Vermont AOE and Vermont Public Partnership
The Agency of Education (AOE) has partnered with Vermont Public to support learning for Vermont students and school communities. This partnership provides access to free high-quality educational programming, standards-aligned curricular connections, and other resources to meet the anywhere, anytime educational, social and emotional needs of Vermont students.
Education Ambassadors
Education ambassadors support an integrated approach to cross-curricular instructional design through the lens of multimedia. They serve as a sounding board for Vermont Public and the Vermont Agency of Education, providing professional expertise and insight to inform the development of new resources and ways in which to use existing materials.
Resources
Visit Vermont Public Kids for Educators to discover click-ready curated resources and programming organized by grade band and content area.
Mahsi’choo for the Info! Molly of Denali Teaches Children About Informational Text – This report summarizes the Education Development Center and SRI Education’s research about how Molly of Denali can help teach children to use and create informational text. As the report states, “Intentionally designed videos and games—where appealing characters model when and how to use informational text to solve real-world problems and help the community, while also having fun exploring their environment—engage children and promote learning.”
Indigenous Cultural and Informational Text Resources – This webinar, co-hosted by Vermont Agency of Education specialists and Vermont PBS, incorporates the voices of educators.
Holocaust Remembrance Collections (for Grades 6-8 and 9-12)
PBSLM: Lessons of the Holocaust Collection – These three video collections offer educators a detailed exploration of different ways to approach the history of the Holocaust in the classroom.
- Murals of the Holocaust describes a summer program that offers an art-integrated history course on Germany and the Holocaust.
- Juliek’s Violin focuses on three pieces of classical music, including music from the scene in Elie Wiesel’s "Night" where Juliek plays the violin in the concentration camp.
- Teaching the Holocaust explores how two middle school educators approach the teaching of Holocaust history to their students.
Guidance Documents and Other Resources
- Strategies for Supporting Students with Disabilities During PBS Programming and Lesson Planning
- How Educators Can Integrate PBS Learning Media Effectively into K-12 Instruction
- PBS LearningMedia Tutorials
Questions?
Email Emily Leute.