KEEP Academy
Kent Education Excellence Partnership (KEEP)
2019 KEEP Summer AcademyCost: FREE for teachers from partnership schools
9 a.m. – 4 p.m., lunch provided
June 10, 11 & 12, 2019
Streetsboro High School
Earn a graduate credit by attending all 3 days of the conference and completing an assignment. Cost $150. See KEEP Graduate Credit for details.
Google Level 1 Certification and Gifted Education will be special features of this year’s Academy.
Google Level 1 Certification, taught by Certified Google Trainers, is available to up to 40 teachers. Register now to secure your spot! Please note, if you chose to obtain certification, you are locked into those sessions and will not be able to attend other sessions.
By attending the KEEP Academy and choosing sessions that are specifically designed to address the Gifted Operating Standards’ competencies and taught by qualified educators, participants may earn up to 15 contact hours toward the coming year. Documentation will be provided.
A Partnership of Kent State University and Local School Districts:
Aurora City Schools Barberton City Schools Crestwood Local Schools Cuyahoga Falls City Schools Field Local Schools Kent City Schools Nordonia Hills City Schools Rootstown Local Schools Springfield Local Schools Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools Streetsboro City Schools Summit Educational Service Center Tallmadge City Schools Twinsburg City Schools Wadsworth City Schools Windham Local Schools Woodridge Local SchoolsA Brief Overview of KEEP
Since 2010, the Kent Education Excellence Partnership (KEEP) has provided teachers with opportunities for holistic and reflective learning about classroom practice in concert with other committed educators from several public school districts in northeastern Ohio. This is done annually at the KEEP summer teachers’ academy and sustained throughout the year through teacher collaborative inquiry into classroom practice research. Over the 2018-2019 school year, the KEEP Academy Teacher Planning Committee met three times for 2-hour, after school meetings held at schools in one of the partnering school districts. The 2019 KEEP Academy will be held for three days over the summer, and during this event the teachers’ learning will be continue through critical conversations, inquiry, and reflection. After summer, teacher collaborative inquiry projects proposed during the Academy will be developed during the 2019-2020 school year. These Inquiry Into Practice projects will be based on a research protocol developed during the Academy. The teacher researchers then publicly share their findings in the spring during the KEEP Symposium of Excellent Teaching.
KEEP Co-directors:
Dr. Elizabeth “Lisa” Testa, etesta@kent.edu
Dr. Rosemary Gornik, rgornik@kent.edu
pd@kent.edu