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Who is CVEDC?
Champlain Valley Educator Development Center, the Educational Services Agency (ESA) for Northwestern Vermont (Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle Counties). CVEDC consists of 14 supervisory unions, 2700 teachers, over 1200 paraprofessionals, and 150 administrators who provide educational services to over 30,000 students of the total PreK-12 student population of Vermont.

ESA Structure:

• Build on existing consortia and collaboratives (CVCC)
• Establish strong link with Dept. of Education School Improvement Coordinators/Consolidated Federal Programs
• Involve Institutions of Higher Education and service providers within the region
• Shared decision making

The Purpose of ESA's: Increase Student Learning and Improve Schools by Providing High Quality Professional Development to:

• Improve teacher and paraprofessional content knowledge and pedagogy
• Increase teacher leadership
• Improve leadership of principals and superintendents
• Improve school culture and organizational effectiveness

Board of Directors:

• Paul Irish, BSD
• Amy Cole, CCSU 
• Lauren Wooden, CESU
• Mark Andrews, Chittenden County
• Molly McClaskey, CSSU
• Gwen Carmolli, CSD
• Ellen Thompson, ETSD
• Linda Smith, FCSU 
• Beth O'Brien, FNESU
• Dena St. Amour, FNWSU, Secretary
• Jay Nichols, Franklin County
• Adrienne Fisher, FWSU
• Debby King, GISU
• Kerry Sewell, MTSD
• Stuart Weiss, SBSD President
• Stefanie Hamble, WSD
• Darlene Worth, CVEDC Director

Members at Large:

• Jim Massingham, Treasurer
• Bonnie Poe, BSD
• Diane Goodrich, St. Michael's College

Organizing Concepts:

• Focused on student learning
• Guided by student data
• Consumer driven
• Aimed at developing and supporting highly qualified teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals
• Centered around high-quality, contentrich, teacher led staff development