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Materials for the 2025 BEST/VTmtss Summer Institute

 

General Materials & Information:

 

Special Activities:

  • Monday Evening, 5:00 – 6:30 pm: Meet, Greet & Eat!, Poolside (weather permitting) or Preston’s Restaurant (in hotel)
  • Tuesday Afternoon, 4:30 – 5:30 pm: Yoga, Snowshed Ballroom
  • Tuesday Night, 7:00 – 9:00 pm: Trivia Night, Oscar Wilde Ballroom (a lite fare menu will be available in this location from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m., so come early and place your order!)
  • Wednesday Afternoon, 1:40 – 4:30 pm: BEST/Act 230 Grant Funding Office Hours with Laura Greenwood (Northstar I)
  • Wednesday Evening, 5:00 – 6:00 pm: Water Activities, Hotel Pool
  • Wednesday Night, 7:30 – 10:30 pm: Karaoke/Dance Party, Oscar Wilde Ballroom

 

Keynotes:

Monday – Dr. Kathleen Lane – Data Informed Instruction in Tiered Systems to Meet Students’ Multiple Needs: Creating Positive, Productive, and Joyful Learning Environments

Tuesday – Dr. Shelley Moore Inclusive Education Today: Working Together to Understand What it is and Why it Matters

 

General Session:

Thursday – Howard Moody – Connection Before Content: Playfulness, Engagement, and Gratitude

 

Strands:

Strand A: Strengthening Schools Through The Inclusive Skill-Building Learning Approach (ISLA) Model

Presenter: Patti Hershfeldt

 

Strand B: Creating a Trauma-Informed School Community: Building Knowledge, Belonging, and Hope

Presenter: Joelle van Lent

 

Strand C: Behavior Intervention Boot Camp: The Basics and Beyond

Presenter: Gregg Stoller

 

Strand D: Celebrating 50 Years of IDEA: Promoting Joyful Futures for Students with Disabilities

Presenter: Kristabel Stark

 

Strand E: Exploring Play as a Strategy for Both Teaching and Learning

Presenter: Robin Ploof

 

Strand F: Building Brave Connections: Leading Interconnected Systems and Navigating Challenging Conversations for Mental Health Collaboration (for Teams ONLY)

Presenter: Ami Flammini

 

Strand G: Shining Brighter Together in the Classroom: Practices and Systems to Support Students and Educators

Presenter: Brandi Simonsen

 

Strand H: Integrating Function-Based and Restorative Approaches

Presenters: Jon Kidde and Jeremy Tretiak

 

Strand I: Inspire, Engage, Connect, and Build Community: Experiential, Brain-Based Approaches

Presenter: Jen Stanchfield

 

Strand J: Holistic Restorative Approaches Foundations

Presenters: Jessica Villeneuve and Camille Koosmann

 

Strand K: Strengthening Your Continuous Improvement Planning

Presenters: Josh Souliere, Toni Marra, Simona Kragh, and Marianna Charalabopoulos

 

Strand L: VTPBIS Universal Training (for PBIS school teams ONLY)

Presenters: VTPBIS State Team Trainers

 

Strand M: VTPBIS Targeted Training (for PBIS school teams ONLY)

Presenters: VTPBIS State Team Trainers

 

Strand N: VTPBIS Intensive Training (for PBIS school teams ONLY)

Presenters: VTPBIS State Team Trainers

 

Strand O: Refreshing, Enhancing, and Deepening Universal PBIS Implementation (for PBIS school teams ONLY)

Presenters: VTPBIS State Team Trainers

 

Strand P: Expanding and Enhancing Targeted Interventions for Social and Academic Success (for School Teams ONLY)

Presenters: VTPBIS State Team Trainers

 

Workshops:

 

Workshop 1 – Igniting Passion, Joy, and Connection with Play

Presenter: Howard Moody

 

Workshop 2 – Shining Brighter for All: Intentionally Intensifying Classroom Practices to Support Students with Disabilities

Presenter: Brandi Simonsen

 

Workshop 3 – Cultivating Joyful Equity in Classrooms and Schools

Presenters: Rebecca Lallier and Amy Wheeler-Sutton

 

Workshop 4 – What is PBIS Really?: Perspectives from Two Administrators

Presenters: Janet Cash and Jessica Thomas

 

Workshop 5 – Bridging Gaps, Building Connections: Strengthening Family Engagement for Student Success

Presenter: Trisha Wright

 

Workshop 6 – Bringing Social-Emotional-Learning (SEL) Competencies into the Individualized Education Program (IEP)

Presenters: Ana Russo, Ian Burfoot-Rochford, and Cassie Santo 

 

Workshop 7 – Flourishing in an Ever-Changing Health Environment: Well-being for the Busy and Burned-Out

Presenter: Gillian Pieper

 

Workshop 8 – Using Data to Continuously Improve PBIS Systems in Middle and High Schools

Presenters: Michael Ruppel, Joel Jones, and Aly Callahan

 

Workshop 9 – Getting to WITH: The Heart of Restorative Practices

Presenter: Camille Koosmann

 

Workshop 10 – Making Schools Places of Belonging for ALL

Presenter: Kym Asam

 

Workshop 11 – The Restorative Leader: Role-Modeling for Your School Community

Presenter: Jessica Villeneuve

 

Workshop 12 – Using Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Data to Build Interventions Across the Tiers

Presenter: Mandy Couturier

 

Workshop 13 – Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA)… Oh My!

Presenters: Josh Souliere, Toni Marra, Simona Kragh, and Marianna Charalabopoulos

 

Workshop 14 – Building and Sustaining Collective Ownership

Presenter: Lauralee Keach

 

Workshop 15 – “A Glitch in the Matrix”: Aligning behavior responses that are equitable through a whole school population

Presenters: Eric Becker and Craig Aylward

 

Workshop 16 – The Power of Restorative Practices Mentors

Presenters: Ben Parker and Carrie Gilman

 

Workshop 17 – Rooted & Resilient: Cultivating Self-Awareness and Growth for Educators

Presenters: Liz Lawson

 

 

Materials for the 2024 BEST/VTmtss Summer Institute


General Materials & Information:

 

Special Activities:

  • Monday Morning, 8:15 – 9:00 am: “Ease-In Time”
  • Monday Lunch, 12:40 – 1:40 pm: Join Trevor Muir for a Q & A Luncheon. Grab your lunch, utensils, and drinks in the ballroom and join us at Preston’s.
  • Monday Evening, 5:00 – 6:30 pm: Meet, Greet & Eat!, Poolside (weather permitting) or Preston’s Restaurant (in hotel)
  • Tuesday Lunch, 12:40 – 1:40 pm: VTPBIS School/SU/SD Coordinators and Administrators Networking Lunch. Grab your lunch, utensils, and drinks in the ballroom and join us at Preston’s.
  • Tuesday Afternoon, 4:30 – 5:30 pm: Yoga, Snowshed Ballroom
  • Tuesday Night, 7:00 – 9:00 pm: Trivia Night, Oscar Wilde Ballroom (a lite fare menu will be available in this location from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m., so come early and place your order!)
  • Wednesday Afternoon, 1:40 – 5:00 pm: BEST/Act 230 Grant Funding Office Hours with Laura Greenwood (Northstar I)
  • Wednesday Evening, 5:00 – 6:00 pm: Water Workout, Hotel Pool
  • Wednesday Night, 7:30 – 10:30 pm: Karaoke, Oscar Wilde Ballroom

Keynotes:

Monday – Trevor Muir – Connecting Students to School

Tuesday – Dr. Rhonda Nese – Using an Equity Lens to Magnify Student Success


General Session:

Thursday – Dr. Joelle van Lent – Building Compassion Satisfaction to Create a Place of Belonging

 

Strands:

Strand A – VTPBIS Universal Training

Presenters: VTPBIS State Trainers

 

Strand D – Refreshing, Enhancing, and Deepening Universal PBIS Training 

Presenters: VTPBIS State Trainers

 

Strand E – Expanding and Enhancing Targeted Interventions for Social and Academic Success

Presenters: VTPBIS State Trainers

 

 

Strand G – No Such Thing as a Bad Kid: Understanding and Responding to All Students Using a Trauma-Informed, Strength-Based Approach to Create a Positive Culture in Every School

Presenter: Charles Appelstein

 

Strand H – Systems to Support Young Children: Implementing Early MTSS and Pyramid Model

Presenters: Kate Rogers 

 

 

Strand J Classroom Practices to Foster Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Growth

Presenter: Nicole Peterson

 

Strand L Holistic Restorative Approaches Foundations 

Presenters: Jessica Villeneuve and Camille Koosmann

 

Strand M – Embedding Function-Based Thinking within Restorative Approaches

Presenters: Jon Kidde and Jeremy Tretiak

 

Strand N – Beyond Behavior Plans: The Power of Effective Tier One in Transforming Your Classroom/School-wide Culture (School Teams ONLY)

Presenter: Gregg Stoller

 

Strand O – Cultivating Trauma Responsive Schools: Supporting the Development, Connection, and Engagement of All Community Members

Presenter: Joelle van Lent

 

Workshops:

Presenters: Ben Parker & Carrie Gilman

 

Presenter: Rebecca Lallier

 

Presenter: Howard Moody

 

Presenter: Jessica Villeneuve

 

Presenter: Laura Bonazinga Bouyea

 

Presenter: Kristabel Stark

 

Presenter: Camille Koosmann

 

Presenter: Lauralee Keach

 

Presenters: Jackie Verley, Mark Scott, and Emily Neilsen

 

Presenter: Kym Asam

 

 

Presenters: Beth Peloquin and Jackie Sprague

 

Presenter: Alison Celmer

 

 

 

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