Volume 18, Issue 33

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The Agency of Education created the weekly field memo to keep subscribers up-to-date with current education policy, state-wide education initiatives, and official messages from the AOE. The Weekly Field Memo contains education-related posts from the Agency of Education (AOE), other State of Vermont agencies, federal agencies or Vermont's congressional delegation.

Contents: November 8, 2024

Work-Based Learning Survey

Audience: High School WBL Coordinators, Flexible Pathways Coordinators, CTE WBL Coordinators, Career Support Personnel, School Counselors
Do you, or others in your school, facilitate any Work-Based Learning experiences for students? If so, please complete the Work-Based Learning Coordinator Survey. Even if you completed the survey last year, it is helpful to fill it out again. We are working to understand more the landscape of WBL across Vermont and therefore be in a better place to support your important work. Thank you for your time in completing this survey. The average completion time is around 10 minutes.
Contacts: Julia Schuster at [email protected]

2024-2025 Family Engagement Networking Series

Audience: Family Engagement Coordinators and Liaisons, School and District Administrators, VTmtss Coordinators, Community Organization Personnel
Please join the 2024-2025 Family Engagement Networking Series: Family Engagement as a Strategy for Improving Belonging and Well-Being. The Nov. 14, 2024, session will focus on a Tiered System of Approach to Family Engagement: Equity and Access. From 1-2 p.m. on Nov. 14, 2024, Tom Faris will join us to explore how layered supports show up in your work and strategies to strengthen equity and family partnership. The Family Engagement Networking Series are informal monthly virtual sessions facilitated by the AOE Vermont Multi-Tiered System of Supports (VTmtss) Team for family engagement colleagues to connect, hear updates, learn of resources, share strategies, and discuss problems of practice regarding family engagement.
Contact: Nancy Hellen at [email protected]

Webinar on Using Universal Screening to Meet Social/Emotional/Behavioral Needs

Audience: Educators, Administrators, School Psychologists, Counselors, School Teams
This webinar will provide an overview of the benefits of Universal Screening to identify social, emotional, and behavioral risks and strengths. We will explore how screening promotes early identification of children at risk, the systems needed to implement Universal Screening, and the process of matching results with proactive and preventative practices. The webinar will be held on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, from 9-10 a.m. Please register to join.
Contact: Anne Dubie at [email protected]

School Climate Web Page Updates

Audience: Administrators, PK-12 Educators, and Families
Vermont's Agency of Education welcomes educators and families to explore new resources that have been added to the Healthy and Safe Schools School Climate web page. Updates highlight educational research connecting areas of school climate with successful student outcomes. Definitions of common language, strategies, and links to related resources and tools are included. Harassment, Hazing, and Bullying content has also been updated to include prevention resources.
Contact: Michele Hartje at [email protected]

Nominations for Presidential Scholars

Audience: Students, Principals, Guidance Counselors, Teachers, High School Seniors
The Vermont Presidential Scholars Program is a statewide recognition of student excellence in academics, community service, the arts, technical skills, and leadership in three categories: General, CTE, and the Arts. The deadline for nominations in all categories is Nov. 19, 2024. For detailed information about each category, including requirements, deadlines, and nomination forms, please refer to the AOE Awards and Recognition web page. Please note that in the General category students may nominate themselves; feel free to distribute this information to high school seniors when appropriate.
Contacts: General Category: Sigrid Olson at [email protected]; CTE Category: Doug Webster at [email protected]; Arts Category: Eric Howard at [email protected]

EQ Office Hour: CIP Template and Data Inventory Analysis

Audience: Principals
The Education Quality Assurance and the Consolidated Federal Program Teams will hold a joint office hour on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, from 9 to 10 a.m. We will provide an introduction to the revised CIP template and to the Data Inventory Analysis. This session will be particularly important for principals and for any other school personnel involved in the completion of these documents. For questions and a link to the meeting, please e-mail [email protected] or [email protected].
Contact: Toni Marra at [email protected]

Vermont Public: NOVA

Audience: Vermont Educators
Vermont Public and the Vermont Agency of Education continue to work together to develop easy to access, local learning connections for home and school. October's comet and frequent geomagnetic storms have some looking at the sky. PBS LearningMedia's NOVA has resources and interactives for grades K-12.
Contacts: Emily Leute at [email protected] or Heather Duhamel at [email protected]

STARS Payments to Schools Participating in the Child Care Financial Assistance Program (CCFAP)
Audience: Administrators, Support Staff
The Vermont Child Development Division (CDD) provides bonuses for programs that participate in the Vermont STARS program, which recognizes programs for implementing high quality services to young children. In order to achieve a bonus, the program must accept children and families who access the Child Care Financial Assistance Program (CCFAP). These CDD bonuses are administered by the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VTAEYC). As per CDD request, VTAEYC is inviting all participating programs to accept direct deposit for payments. This assures that these payments go directly into school or district accounts. Please note that checks cannot be processed between June 1, 2025 and Sept. 30, 2025, due to restrictions related to the CDD grant end date (however direct deposit payments can still be paid during this time). If you have questions about this process, please contact [email protected]
Contact: Rey Garofano at [email protected]

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