Campbell County High School Assistant Principal Michael Florimonte, front right, receives the Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year award from Kentucky Jump$tart President Kelly May in front of the Campbell County Board of Education.Photo submitted, Nov. 9, 2015. Michael Florimonte of Campbell County High School has been named the 2015 Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year by The [...]
Rachel Rice of Bryan Station High School (Fayette County) has been named the 2015 School Psychologist of the Year by the Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools. Rice, who will be the state nominee for the national school psychologist of the year award, also received a Best Practices Award at October’s state conference in Louisville. “Being a school psychologist [...]
Two Kentucky high schools are among the 33 named as Schools of Distinction by College for Every Student (CFES). Breathitt County and Owsley County high schools received the award, which recognizes schools nationally that have exemplary programs incorporating the three CFES core practices: mentoring, leadership through service and pathways to college. These schools provide intensive exposure to the three practices [...]
Education Week is seeking input for its annual Leaders to Learn From report, which profiles some of the most exceptional leaders working in school districts. If you know a district leader whose approaches or innovations would inspire colleagues nationwide, click here to submit a nomination. All nominees should be district-level personnel. The deadline is Aug. 1.
Michelle Tudor, a Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES) coach in the Fayette County schools, has been named the 2015 recipient of the Kentucky Association of School Administrators’ Tomorrow’s Leader Scholarship. Michelle Tudor Tudor was chosen by a statewide judging panel from among her peers. All candidates must be employed as full-time teachers or administrators, KASA members and [...]
Timothy Peterson, right, a social studies teacher at Taylor County High School, receives the inaugural Earle C. Clements Innovation in Education Award for Civics and History Teachers from Bess Clements Abell, left, the daughter of the late Earle C. Clements, and Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero, center, during a ceremony at the University of Kentucky. Photo [...]
Nominations are open for the 2016 class of inductees into the Gov. Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame. The Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame recognizes the vital role that P-12 teachers play in the education of young people, ultimately leading to positive impacts throughout the state’s economy. Twenty-four educators have been recognized in the hall since the first [...]
Ana Castro, a Spanish teacher at duPont Manual High School (Jefferson County), has been named a 2014 Claes Nobel Educator of the Year by the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS). Castro is one of 10 educators chosen for the annual awards from among NSHSS’s student-nominated Claes Nobel Educators of Distinction program, which recognizes educators who model best practices [...]
Laura Raganas, of the Kentucky Department of Education’s Division of Student Success, has been selected as an attendee at the next Google Teacher Academy in Austin, Texas, on Dec. 2-3. The Google Teacher Academy is an intensive program that recognizes educators who are doing innovative and exciting things with technology. The 50 participants will get hands-on experience with Google's products and [...]
Heidi Anderson, a biology teacher at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fayette County), co-authored the cover story in the September edition of The Science Teacher, a national journal. The article, “Lights and Larvae,” describes using optogenetics to teach recombinant DNA and neurobiology.
