SkyTeach Calendar

What:

The Special Needs Summit is an event for parents, caregivers, professionals, staff, and students who have an interest in the special needs community.

Who:

Workshops will be offered to parents, caregivers, professionals, and students on topics relevant to special needs. Vendor tables providing information on community resources and services will be available. CEUs will be offered. They include: Social Work, Early Childhood, Education (EILA), Psychology, Counseling, Massage Therapy, and Nursing with others pending approval.

When:

October 18, 2013 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

More information

Brad Tassell, Comedian, Author and Counseling Graduate Student at WKU

"Sticks and Stones Can Break My Bones, but Names Can Cause Dysfunctional Brain Developmental Problems"

Noyce Scholar-SKyTeach Fall 2013 Seminar Series

Brad Tassell, Comedian, Author and Counseling Graduate Student at WKU

"Sticks and Stones Can Break My Bones, but Names Can Cause Dysfunctional Brain Developmental Problems"

For inquiries, contact Ms. Karen Long

For Fall 2013, the WKU Center for Literacy is offering a book club, specifically created with education majors in mind. 

In three different sessions, we will read the book Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning by Michael Schmoker. You will get to network and discuss educational issues with professors and professional educators. 

Session #1 – September 25th, 9 am – 10 am
Session #2 – October 23rd, 9 am – 10 am
Session #3 – November 20th, 9 am – 10 am

If you plan to be an educator, think you might want to be an educator, or just want to see if teaching is something that might be right for you, this PLC is the place for you! Both students and professors welcome!

Best yet, if you sign up at least a week ahead of time, we will give you a copy of Focus to keep! LIMIT: 25

All Sessions held at the
WKU Center for Literacy
Tate Page Hall 401

PLEASE EMAIL Kristy Cartwright or Jeremy Logsdon to reserve a spot (and your book) or ask questions!

jeremy.logsdon@wku.edu
kristy.cartwright@wku.edu

CEBS and Forest Of The Rain Productions present Men Make a Difference Panel

Bowling Green, KY – WKU’s College of Education and Behavior Sciences and Forest Of The Rain Productions will present the Men Make a Difference: Student Achievement and Father Involvement panel discussion on October 29th at 6:00 p.m. in Gary A. Ransdell Hall Auditorium.

Panelists will discuss the impact father involvement has on student success and academic achievement. This event is open to teachers, administrators, parents, teacher education majors and anyone interested in the education of children. This is a swipe-able event.

The goal of the conference is to provide local and statewide educators with an opportunity to better understand the importance of effective parental engagement strategies targeted to increase the involvement of African American fathers and significant male role models in the academic lives of children, which ultimately increases the academic achievement of students at the college level.

Panelists include Dr. Michael Robinson, Forest Of The Rain CEO, Creator of National Men Make a Different Day and Western Kentucky University Alum; Dr. Richard Miller, Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Office at Western Kentucky University; Dr. Karen Reynolds, Townsend founder and CEO of KTowansend Consulting; and David Lacey, Executive Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist and AstraZeneca. Denise Hardesty, Coordinator of the Minority Teacher Recruitment Center, will serve as moderator for the panel.

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