Tracy Rucker, a French teacher at Louisville Collegiate School, is the 2021 recipient of the Kentucky World Language Association (KWLA) Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award. He received the award on Sept. 17 at the KWLA Fall Virtual Conference.
The Northern Kentucky University Center for Environmental Education is offering a microcredential in environmental education for teachers, students and professionals interested in learning more about the environment, connecting to nature and understanding how nature and the environment impact our lives.
Northern Kentucky University is offering two condensed online graduate courses in environmental education during the upcoming fall semester.
Teaching About Climate and the Environment, a professional learning opportunity for middle school and high school teachers, will be June 12 at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights.
Research Skills for STEM Teachers & Librarians, a professional learning workshop aimed at middle school and high school teachers and librarians, will be held July 11 at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights. Information research experts from NKU’s Steely Library will provide hands-on guidance in the workshop for developing lesson plans, assignments and projects that teach students science and mathematics [...]
The Kentucky Bar Association and Northern Kentucky University will host “Why Choose Law: Diversity Matters” on June 16-17 on the NKU campus in Highland Heights. The program is geared toward high school juniors and seniors from groups that typically are underrepresented in law school classes. It is designed to encourage these students to become lawyers and to practice in Kentucky [...]
Math Teachers’ Circle seeks to connect middle school math educators with mathematicians from academia and industry.
The Northern Kentucky University College of Education and Human Services Doctor of Education Program are offering a study abroad program that will focus on the Finnish education system. The 10-day program is scheduled for March 8-17 and will include a hands-on exploration of the school system in Helsinki. Special emphasis will be placed on the continuing education of teachers and teacher [...]
The Northern Kentucky University College of Education and Human Services will be hosting the 8th Symposium on Educator Dispositions: “Dispositions: The Elephant in the Room or the Key to Significant Learning?” This conference is for school and higher education leaders, teachers, teachers educators, and subject matter specialists, and will address the issues of identifying, developing, and nurturing the dispositions to [...]
Northern Kentucky University’s Center for Applied Informatics (CAI) is offering students in grades 10-12 the opportunity to develop Android apps this summer. This four- day course, scheduled for July 23-26, will teach students how to write their first apps for Android devices. The camp will stress logic, creativity, collaboration and fun, and be led by CAI staff who have developed several Android apps. [...]