Designing Education Together created to assist schools’ understanding and meeting the demands of COVID-19
Remote Learning and the Brain webinar series designed for teachers and organizations
COVID-19 hits Vermont with a heavy toll – UP pivots to support adults and youth by offering support and programs online
New Executive Director Lindsey Halman takes the reins.
Hosted 2017 International Seminar for Amplifying Student Voice and Partnership in partnership with Penn State University and UVM.
M3 established with the building of curriculum and shift to advisory sessions and peer-to-peer facilitation
Hosted 2016 International Seminar for Amplifying Student Voice in Partnership with Penn State University and UVM. Alison Cook-Sather keynotes. (reach info from impact statement. B&P, Penn St., UVM
UP partnered with Jane Feinberg (Full Frame Communications) and Daniel Baron (The Project Foundation) to create “Building Support for Student-Centered Learning: A Toolkit” that serves both Vermont and the “Students at the Center” web site.
Redesigning Education in Vermont: Part 1 (2016) WCAX :30 – an interview UP for Learning Executive Director Helen Beattie and Harwood Union High School co-principal Amy Rex
Redesigning Education in Vermont: Part 2 (2016) WCAX :30 – an interview Harwood Union High School senior, Anneka Williams and teacher Ellen Berrings reflect on their experiences about how the new approach to learning and teaching is impacting them.
Helen awarded the “Educational Champion Award” from the New England Secondary School Consortium. Press Release (2016). Helen Beattie Recieves Educational Champion Award. Vermont Digger
ASCD published article: Beattie, Helen., Rich, Martha., Evans, Peter. (2015). A Case for the Missing R. Educational Leadership. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Dzur, Albert. (July 2014). Democracy in Schools 2: A conversation with Helen Beattie. The Good Society
Jickling, Katie. (June 2014). State Launches Campaign to Promote New Learning Opportunities for Students. VT Digger.
GTY shifts from a partnership with the VT Department of Education to the VT Department of Health
2013-2014 Communicating School Redesign created to help YATST schools message Act 77 and Flexible Pathways in conjunction with Full Frame Communications
Daniel Baron facilitates the Youth Voice Advocates training at the Wildflower Inn in Burke, introducing SRI protocols as a key tool for YATST work
Original YATST schools: Concord, Harwood, Montpelier, Peoples Academy, Twinfield, Windsor & Winooski High Schools.
YATST becomes an independent organization, under the umbrella of the Vermont Rural Education Collaborative
Partner with the VT Rural Partnership to pilot a YATST elementary school adaptation at Fayston & Moretown Elementary Schools
AOE funds the creation of “Great Expectations…or Not” middle and high school initiative & regional trainings hosted around the state
Beattie, Helen. (2012). Amplifying student voice: the missing link in school transformation. Management in Education 26:158
Getting to Y is implemented with VT Department of Education for high school-aged youth
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