Please, be sure that you have sent in your AFS Awards of Excellence Scholarship Nomination's applications for your adventuresome students that may profit from a summer, semester or year in a foreign exchange program by December 7th. If your counselors did not receive them they are available online at [link removed].
Many of the students last year, that won full or partial scholarships, said that they had not thought about going on an AFS exchange until one of their teachers or counselors approached them about the opportunity. Please, take this opportunity and make a difference in several of your outstanding students' lives. Other scholarship opportunities are also available through AFS Intercultual Programs. You may recieve material and applications also through calling 1-800-AFS-INFO.
Dr. Barbara Y. Wills, LPC, NCC Professional Counselor HLHS/MNPS Miss Tennky Area AFS Leadership Team Volunteer
On 12/05/04, Dr. Barbara Y. Wills wrote: > > Dear Secondary Educators, > > Please, be sure that you have sent in your AFS Awards of > Excellence Scholarship Nomination's applications for your > adventuresome students that may profit from a summer, > semester or year in a foreign exchange program by December > 7th. If your counselors did not receive them they are > available online at [link removed]
Hello. My name is Chandana Neureuther and I am a third grade teacher at Errick Road Elementary School in Niagara Wheatfield, New York. A collegue of mine showed me a project her class is embarking upon that integrates researching about your home state via the internet and writing to other classrooms across America to share the information on gingerbread men. I was given a website at [link removed]
I'm a native Kentuckian who has been living in California since graduation from Berea College in 1976. I have been working in the visual arts, but have recently completed all requirements for an SB2042 multiple subjects credential in CA. I understand I need to fill out the TC-1 form and have two years of teaching experience to teach in KY. I do have the teaching experience, but not as a credentialed teacher. The ESPB states that if you do not have two years experience, then you can waive this by taking the Praxis II tests.
Who can help me find out how to waive the Praxis II tests as I have taken the CSET/MSAT tests in all seven content areas already? I'd sure like to avoid all the retesting if possible. Thanks!
The Miss Tennkiy Area AFS Leadership Team needs a place for a fine young man who is to arrive Jnuary 15 from Panama. He has a great application and loves sports and academics. Unfortuntely, his original host family will be unable to host him due to unexpected curcumstances. He will only be here for a semester. If you would like more information, please e-mail Shannon Gould at [email removed]].
I am a former college professor wanting to return to KY and be closer to family. I could use some help in locating HS math teaching positions. Is KEPS the best way to learn of job openings? Besides direct inquiry to principals/school boards are there other ways?
Im a California elementary teacher thinkin of relocating to KY. It seems there is an ok amount of jobs in KY, but how many people apply for one position? 10? 100? 1,000? I went to two interviews here in Ca where over 1,000 applied.
On 1/18/05, gem wrote: > Im a California elementary teacher thinkin of relocating to > KY. It seems there is an ok amount of jobs in KY, but how many > people apply for one position? 10? 100? 1,000? I went to two > interviews here in Ca where over 1,000 applied.
I am an educator in the Lake Cumberland region of Kentucky. I just interviewed last year. At most on average 2-6 people may interview for one spot. If you want to transfer and go speak with a principal at a specific school, there could be considerable less.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Congress in the Classroom® 2005
DEADLINE: March 15, 2005
Congress in the Classroom® is a national, award-winning education program now in its 13th year. Sponsored by The Dirksen Congressional Center, the workshop is dedicated to the exchange of ideas and information on teaching about Congress.
Congress in the Classroom® is designed for high school teachers who teach U.S. history, government, civics, political science, or social studies. Forty teachers from throughout the country will be selected in 2005 to take part in the program.
You will gain experience with The Center's educational Web site, CongressLink - [link removed].
Throughout the program you will work with national experts as well as colleagues from across the nation. This combination of firsthand knowledge and peer-to-peer interaction will give you new ideas, materials, and a professionally enriching experience.
In sum, the workshop consists of two types of sessions: those that focus on recent research and scholarship about Congress (and don't always have an immediate application in the classroom) and those geared to specific ways to teach students about Congress.
The 2005 program theme will be "Our New Congress -- the 109th." Confirmed session titles are:
* A View from Capitol Hill * The Importance of Teaching Democracy Appreciation * George W. Bush's Second Term: What's in Store for Congress? * Congress Has a Humorous Side * How Congress Members Decide (Hint: It Looks Like a Game of Billiards) * Teaching Congress Through Visuals * The Struggle to Reform Congress and Its Consequences * The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Using Document Analysis to Tell the Story * How to Get Your Point Across to Congress Members * The Dirksen Center Web Suite as a Resource for Teachers * Congressional Insight: A Computer Simulation of a Member's First Term in the House of Representatives, and more.
The workshop will take place from Monday, July 25 through July 28, 2005, at the Radisson Hotel in Peoria, Illinois. Teachers who are selected for the program will be responsible for (1) a non-refundable $135 registration fee (required to confirm acceptance after notice of selection) and (2) transportation to and from Peoria, Illinois. Many school districts will pay all or a portion of these costs.
The Center pays for three nights lodging at the headquarters hotel (providing a single room for each participant), workshop materials, local transportation, all but three meals, and presenter honoraria and expenses. The Center spends between $25,000 and $30,000 to host the program each year
Those teachers who are not selected for the program will have an opportunity to register for the Web-based Congress in the Classroom course.
The deadline for applications is March 15, 2005. Enrollment is competitive and limited to forty. Selection will be determined by The Center. Individuals will be notified of their acceptance status by April 1, 2005.
Take a look at The Dirksen Center Web site - [link removed].
If you are interested in registering for the Congress in the Classroom® 2005 workshop, you can complete an online registration form found at: [link removed].
Learn About One of the Best-Kept Secrets of American History: The I&M Canal
Five-day teacher workshops exploring the themes of immigration, transportation, western expansion and city building through study of the U.S. Canal Era, using the Illinois & Michigan Canal as a case study for the canal experience. Made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the workshops are for K-12 teachers across the U.S.
Workshop highlights include • $500 stipend for each participant • Discounted graduate credit available • Presentations by noted canal historians, scholars and authors • Field visits to sites throughout the I&M Canal National Heritage Corridor • Access to I&M Canal Archives at Lewis University Library • A wealth of resources, including unpublished primary source documents • Development of a curriculum project for classroom use
The workshops will be held at the Gaylord Building Historic Site, 25 miles from downtown Chicago and on the I&M Canal.
Choose from one of three sessions: June 27-July 1, July 12- 16 or July 25-29, 2005.
Application deadline: March 15, 2005. Go to [link removed].
Sponsored by Canal Corridor Association and Lewis University. Made possible by a grant through the Landmarks of American History program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Just wondering what the prospects are for jobs in Kentucky. Also, how's about ESL in Kentucky? I have to say I'm not sure if there's a need. Please help!
Bob, Thanks so much for your info. I am glad to hear there are jobs. Do you happen to know what the starting pay would be? Also, how are the benefits, and the attitudes toward education? I don't know much about Kentucky, other than I love driving through it. I'm from Michigan, so I assume that I would be making way less in KY than MI, but there's no jobs in MI and I need a change. Anyway, any more details you could give me about teaching around Louisville would be great. Thanks, G
On 4/24/05, Bob wrote: > On 2/22/05, Gina wrote: >> Just wondering what the prospects are for jobs in Kentucky. >> Also, how's about ESL in Kentucky? I have to say I'm not >> sure if there's a need. Please help! > > Gina, I put you a link on here that covers most of the > schools both private and public in the Louisville KY area. > Yes, there is a need for ESL teachers in KY. The job market > for teachers in this area is not on fire but pretty good. If > you are certified and willing to teach middle school you can > get hired very easily. > > [link removed]
Bob, Thanks again for the info. I know Kentucky resident isn't synonomous to the term barefoot bumpkins. I didn't mean that at all. Coming from Detroit, I know the attitudes toward education aren't the greatest, so I always ask. Thanks!
On 4/24/05, Gina wrote: > Bob, > Thanks so much for your info. I am glad to hear there are jobs. Do you happen to > know what the starting pay would be? Also, how are the benefits, and the attitudes > toward education? I don't know much about Kentucky, other than I love driving > through it. I'm from Michigan, so I assume that I would be making way less in KY > than MI, but there's no jobs in MI and I need a change. > Anyway, any more details you could give me about teaching around Louisville > would be great. > Thanks, > G > > > On 4/24/05, Bob wrote: >> On 2/22/05, Gina wrote: >>> Just wondering what the prospects are for jobs in Kentucky. >>> Also, how's about ESL in Kentucky? I have to say I'm not >>> sure if there's a need. Please help! >> >> Gina, I put you a link on here that covers most of the >> schools both private and public in the Louisville KY area. >> Yes, there is a need for ESL teachers in KY. The job market >> for teachers in this area is not on fire but pretty good. If >> you are certified and willing to teach middle school you can >> get hired very easily. >> >> [link removed]
wanted to share with you Eric Jensen is scheduled to be in San Antonio, Atlanta, Syracuse, Nashville, San Diego and Portland this summer. If you need credits they are offered. If you are interested go to [link removed]
On 12/05/04, Dr. Barbara Y. Wills wrote:
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> Dear Secondary Educators,
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> Please, be sure that you have sent in your AFS Awards of
> Excellence Scholarship Nomination's applications for your
> adventuresome students that may profit from a summer,
> semester or year in a forei...See More