VTVLC adds student clubs to 2020-2021 offerings
The Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative (VTVLC) has been providing online courses to Vermont students for over ten years, but this year, VTVLC expanded its offerings to the extracurricular realm with two student clubs: the Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA) and Student Voices (SV) group. Lucey Gagner, a student support professional and Collaborative School Option (CSO) liaison with …
VTVLC Talks with A Teacher – Theresa Akerley
Theresa Akerley, a biology teacher with VTVLC’S CSO program, never expected to teach online. “Online teaching has been an experience I probably would have never signed up for,” Akerley said. “But I’m thrilled that the circumstances provided the opportunity and experience.” Akerley teaches at South Burlington High School, but this year, she’s taught Biology and …
VTVLC Talks with a Teacher – Geoff Glaspie
Prior to this school year, Geoff Glaspie was serving as an Algebra and Geometry teacher at Champlain Valley Union High School. But, when his principal asked for volunteers to teach in the Collaborative School Option (CSO) program, which allowed teachers and students to teach and learn fully online with support from VTVLC, Glaspie seized the …
VTVLC Essay Contest Winner
VTVLC Essay Contest Winner Back in May, we asked our students how being a VTVLC student has affected them during a time in which schools are shifting to a virtual learning modality. Jing Yi, a full-time student at Burr and Burton Academy who takes additional classes at VTVLC, responded with a winning essay. Read on …
VTVLC Talks with a Teacher – Beth O’Connor
Beth O’Connor has been teaching Spanish for 18 years. As a child, O’Connor’s family moved to Mexico City, so she began learning Spanish from a young age. “I love the language and hispanic cultures,” O’Connor said. O’Connor’s teaching career, however, didn’t begin to take shape until later. “I was fortunate enough to be able …