ECET2WKY Regional Convening
Elevating & Celebrating Educators of Western Kentucky
ECET2KY: Engaging, empowering & connecting through FREE professional learning by teachers, for teachers
Elevating & Celebrating Effective Teaching & Teachers
ECET2 is part of a teacher leadership movement throughout the country focused on collaboration between highly effective teachers and professionalizing the teacher profession. As of July 2017, there have been 5 national convenings, over 190 regional convenings in 37 host states, and nearly 30,000 teachers who have attended an ECET2 event.
In Kentucky, there have been four state, 14 regional and three district convenings with nearly 3,000 teachers attending. For the 2017-2018 year, we have three regional and one district event that will host approximately 1,000 additional educators.
Kentucky has hosted the most in-state events and reached the most educators of any state in the country.
New for 2017 - School teams at ECET2KY
ECET2WKY - GRREC & WKEC Cooperatives
Hopkinsville, KY - Friday, Dec. 1st and Saturday, Dec. 2nd
ECET2WKY will begin with a keynote and networking activities Friday, 12/1 at the Hopkinsville Holiday Inn (event begins at 6:30pm - no substitutes needed to attend) and continue on Saturday at Christian County Middle School (registration and breakfast begin at 8am).
Hotel rooms will be provided to any educator more than 30 minutes away (to offset costs, we encourage attendees to share rooms). It is necessary to hold the room with your credit card, but our team will pay for your room - you will not be charged.
**You will need to reserve your own room after registering - use the registration link in the gray button link below. You MUST use the code WKY in the Group Code option (blue link - somewhat hard to see) or it will say the hotel is booked.**
ECET2WKY Agenda
Friday Evening
6:00-6:30 - Registration
6:30-6:45 - Welcome to ECET2CNKY
6:45-7:15 - General Keynote - Crystal Culp, McCracken County
7:15-7:30 - Break
7:30-8:30 - CHOICE
- Breakout EDU
- Networking Scavenger Hunt
8:30-10:30 - Social Event
Saturday
8:00-9:00 - Breakfast & Registration
9:00-9:20 - Welcome to ECET2WKY and introductions
9:20-9:40 - Cultivating a Calling Keynote - Natalie McCutchen, Simpson County
9:40-9:50 BREAK
9:50-10:50 - Breakout Sessions One
10:55-11:45 Colleague Circle One
11:45 - 12:45 - Lunch/Student Performance/Cultivating a Calling Keynote - Missy Smith
12:45- 12:55 - BREAK
12:55-1:55 - Breakout Sessions Two
2:00-3:00 Breakout Sessions Three
3:00-3:10 - BREAK
3:10-3:40 - Colleague Circle Two
3:40-4:00 - Wrap Up/Door Prizes/Group Pic/Thanks
Breakout Session Topics
- Basic Twitter for Pedagogy
- Advanced Twitter for Pedagogy
- Administrator - teachers and adminstrator collaboration
- Formative assessment in the classroom
- #KYGoDigital
- Core Advocates - Math
- Building Number Sense
- ELA and literacy resources
- Building Community through schools
- Using the "Through Course" task in science
- Love & Logic program
- New State Accountability
- Educators Rising and Career Pathways
- New teachers and teacher prep focus group
- Integrating literacy in the SS classroom
- Special education collaboration
- Classroom management
- Culturally relevant teaching
- Gamification
- Kagan strategies
- Related arts focus groups
- ESL resources
- Library Media Science across the grades
- Core Advocates - ELA
- Maker Space
- New technology in education
How ECET2KY stands apart from other PDs
ECET2KY - FREE professional learning events, planned by KY teachers, for KY teachers
- Six hours of PD credit
Breakout sessions focused on pedagogy, teacher leadership, networking and issues and challenges specific to the region led by the educators in the area
Inspiring keynotes by area teachers sharing their powerful stories
Small group, targeted discussions called “Colleague Circles” allow educators to have meaningful discussions with peers in content area and/or age group
Wider professional learning communities are built; attendees can take these ideas back to their schools to strengthen instructional practices and student instruction
ECET2KY
Email: meme.ratliff@jefferson.kyschools.us
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ecet2ky/
Location: Kentucky, United States
Phone: 502-724-8464
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecet2ky/
Twitter: @ecet2ky