The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages recommends language educators and their students spend at least 90 percent of class time communicating in the language being studied. This task may seem daunting, but I have seen its impact.
A Fayette County elementary teacher has been honored by Lexmark International Inc. with the company’s first Educating Excellence award of the 2016-17 school year.
Keith Lindsay, a 5th-grade social studies and language arts teacher at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts at Bluegrass (Fayette County), is among 10 Platypus Award winners honored by Mental Floss magazine.Photo submitted Keith Lindsay, a 5th-grade social studies and language arts teacher at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts at Bluegrass, is among [...]
Susan McLaughlin-Jones, a science teacher at Lafayette High School (Fayette County), has received the 2016 Copper Black Award for Creative Achievement from the Mensa Foundation. The Mensa Foundation judges were impressed with McLaughlin-Jones’ development of Culturally Engaging Instruction (CEI) – a successful teaching strategy to address pervasive achievement gaps among students from diverse backgrounds. CEI, a model that emerged from [...]
Two teachers share their experiences of being part a group of Kentucky teachers developing formative assessment lessons for grades K-5.
Steven Riley, left, and Traci Gross Rust Two Fayette County teachers have received the 2016 FCEA Award for Teaching Excellence from the Fayette County Education Association. Steven Riley, a social studies teacher at Henry Clay High School, and Traci Gross Rust, a visual arts teacher at Arlington Elementary School, were chosen for the awards based on professional practice, [...]
Robin Johnson Robin Johnson, a business education teacher and Technology Student Association (TSA) adviser at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fayette County), has received the Honorary Life Award, TSA’s highest recognition, for her service and dedication to the state and national organizations. Johnson was honored at TSA’s annual national conference June 28-July 2 in Nashville, Tenn.
Five Kentucky teachers have received annual awards from the Kentucky Association of Professional Educators (KAPE). Two teachers from Henry Clay High School (Fayette County) shared KAPE Star Student and Teacher/Mentor Awards with students: Liberal Arts Academy Coordinator Jaquith Stephens won an award with student Eliza Jane Schaeffer, and mathematics teacher Linda Dewees won an award with student Cole Terrell. Three [...]
Two Fayette County students won their divisions in the 2016 National History Day Contest during the June 12-16 national conference at College Park, Md., with each earning the title National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar. They emerged from nearly 3,000 students who presented their work in this year’s competition themed “Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History.” Amir Abou-Jaoude, who graduated in [...]
Allison Marcum, secretary to the principal at Bryan Station High School (Fayette County), has received the 2016 Wanda Luttrell Office Professional Award, a statewide recognition from the Kentucky Association of School Administrators. This annual award, named in honor of KASA’s longtime office manager, goes to a school or district office professional who contributes significantly to the efforts of the leadership [...]