Professional Development
VREC provides a wide array of professional development opportunities for educators in person and online in the NEK. Our goal is to be responsive to the field as such offerings spring from needs and interests expressed by superintendents, curriculum directors, principals and teachers directly.
If you have questions about any of our professional learning offerings, contact VREC’s Professional Learning Consultant Jenn Barone at vrecprofdevelopment@gmail.com.
If you are interested in becoming an educator, check out Northeast Kingdom “Grow Your Own” (NEK GYO) Pathways.
Field Studies in the Watersheds of Northern VT and NH
Interdisciplinary Learning on the Connecticut River, Clyde River & Lake Memphremagog
August 5–9, 2024 3 credit course/45 credit hours
VREC is providing this special place-based learning experience to educators in Vermont & New Hampshire. This five-day and two-night experience will explore the geography, ecology, natural & human history of this unique region where the rivers flow both north and south!
Place-Based Summer Institute | June 24 - June 27, 2024
A Partnership With VREC, The Old Stone House Museum and Vermont Folklife
Monday, June 24
Click to Register, One day Only: Leveraging the Power of Place to Build Awesome Projects
Tuesday, June 25 (TWO DAY WORKSHOP)
Click to Register, Two days: Documenting Everyday Life
Thursday, June 27
Click to Register, One Day Only: Doing Documentary – A Primer for Place-Based Learning
Need additional information?
Read more on all workshop overviews and learning targets below.
Continuing Education Courses & Workshops
OGAP Training Summer 2024
The Vermont Rural Education Collaborative is pleased to be sponsoring OGAP training during the weeks of July 29 - August 1 and August 5 - 8.
Cost: $2460 includes 3 graduate credits
$2040 workshop only
Collaborative Skills and Practices for Teacher Leaders facilitated by Margaret MacLean and Cindy Mosedale
This class is planned to support educators who wish to initiate or extend adult professional collaboration in their schools. The program is focused on developing collaborative school communities, encouraging reflective practice, and rethinking leadership — all in support of increased student achievement.
WHEN and WHERE:
August 12 - 14, 2024
8:00 - 3:00
Location: St. Johnsbury School
Lunch will be provided
COST per participant:
$520 workshop only no credit
$800 includes 2 credits through Saint Michael's College
Integrating Place and Choice-Based Education in the Art Room/Studio
A one day workshop with Carol Williams Mason, Art Teacher - Burke Town School
This one day workshop will help teachers learn about Place and Choice-Based Art Education philosophies. They will incorporate these ideas into personal work, and lesson planning.
WHEN and WHERE:
August 7, 2024
Burke Town School Art Studio
COST per participant:
$130
VREC Professional Learning Networks
VREC is offering four professional learning networks for teachers and/or administrators during the 2023-24 school year: Literacy Network, Math Network, SEL Network, and Learning Design Network.
Meetings are open to all teachers and administrators.
Each network will meet virtually 4 times between September and April.
Thursday sessions are a repeat of Monday sessions; participants can choose the day/time that works for them.
Participants can be part of one or more networks.
There is no requirement to attend all sessions of any given network.
Each meeting will be facilitated by a network leader and will be focused on a topic pertaining to that network.
Meeting agendas will include presentation time and collaboration time.
If you have questions or are interested in being a facilitator or participating in Network Meetings, contact VREC’s Professional Learning Consultant, Bev Davis.
Northeast Kingdom Heritage Education
The Vermont Rural Education Collaborative provides a range of professional learning opportunities to teachers and administrators across our region. We also provide mini grants to schools that support place-based learning. We are establishing an initiative we are referring to as Northeast Kingdom Heritage Education that will promote place-based learning focused on the region’s rich history and cultural composition.
Heritage education celebrates the diversity of the NEK’s past and present. It honors the past and present Abenaki people and the impact of immigrant groups such as French Canadians to the culture of the region. Likewise, we will embrace the stories and impact of ‘back to the landers,’ working people, new Americans, and BIPoC and LGBTQ people who contribute to the fabric of our communities.
