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Summer 2020 registration is now open with courses starting now through August. The Center for Schools, together with its educational partners, has built many new online courses just for you! Per popular request, repeat courses will also be offered online this summer. Check out the wide variety of opportunities below. We look forward to "seeing" you soon!
Presenting Abenaki Culture in the Classroom, Vera Longtoe Sheehan, August 6-December 31, 2020, Online synchronously and asynchronously using a learning management system and videoconferencing.
Brain Research and Learning: Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) Science, Dr. Ric Reardon, August 4 - October 31, 2020, Online. New!!
Facilitating Career Development, Heather Maietta, Rolling enrollment, Online.
Facilitating Career Development, Mark Danaher, Summer 2020, Online.
Using History Inquiry to Inspire Civic Engagement: Creating C3 Inquiries for Students, Sarah Rooker, June 22 - 25, 2020, Online. New!!
Classroom Management for Student Success, Colleen Cowell and Juliette Longchamp, Summer 2020, Online. New!!
Coaching and Mentoring Educators, Juliette Longchamp, VT-NEA, Summer 2020, Online.
Say What?- Communication Skills for Children & Teens, Cookie Steponaitis, July 13 - 29, 2020 (Prek-6) OR July 20 - 30, 2020 (grades 7-12), Online. New!!
No Place Like Home: Community & Culture, Cookie Steponaitis & Pamela Taylor, June 23- August 5, 2020, Online. New!!
Customized, Coached Education Course, Dr. Maria Bove, Summer 2020, Online.
Developing Topics: Using Differentiating Instructional Methods- Online field study of England, Bill Holiday, June 29 - August 14, 2020, Online through virtual field trips and Zoom videoconferencing. New!!
Teaching Diversity through Literature, Benjamin White, July 5 - August 24, 2020, Online.
Early Childhood Educators Institute, July 21, 23, 28 & 30, Fully Online and interactive using Zoom webinars and video meetings.
Dismantling Inequity in Education in a Predominantly White Learning Environment: Developing skills for sustained engagement, self-reflection and inclusive curriculum, Madison Akin, June 22- July 7, 2020, Online. New!!
UDL, Innovation, and Equity of Learning Opportunities in Elementary Settings, Aimee Toth, July 6 - August 1, 2020, Online.
Personalized, Multidimensional Professional Learning for Energy/Climate Focused Instruction, Mariah Keagy, Laura MacLachlan, Rolling Enrollment. Flexible start and end dates within this time frame to be discussed with and determined by VEEP.
Ethics in Leadership: Developing a Personal Philosophy, Edward Wilkin, July 1 - August 7, 2020, Online. New!!
Discovering Community Summer Institute, Kathleen Haughey & Mary Wesley, August 10 - November 16, 2020. August 10-13 in-person at the Barre Civic Center with the remainder of the course in an online environment.
Executive Function, Language and Literacy, Debbie Tracht, MA, CAGS, June 22 - July 27, 2020, Online.
Promoting Good Citizenship- Community Connections, Cookie Steponaitis & Pamela Taylor, July 9 - 29, 2020, Online. New!!
Human Sexuality and STD Prevention Education, Krystina Fernandez, June 29 - August 9, 2020, Online. New!!
Virtual Field Study and Teaching Strategies for the JFK Assassination, Bill Holiday, June 29 - August 14, 2020, Online through virtual field trips and Zoom videoconferencing. New!!
Reinventing Yourself through Innovation, Ben White, July 5 - August 24, 2020, Online. New!!
Improving Student Performance Through Writing and Thinking Across the Curriculum- Grades K-4, Cheryl McDonough, June 22 - October 16, 2020. Online using Canvas and Zoom Videoconferencing. New!!
Improving Student Performance Through Writing and Thinking Across the Curriculum- Grades 4-12, Cheryl McDonough, June 22 - October 16, 2020. Online using Canvas and Zoom Videoconferencing. New!!
Introduction to the Orton-Gillingham Approach, Peggy Price & Amy Ducey, August 7-17, 2020, Online.
Linking Assessment to Instruction with a Structured Literacy Approach, Peggy Price & Melissa Farrall, July 27-31, 2020, Online.
The Mindplay Comprehensive Reading Course for Educators, Marilyn Varricchio, Rolling enrollment, Online.
Meeting Literacy Demands in Career and Technical Schools, Cheryl McDonough, June 22 - October 16, 2020. Online using Canvas and Zoom Videoconferencing. New!!
Orton-Gillingham for Intervention: Associate Level, Peggy Price, July 6 - July 20, 2020, Online.
Purposeful Writing In The Elementary School Classroom: Incorporating Multicultural Children's Literature Into The Writing Curriculum, Laura Terry, June 15- August 24, 2020, Online.
Create Make Learn Online Institute (1 credit course), Lucie delaBruere, July 13-20, 2020, Online.
Create Make Learn Online Institute (3 credit course), Lucie delaBruere, July 13 - August 14, 2020, Online.
Laying the Foundation: Building a Deep Understanding of Number, Loree Silvis & Sandi Stanhope, June 22 - June 26, 2020, Online.
The First 20 Days of Math, Melinda Robinson, June 1 - August 7, 2020, Online.
How Did You Get That? Improving Open Response Answers in Math: Strategies for Traditional Classrooms and Remote Learning, Bill Atwood, June 22 - October 16, 2020, Online. New!!
Math: Diagnosis, Disabilities and Math Intervention, Beth Adreon, July 6 to August 14, 2020, Online.
Supporting all Math Learners, Beth Adreon, June 29 - August 7, 2020, Online.
Coaching and Mentoring Educators in Schools, Juliette Longhcamp-VT-NEA, Summer 2020, Online.
Middle Grades Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Monica McEnerny, August 1 - September 12, 2020, Online with two in-person or Zoom video meetings.
Middle Grades Online Institute 2020, Monica McEnerny, June 22-26 Online plus flexible work time June 29- July 2, 2020. Select Castleton University on the MGI registration form.
Virtual Teaching and Learning Techniques for Music Educators, Matt LaRocca & Stefanie Weigand, July 6 - July 31, 2020, Online. New!!
Biodiversity University, North Branch Nature Center Education Staff, throughout summer 2020, Online.
Vermont’s Natural History, Andrew O’Connor, July 13-17, 2020, Burlington, VT or Online. New!!
Biodiversity Institute, North Branch Nature Center Education Staff, July 27-31, 2020, North Branch Nature Center & Online.
ECO Institute 2020: Nature Based Routines for Outdoor Classrooms, Darmstadt, Butler & Hartschorn, June 29 - July 3, 2020, North Branch Nature Center OR Online.
ECO Institute 2020: Natural History Connections for Outdoor Classrooms, Darmstadt, Benton & Koch, August 3 - August 7, 2020, North Branch Nature Center OR Online.
L.E.O. - Lessons in Educating Outdoors - Levels I, II, & III, Kurt Valenta, Exact meeting dates and times to be determined by the cohort. Each one of the stand-alone 1-credit courses to be held as a two-consecutive-day-session determined by cohort consensus. The instructor will hold the course at the participating school if a minimum of 6 teachers and/or staff members participate.
The Outdoor Classroom, Josh Hardt, July 13, 2020 - June 30, 2021, Online and outdoors.
The Outdoor Classroom Level II, Josh Hardt, August 3 – November 20, 2020, Online and outdoors. New!!
Learning from the Lake: Using Primary Sources at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum to Teach Key Proficiencies, Dr. Harry Chaucer & Elizabeth Lee, August 17 - 20, 2020 In-person or online, plus a future fall in-person or video meeting date.
Rethinking Instruction & Assessment in a Proficiency-Based Classroom, Gabrielle Lumbra, June 30 - August 18, 2020, Online.
Designing Project-Based Learning Experiences, Gabrielle Lumbra, June 30 - August 18, 2020, Online.
NGSX: Taking it Back to Your Classroom, Gelroth & Brennan, August 10-13, 2020, Vermont Institute of Natural Science.
Integrating Writing Across Science and Social Studies, David Wells, July 11 - August 13, 2020, Online.
The H.E.A.R.T. Method of Self-Care For Teachers, Becky Day, Registrants can choose from 4 enrollment start dates: June 15, July 15, August 15 or September 15, and have 12 weeks to complete the course, Online. New!!
Implementing and Integrating SEL Seamlessly: Collaborative Teacher Practices, Ryanne Spaulding, August 3 - 13, 2020, Online. New!!
Trauma Informed Social Learning, Julia A. Erdelyi, June 30 - July 9, 2020, Online.
Great Literary Figures of the Spanish World: Nobel Prize Winners, Ana María Alfaro-Alexander, June 16 - July 9, 2020, Online. New!!
History and Law, Andrea Wasson, July 6 - August 9, 2020, Online.
Moderate to Severe Disabilities, Joy Wilcox, June 22 - August 3, 2020, Online.
Adopt A Bot, Bjorn Behrendt, July 15 - August 15, 2020, Online. New!!
Apple Watch in Education, Patricia Aigner, August 15 - September 30, 2020, Online. Live using Zoom videoconferencing on August 15. The remainder of the course will be held in an online environment.
Create, Make, Learn Online Summer Institute (1 credit course), Lucie deLabruere, July 13 - 20, 2020, Online.
Create, Make, Learning Online Summer Institute (3 credit course), Lucie deLabruere, July 13 - August 14, 2020, Online.
Cricut Maker in Education, Patricia Aigner, August 22 - Nov 29, 2020, Online. Live using Zoom videoconferencing on August 22nd and then online until November 29, 2020.
Design Technologies, Matt Brown, Summer 2020, In-person & Online. In-person dates TBD.
Google for Education, David St. Germain, Rolling enrollment, Online.
Providing Effective Work-Based Learning Opportunities for Students, Schools and Businesses, Rich Tulikangas, June 22 - August 7, 2020, Online.
Coaching, Courses & Workshops on ADHD and Executive Function
Customized, Coached Education Courses
Learning Opportunity for Early Childhood Educators
The Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) Teacher Professional Development Program