KET Professional Development
KET’s Professional Development staff has been producing content-rich, research-based training and enrichment materials for educators since the early 1990s. Developed in partnership with education organizations and advisers across Kentucky and the nation, these video and multimedia materials answer critical teaching needs through in-depth presentations, real-world classroom examples, and extensive follow-up resources.
The following pages outline some of our past and current professional development resources. For more information on any of these materials, contact us at
- KET Professional Development
600 Cooper Drive
Lexington, KY 40502-2296
(800) 432-0951, ext. 7271
Fax: (859) 258-7390
Raindrops to Rivers
Presented
on CD-ROM and the Web, Raindrops to Rivers is a resource
containing both an electronic field trip and supporting professional development
resources to help teachers in grades 2 through 12 introduce concepts involving
watersheds, water pollution, non point source pollution, and common cures
for everyday sources of water pollution. Raindrops to Rivers
supports the content presented in the Electronic Field Trip to a Watershed
with models of exemplary instruction. Teachers from classrooms throughout
Kentucky illustrate scientific study as well as awareness and prevention of
non point source water pollution. The teachers and students appearing in the
videos are engaged in authentic activities, in both indoor and outdoor classrooms
and at streams, creeks, and other watersheds. In addition to presenting engaging
science lessons, the resource features collaborations between science and
other content areas.
The CD-ROMs were distributed to Kentucky science teachers, and the same content can be accessed online.
Inside Writing Communities: Building Skills for Success, Grades 3-5
16-part video series with participant’s guide and interactive web
site; available from Annenberg Media
This video workshop, produced by KET with funding from Annenberg Media, consists
of eight pairs of half-hour videos, with each pair addressing a single broad
topic related to the teaching of writing. The web site includes a viewing
guide, resources for teachers, eight interactive activities, and a workshop
guide that can be downloaded and printed. The first video in each pair explores
how teachers in grades 3-5 create classrooms that nurture and support the
writing confidence of all students and help them forge unique writing identities.
It includes narration, interviews with literacy experts, and multiple classroom
illustrations that communicate and support the workshop learning goals. Instructional
content is reinforced by online reading assignments, pre-workshop activities,
and discussion questions. The second video in each pair features extended
classroom applications narrated by the teachers themselves along with commentary
from literacy experts. The programs are available online as streaming video.
Or you may purchase the videos and guide from Annenberg Media.
- Program details/purchasing information
- Series web site
- KET broadcast schedule
- Purchasing information
Write in the Middle: A Workshop for Middle School Teachers
8-part video series with participant’s guide and web site; available
from Annenberg Media
In this workshop series, produced by KET and distributed nationally by Annenberg
Media, classroom video and insightful discussion illustrate effective ways
teachers can help their students become confident and proficient writers.
Middle school teachers from across the country share strategies they use with
their students, while other video segments explore the phases of the writing
process and illustrate successful strategies for teaching specific writing
forms. The programs are available online as streaming video. Or you may purchase
the videos and guide from Annenberg Media.
Literacy Without Limits: Help for Struggling Students, Grades 4-12
Winner of the 2007 NETA Award—Resources for Primary Teachers:
Instructional and Inservice
DVD package distributed free to Kentucky schools, with additional sets
available from KET; also available online as streaming video
Produced in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education, Literacy
Without Limits is a helpful, non-intimidating, and immediately useful
resource for teachers whose students struggle to read. Effective instruction
in a variety of subjects and settings is illustrated through authentic Kentucky
classroom video, with teachers providing insight into their planning and pedagogical
reasoning. All videos are supported by explanations of key practices along
with links to lesson materials. KDE has distributed a free copy of the DVD-ROMs
to every public school in the state. Kentucky schools may freely duplicate
the DVDs, and additional copies may be ordered from KET.
Ordering Information: Cost: $89 in Kentucky; $150 outside Kentucky (includes shipping). Write KET Professional Development, 600 Cooper Dr., Lexington, KY 40502-2296, or contact Darlene Carl at (800) 432-0951, ext. 7271 or . Purchase orders may be faxed to (859) 258-7390.
- Series web site
- eLearning Workshop: “Adolescent Literacy: Supporting Student Understanding in Content Areas,” an online workshop from Kentucky Virtual Schools, will teach you the literacy skills required for comprehension and acquisition of the content you teach. Explore strategies that support student learning and see the strategies illustrated in video from Kentucky schools. The video featured in the course is taken from Literacy Without Limits as well as More Reading Strategies in Action. For more information or to register, visit the e-Learning Kentucky/KYVS web site.
Literacy Strategies in Action
CD-ROM package distributed free to Kentucky elementary schools; additional
sets available from KET
More than 100 classroom video clips and accompanying lessons and interviews,
conveniently packaged on a set of two CD-ROMs, help primary teachers address
five skills that are essential to learning to read. For primary teachers.
Details »
More Reading Strategies in Action
CD-ROM package; available for purchase from KET
Successful classroom teachers describe and illustrate the strategies they
use to help their students become strategic readers while covering necessary
content in four subject areas: English/language arts, mathematics, science,
and social studies. This package of six CD-ROMs includes extensive video footage
illustrating the strategies in action, plus printable classroom materials,
and is cross-referenced by content area as well as by reading strategy. For
content-area teachers, grades 6-10. Details »
Promise Not To Tell? A Teacher’s Guide to Recognizing and Responding to Child Sexual Abuse
3-part video series with viewer’s guide; available on tape or DVD
from KET
Teachers and other school personnel are required to report suspected child
abuse. But what are the signs to look for? Whom should you call if you do
suspect abuse? And what will happen then? This video series outlines the warning
signs of sexual abuse, explains reporting requirements, and explores how teachers
can support a young victim of sexual abuse throughout the legal process. For
teachers and administrators, all levels.
Ordering Information: Cost: $7.00 per program or $21.00 for the series in Kentucky; $15.00 per program or $45 for the series outside Kentucky (includes shipping). Write KET Professional Development, 600 Cooper Dr., Lexington, KY 40502-2296, or contact Darlene Carl at (800) 432-0951, ext. 7271 or . Purchase orders may be faxed to (859) 258-7390.
Professional Development Library
DVDs or videos from KET
Created specifically for Kentucky teachers, these KET-produced seminars address
issues in classroom management and learning theory as well as specific teaching
strategies in the areas of arts and humanities, reading and writing, science,
social studies, and special education. Most are accompanied by in-depth print
packets with classroom materials and follow-up resources. Details »