After nearly forty years of working and teaching in rented spaces, UVTI will finally have a place of our own--a place that can be configured to meet our needs, a place that provides convenient communication between seminar and office activities, a place to convene groups large and small.

Architect Karolina Burtt's rendition of the building after renovation.

Endow a Chair...or a Table... Thanks to the USDA loan, we think we've got the cost of the building covered, and we will be moving our old office furniture over to the new site. The multi-use seminar space, however, still needs furnishings.

Give in your own name, give in honor of your favorite teacher, give for the benefit of future generations of teachers and students. For more information please call 603-448-6507 or read our Spring 2008 newsletter here.  

UVTI People in the News

UVTI graduate Emilie Knisley (Class of 2005) traveled to Tokyo this summer as part of the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. Emily, who teaches language arts at Blue Mountain Union School in Wells River, Vermont, was one of 200 teachers chosen from among 1,700 applicants. She spent three weeks in Tokyo in a program designed to increase cultural exchange and understanding between the United States and Japan.

UVTI Mentor Teacher Jennifer Hewitt, who teaches math at the Pomfret School, has received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Jennifer was one of only 93 teachers from grades K-6 chosen from schools across the country. The award includes a $10,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and a trip to Washington, D.C. to receive the award and participate in a week of recognition events and professional development opportunities.

Memo from the Valley

UVTI's newsletter, Memo from the Valley, is published twice each year. The Spring 2008 Memo is now available here. These are large files and make take some time to download. (If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can get it free by clicking here.)

UVTI Alumni and Mentors in the News

• UVTI graduate Sue Jukosky (class of 1993) has just been named the 2006 New Hampshire Air Force Association's Teacher of the Year for her work with Indian River School students through the NASA Explorer School Program.
• Rebbie Carleton, a UVTI mentor teacher, was named Vermont Art Teacher of the Year (2003-2004). She was also a finalist for Vermont Teacher of the Year, and was selected UVM District Teacher of the Year.
• UVTI mentors Wendy Wells and Louise Barreda, along with UVTI graduate Nancy Boymer, were recognized at the annual Vermont Alliance for Arts Education Recognition Reception at the Vermont State House, for their contributions to keeping "the arts a vital part of our schools and communities."
• Kathy Jacob, a UVTI mentor teacher, was named Teacher of the Year 2003 by the Vermont Department of Education. Susan Frost, a UVTI graduate, was named the New Hampshire Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year (2002-2003) through the New Hampshire Excellence in Education Awards Program.
• Hasse Halley, a UVTI mentor teacher, was awarded a Fulbright Memorial Fund Fellowship last year. Selected from a pool of more than 2,100 applicants, she spent 3 weeks in Tokyo, participating in a Fulbright Memorial Teacher Program.
• Susan Drinker, a UVTI mentor teacher, was awarded a Milken Family Foundation award for teaching excellence. Susan is one of only 100 award recipients nationwide for the academic year 2002-2003.
• Linda Parker, a UVTI mentor teacher, was a finalist for the 2003 Vermont Teacher of the Year Award.

New Placements, Farther Afield

Growth of the program has meant finding intern placements in communities across New Hampshire and Vermont. Four years ago, the UVTI program expanded to Barre and Brattleboro, Vermont, and to the Concord and Seacoast regions of New Hampshire. Interns are now placed in the Burlington area and in the Northeast Kingdom as well. Interns in these far-flung schools travel to Lebanon once a week for workshops, but they are able to serve their internships in schools close to home.

Memo from the Valley -- archives

UVTI's newsletter is published twice each year. Below you will find stories from our archives:

• One Year Out: Suzanne Weaver Goss, Class of 2003
• Good Ideas Endure: A history of the program, through the lives of two remarkable women