Training

Education Secretary Holcombe and Public Safety Commissioner Anderson are pleased to announce the Governor’s Statewide School Safety Training Conference to be held on November 30, 2017 at the Sheraton, Burlington, VT. The all-day conference is designed to inform participants of the best and promising practices in school emergency preparedness. Schools are strongly encouraged to attend this conference with their local emergency management officials and emergency first responders to build or enhance their school crisis planning capacity. This conference will provide educational tracks that will include but are not limited to: managing the media and crisis communication, how to conduct an effective school safety exercise, the impacts of trauma after a critical incident, tactical emergency medicine and much more. 

Questions: Abby Houle abby.houle@vermont.gov

Location: Pavilion Auditorium in Montpelier, VT

Audience: Registrars, Administrative Support, Student Information Systems Support Persons, School Personnel Responsible for Completing Fall and/or Spring Student Census

The training schedule for the Fall Student Census has been set. Space is limited, so please register immediately. 

Contact: Glenn Bouchard at (802) 479-1044 or glenn.bouchard@vermont.gov

Location: Green Mountain Union HIgh School in Chester, VT

Audience: Registrars, Administrative Support, Student Information Systems Support Persons, School Personnel Responsible for Completing Fall and/or Spring Student Census

The training schedule for the Fall Student Census has been set. Space is limited, so please register immediately. 

Contact: Glenn Bouchard at (802) 479-1044 or glenn.bouchard@vermont.gov

Location: Burlington Electric in Burlington, VT

Audience: Registrars, Administrative Support, Student Information Systems Support Persons, School Personnel Responsible for Completing Fall and/or Spring Student Census

The training schedule for the Fall Student Census has been set. Space is limited, so please register immediately. 

Contact: Glenn Bouchard at (802) 479-1044 or glenn.bouchard@vermont.gov

Join this all-day intensive session to prepare your program for the changes to the Child and Adult Care Food Program meal pattern that will take effect October 1, 2017. We will discuss the updated changes to the meal pattern in depth with hands on activities and recipes to prepare you for the implementation of the new meal pattern. The training will be held in-person at our office in Barre. The trainings will be from 9:00 am ~ 3:30 pm, and participants will earn 6 hours of continuing education credits. You will be on your own for lunch from 12 until 12:45. This training is free!

Location:  219 North Main Street, Barre, VT 05663

Contact: rebecca.cochran@vermont.gov, (802) 479-1192

Audience: Administrators, Dual Enrollment Voucher Coordinators, School Counselors, Career Technical Education Coordinators, Adult Education High School Completion Program Managers, College Dual Enrollment Partners

Date: September 29, 2017

Location: Franklin Center at the Howe, Rutland, VT

Registration is now close.

Contact: Toni Marra, Dual Enrollment

Audience: Administrators, Dual Enrollment Voucher Coordinators, School Counselors, Career Technical Education Coordinators, Adult Education High School Completion Program Managers, College Dual Enrollment Partners

Date: September 28, 2017

Location: Capitol Plaza, Montpelier, VT

Registration is now close.

Contact: Toni Marra, Dual Enrollment

Audience: Administrators, Dual Enrollment Voucher Coordinators, School Counselors, Career Technical Education Coordinators, Adult Education High School Completion Program Managers, College Dual Enrollment Partners

Date: September 27, 2017

Location: Lake Morey, Fairlee, VT

Registration is now close.

Contact: Toni Marra, Dual Enrollment

The WBL Coordinators’ Collaborative Learning Group (WBL CLG) invites you to save the dates for this learning series for the SY 2017 - 2018. The first and final sessions of this four-day series invite WBL educators statewide to convene for all day in-person collaborative working sessions. The second and third sessions are regional meetings to provide and support the continuous work of these groups with local businesses to establish, build, and strengthen WBL partnerships and WBL programs to meet the goals of Act 77 and Education Quality Standards (EQS).  Time will also be provided for WBL educators connect virtually to strengthen individual and collective practices.  

WBL CLG Events: 

• Kickoff Session, Wednesday, October 4, 2017; Lake Morey Resort, Fairley
• Regional Meeting #1 (South), Thursday, November 9, 2017; Franklin Conference Center, Rutland
• Regional Meeting #1 (North), Thursday, November 16, 2017; Holiday Inn, South Burlington
• Online professional learning opportunities;  January-February 2018; Virtual meeting space
• Regional Meeting #2 (South), Thursday, March 1, 2018; Franklin Conference Center, Rutland
• Regional Meeting #2 (North), Thursday, March 8, 2018; Holiday Inn, South Burlington
• Online professional learning opportunities, April-May 2018; Virtual meeting space
• Closing Meeting, Thursday, June 7, 2018; Norwich University, Northfield

Goals for the 2017-18 WBL CLG series:

• Build better understanding of the goals guiding EQS) and Act 77
• Develop a bank of resources to support our individual and collective efforts in meeting EQS and Act 77 (e.g., vetted forms, templates, curricula)
• Establish a network of educators and employers to advance the sharing of effective practices and brainstorm solutions regarding problems in practice  

Sign Up for the WBL Collaborative Learning Series

The SY 2017 - 2018 Work-Based Learning Coordinators’ Professional Learning Series will kick-off on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT. This kick-off event invites WBL educators statewide to convene for all day in-person collaborative working sessions.

Date: October 4, 2017

Location: Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, VT

Contact: Veronica Newton or Michael Brownstein

Registration: Registration is open. 

The Agency of Education is offering a free opportunity to engage in a collaborative workgroup series with the purpose of learning and applying the continuous improvement process for developing, implementing, and submitting continuous improvement plans.  There are three sessions in this learning series. 

Organizing and Planning for Continuous Improvement Using an Improvement Science Approach

Content: During each workgroup sessions, participants will engage in collaborative learning about the improvement science approach to continuous improvement, as well as the processes and practices within the phases of the continuous improvement process.

Audience: Ideally SU/SD teams comprised of the superintendent and/or directors of curriculum, a principal, and at least one educator. Maximum 5 per team.

Dates: September 7, 2017; December 5, 2017; March 8, 2018 - December & March dates have been CANCELLED

Each session will be held from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM   Please come prepared with your own beverages and food for the day or feel free to purchase locally.  There is a limit of 35 people per session; an additional series will be added if needed.

Location: Agency of Education, 219 North Main Street, Barre, VT 05641- 3rd Floor, Conference Room 304

Cost: FREE

Design: In-person sessions include co-learning and co-design opportunities, followed by an action period during which time participants apply learning in their school settings through developing their continuous improvement plans.

Register: Continuous Improvement Planning Workgroup Sessions