Creating community through advisory
Using mergers as community opportunities Vermont Act 46 mergers challenged communities to restructure systems. Under a mandated merger, two schools
Read moreUsing mergers as community opportunities Vermont Act 46 mergers challenged communities to restructure systems. Under a mandated merger, two schools
Read moreThe why and how of personalization An inquiry question forms the backbone of action research in the classroom. It guides
Read moreIt’s about providing choice in reflection tools Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) across the state have taken many different forms and
Read moreStudents write weekly emails to their families Lizzie Stockbridge, a 6th grade math teacher at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School
Read more“A Tale of Three Projects” Two Vermont educators share how they measure success with project-based learning units… in space! Allan
Read moreReleasing responsibility in Ottauquechee Ottauquechee Elementary School teacher Kim Dumont had a vision. She wanted to build her students’s self-direction
Read moreStart by listening to students Elizabeth Tarno asked her students for feedback about their math class at the end of
Read morePeoples Academy Middle Level shares their action research “It’s getting personal”. Peoples Academy Middle Level teachers discuss how they’ve created
Read moreA tale of research-driven change Last year two educators at Crossett Brook Middle School undertook an amazing action research project
Read moreStandard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school
Read moreMeet “iLearn” The middle school team at Rutland Town School in Rutland, VT have been working on a more fully
Read moreHow student choice can support literacy English teacher Laela Warnecke set out to answer one question: “How might sustained silent reading impact
Read moreStrategies for starting a research project Whether the inspiring teacher examples from my last post roused your inner researcher, or you’re
Read more5 benefits of doing action research in the classroom Teachers are constantly tinkering, creating, learning, and growing. Action research is
Read moreHow do student behaviors change? Debi Serafino, a math teacher at Brattleboro Area Middle School, presents the results of her semester-long action
Read moreMeasuring how students approach goal-setting in the 5th and 6th grades Educators at Wallingford Elementary School and Shrewsbury Mountain
Read moreA teacher-authored case study Today we hear from a grade 5-6 team venturing into the world of personal learning plans (PLPs)
Read moreThe impact of PD in a 1:1 teaching environment A trio of middle grades educators from Mill River Union High
Read moreGoal-setting as a process This presentation, delivered by Harwood Union High School teacher Lissa Fox at the 2016 Middle Grades Conference, describes
Read moreA middle school case study Katie Bryant, an English teacher at Lamoille Union Middle School, presents the results of her
Read moreIncorporating student choice into reading This screencast, from Crossett Brook Middle School, in Waterbury, Vermont, describes an action research project based
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