Jeanie Phillips, Author at Innovative Education in VT

A Southern Vermont teacher and student connect social distance style.

Centering care and love

September 11, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments

Schools have been preparing for students all summer: developing protocols for handwashing and bathroom use, deploying hand sanitizer stations, hanging

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#vted Reads with Elijah Hawkes

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments

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Listeners, I’m angry. I’m angry about the failure of our political leadership, the unmitigated disaster of climate change, and the

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#vted Reads with Aimee Arandia Østensen

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments

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This show is a little different. Listeners, I want you to think of this show… as a pre-show. Let me

Remote Learning

The power of virtual field trips

June 22, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment Global Goals, sustainability, Two Rivers Supervisory Union

Do you remember those pre-COVID days? All of the exciting plans, the face to face collaboration, the FIELD TRIPS?! The

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#vted Reads: Hemingway, with Elijah Hawkes

June 8, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment Cherie Dimaline, equity, Ernest Hemingway, racial justice, Ruha Benjamin, social justice, The Marrow Thieves

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Listeners: our hearts are breaking. Our hearts are breaking for all of Vermont’s Black students, Black educators, and Black families.

Flexible Classroom Spaces Tools We Like

Virtual video walkie-talkies? Meet the Marco Polo app

May 21, 2020May 26, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments asynchronous messaging, broadband, equity, video notes

Why the Marco Polo app? With social distancing and remote learning on educators’ minds, there’s never been a more urgent

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#vted Reads with Mike McRaith

May 20, 2020May 19, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 2 Comments

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I’m Jeanie Phillips, and welcome to Vermont Ed Reads: books by, for and with Vermont educators. Today on the show,

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How are you?

May 2, 2020May 4, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 12 Comments The Joy Project

I mean really, how are you? More than anything I wish I could sit down with you, face to face,

Self-directed learning

How to get ebooks in the hands of students

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments digital literacy, ebooks, literacy, reading

The other day as I imagined my thirteen-year-old self stuck at home for the remainder of the school year, I

Self-directed learning

Setting & tracking reading goals

April 20, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 4 Comments digital literacy, digital literacy tools, goal-setting, literacy, reading logs

I am NOT a fan of mandatory reading logs. I am, however, a huge fan of reading for pleasure. Stories,

The 21st Century Classroom

Talking with Mount Holly students

April 3, 2020April 6, 2020 Audrey Homan 2 Comments Mount Holly, Two Rivers Supervisory Union

On this episode of The 21st Century Classroom: M.: I learned to, well, use a computer. That’s a big one.

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#vted Reads: Guts, with Lindsey Halman

March 27, 2020April 10, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 2 Comments anxiety, mindfulness

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I’m Jeanie Phillips, and welcome back to #vted Reads, the podcast for, by and with Vermont educators. And I? Am

Remote Learning

Creating a new schedule for remote learning

March 15, 2020March 16, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment

So you’re moving to remote learning. There’s a lot to prepare for, and before anything else, relationships to maintain, strengthen

Remote Learning

Remote learning: relationships first

March 14, 2020March 16, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 2 Comments #COVID19

As schools consider moving to remote learning, you may be pondering how to continue the supportive and carefully developed community

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#vted Reads: The Standards-Based Classroom

March 4, 2020May 26, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 3 Comments Champlain Valley Union High School

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I’m Jeanie Phillips and welcome back to #vted Reads: books by, for and with Vermont educators. Today is a little

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#vted Reads at Teen Lit Mob 2019!

February 21, 2020May 26, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Teen Lit Mob

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I’m Jeanie Phillips: welcome to #vted Reads, the podcast by for and with Vermont educators. And today, with Vermont students

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#vted Reads: Juliet Takes a Breath

February 7, 2020May 26, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments allyship, equity, microaggressions, preferred pronouns

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Welcome back to #vted Reads! The podcast for, with and by Vermont educators. I’m Jeanie Phillips and in this episode,

Self-directed learning

Self-awareness and self-direction

January 30, 2020March 26, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Heidi Baitz, Ludlow Elementary School, self awareness, self-direction

I’m going to be honest with you, writing this blog post about self-direction has taken, well, a lot of self-direction.

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#vted Reads: Dive Into Inquiry

January 22, 2020May 26, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Burr & Burton Academy, controlled inquiry, free inquiry, guided inquiry, inquiry, scaffolding learning, self-directed learning, self-direction, structured inquiry

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Welcome to another episode of #vted Reads! We’re so glad you could make it. In this episode, we talk with

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#vted Reads: Hidden Roots with Judy Dow

January 10, 2020May 26, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 3 Comments Judy Dow

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On this episode of #vted Reads, we’re joined by noted Native scholar Judy Dow, to talk about Hidden Roots, by

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#vted Reads: Look Both Ways

December 4, 2019May 26, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 3 Comments Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree, Jason Reynolds

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with Kendra LaRoche Here at #vted Reads, we are big fans of finding yourself in a book. Whether you’re a

On The Come Up: guest Marley Evans, left, with host Jeanie Phillips.

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#vted Reads: On The Come Up

November 18, 2019March 6, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Charlotte Central School, equity, Marley Evans, Mississippi, systemic racism, trauma-informed education

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Hoo boy, we have a CORKER of an episode for you today, with On The Come Up, by Angie Thomas.

Jeanie Philips (l) and Sarah Birgé, with a copy of Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories, by Kelly Barnhill

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#vted Reads: Dreadful Young Ladies, with Sarah Birgé

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment "Mrs. Sorenson and the Sasquatch", "Open the Door and Light Pours Through", "The Insect and the Astronomer: A Love Story", Anne of Green Gables, Kelly Barnhill, Mary Downing Hahn, reading, Sarah Birgé, short stories, teaching literature, The Graveyard Book

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Listeners: how do you talk to your students about the special love that exists between a woman and a Sasquatch?

Jeanie Phillips (l) & Thierry Uwilingiyimana with Place-Based Curriculum Design, by Amy Demarest

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#vted Reads: Place-Based Curriculum Design

October 2, 2019October 11, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 4 Comments Amy Demarest, equity, Paulo Freire, place-based learning, Ruja Benjamin, Thierry Uwilingiyimana, Winooski Middle School

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This episode is all. About. QUESTIONS. Why are we here? Who was here before us? What kinds of stories do

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#vted Reads: The Benefits of Being an Octopus

September 18, 2019March 6, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 2 Comments Ann Braden, Corey Smith, equity, Equity Literacy Framework, poverty, the benefits of being an octopus

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This one goes deep, folks. On this episode educator Corey Smith joins me to talk about The Benefits of Being

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#vted Reads: Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades, with Penny Bishop

September 4, 2019February 19, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment

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HELLO! I’m Jeanie Phillips and welcome back to vted Reads! We’re kicking off our second season of the podcast with

Host Jeanie Phillips with guest Abby Bunting and a copy of Watch Us Rise.

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#vted Reads: Watch Us Rise

June 12, 2019September 4, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 3 Comments art, artivists, Ellen Hagan, non-violent resistance, Renée Watson

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with 6th grader Abby Bunting As we close out the first season of #vted Reads, we celebrate another first: our

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Using protocols for equity

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 2 Comments equity, norms, School Reform Initiative, TIIE dogs

Tools for tough talks So, maybe you’ve been using protocols at faculty meetings or professional learning community sessions. Perhaps you’ve

Host Jeanie Phillips, left, with guest Annie Brabazon, right and a copy of No Fixed Address.

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#vted Reads: No Fixed Address with Annie Brabazon

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Annie Brabazon, dcf awards, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, equity, homelessness in fiction, housing insecurity, poverty

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Reader, today we’re going to talk toilets. Now, not in a weird way or a gross way, but because they’re

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#vted Reads: We Got This, with Kathleen Brinegar

May 15, 2019March 24, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment action research, colonization, Cornelius Minor, equity, Kathleen Brinegar, pre-service educators, teacher-educators

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Cornelius Minor likes to ask himself three key questions. One: what are his students trying to tell him? Two: What

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#vted Reads: Pride with Meg Allison

May 1, 2019March 6, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Easter eggs, empathy, gentrification, Ibi Zoboi, Pride and Prejudice, race, spoken word poetry

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What does Jane Austen have to do with a Drake mixtape? For this episode, I was joined by Vermont rockstar

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Nevermind the physics: it’s all about collaboration

April 22, 2019April 25, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Green Mountain Union High School, Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School, math, physics, projectile launchers, The Dorset School, transferable skills, trigonometry

Battle Physics hosts first multi-school tournament That is just what Allan Garvin and Becky Bushey did to raise the stakes

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#vted Reads: The Power of Moments, with Rachel Mark

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 6 Comments Heath Brothers, meaning, mindfulness, reflection

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Thank you for joining us for another episode of #vted Reads. This time we will be discussing The Power of

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#vted Reads: Hey, Kiddo with Mike Hill

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment addiction, art, Burlington High School, childhood trauma, grandparents, graphic novels, Jarrett Krosoczka, Mike Hill, nontraditional families, substance abuse

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Welcome back to #vted Reads! In this episode, we’re talking about the comic memoir Hey, Kiddo. As we discuss Jarrett

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#vted Reads: Protocols in the Classroom, with Terra Lynch

March 15, 2019March 21, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments behavioral norms, democratic classroom, norms, protocols, Terra Lynch

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Welcome back to #vted Reads! Now, I recorded this episode back in September out in San Antonio, at the School

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#vted Reads: The 57 Bus with Caitlin Classen

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 3 Comments Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School, Caitlin Classen, Dashka Slater, equity, narrative nonfiction, poverty, restorative justice, social justice, The 57 Bus, violence in a community

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In this episode of #vted Reads, we talk about the 57 Bus by Dashka Slater. Based on a real-life incident,

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#vted Reads: Troublemakers with Mike Martin

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments classism, code-switching, culturally responsive pedagogy, Mike Martin, Troublemakers

In this episode of #vted Reads, we talk with South Burlington curriculum coordinator Mike Martin,about Troublemakers, a book by Carla Shalaby. We touch on what we're really doing when we ask our students to code-switch, Black Lives Matter, and the trouble with classroom norms, and we pose the question: 'How do school systems bestow unearned privilege on some, and un-earned hardship, on others?' Oh, and we talk about Harry Potter. Naturally.

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In this episode of #vted Reads, we talk about Troublemakers, a book by Carla Shalaby. We touch on what we’re

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#vted Reads: Orbiting Jupiter, with Stacy Raphael

February 8, 2019February 7, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments bias, equity, Gary Schmidt, Orbiting Jupiter

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First, what is #vted Reads? Big news, listeners! #vted Reads has spun off from The 21st Century Classroom and

What makes a podcast? A digital recording and an online sharing service

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Get started podcasting with students

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments digital storytelling, podbox, podcasting, podcasting on an iPad1

New to podcasts? Listen to a few! Before you jump into creating a podcast, get familiar with the format. Here

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Check, Please! #Hockey with Peter Langella

December 18, 2018February 7, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments #vted Reads, hockey, LGBT, Ngozi Ukazu

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Reading and discussing graphic novels OMG Check Please! Librarian Jeanie Phillips talks graphic novels with Peter Langella, Vermont librarian, educator

Service Learning Teaming The 21st Century Classroom

All about service learning

November 28, 2018February 26, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School, The Cabot School

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with Katy Farber From real and relevant to what to do in the event of a mountain bike accident, the

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“The Culture Code”, with Bill Rich

September 25, 2018February 26, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment Bill Rich, Daniel Coyle, The Culture Code

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Why do certain groups add up to be greater than the sum of their parts? In this episode of our

Service Learning

How to plan a service learning project in 5 stages

June 20, 2018September 10, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School

Leland & Gray lead the way Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School, in Townshend, VT, used a popular

Project-Based Learning Real World PBL

Evolving student roles in a big (BIG) PBL project

June 15, 2018October 1, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment The Dorset School

As Dorset’s coop dreams became a reality, students gathered new skills What does it look like to break one enormous project

Community-based learning Stories from VT Students

How to create empathy with your community

June 13, 2018September 19, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments empathy, Manchester Elementary-Middle School

Meet the Compassionate Faces of the Shires How do your students recognize compassion? Do they recognize it in the faces

Proficiency-Based Learning Stories from VT Students

Battle Physics at Green Mountain Union High School

May 4, 2018September 26, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Green Mountain Union High School, multi-age teaming, multi-grade teaming, physics, STEM

Come for the math, stay for the slingshots! Green Mountain 7th graders and HS physics students apply math and science to

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Should Vermont host the next Olympics?

March 23, 2018September 19, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments civics, Manchester Elementary-Middle School, Olympic games, Olympics, school board presentations, select board, selectboard

Manchester’s 6th graders weigh in… to their Selectboard. Teams of 6th-grade students from Manchester Elementary Middle School researched this question