Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
The SVSU Professional Learning Committee is committed to providing ongoing professional learning opportunities for all staff that support each school’s academic and behavioral goals.
“Educators engaged in professional learning will identify a need and then work to adjust their practice to meet student learning needs, increasing the likelihood of student achievement. Systemic support of this cycle of professional growth by using the standards to plan, facilitate, and evaluate professional learning in schools and district further ensures that improved learning for educators will lead to improved learning for students.” (April 2011 Vermont Department of Education - A Guide for Increasing the Effectiveness of Professional Development in Schools and Districts)
SVSU Professional Learning Survey
2016 Form 101C-Contract College Course Request
The SVSU Professional Learning Committee is committed to providing ongoing professional learning opportunities for all staff that support each school’s academic and behavioral goals.
“Educators engaged in professional learning will identify a need and then work to adjust their practice to meet student learning needs, increasing the likelihood of student achievement. Systemic support of this cycle of professional growth by using the standards to plan, facilitate, and evaluate professional learning in schools and district further ensures that improved learning for educators will lead to improved learning for students.” (April 2011 Vermont Department of Education - A Guide for Increasing the Effectiveness of Professional Development in Schools and Districts)
SVSU Professional Learning Survey
2016 Form 101C-Contract College Course Request
SVSU Local Standards Board Resources
SVSU Local Standards Board Resources
PURPOSE: A local standards board shall be established and maintained for the primary purpose of recommending teachers for relicensure.
SVSU Local Courses
SVSU Local Courses
Throughout the year, we offer a variety of courses free of charge to our staff. This applies toward recertification credit and/or salary increase for teachers. Below you will find a list of courses, times, dates and availability. To register for one or more of our local classes, download and fill out the registration form. For additional information, call the SVSU Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Department at 753-5820, or email Lisa Poplaski.
SVSU Graduate Courses
SVSU Graduate Courses
Below we have listed our summer/fall 2019 course offerings. We have many graduate level courses available through Castleton University. All courses are offered on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis. The SVSU system will pay for the local contracted course in advance for you. However, if you do not successfully complete the course, you will be responsible for reimbursement to the district. Please sign up as soon as possible because we will open up the classes to other districts after the SVSU sign-up deadline listed at the bottom of each flyer.
- Review the options listed below.
- Fill out both sides of the Contract College Course Prior Approval form and send to Lisa Poplaski as soon as possible to hold your spot.
C3: Social Studies: Promoting Literacy in the Elementary Classroom by Building Inquires in Social Studies K-5
3 Graduate Credits through Castleton UniversityDates: July 2 is face-to-face and will be followed by online coursework through August 4, 2019.
Presented by: Melissa Senecal, SVSU Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
This course will be guided by the inquiry model as participants study questions, sources, and activities that lead to a student’s deeper understanding of Social Studies concepts.
Differentiating and Personalizing Practice, Process, and Product
Open to K-123 Graduate Credits through Castleton University
Co-presented by: Dr. Ric Reardon, Castleton Director of Education and Laura Boudreau, SVSU Assistant Superintendent
Dates: August 15th and 16th with two follow-up days in the fall
We will examine the practical aspects of differentiating curriculum, instruction, assessment and learning environments in order to provide authentic personalized learning opportunities for your students and to better assure their proficiency.
Real Life Ratios and Proportions
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union sponsored course summer 2019Open for teachers of grades K-8, Specialists and Special Educators of grades 6-12
3 Graduate Credits from Castleton University
Course number - TBD
Instructor: Pat Conway, SVSU Math Coach
Dates and times: In-person meetings on July 23rd through July 26th, 2019, from 8:00-2:30, and a final in-person meeting August 9, 2019, from 8:00-12:00; required postings in online format between July 26th and August 8th, 2019.
Location: Hybrid class with online discussions in Google Groups and in-person meetings held in SVSU. Building location will be emailed to participants.
Course Description: This 3 credit graduate course studies the prerequisites for success in RPR and the developmental progression of concepts from grade 3 (early foundational language) through fluently and effectively operating with ratios and proportions (gr 6) to applications (gr 7). The Progression Documents for the ratio and proportional reasoning domain, the SVSU local curriculum, and supporting documents are the cornerstones of this course. Educators examine current best practice, models for conceptual understanding and standards based instruction and assessment
Course Goals/Objectives:
Tuition for non-district personnel is $1,000.00 per person payable to the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union, by purchase order or personal check. Please contact Lisa Poplaski, (802) 753-5820, lpoplaski@svsu.org for registration assistance. Space is limited - register by June 14, 2019.
3 Graduate Credits from Castleton University
Course number - TBD
Instructor: Pat Conway, SVSU Math Coach
Dates and times: In-person meetings on July 23rd through July 26th, 2019, from 8:00-2:30, and a final in-person meeting August 9, 2019, from 8:00-12:00; required postings in online format between July 26th and August 8th, 2019.
Location: Hybrid class with online discussions in Google Groups and in-person meetings held in SVSU. Building location will be emailed to participants.
Course Description: This 3 credit graduate course studies the prerequisites for success in RPR and the developmental progression of concepts from grade 3 (early foundational language) through fluently and effectively operating with ratios and proportions (gr 6) to applications (gr 7). The Progression Documents for the ratio and proportional reasoning domain, the SVSU local curriculum, and supporting documents are the cornerstones of this course. Educators examine current best practice, models for conceptual understanding and standards based instruction and assessment
Course Goals/Objectives:
- Understand the learning progressions of ratios and proportions and relate to instruction
- Connect content language and concept to representations, and then to an efficient procedure
- Learn instructional strategies for conceptual understanding that build to procedural fluency
- Review, develop single and multi-step problems that meet gr level standards at DOK 1,2,3
- Examine local common assessment practices for rations and proportional reasoning
Tuition for non-district personnel is $1,000.00 per person payable to the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union, by purchase order or personal check. Please contact Lisa Poplaski, (802) 753-5820, lpoplaski@svsu.org for registration assistance. Space is limited - register by June 14, 2019.
