GrowVT-Ed and GrowVT-SpecialEd

The GrowVT-Ed is a union-led collaboration between Vermont-NEA, the Vermont Agency of Education, and Vermont School Districts. The mission of the program is to accelerate new teacher growth through intentional facilitation of relevant content and support leading to the completion of the Peer Review Licensure Portfolio. Peer Review is a Vermont alternate path to licensure where candidates document the competencies for licensure and submit the portfolio for review to the Vermont Agency of Education. Participants should review the AOE Peer Review Handbook.

GrowVT-Ed has been instrumental in supporting hundreds of people gain licensure through this alternate route. Of GrowVT-Ed's first cohort, 80% of the candidates completed their licensure portfolios and achieved licensure. After three years, 80% are still teaching in Vermont classrooms. (As of April 29, 2026)

Vermont-NEA received a generous grant from the National Education Association to plan a new Special Ed Cohort for GrowVT-Ed, so for the 26-27 school year we will have two cohorts, one for Special Educators, and one for other certificate areas!

Questions? Feel free to email Dr. Juliette Longchamp at jlongchamp@vtnea.org.

If you are interested in pursing teaching as a career, please review the testing requirements on the Testing Requirements page. This is something you can do now to prepare for next year. Study.com free accounts can be obtained by clicking the form below.

FREE Praxis Support Through Study.com

Click here to fill out a form that will lead to a 4-month free subscription to Study.com. This is thanks to an Emerging Pathways Grant from the Vermont-AOE and the pooling of funds with four other states to get a volume discount!! Don't start the free subscription until you have planned to take the Praxis within the 4-month window.

Schedule a meeting with Juliette Longchamp or Barbie Collette if you are interested in joining or learning more about GrowVT-Ed. You can sign up for GrowVT-ED here.