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Vocabulary Instruction: Learning Words that Matter – Summer 2024
Course Title: Vocabulary Instruction: Learning Words that Matter St. Michael’s College Credits: 3 Cost: $1755.00 Intended audience: teachers of grades 2-8 Time Frame: July 10 – August 14, 2024 Instructor: Ellen A. Thompson, Ed. D. This online course will allow participants to understand more completely what the expectations are for
Writing: Micro Mentor Text
Title: Writing: Micro Mentor Texts 3 graduate credits: Saint Michael’s College Cost: $1755.00 Dates: Monday, May 20-Friday, June 28 Contact Hours: 45 Intended audience: Middle grade and high school educators Location: Online Instructor: Sarah Miller, M.Ed – smiller@pllvt.org Course Description: In this course, teachers will read and actively engage with Penny
Literacy Leadership is Needed in Vermont
Blogpost by: Ellen A Thompson – PLL Literacy Consultant There is a buzz in the air concerning teaching literacy in schools. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone knows the correct way to proceed. Everyone is listening to everyone. We need strong literacy leadership in our Vermont schools. Leadership that can make
Letter to the Editor
This letter is in response to the “Reading Reckoning” article in the Seven Days Newspaper on Oct. 4, 2023. The role of reading in a democratic society is critical, yet this article did a disservice to educators and the public by over-simplifying the work needed to improve literacy in Vermont.