Overview
Read Vermont Professional Learning Facilitated Workshop Series
Read Vermont Professional Learning Facilitated Workshop Series
Contracted by the Vermont Agency of Education
The Stern Center for Language and Learning is the Vermont Agency of Education’s contractor for Read Vermont’s facilitated, interactive Professional Learning Workshops, offered free of charge to educators and administrators.
On this page, you can view full descriptions of the Professional Learning Workshop series. Details of the workshops will continue to be posted as dates are confirmed. Please note that registration is required to access workshop(s), and the Zoom link will be provided upon completion of the registration form available at the Read Vermont Workshops site.
Course description
The workshops will be recorded for registered participant viewing, but live participation is required to earn a certificate of completion.
All workshops take place from 3:30-5:30 pm EST.
Join live for the opportunity to ask questions of the facilitators, practice some of the instructional strategies that relate to your role, and be in conversation with educators and leaders across the state.
Please contact Emily Lesh at the Vermont Agency of Education by email at Emily.Lesh@Vermont.gov or by phone at 802-828-7163 with questions about Read Vermont or the Workshop series.
NOTE: Participating live is required to earn a certificate of completion. Can’t attend live? Following the live presentation, a recording will be available through the Google Classroom and the Vermont Agency of Education.
- Please sign up for the Google Classroom by entering this code on the main Google Classroom page: zp5kxh3.
- If you’d like a brief overview of how to join, use the classroom, and more, please watch this video.
- If you have questions or encounter technical issues, please email Leigh Buettler from the Stern Center at lbuettler@sterncenter.org.
Session 6:
Motivating Adolescent Readers
March 26th, 2025
Facilitated by Monica Crumback
3:30-5:30 pm EST
This workshop is designed to empower educators and leaders in supporting adolescent students who are striving readers across grades and into adulthood. We’ll explore the causes and impacts of reading challenges, unpack instructional practices that address them, and reflect on how educator beliefs can shape student outcomes. Participants will learn:
- effective teaching strategies that foster critical thinking and engagement
- best practices for creating a classroom culture that encourages student trust, goal-setting and buy-in.
Attendees will gain actionable insights and tools to help striving adolescent readers thrive.
Session 7:
Phonics with Louisa Moats
April 9th, 2025
3:30-5:30 pm EST
This workshop is designed to help educators and leaders PK-12 and beyond learn about the importance of phonics instruction, or the relationships between sounds in spoken language to letters and letter patterns in written language. Understanding phonics can help educators and leaders effectively support students and make instructional decisions. Attendees will be able to explore phonics-related resources in facilitated, role-specific breakout rooms that will help them in their roles. Participants will:
- learn about the importance of sound-symbol relationships and their role in supporting students’ literacy development
- understand the importance of using decodable text
- explore practical strategies and tools
Attendees will gain actionable insights, tools, and strategies to help improve student outcomes.
Dates
Session 7: Apr. 9
Session 9: May 14
Session 10: June 11
Session 11: Sept. 10
Session 12: Oct. 8
Session 13: Nov. 12
Session 14: Dec. 10
Session 15: Jan. 14
Session 16: Jan. 28, 2026
Session 17: Feb. 11, 2026
Time
3:30-5:30 PM EST
