Courses We Offer

Professional Learning Series
Integrating Literacy into Science Instruction and Inquiry

Part A: April 9 – 10, 2026
Part B: June 29 – July 1, 2026

VINS and the VT Agency of Education will host a 2-part professional learning opportunity for K-5 science educators starting in April 2026.

Course Description: 
Elementary classroom teachers are continuously balancing time spent on specific subjects in their classrooms. Science is a subject regularly sidelined during the school day. This course will focus on how teachers can strategically integrate science with literacy to answer this question: How can teachers work with their district’s time and programmatic requirements to create opportunities for subject integration and build student knowledge and skills in science? The course will provide teachers opportunities to connect with experts in the area of subject integration, engage in hands-on learning, and have time to build their own integrated units for implementation in the classroom.

Costs:

• Full Course & 3 Credits (April 9 - July 1, 2026): $1,035.00
• In-person Course & Certificate of Participation (April 9 - July 1, 2026): $599.00
• In-person Course Part 1 Only (April 9 & 10): $ 450.00

Register here

Contacts:

Hannah Gelroth
Senior Director of Education
Vermont Institute of Natural Science
hgelroth@vinsweb.org

Kathryn Rossman
Education Programs Coordinator-Science Specialist
VT Agency of Education
kathryn.rossman@vermont.gov