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Action Research Events 

How to Facilitate Healthy & Respectful Conversations

March 30, 2021April 22, 2021 TIIE Staff 16 Comments Harkness, Harwood Union High School

“How to Facilitate Healthy & Respectful Conversations (Online & Off)” is an interactive online workshop for educators that we offered

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Events Remote Learning 

Lessons Learned from Vermont’s Virtual Academies

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021 Audrey Homan 2 Comments Two Rivers Supervisory Union, Winooski Middle School

We asked three Vermont educators to share some of the most powerful lessons they’ve learned from teaching virtually during the

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Playlists for Scaffolding Self-Directed Learners
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Playlists & Other Strategies for Supporting Independent Learners

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 TIIE Staff 0 Comments

Playlists & Other Strategies for Supporting Independent Learners is an interactive online workshop for educators that we offered in December

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Decolonizing Place-Based Education
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Decolonizing Place-Based Education

February 17, 2021March 11, 2021 TIIE Staff 0 Comments

Decolonizing Place-Based Education is an interactive online workshop for educators that we offered in February 2021. It is a collaborative

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anti-racist bookshelf
Education for Sustainability Events 

How to Build An Anti-Racist Bookshelf

February 9, 2021April 14, 2022 Audrey Homan 0 Comments anti-racist education, social justice

Who’s Outside? How to Build An Anti-Racist Bookshelf is an interactive online workshop for educators we offered in January 2021.

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De-Colonizing Your Thanksgiving Curriculum

November 4, 2020April 14, 2022 Audrey Homan 0 Comments

  De-Colonizing Your Thanksgiving Curriculum is the title of an interactive online workshop for educators offered in late October and

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Education for Sustainability Events 

4 tales of outdoor education in Vermont

October 30, 2020November 4, 2020 Audrey Homan 0 Comments

  What does outdoor education and place-based learning look like right now? One of the recommendations from leading health officials

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