Contents: April 3, 2025
- New Personalized Learning Plans Manual: A Framework for Implementation
- Ready for Kindergarten SY2024-2025 Report
- Emergency Operations Plan Office Hours
- Behavioral Threat Assessment Office Hours
- 2024-2025 Family Engagement Networking Series
- Become an Adult Diploma Program Participating High School
- Vermont Public: Raising Readers
New Personalized Learning Plans Manual: A Framework for Implementation
Audience: Vermont Educators and Administrators, Parents, Students
The AOE has posted the new Personalized Learning Plans Manual: A Framework for Implementation, which contains updated information around PLPs and the crucial role they play in college and career planning, PLP and curriculum integration, and PLPs across the grade span. Each section is aligned to relevant rules in the new Series 2000 – Education Quality Standards (effective July 1, 2025).
Contact: Sigrid Olson at sigrid.olson@vermont.gov
Ready for Kindergarten SY2024-2025 Report
Audience: Superintendents, Principals, Kindergarten Teachers
The SY2024-2025 Ready for Kindergarten Survey Report (R4K!S) is now available. The report contains statewide and supervisory union/supervisory district (SU/SD) level data. The Ready for Kindergarten Survey is an annual readiness assessment of children entering kindergarten. The R4K!S report includes aggregate readiness data in the areas of social and emotional development, communication, and physical health, as well as cognitive development, knowledge, and approaches to learning.
Contact: Michele Johnson at michele.johnson@vermont.gov
Emergency Operations Plan Office Hours
Audience: School Administrators and Staff involved with School Safety
The Vermont School Safety Center hosts a monthly Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Office Hour on the third Thursday of each month from 12-1 p.m. The next session will be on April 17, and will cover a shelter-in-place annex. Meetings will include opportunities for school safety partners to obtain guidance in developing and maintaining EOPs, development of priority all-hazards annexes, presentations from school safety experts, and more. Please see the VSSC website for more information or the EOP Office Hours meeting link to join.
Contact: Sunni Eriksen at sunni.eriksen@vermont.gov
Behavioral Threat Assessment Office Hours
Audience: Current or prospective BTA team members
Behavioral Threat Assessment (BTA) Team Office Hours are available on Tuesdays from 12-2 p.m. and Thursdays from 2-4 p.m. These sessions offer questions and guidance from the BTA Consultants about the BTA policies and procedures, process tools, best practices, or readiness activities to prepare a BTA Team, including prospective team members. Please use this BTA Team Consultation Office Hours Meeting Link to join.
Contact: Michele Hartje at michele.hartje@vermont.gov
2024-2025 Family Engagement Networking Series
Audience: Family Engagement Coordinators and Liaisons, School and District Administrators, Community Organization Personnel, School Counselors
Please join the 2024-2025 Family Engagement Networking Series: Family Engagement as a Strategy for Improving Belonging and Well-Being. The upcoming session is called Supporting Families and Students During Transitions, and will be held on April 10, 2025 from 1-2 p.m. In this session we will discuss strategies to support and engage families as students change grades, or schools, as well as share summer opportunities. These are informal monthly virtual sessions facilitated by the AOE Vermont Multi-Tiered System of Supports (VTmtss) Team, for family engagement colleagues to connect, hear updates, and share strategies regarding family engagement.
Contact: Nancy Hellen at nancy.hellen@vermont.gov
Become an Adult Diploma Program Participating High School
Audience: Superintendents, High School Principals
Join other Vermont high schools in providing Adult Education and Literacy students with access to a diploma by becoming an Adult Diploma Program (ADP) participating high school. Superintendents and high school principals can sign up their high school by completing a participation agreement. Please review this memo for more information. The policy manual and other documents related to implementation of the ADP can be found on the AOE website.
Contact: the Adult Education and Literacy team at AOE.AdultEducation@vermont.gov
Vermont Public: Raising Readers
Audience: Grades PreK-5 Educators
Learn to read and read to learn alongside your Vermont Public and PBS KIDS friends. The media in this collection is all about alphabet, alliteration, rhyming, and more! Dive into each sub-collection and discover new ways to explore literacy and media. Visit the Vermont Public Educators page for more recommendations for high-quality resources.
Contact: Emily Leute at emily.leute@vermont.gov