May 22, 2002

WKU Plans Events For Board
Certified Teachers

Bowling Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University and the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board will conduct two events for Kentucky National Board Certified teachers on June 8.

There will be an organizational meeting at 3 p.m. to discuss beginning a state organization of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs). Kathy Schwalbe, who successfully organized South Carolina NBCTs, will lead the discussion at the Carroll Knicely Conference Center at Western's South Campus.

There will be a gala celebration reception and dinner at 6 p.m. at WKU's Garrett Conference Center. The keynote speaker will be Barbara Kelley, chair of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

For more information, contact Lynn Hines in the office of the dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at (270) 745-5583.

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