Teaching Support & Community
In this space you can find materials from past Pedagogy Day and other teaching-oriented resources, learn about upcoming events and teaching circles, or propose a new topic for a teaching circle.
Teaching Innovation Cohorts
The First cohort of the Teaching Innovation concluded in the fall of 2024. The focus was on transformation of student learning with technology to improve learning outcomes. One of our participants, Katy Farber, focused on “Personalized Learning Plans for Elementary Mathematics Pre-Service Teachers” that addressed SMC student anxiety over teaching math in the classroom.
For more information and other projects please click here.
Environmental Education
The Institute for the Environment hosts regular and pop-up events that help to build environmental education and community at SMC. Please join us for any of the following!
- Institute for the Environment Public Events Calendar
- Stories of Teaching & Learning: Learn what other faculty and staff are up to using our resources and in our Outdoor & Living Classrooms by reading the Leahy Institute for the Environment’s blog.
- Summer Salad Days: Free, farm-fresh salad and community gathering hosted on the SMC Farm. Anyone—student, staff, or alum—are welcome!
- Community Service Day: Annual event occurring post-graduation where SMC employees participate in a paid, service day at a variety of locations. We offer service opportunities on our SMC Farm, SMC Teaching Gardens, and in the SMC Natural Area!
- Ditch the Dumpster: Volunteer community event to divert TONS of end-of-year student move-out waste from the landfill by donating, reselling, or disposing of it properly.
- Any community group is welcome to reserve one of our Outdoor & Living Classrooms using the Project & Classroom Request Form.
- We are actively building community partnerships. Please be in touch with Portia Butrym, Project & Outreach Coordinator, at pbutrym@smcvt.edu.
