KET for Echoes and Reflections, a special professional development program focusing on the Holocaust on Tuesday, June 24 from 9 a.m. to noon ET at the KET studios in Lexington. The program: promotes an interdisciplinary approach to teaching about the Holocaust to today's students addresses academic standards, including the Kentucky Core [...]
The Partnership Institute for Math and Science Education Reform (PIMSER) presents Meeting the Challenge: Implementing Standards and Assessments, July 22-24 at the Embassy Suites in Lexington. If you are working on implementing standards in your classroom, school or district – then this conference is for you! Distinct strands designed around what educators need now will deepen the level of understanding [...]
“Hands on Learning” is the theme for the 2014 Gateways to Independence, a professional learning opportunity for Kentucky teachers, orientation and mobility specialists and other service providers who work with students who are blind and visually impaired. It will be held July 21-23 on the Kentucky School for the Blind campus in Louisville. Gateways registration is due by June 1. A [...]
Interested in a deep, entertaining exploration of literacy? Join KET education staff as they guide you through the Inspiring Middle School Literacy collection and other literacy topics during a professional learning experience on Thursday, June 12 from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. ET at the KET studios in Lexington During this time explore Inspiring Middle School Literacy, a collection made up of [...]
