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Audience: Curriculum Directors, Middle and High School Educators, Adult Education Educators

Due to the success of last year's session, the Vermont Agency of Education, in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Vermont Holocaust Memorial, is once again offering professional learning for educators in grades 6 - 10 to strengthen instruction in Holocaust literature. This initiative provides educators with evidence-based literacy practices aligned to the science of reading, along with the historical context necessary to teach this literature with depth and fidelity. The program also aims to foster empathy, build foundations for understanding, and support a humanities-based model focused on the Holocaust and genocide.

Supported by Read Vermont, this learning series will launch in Montpelier on December 8 and includes virtual office hours. Due to limited space, please register by November 25 to secure your participation.

Contact: Martha Deiss at [email protected] and Emily Leute at [email protected]

Audience: School Administrators, Educators, school Mental Health Professionals, first responders, school Safety Professionals

The Vermont Agency of Education, Department of Public Safety, and the Vermont School Safety Center are pleased host the 2026 Governor's Annual School Safety Conference. The conference will include a keynote presentation, facilitated discussions, and breakout sessions presented by Vermont school safety partners and some of the country's foremost school safety experts and advocates. Registration is open for school safety professionals in Vermont. This event is not open to the public. Please register individually by Friday, October 16, via the 2026 Governor's School Safety Conference Registration Form.

Contact: Taylor Goodwin at [email protected]

Audience: Students, Principals, Guidance Counselors, Teachers, High School Seniors

The Vermont Presidential Scholars Program is statewide recognition for student excellence in academics, community service, the arts, technical skills, and leadership in three categories: General, Career Technical Education (CTE), and the Arts. The deadline for nominations is November 6. For detailed information about each category, including requirements, deadlines, and nomination forms, please refer to the Awards and Recognition web page. Please note that students may self-nominate in the Arts, CTE and General categories. Feel free to distribute this information to high school seniors where appropriate. Students who are residents of Vermont and are currently attending school out-of-state may apply through the self-nomination process.

Contacts:
General Category: Ryan Parkman at [email protected]
CTE Category: Julia Schuster at [email protected]
Arts Category: Eric Howard at [email protected]

Audience: Arts, Social Studies, CTE, AEL, and general Educators, students, Curriculum Coordinators; Principals; families; arts organizations

The Vermont Agency of Education, in collaboration with the Vermont 250th Anniversary Commission and the Vermont State Curator's Office, invite learners of all ages across Vermont to participate in the second 250th Student Art Exhibition, in the 2026-2027 school year. Recognize Vermont's 1777 independence by inviting students to explore the question: How does the land beneath our feet bridge the stories of the past with the community we are building for the future?

PreK-12, Career Technical Education, and Adult Education and Literacy students can respond through dance, media arts, music, theatre, or visual arts, using lenses such as culture, economics, history, environment, geography, or technology. Artistic responses will showcase student voice and local communities.

Get started: Standards-aligned, grade-banded Core Unit/Lesson Design Choice Matrices show what this could look like for you and/or in your classroom.

Submission Deadline : Wednesday, February 17, 2027

Contacts: Art: Eric Howard at [email protected]; Social Studies: Martha Deiss at [email protected]

Audience: All Administrators, Educators and communities

The Vermont Agency of Education is hiring. To support our ongoing recruitment efforts and keep the field informed, all current open positions at the Agency are shared in the Weekly Field Memo. We encourage you to review, share, and distribute these opportunities throughout your schools, districts, and professional networks. View current openings on the VT Careers website. Thank you for helping us spread the word and connect talented professionals with meaningful work in Vermont education!

The following positions have been posted:

Special Education Monitoring Programs Manager