Fwd: Next up: Scholar Leader Dinner

-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

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From: "Sue Gee" <director@vamle.org>
Date: April 6, 2015 at 7:00:15 AM EDT
To: "Schoolwires Alert Recipients" <alertrecipients@schoolwires.com>
Subject: Next up: Scholar Leader Dinner

Happy Spring!

VAMLE is pleased to report that the 3rd Annual Conference, Beyond Bullying II, on March 10 was a huge success! 38 school teams participated in workshops focusing on strategies for creating a culture of respect and inclusion, and all teams created an Action Plan for change. The keynote performance by Lida Winfield, In Search of Air: Growing Up Dyslexic, was inspiring, and very well received by an audience of 245. The promotion of student voice is a goal of this conference, we were thrilled to have many student presenters facilitating and leading workshops. Thanks to everyone who made this event possible, including The Middle Grades Collaborative, Special Olympics Vermont, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Institute, and Ben and Jerry's Foundation. We are looking forward to 2016 and will be posting the date very soon.

An article in KidsVt.com highlighted Lida Winfield's performance at the conference.

http://%20http//www.kidsvt.com/vermont/performer-lida-winfield-turns-her-academic-struggles-into-a-teaching-tool/Content?oid=2177445 

 

Next up: Scholar Leader Dinner on June 3 at Norwich University This will be the 18th Annual Scholar Leader Dinner, jointly sponsored by VAMLE and the New England League of Middle Schools. All schools with grades 5-8 are encouraged to recognize outstanding students. Two middle level students from each participating school will be honored and each will receive a plaque and a photograph. The nomination criteria have been sent to your school, and reservations are due back to NELMS by May 12. Space is limited, so please register soon. For more information: http://www.nelms.org/

 

The 22nd Middle Grades Summer Institute will be held at Vermont Technical College, June 22-26, 2015. With Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) mandated for all Vermont middle and high schools starting this fall, the institute will model the development of a PLP in each participant's strand. Participants take only one strand per institute, with the first four applicable to earning the Vermont middle grades endorsement. Accommodations are available for the week at VTC, a top-of-the-world place to meet teachers from all over the state and unwind from the school year while learning in an environment exemplifying best practices for middle level programs. Information and the brochure are available at http://www.middlegradesinstitute.org/

 

Nominations are open for the 2015 VT Teacher of the Year. Recognize an outstanding teacher in your school! The deadline for submitting a nomination is April 10. For more information, contact Rebecca Plude at rebecca.plude@state.vt.us 

 

A small group from Vermont joined educators from the other 5 New England states for two days of professional development sessions in Providence, R.I. on March 23-24 at the NELMS Conference. For more information about this for 2016 and upcoming professional development: http://www.nelms.org/ 

 

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