When students engage true learning takes place
By Tanya Jury Tanya.jury@hardin.kyschool.us Although it used to be the norm for teachers to close their doors, lecture for 45 minutes while students sat in rows, listened, and took notes, times have...
View ArticleTPGES: An Opportunity beyond Compliance
Naturally, when the Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (TPGES) was rolled out to our faculty many of us had questions. At my school, some of us wondered how this work would look in...
View ArticleHope Street Group accepting fellowship applications
Hope Street Group, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that connects teachers directly to policymakers, is currently accepting applications for the Kentucky Teacher Fellowship. The...
View ArticleChange is good
Scott County High School Spanish teacher Marie Stevens thinks reaching outside of your comfort zone is sometimes a really good thing.
View ArticleThe power of student voice
All students deserve the same opportunity I had to develop a voice within and outside of the classroom, and I believe any teacher is capable of helping a student develop that voice.
View ArticleHope floats
Wayne County Middle School’s Leah Turner shares why hope is so important to a community and a school.
View ArticleConfessions of a former fourth-year teacher
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...
View ArticleWhy teach?
Washington County’s Holly Wood shares the winding path that led her to her classroom and her love for teaching.
View ArticleBuilding capacity through co-teaching
Covington Independent’s Tiffany Gruen shares her story about how co-teaching made both her and a colleague better in the classroom.
View ArticleDeveloping professionalism and collaboration among faculty
Lee County's Julia Durbin Bishop said professional learning communities and helped teachers come together when her district merged two schools over the summer.
View ArticleUnderdog – My pathway to teacher leadership
Knox County's Beth Lovett shares her story of how she became a teacher leader and how other teachers can find their own leadership path.
View ArticleA different way to get students to buy in
Fleming County's Amy Bolar said when you are trying to get student buy-in, it might be best to focus your efforts on a particular small set of students.
View ArticleMeeting the needs of gifted students in mixed-ability classrooms
Jefferson County's Sheri A. Rhodes said she felt like she was failing her gifted students because so much of her time was being spent on students who were below grade level, but then she discovered how...
View ArticleUntapped potential: Identifying gifted minority students
Warren County's Stephanie Beason says educators, schools and districts need to take extra steps when identifying students who could be best served in a gifted program to make sure they are not...
View ArticleEducators can make a difference in mental health of students
Marshall County's Bridget Powell says teachers have a key role to play in helping their students become more resilient and develop good decision-making skills.
View ArticleKY SENT: Support for new teachers
Marion County's Dana Lee Thomas explains how a new program set up by a group of Hope Street Fellows is designed to provide the support new teachers need.
View ArticleUsing social media to lift other teachers up
Teachers should be supporting other teachers; not competing against one another or trying to outdo the person in the classroom down the hall. We should be sharing our ideas, celebrating one another’s...
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