The Bluegrass Community and Technical College Biotechnology Program is offering a professional learning workshop on stem cell technologies for high school and two-year college science and technical education teachers July 18-21 at the BCTC Cooper Drive campus in Lexington. The Emerging Stem Cell Technologies Academy, presented by Madison College, is a train-the-trainer event designed to provide hands-on experiences and instructional [...]
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics has scheduled seven professional learning programs for mathematics teachers over the coming months: EERTI June – Enacting Effective Response to Intervention (EERTI) cohort for teachers of special education students in grades K-3. June 20-23, Bowling Green Registration deadline: May 6 EERTI Summer Institute – Exploring new ways to develop elementary students’ number sense. For EERTI [...]
The Kentucky Historical Society and the University of Kentucky College of Education will conduct a short professional learning workshop for social studies teachers and other interested educators April 29 on the UK campus in Lexington. The 90-minute workshop, “Taking a Stand in History,” will have one session on the key elements of the inquiry design model and one session on [...]
“Discipline Strategies from Successful Teachers of African American Adolescents,” a research-based professional learning program offering educators the opportunity to obtain leadership skills needed to positively influence students with disruptive behavior, will be held April 28 at Carnegie Literacy Center in Lexington. The seminar is based on the doctoral dissertation of Carolyn Bowman, an English professor at Bluegrass Community and Technical [...]
The Kentucky Writing Project has partnered with Zoom In, which offers a package of 18 short online American history lessons, to offer two summer academies for teachers to learn how to use the units and free access to the resources for one year for participants in the academies. The lessons, which were developed by the Education Development Center, are for [...]
Kimberly Mucker Johnson says her unique position allows her to reach out to and learn from a wide range of teachers.
Anderson County teacher Brandy Beasley shares her thoughts on why mentoring is key to keeping new teachers in the classroom.
School districts across Kentucky have saved more than $2 million by analyzing what they do and how they do it.
Math Teachers’ Circle seeks to connect middle school math educators with mathematicians from academia and industry.
The Kentucky Department of Education is drafting a plan to combat teacher turnover and ensure that all Kentucky students are taught by experienced, qualified teachers.