Teaching Resources

 


The detailed list below offers full course descriptions and background on instructors. It is organized by starting dates of the courses.

 Courses and Workshops     In Our Region

Date(s) Title - Click for Details Description - Instructors Location

June 22, 23,
Aug. 12, 13 & 17,
8:00am-3:00pm;
Sept. 9,
3:30pm-6:30pm

Technology Integration: Integrating the Interactive Smartboard into the Classroom

This course will cover the use of the Interactive Whiteboard and how to integrate these into their classrooms and curriculum.
Jennifer Harper

Ludlow Elementary School, Ludlow, VT

June 29-July 2
8:30am-4:00pm
and two full days, Sept. 19, Oct. 3

Studying Skillful Teaching

Enhance your skills through the Skillful Teaching program that offers ways to build teachers' ability to promote learning and increased achievement in their students.
Maxine Minkoff

Green Mountain Union High School, Chester

July 13-17
8:30am-4:00pm
additional follow up half day session in the fall

Teaching with Technology; Text to Speech: Enhance Literacy Opportunities for Your Students

Text-to-Speech technology turns written text into spoken word. This is a hands-ons course that will give you the opportunity to learn how to access text-to-speech technology, practice it, and use it to enhance literacy opportunities.
Jane Wilde, Kate Hudson

Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston

July 18–August 7

Differentiated Education in Cuba

A field-based course facilitated by Witness for Peace with sessions in Cuba and Vermont.
Bill Holiday

Havana, Cuba
and
Brattleboro, VT

July 21-23
8:30am-4:00pm
Sept. 25, Oct. 30

Implementing the Investigations Curriculum

Participants will examine the use this curriculum to support a wide variety of students in mathematics. Teachers will gain confidence and fluency with this highly regarded curriculum.
Liz Van Cleef

Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston

July 21-23
and two fall dates to be determined,
Grant funded;
includes stipend

Vermont Social Studies Inquiry Network, K-8

The Vermont Department of Education, The Vermont Historical Society, The Southeast Vermont Learning Collaborative, and The Flow of History Project invite any Vermont educator who teaches history or social studies to participate in a special Vermont Social Studies Network designed to further the use of primary sources, inquiry-based learning and assessment in the field of Vermont Studies.
Alan Berolzheimer, Lyn Haas, Victoria Hughes, Sigrid Lumbra, and Sarah Rooker

Springfield High School Library

August 3-4
9:00am–3:00pm

Earth's Changing Surface; Science at Grade 2

New geology / landforms unit and materials from Bonnyvale Environmental Ed, designed to address Vermont's GEs and to be directly useful in classrooms.
Joan Carey

Guilford Central School, Guilford, VT

Aug. 3-6
8:30am-4:00pm
additional follow up session in the fall

Working with English Language Learners: Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) For All Learners

This class will cover the process of second language acquisition in the classroom and cultural impact on teaching and learning. It provides a model for presenting content to students with language issues.
Ana Rawson

Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston

Aug. 4-6
8:30am-4:00pm
two follow up sessions in the fall

Developing Social Studies Topics for Grades 7-12: Using Differentiating Instructional Methods for Students of all Abilities

Social studies content based on curriculum appropriate for 7th -12th graders. An emphasis will be placed on differentiating instructional methods and assessment options so that curriculum will be accessible for students of all abilities.
Bill Holiday

Brattleboro Union High School

August 4, 5, 6
8:30am-4:00pm
Sept. 24, Oct. 29

Developing Mathematical Ideas I

Participants will explore the base-ten structure of the number system and consider how that structure is exploited in multi-digit computational procedures, as well as with decimals.
Liz Van Cleef

Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston

August 6 and 7
9:00am–3:00pm

Aquatic Environments; Science at Grade 3

New aquatic habitats unit and materials from Bonnyvale Environmental Ed, designed to address Vermont's GEs and to be directly useful in classrooms.
Joan Carey

Guilford Central School, Guilford, VT

Aug. 10-14
8:30am-4:00pm

Engaging in Crucial Communication with Effectiveness and Skill

This course focuses on interpersonal/counseling skills that are applicable with students and parents as well as between one another as educators.
Doug Klette

Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston

August 19-21
8:30am-4:00pm
Two follow-up sessions in the fall
Math for Struggling Learners: Middle and High School

Improve instructional practices and help teachers to be more thoughtful about struggling learners in their classes.
John Tapper

Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston

 

 Several Higher Education Institutions in Vermont offer courses or full degree programs in our region. The Learning Collaborative partners with them on some projects.
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