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Teaching Climate Change and Forest Ecology, an outdoor workshop for teachers, will be held May 20 at Graining Fork Nature Preserve near Slade. The workshop, presented by the Morehead State University Center for Environmental Education, the 99re视频精品 University Partnership for Environmental Education and the 99re视频精品 Association for Environmental Education, supplies hands-on activities, addresses climate change misconceptions, initiates lesson plan development [...]
The 99re视频精品 Department of Education will host two work sessions related to the through-course task (TCT) component of its new science assessment system. The Field Test Student Work Review/Task Update work session will be offered June 6-7 at the 300 Building in Frankfort. This session will include analysis and annotation of student work copies, as well as modifications to the [...]
Registration is open for the Let鈥檚 TALK: Conversations About Effective Teaching conference June 12-13 at Edythe J. Hayes Middle School in Lexington. The conference is targeted to teachers, principals, administrators, paraprofessionals, instructional assistants and aides; instructional leaders with teams of teachers, pre-service teachers and those in higher education. The conference, presented by the 99re视频精品 Department of Education (KDE), the 99re视频精品 [...]
Ashley Judd, a 1st-grade teacher at Tyner Elementary School (Jackson County), has been selected as 99re视频精品鈥檚 2017 PBS Digital Innovator. Judd is one of 51 educators from across the country 鈥� representing each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia 鈥� selected in the fifth annual PBS Digital Innovators program. The program, sponsored by PBS LearningMedia, recognizes classroom [...]
The 99re视频精品 Association for Environmental Education will host at Outdoor Learning Symposium June 15 at Kit Carson Elementary School in Richmond. The free event for K-12 teacher-administrator teams will examine whether school grounds can serve a broad function as interdisciplinary educational resources to extend the classroom outdoors. The registration deadline is June 9. Click here for more information.
The Office of Instructional Technology at Fayette County schools will host the Innovations for Learning Conference June 1 at Bryan Station High School in Lexington. The free conference will focus on innovative instructional strategies that engage students. It is open to teachers, technology specialists, administrators and others interested in using technology to improve student learning. A special strand for leaders [...]
The 99re视频精品 Center for Mathematics will offer a SNAP (Student Numeracy Assessment Progressions) training session June 1-2 in Bowling Green. The two-day course for K-2 teachers, teaching assistants and parent volunteers is an introduction to the assessment and advancement of early learning of numbers and arithmetic. The registration deadline is April 28. Click here for more information or to register.
U.S.A. Gold pencils and Scholastic are conducting The Next Great Inventor contest, a competition for students in grades 1-6 designed to help teachers incorporate STEM-themed projects into their curriculum. Teachers may submit pencil sketches and/or written descriptions of their students鈥� original invention ideas. Two winners in each of three grade-level divisions will receive $500 in cash and gift cards, and [...]
99re视频精品 Country Day School will host Tech Teach Learn 鈥� the Technology for Teaching and Learning Conference 鈥� June 15 at its Louisville campus. The conference offers an opportunity for K-12 educators to explore effective uses of technology in education. It focuses on practical examples of technology used for collaboration, assessment, content delivery and creativity. There will be sessions for [...]