Updates/News
Teach Kentucky (TKY) announces its 2017 teacher recruitment initiatives to meet JCPS’s STEM educator demand at Louisville Water Tower Park tonight at 5:30 pm.
In its publication Kentucky School Advocate, The Kentucky School Board Association (KSBA) recently wrote about Teach Kentucky’s essential role in filling local school district vacancies.
What’s the Story? Louisville Youth Community Wellness Advocates launched on September 17th-18th, as six educators and 17 students from Fern Creek and Manual High School retreated into the woods at local Bernheim Forest to begin the learning experience.
Teach Kentucky (TKY) was recognized as one of eight grant recipients at the 2016 Women 4 Women Annual Luncheon on Friday, September 16th
Louisville is one of those rare cities where there is a ton going on yet is still very affordable. Our teachers love that they can have a comfortable lifestyle on an educator’s salary.
Third year teacher Jonathan Perez has been selected to receive one of 15 Fulbright scholarships awarded to University of Louisville students this year! He will be teaching English in Brazil starting in February, 2017.
In the summer of 2015, I had the honor of being selected as a Hope Street Group Kentucky State Teacher Fellow. Hope Street Group is a nonprofit, unbiased organization funded by The Gates Foundation whose goals are to create change agents within the spheres of public education, healthcare, and careers.
Teach Kentucky, in cooperation with Jefferson County Public Schools, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the Sutherland Foundation has arranged a new level of scholarship support for non-certified educators in STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
Candidates enjoyed tours of the city parks and schools hosted by current teachers. They also got to hear from several of Teach Kentucky’s stakeholders, supporters and board members, as well as some JCPS and U of L representatives during dinner at Impellizzeri’s Pizza in downtown Louisville.
Over 13 years, we have honed a recruitment system to entice the brightest of the nation’s college graduates to teach in Kentucky’s public schools.