The Kentucky Writing Project Network will host its annual fall conference on literacy at Eastern Kentucky University on Sept. 10. Kentucky Department of Education Program Review Specialist Rae McEntyre will deliver the keynote speech on the new state assessment expectations. Concurrent sessions will focus on the new Kentucky Core Academic Standards; teaching argument; literacy in content areas; visual and media [...]
The 2011 Annual Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics (KCTM) Conference will be Oct. 8 at South Warren High School in Bowling Green. With the implementation of the Kentucky Core Academic Standards, the theme this year is Driving the Standards: Content and Practices. Several sessions will be addressing both the content and practice standards. Those registered by Sept. 1 are [...]
The annual Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools (KAPS) will be Sept. 21-23 in Lexington. The registration packets will be posted on the KAPS website and distributed by e-mail. Hotel reservations can be made at www.thecampbellhouse.net, using the block code KAF until Aug 23. The nightly rate for KAPS is $89.
The Kentucky Council for the Social Studies annual conference will be in Bowling Green on Sept. 21-22. The theme this year is “Social Studies for the Citizens of Tomorrow.” The keynote speaker will be Berry Craig, a local historian and journalist. For more information about the conference and registration, go to www.kcss.org.
The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grants workshop in Louisville, Aug.29-30. This training is for grant seekers across all disciplines. Beginning and experienced grant writers from city, county and state agencies as well as nonprofits, K-12, colleges and universities are encouraged to attend. Seating is limited, and online reservations are necessary. Those [...]
The Speech Education Alliance of Kentucky (SPEAK) conference will be Sept. 30 at the University of Kentucky. Information and registration is available online at www.kyspeak.org. This conference is a joint educational professional development day sponsored by the four competitive speaking groups in Kentucky – the National Forensic League; the Kentucky High School Speech League; the Kentucky Educational Speech and Drama [...]
The Kentucky Society for Technology in Education is seeking presenters for its annual conference. More than 2,000 information technology leaders, technicians, network specialists, tech resource/integration specialists, classroom teachers, administrators/district leaders, library media specialists, assistive technology specialists, staff developers, instructional technology teachers and counselors are expected to attend. Approved presenters attend the conference for free. This year’s conference theme is “Connect, [...]
The new dates for the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts Conference are Feb.17- 18, 2012 at Embassy Suites in Lexington. Featured speakers are Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday; Kentucky’s Poet Laureate, Maureen Morehead; award-winning Kentucky novelist Rick Robinson; and noted author Sara Kajder. Visit www.kcte.org for updates. Proposals to present are now being accepted at http://conference.kcte.org/call.html. For more [...]
The September 11: Teaching Contemporary History online conference will be Aug. 3-4. This conference is free to all teachers and school administrators. Educators will be able to view the online conference live and interact with panelists and other teachers who are online. Each session of the conference will last 50-75 minutes. All sessions will be recorded and posted for teachers [...]
High school mathematics teachers are invited to attend the “Building SPEED: The Mathematics of NASCAR” workshop July 28 at Henry Clay High School. Door prizes will be given away such as teaching supplies, books and iPads. The workshop will focus on higher-level mathematics courses such as Algebra II, Pre-Calculus and the new Transition to College Mathematics course. For more information, [...]