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Windham Southwest Supervisory Union
Office of the Superintendent of Schools
211 Route 9 West, Wilmington, VT 05363
Telephone (802) 464-1300 – Fax (802) 464-1303
E-mail: wssu@sover.net
Searsburg Stamford Whitingham Wilmington Readsboro Halifax
Windham Southwest Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
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Welcome to the Windham Southwest Supervisory Union! There are various ways throughout our
supervisory union for faculty and staff to participate in professional development and learning
opportunities. These include participating in study groups around a focused topic or content area,
attending workshops and conferences, and serving on committees or teachers’ assemblies. New
book study groups, committees, and teachers’ assemblies (professional learning communities)
form all year long and throughout the summer around chosen topics.
Listed below are several study groups, workshops, teachers’ assemblies, committees and
professional learning communities that you may be interested in joining or would like to learn
more about:
Curriculum Mapping, Assessment and Instruction Committees
Inquiry-based Science Instruction
Differentiated Instruction / Gifted and Talented / Enrichment
Health Education
Math Study / Best Practices Implementation Committee
Writing Benchmarks Study Groups
Thinking Maps Training and Workshops
Critical Thinking / Technology Innovations
Examining Student Work / Critical Friends
Formative Assessment Teachers’ Assemblies
Common Core and Local Assessments, GE Alignment Committee Work
Positive Behavioral Interventions / Conflict Resolution
Literacy Leadership Initiatives
Peer Mentoring, New Teacher Orientation, and Co-Teaching
Check the Vermont Department of Education web-site and the
WSSU web-site for announcements about professional development and upcoming events.
Best wishes for a great school year!