Category: Commentary

What we Learned from our Focus Group Discussions

This year, UVEI’s institutional learning focus has been to explore the challenges involved with recruiting, developing, and sustaining educators, and...

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How One Rural School is Confronting Today’s Workforce Challenges

Why would a teacher who left Vermont to teach in other states decide to return - and come back to...

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Deeper Learning + Equity, Justice, & Democracy = Barnes 2021-22

How do we design deeper learning experiences for students that emphasize equity, justice, and democracy?  It all starts with engaging...

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A Conversation With UVEI Literacy Educators

Monica Nachemja-Bunton, faculty member, and Kristen Liu, coordinator of the Literacy Program, “sat down” over Zoom with Emily Lloyd and...

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“UVEI got me ready”… Two UVEI Graduates Lead Schools In Addison County

Every year, nearly 90% of UVEI Principal Internship Program completers go on to leadership roles in schools in Vermont and...

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UVEI’s learning focus for 2022-2023: Recruiting, developing, and sustaining educators.

Over the last two years, we have heard a clear message from our network of alumni, partner schools, and educators:...

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Cool Things in Upper Valley Schools, November 2022

The original version of this piece was published as a column in Valley Parents, a special section of the Valley...

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Faculty & Staff Summer Reading List

Summer months are for reading.  It’s not that educators don’t read during the rest of the school year. They read...

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Literacy Program Candidates Reflect on Their Learning

I am wrapping up my first year as the coordinator of the Literacy Educators Program at UVEI. Throughout this year,...

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Strong Schools in Polarized Times

Three Recommendations for Schools in Our Region   What will our communities be like in November of 2024, at the...

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What UVEI Has Taught Me: Relationships are Key 

A Teaching Candidate Reflects on Her Learning My route to the Upper Valley Educators Institute has been facilitated by the...

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Admissions Season

Winter and spring make up our busiest admissions season at UVEI, and during this time I get a glimpse into...

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