July 18, 19, 20th  9am - 1pm  Location TBD

Join JCPS Social Studies for a three day Inquiry Bootcamp. With learning opportunities for all grade bands and all levels of inquiry implementation, learn how to design lessons, make curricular choices about sources, and how to develop the priority inquiry skills standards with students. Get a jump start on the new year with planning for inquiry!

PD Credit will be available- Hours TBD/Max 12

Sign Up Here to reserve your spot today!

Diving into inquiry? Developing reading and writing in Social Studies? Broadening student discussion techniques? We have lots of great opportunities to hone your craft coming in 2022-23! Stay tuned for more information and dates!

How can you support the development of civically engaged citizens? Join our Mikva learning sessions throughout the year to learn more about implementing the JCPS Civic Dispositions and civic engagement into your classroom. Opportunities to implement the Communicating Conclusions inquiry standards for civic engagement abound and Mikva can help you find a way to do so! Work with our Mikva Coordinating partner, Ken Porter, to implement the Mikva curriculum and scaffolding to participate in the Soapbox Challenge. Learn more about Mikva and to see some awesome student Soapbox submissions on our Mikva Page. 

Dates and times for learning events for 22-23 coming soon!

We are very pleased to announce that the next phase of the UK-JHFE Holocaust Education Initiative is underway.  Funded by a grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence, this initiative seeks to create opportunities for interdisciplinary content sharing, pedagogical training, and collaborative planning by pairing the content and instructional expertise of university and K-12 instructors from across the Commonwealth.

This summer we aim to train 20 teacher-leaders who will then collaborate to build Holocaust education workshops for teachers across the Commonwealth. Any Kentucky middle and high school teachers in the areas of social studies, English/language arts, and arts/humanities are welcome to apply. Teachers who have some experience teaching about the Holocaust or related content are especially encouraged.

Please click to find our Teacher Leader Call for Applications and the Teacher Leader Application Form.  Please spread the word far and wide and encourage teachers to apply. The deadline for applications is May 17, 2022. Please do not hesitate to contact Karen Petrone at petrone@uky.edu if you have any questions. 

Posted on behalf of Dr. Karen Petrone at the University of Kentucky.

On behalf of the Uberoi Foundation for Religious Studies, we cordially invite you to join the 2022 cohort of the Uberoi Teacher Training - United States (UTT-US) program. Since 2018, over 40 teachers across Kentucky have participated in this program!

UTT-US is a 6-day workshop that will introduce participants to core teachings, practices, and communities of four religious traditions indigenous to India: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Additionally, teachers will receive training and resources regarding the academic study of religion, including pedagogical best practices in religious literacy for K-12 public education. 

This hybrid workshop will include lectures, discussion panels, collaborative and independent work time, as well as local site visits to places of worship for each of the four religious traditions. This year, the virtual program will take place via Zoom June 20-24 10AM-3PM ET, and the local site visits will take place June 25 or 26 (TBD). 

Teachers who complete UTT-US are eligible to apply for participation in Uberoi Teacher Training - India (UTT-I), a 3-week cultural immersion experience in India. This year, over twenty teachers from all over the United States have been accepted to participate! 

Please see this flyer for more information. To apply, please visit this link and fill out the Google Form by May 31, 2022. I’m also happy to answer any questions you might have.

Best,

Kelly O’Riley

Assistant Director, UTT-US

Local stories have the power to help students connect with national and international topics in meaningful ways. During this interactive professional development for educators, we will consider ways to utilize questions, tasks, and sources for creating inquiries that tie your local history to broader themes you plan to address in the classroom.

Using the West of Ninth: Race, Reckoning, and Reconciliation exhibition as a sample focal point, we will explore the history of West Louisville, as well as the question, “How does where you live affect how you live?”

Educators will: Enjoy a brief introduction to teaching through inquiry and consider unique places for finding sources; Experience a guided tour of the West of Ninth exhibition; Discover the work and findings of the local firm Corn Island Archaeology during their investigation at the Beecher Terrace Housing Complex in West Louisville; Be familiarized with  The Beecher Terrace Story documentary created by local film maker Lavel D. White of Blu Boi Entertainment; View a live performance titled “Give us the Ballot” written in remembrance of Louisville Alderman Russell P. Lee, and be introduced to Inquiry Design Models created by JCPS teachers focused on the history of the Russell neighborhood community

Professional Development Credit: JCPS has approved 3 hours of PD credit for teachers completing this session. Educators who do not work with Jefferson County Public Schools should check with their individual school or district to see if credit is available for the training.

Special thanks to Louisville Metro Housing Authority for their support of this program.

Local educators are invited to sign up FREE of charge by clicking here.

Source: http://fraziermuseum.org/teacher-pd

Elevating Inquiry: Going Beyond the Question

October 14-15, 2022 @ Morehead State University

Friday, October 14th: Join us for a social mixer that evening in Morehead
Saturday, October 15th: Elevating Inquiry: Going Beyond the Question - Annual conference held at Morehead State University, courtesy of the Ernst & Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Jeffery Nokes!

Click here for more information on submitting proposals and nominating Outstanding Teacher of the Year and Georgia Davis Powers Civic Leader of the Year awards. 

More information on sign ups for scholarships to come!