Save the Rainforest Inc. and Fundacion Neotropica are offering a professional development program that gives high school biology and environmental science teachers the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica this summer to study rainforest ecology and conservation. Participants spend 11 days in Costa Rica’s rainforests, where they will learn about topics such as sustainability. All food, travel and lodging expenses [...]
George Washington’s Mount Vernon is offering the George Washington Institute Summer Residential Programs - a four-day immersive professional development experiences - this summer. The program is designed to support K-12 educators who teach about the life, leadership and legacy of George Washington and the 18th-century world in which he lived. There will be six different sessions that allows teachers to [...]
Bill and Melinda Gates traveled to Kentucky in November and saw how Floyd County schools have come so far, so quickly.
Kentucky Educational Television has introduced an online professional development course that provides teachers with the tools to facilitate student video production at all levels across the curriculum. “Classroom Video Production” is an introductory course in which participants will learn about video production techniques, basic equipment needs, production roles and careers. Teachers and the KET production team will guide and inspire [...]
Olmsted North Middle School teacher Andrew Beaver said it's often tougher to get experienced teachers to believe in professional development than new teachers. He knows professional development is for everyone.
The Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) will offer a number of travel programs in 2016 in which educators can earn professional development credit while seeing the world. GEEO’s trips are seven to 21 days long and are designed and discounted to be interesting and affordable for teachers. In addition to tour leaders, many of the programs are accompanied by university faculty that are experts [...]
Applications are being accepted for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Stewards Education Project (CSEP), which provides educators with sustained professional development, collaborative tools and support to build a climate-literate public that is actively engaged in climate stewardship. The program also provides support for educators to execute climate stewardship (mitigation or adaptation) projects with their audiences to increase understanding [...]
Alltech will host STEMposium 2015 on Sept. 26 at the Locust Trace AgriScience Center in Lexington. The event features breakout sessions with hands-on professional development opportunities for K-12 science teachers. The event allows teachers to learn how to incorporate engineering practices into all sciences, discover how Design Thinking can generate interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and engage [...]
With endless to-do lists, it’s reasonable for teachers to hesitate in committing to any extra opportunities outside the classroom. Already over-committed, I contemplated applying to the Kentucky Network to Transform Teaching’s Classroom Teachers Enacting Positive Solutions (CTEPS) program.
Math Teachers’ Circle seeks to connect middle school math educators with mathematicians from academia and industry.