Fletcher Free Screening: The Right to Read

The  Fletcher Free Library is collaborating with the Stern Center for Language and Learning and the Vermont International Film Festival (VTIFF) to provide a free screening of the film The Right to Read.  

The screening will be held on Saturday, May 18^th at 4pm at VTIFF's Screening Room, 60 Lake Street, 1^st Floor.  The film will be followed by a panel discussion with local educators.  

The Right to Read explores America's low rate of reading proficiency among children and adults.  The Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program's 2023 testing scores for English Language Arts were below 60% for all grades 3-9.  

The film follows the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two families who are working to ensure the next generation has the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read.  The film is directed by Jenny Mackenzie with Executive Producer, LeVar Burton. 

Film screening followed by a panel discussion on the film with Peggy Price, M.Ed., F/OGA and Dr. Laurie Quinn of the Stern Center for Language and Learning; Amy Blauvelt, librarian, MTSS coordinator, and a language arts tutor at Frederick H Tuttle Middle School, Kara Quinn, Edmunds Elementary School teacher, and Megan Butterfield, Youth Librarian, Fletcher Free Library.

I hope you will have time to join us for this important film and discussion.  Seating is limited, please register here.

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Student Member Sought for State Board of Education

Audience: Vermont Secondary Students – Graduating in 2026 or Later
The Governor’s Office is seeking a student candidate to serve on the State Board of Education to fill one of two roles of student representatives, which expires on June 30, 2024. The Governor will appoint one student to a two-year term, beginning upon appointment and extending until June 30, 2026. The appointed student will serve as a non-voting member of the State Board for the first year and will be a full voting member of the State Board for the second year. The State Board of Education usually meets on the third Wednesday of every month and establishes policies, regulations and rules related to education in Vermont and in keeping with statutes passed by the Legislature. Meetings are typically scheduled from about 8 a.m. to mid-day and there might also be opportunities to serve on committees of the Board. At present, the Board is meeting virtually each month via MS Teams, with a couple in-person meetings tentatively planned for the year. Candidates may apply using the Application for Gubernatorial Appointment. The deadline for applications is Friday, April 26, 2024.
Contact: Suzanne Sprague at Suzanne.Sprague@vermont,gov or Maureen Gaidys at Maureen.Gaidys@vermont.gov (Questions about the State Board of Education) or EXE.Appointments@vermont.gov (Questions about the application or the nomination process

Vermont Eclipse Resources from Vermont Public

https://www.vermontpublic.org/2024-total-solar-eclipse-vermont/

PD Opportunity - Project Design Lab 2024

 

Professional Learning for PreK-12 Educators June 24-28 / University of Vermont  A program of the Community Engagement Lab At the Project Design Lab you will:   Design a project for your classroom that uses creative engagement – making things we care about  – to improve your classroom's culture of empathy, respect and collaboration.   Strengthen your skills that deepen student engagement and learning.   Collaborate with colleagues, expert facilitators and teaching artists.   Rejuvenate and have fun!     Attend solo or with a team from you school or district.  Earn three graduate credits or 40 hours or relicensing credits.  Tuition includes an optional private dorm room, breakfast and lunch.    "This is energizing my curriculum for next year, and into the years to come!"   – Dorcey Hogg, Georgia Elementary & Middle School Five Courses to Choose From   Embracing AI in the Classroom How do we decide what counts as our own creativity? For Middle and High School Educators   Create a project plan to use AI in your classroom to strengthen your students' personal voice and creative thinking skills, and develop ways to adapt to the new reality of AI in learning.   Susan Hennessey, Course Leader / Jamie Watkins, Workshop Leader   LEARN MORE A Culture of Creative & Deeper Learning Arts-Infused Project-Based Learning For Educators in all Grades & Content Areas   Explore how arts-infused PBL can strengthen student voice and agency, inspire deeper learning, and build a classroom culture of creativity and collaboration. ​Through hands-on workshops with expert PBL educators and master teaching artists you will leave with a project ready to launch.   ​Brian Boyes, Course Leader   LEARN MORE  Building the Classroom Community Where does "Me" end and "We" begin? For PreK-5 and Middle/High School Educators   Create a project plan that incorporates theater– or puppetry–based techniques to strengthen each student's voice and your classroom's culture of collaboration, respect and empathy.   Barbara Paulson & Lindsay Pontius, Course Leaders   LEARN MORE  "This week has given me new ideas about how to build community, relationships, and belonging with my new group of students."   – Amie Milizia-Fisher / Math & Science, Browns River Middle School The Art Room INsideOUT For PreK-12 Visual Art Teachers   Refuel your passion for art-making, collaborate with fellow art teachers, strengthen the art room as an oasis for regulation and well-being, and create a project plan for ways to share student work with your wider community.      Judy Klima, Course Leader / Evie Lovett & Amber Paris, Workshop Leaders   LEARN MORE The Bridges Project Bridges connect. What bridges exist in our communities? What bridges can we build to help our communities thrive?  For Educators in all Grades & Content Areas   The Bridges Project brings your school and community together creatively to revitalize the bridges that connect us to each other, and to imagine and build new bridges that ensure our schools and communities are welcoming places where everyone can thrive.   LEARN MORE   Joyfulness at the Project Design Lab.   The Project Design Lab is presented by 41 Summer St. – Montpelier, VT 05602 | 802-595-0087 Share! Community Engagement Lab