Annual Student Conference
We at VAMLE are excited to announce that we have received an overwhelming response from middle level schools across Vermont to attend our 10th annual student conference on Tuesday, March 14th at Champlain College. The interest has been so intense that registrations have caused an unexpected end point: Champlain College has no more physical capacity for anymore bodies at the facilities. Therefore, as of March 2nd, no more new registrations are being accepted.
Those schools that have already received confirmation with an email message from VAMLE's Executive Director, Dave F. Brown, are encouraged to submit attendees' names (of both students and teachers) and their session choices within the next five days (by March 9th at the latest, please). Invoices are being generated and will be issued as soon as we receive your school's list of attendees and their session choices.
If you have any questions, please email us at vamle@vamle.org. For those who were not able to register due to this unexpected circumstance, we are sorry that Champlain College ran out of space, and sincerely hope that you'll consider joining next year!
Our 2023 Workshop offerings
VAMLE 2023 Conference Sessions - 3.docx (1).pdfPDF of Workshop Offerings!
We look forward to having your students join us for their first conference as middle schoolers for a unique experience with presentations by and for
middle level students
Our Face to Face Conference IS BACK!
Beyond Bullying:
Creating Communities of Equity & Respect
VAMLE 2023
Celebrating Our 10th Annual Student Conference
on March 14th at
Champlain College
The VAMLE Executive Board is seeking student presenters (your students) to share their exciting and innovative programs and activities that introduce or advance practices promoting equity and inclusion with fellow Vermont middle grades students at our March 2023 student conference at Champlain College.
Naturally, we’re also excited to have your students attend who aren’t presenting to learn more about issues of racial, gender, and social equity and to prevent bullying. What a valuable time to attend a conference face-to-face following the past two and a half years!
You may consider using your school’s ESSER funds for sending students to attend. Six-person teams can attend for a mere $325 as VAMLE member schools ($400 for non-member schools). Other additional students attend for $75 each. We hope that you’ll consider using your district’s ESSER funds for this essential and unique student conference. Some schools send entire classrooms to the conference.
Interested in presenting? Here's what to expect:
It's student to student. Student leaders from one school teaching student leaders from another school.
Be hands on, don't make it a lecture. Provide an activity around your topic that students can take back and use at their school. Each school team will leave with an action plan.
Presentations are 45 minutes in classrooms that hold at most 40 students (could be as small as 6)