Information Technology And Vermont Education Goals for future work, continued education, problem solving 4. Set staff development goals to integrate information The effectiveness of vermont s teachers and school http://www.vita-learn.org/resources/eddocs/itveg.htm
Extractions: Vermont educators continue to examine ways to better prepare today's students to be successful in a rapidly changing society. Preparing students to be successful adults for a future that is unpredictable and ever changing is a continual challenge. What are the constants in a world where change is a constant? The Vermont State Technology Council (VSTC) believes the development of information technology skills and knowledge is essential in order for all students to attain the Vermont Education Goals. Like higher order thinking skills, information technology skills can no longer be considered a non-essential part of each Vermont student's education. The use of information technology tools (word processing, interactive television, telecommunication, hypermedia,etc.) should not be viewed as ends in and of themselves. Rather, it should be seen as a means of more efficiently and effectively achieving what Vermonters outline in the ambitious Vermont Education Goals. The VSTC believes we cannot leave the development of information skills and knowledge to chance. We believe that the state must provide direction to local school districts in the area of information technologies as they have in all curricular areas. With this in mind, VSTC, with the assistance of the State Department of Education, invited thirty educators** from throughout Vermont to a symposium at Sugarbush Inn, in Warren,Vt. in September to:
Extractions: Archery Boat Building Communications Environmental Studies ... Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Wilderness and maritime education, leadership training and skill development programs for kids, groups and individuals are listed here. There are a variety of outdoor leadership programs in and around Vermont. Take your time and talk to the instructors until you are confident that you will receive the instruction that you need.
Vermont-NEA Home Page Popular Pages Contact vermont Legislators. education Links. First Day for Teaching Excellence. Contact vermontNEA staff. Contact NEA on the pages of the child's development calendar . http://www.vtnea.org/
Extractions: Vermont-NEA Partners About YOU ! We are very interested to know who is visiting our site and what you think. Are you a parent? student? educator? surfer? citizen? all of the above? Please email your comments: vtnea@together.net Vermont-NEA is located at 10 Wheelock Street in Montpelier, Vermont 05602-3737. Phone: (802) 223-6375 Fax: (802) 223-1253. About the artist: Steve Barrows, an English teacher at Union-32 High School in East Montpelier, created the art on this page and on the pages of the child's development calendar.
Vermont Department Of Personnel contract provisions applicable to vermont state empolyees. at a professional level in education, human resources or in staff development and training http://www.vermontpersonnel.org/employee/Job_specs_info.cfm?id=204400
Guide To Professional Development vermont's Statewide education. Information Technology Plan preservice teacher training and other staff development. Schoolsoffering teacher education must be prepared to deal with http://www.acsu.k12.vt.us/vstc/vtstateplan/PrfDev.html
Education World® : Professional Development Center Graduate degrees. in education. Host Department. Web Hosting Teacher Training staff development Through Peer Mentoring students from South Burlington, vermont, produce a weekly live http://www.education-world.com/pro_dev
Staff Development staff development. and. Information Technologies Guide to Professional development, p. 10, (vermont State Board of education) http://www.schoolfile.com/staff_development.htm
Extractions: Staff Development and Information Technologies A Virtual File A collection of documents found on the Internet from www.Schoolfile.com for the Canadian Association of Principals Questions Used to Develop this Virtual File 1. What do we mean by "information technologies"? 2. What are the values and beliefs that should drive an effective and appropriate use of information technologies? 3. How are/should information technologies being used in schools? 4. What are the pedagogical implications of using IT to support learning? 5. What do those implications mean for teaching practice and school administration/organization? 6. What do all educators need to know, feel, believe, perceive and be able to do about IT? 7. What do different types of educators need to know, feel, believe, perceive and be able to do about IT? - Tech/Voc (Technology Education) Teachers - Special Needs Teachers - Teacher Librarians - Adult Basic Education Teachers - Guidance Counselors - Technology Coordinators - School-based Administrators/Business Managers - Support Staff 8. How should preservice education be changed to improve the readiness of teachers and administrators to use technology effectively?
Vermont Institutes Professional Development Calendar Enhancement Program The vermont Educators Professional development To Learning Success staff development for Educators Plus - the best education speakers in http://www.vermontinstitutes.org/calendar/calendar.pl?month=4&view=Event&event_i
Vermont Conservation Education Fund The vermont Conservation education Funds mission is to educate the public about conservation, environmental protection and the political process, and to encourage, through education, research, information about current resources and those under development. Board of Directors, with staff working from our Montpelier http://www.vcef.org/
Extractions: LCVEF Overview VCEF develops and supports education and training programs that assist Vermonters in taking an active role in the political process, thereby creating a base of involved and informed people working to protect the environment. Please see below for information about current resources and those under development. Activist Training VCEF is sponsoring a series of training sessions for those interested in volunteering in campaigns and community-based efforts to support environmentally friendly candidates and causes. The sessions will be held starting in February 2002. Please call our office at 802-224-9090 or email bbrowning@vacv.org for more information. A Voter's Guide to Zoning and Planning VCEF is in the process of developing a new resource for environmental activists who are seeking to learn more about how their local government oversees zoning and land use planning. The "PeopleCanPlan" internet-based tutorial is an user-friendly, interactive resource that provides background on local land use planning processes, describes the areas of responsibility for the various board and commissions that oversee planning, offers suggestions on how to effectively lobby these groups, and contains a listing of positions on these boards that citizens could fill. It can be accessed at
Education World® : Professional Development Center Graduate degrees. in education. Host Department. Web Hosting Teacher Training staff development Through Peer Mentoring students from South Burlington, vermont, produce a weekly live http://www.educationworld.com/pro_dev
CLT - ID Links and Learning at the University of vermont; Center for Lincoln University, New Zealand; Department of education and staff development, Singapore Polytechnic http://www.dal.ca/~oidt/ids.html
Extractions: Worldwide Choose from the list below. Academic Departments in Education and Instructional Technology University and College Centres for Instructional Technology Associations and Networks Promoting Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Centre for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and Scholarship, University of Canberra Academic Development Unit, LaTrobe University Centre for Professional Development, Macquarrie University Centre For The Study of Higher Education (CSHE), University of Melbourne Monash University Teaching and Learning Centre, Murdoch University Queensland University of Technology Teaching and Educational Development Institute, University of Queensland Teaching Large Classes Project , Teaching and Educational Development Institute, University of Queensland Insitute for Teaching and Learning,
Information Technology Resource Teacher and the Fields of Knowledge in vermont s Framework of of technologybased systems in K-12 education. models related to leadership in staff development and can http://www.mpsvt.org/msms/techstnd.htm
Extractions: Information Technology Standards Expected of All Educators The following information technology standards will be demonstrated be each applicant seeking initial licensure or endorsements in any field in order to meet General Educator Principle #9 which states: "The educator integrates current technologies in instruction, assessment, and professional productivity" Basic Computer/Technology Operations and Concepts Applicants will use computer systems to run software; to access, generate and manipulate data; and to publish results. They will also evaluate performance of hardware and software components on computer systems and apply basic troubleshooting strategies as needed. Personal and Professional Use of Technology Applicants will apply tools for enhancing their own professional growth and productivity. They will use technology in communicating, collaborating, conducting research, and solving problems. Applications of Technology in Instruction Applicants will apply computers and related technologies to support instruction in their grade levels and subject areas by offering instructional units that integrate a variety of software, applications, and learning tools. Information Technology Resource Teacher (This is a new endorsement to meet school needs for integrating information technology into the teaching and learning process - the current Computer Science endorsement will no longer be issued) The holder is authorized to provide direct instruction to students and staff and to function as a school-wide resource for teachers interested in bringing information technology resources to their students.
The Vermont Mathematics Partnership today project operations, planning project staff development and helping for School Implementation Dr. Marc Hull, vermont State Department of education http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~gross/VMP_briefoverview.html
Extractions: The overarching purpose of the Vermont Mathematics Partnership (VMP) is to enhance the mathematics performance of preK-12 students in Vermont. The VMP will improve mathematics instruction throughout Vermont, strengthen the systems that prepare and support teachers and school leaders, and make significant contributions to research and resources available to educators nationwide.
Extractions: Apply exciting concepts from the SDE Seminar in your classroom and receive Antioch University Seattle credit for doing so. Antioch University Seattle is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (30 N. LaSalle St. #2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504; (800) 821-7440). One to five graduate continuing education quarter credits are available for program attendance and the completion of a paper describing how you used the concepts in your classroom. The credits from this course are continuing education (not masters degree) credits. Tuition ranges from $55-$225. Grading is Pass / Incomplete. For more information, call 206-268-4607 or email ccpl@antiochsea.edu. Graduate Credit Chapman University is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. One to four semester units of graduate elective credit (for a 1- to 4-day Seminar, respectively) are available for an additional fee of $62 per semester unit. For more information call 949-585-2990. These professional development units are not part of a degree program but instead are primarily used for professional advancement (such as salary increment steps and recertification). Students should seek approval of appropriate district or college officials before enrolling in these courses to satisfy any degrees, state credentials, or local school district requirements.
Ellen Thompson - Resume NAESP, 1999; IRA, 1991, 1999; staff development for Educators 19931995; Teacher Trainer, vermont second grade Assessment, VT Dept of education, 1997-present http://www.sde.com/CTS/Presenters/Thompson-Ellen-Resume.htm
Extractions: SDE Home Customized Training Presenter Index Request Information RESUME Ellen's Profile Ellen's Workshops EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification, Early Childhood Generalist M.Ed. Elementary Curriculum Development, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT B.S. Elementary Education/Special Education, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2000-present Instructor, University of Vermont, College of Education, Burlington, VT 1999-present Educational Consultant, President, Ellen A. Thompson, Inc. 1999-present Consultant, Vermont Department of Education, Early Literacy Team Adjunct Instructor, Undergraduate Education Program, Trinity College, Burlington, VT Teaching Fellow, Rural Small School Network, Regional Laboratory Title I Remedial Reading Teacher, Grades 1-3, Colchester School District, Colchester, VT
Staff an avid softball player for the vermont Department of education s team, writes for Teachers Writing Team and NSCD s staff development Standards for http://nici-mc2.org/About_Mc2/staff.htm
Extractions: Bob is founder and executive director of MC Squared and the National Institute for Community Innovations (NICI), both of which were launched in 1998. He serves as president of the newly founded International Graduate Center , which provides Master's and doctoral degrees in education. Bob co-founded and chairs the U.S. Department of Education's Digital Equity Network , co-chairs (with David Gibson, NICI's research and development director) the Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Consortium , and serves on the Association of Teacher Educator's National Commission on Technology and the Future of Teacher Education. Prior to forming MC Squared and NICI, Bob co-directed the Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education Reform for the northeast and islands region for six years. He has served as a K-8 teacher and principal, started and directed Vermont's statewide workplace education and workplace literacy programs, and served as a Woodrow Wilson Administrative Fellow at a tribally controlled college on a North Dakota reservation and a historically black college in Maryland. He is an avid softball player for the Vermont Department of Education's team, writes poetry, and loves being with his family in a home they built ona hill overlooking the Green Mountains. Gina Amenta-Shin
Partners: NICI-MC2.org advised NICI on applying national staff development standards in been assisting UNITE s teacher education programs to vermont Institutes NICI is providing this http://nici-mc2.org/About_NICI/Partners.htm
Extractions: This international association serving several thousand teacher education faculty formed a National Commission on Technology and the Future of Teacher Education. NICI 's executive director serves on the Association of Teacher Educators' ( ATE ) commission. Also, ATE has endorsed NICI's virtual library as a benefit to their members. In addition, ATE has disseminated NICI's free digital equity toolkit and portal to its members nationwide. Contextual Teaching and Learning Contextual Teaching and Learning has been developed as part of a national project funded by the US Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education and the National School-to-Work Office. It is a conception of teaching and learning that helps teachers relate subject matter content to real world situations and motivates students to make connections between knowledge and its applications to their lives as family members, citizens, and workers and engage in the hard work that learning requires.
Staff Development Human Resources Lending Library. staff development Request Form. Continuing education Fund. Middlebury College Middlebury, vermont 05753 - 802-443-5000. http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/hr/staffdev/
Extractions: WebMail BannerWeb People Finder Site Map ... Contact Us The College encourages the development of employee job skills. An employee may submit applications to the staff development fund for support of activities that will enhance job performance. Applications can be obtained from the associate director of Human Resources or through the Human Resources Web page. The fund supports a variety of work-related development activities that may include: participation in short courses, workshops, and training programs, as well as opportunities for staff members to prepare training programs and workshops for other employees on campus. In some cases the College will consider supporting self-improvement projects designed to benefit the individual or to facilitate career advancement only if there is significant promise of benefit to the College as well. Travel to meetings of professional organizations is budgeted at the departmental level and is not supported by this fund. The staff development fund does not normally provide tuition payments for college-level or graduate-level courses. The associate director of Human Resources maintains a file of information about staff development programs and opportunities. Staff members applying for staff development funds must have a current performance evaluation on file in the Human Resources Office. The application must have the prior approval of the applicant's immediate supervisor and, if different, the prior approval of the budget director for the area in which the employee works. A detailed budget should be included in the application. To simplify the administration of the fund and maximize the chances of program approval, an employee should include as much information as possible about the program and explain how it relates to his/her work. The application should be submitted in a timely manner prior to the requested event.
Central Vermont Adult Basic Education represented a significant boost to Central vermont Adult Basic education s family literacy family reading workshops, and in staff development activities. http://www.laubach.org/NBSF/centvermont.html
Extractions: The National Book Scholarship Fund grant represented a significant boost to Central Vermont Adult Basic Education's family literacy project. Working in collaboration with the Barre City School District, CVABE targeted parents of children in kindergarten through second grade who were identified as at-risk of low reading scores. The program coordinator encouraged family reading as a form of immunization against low reading scores and risk-taking behaviors. The National Book Scholarship Fund provided the books for these families to read together. Materials were used in individual home visits, in small-group family reading workshops, and in staff development activities. The National Book Scholarship Fund also provided books that were used to develop two new children's libraries at local low-income housing residences. These books helped build the relationship between the resident librarians and the family reading coordinators who worked cooperatively to offer small-group workshops focusing on family reading.
Course Development Center - Norwich University Training, Operational and staff Expertise Information Administration Project Management education Nova Southeastern In cooperation with vermont National Guard http://specialprojects.nucdc.org/staff/index.php
