P-TEACH – St. Vrain Valley Schools

SVVSD hosts education leadership conference

St. Vrain Valley this week is sharing its innovation successes with other school districts from around the country. The three-day Leadership Institute for Transformative Education, hosted by St. Vrain Valley in partnership with the Colorado Education Initiative, wraps up Thursday. Held at the district’s Innovation Center in Longmont, the conference includes school visits, Innovation Center program tours,
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St. Vrain’s Project Launch extends school year

Timberline PK-8 teacher Ambera DeLash helped incoming second graders solve word problems last week during her Project Launch summer class, reviewing the math strategies they learned during the school year. With the problem projected on the white board, the 15 students started by reading the problem out loud together and circling key information. Then DeLash
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Visits highlight SVVSD teacher preparation program

Nevaeh Gomez on Thursday led kindergarten students through a literacy lesson at at Longmont’s Timberline PK-8, asking then to use their fingers to draw letters in the air as they made letter sounds before helping them write the letters on individual whiteboards. Gomez, a 2022 Skyline High graduate, is working as a kindergarten teacher apprentice
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SVVSD hosts inaugural InspirED Conference for future educators

St. Vrain Valley hosted its inaugural InspirED Conference for future educators on Wednesday at Longmont’s Innovation Center as the district works to inspire more students to become teachers — and help more districts offer grow-your-own programs. St. Vrain created the conference as part of a three-year, $7 million state Opportunity Now grant that the district received to
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P-TEACH grad returns to SVVSD as kindergarten teacher

Deejha Blash-Lopez is technically a new teacher, but she already has three years of experience at Longmont’s Mountain View Elementary as she starts her first year as one of the school’s kindergarten teachers. She worked as a paraeducator for two years at Mountain View while in college, then student taught there last school year. This
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SVVSD awarded $7 million state Opportunity Now grant for career pathways

The St. Vrain Valley School District recently received a three year, $7 million state Opportunity Now grant to invest in career pathways with three other school districts, focusing on education, advanced manufacturing and information technology. “We have found that providing students with career exploration is what really ignites their passions,” said St. Vrain Chief Academic
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Colorado’s Opportunity Now Grant Funds $7M Investment in Career Pathways for St. Vrain Valley Schools and Collaborating Districts

As the initiative’s largest grantee, the Breakthrough Pathways project will implement three comprehensive career pathways in education, advanced manufacturing, and information technology. St. Vrain Valley Schools, in partnership with Workforce Boulder, Boulder Chamber, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Weld RE-3J School District, Estes Park School District, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado Education Initiative, Mogli, Salesforce,
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SVVSD hosts first unified robotics event

St. Vrain Valley’s special education department collaborated with the Innovation Center to host the district’s first unified robotics event Tuesday. The school district already offers unified music programs, unified physical education classes and unified sports. Tuesday’s event was an opportunity to make the district’s large robotics program more accessible, organizers said.
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SVVSD P-TEACH authorized as Teacher Apprenticeship Program

St. Vrain Valley Schools’ P-TEACH Program has received federal authorization as a PK-12 Teacher Apprenticeship Program, the district announced Thursday. The authorization will give students the opportunity to receive paid employment while they earn college credits, said Diane Lauer, the school district’s assistant superintendent of priority programs and academic support.
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Early education hopefuls have new opportunity through SVVSD grant

St. Vrain Valley School District’s Pathway to Teaching, or P-TEACH, program received a $100,000 grant from Early Milestones Colorado as part of the Early Childhood Workforce Innovation Grant. The grants were issued to support innovative changes in the early childcare industry after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release. SVVSD is one of six grantees
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