Location: Statewide
Training Type: Online Real Time
Total Hours: 1.5
Level: Introductory
Cost: Free
Scholarship: No
Amy Murphy
(802) 828-5387
amy.murphy@vermont.gov
Inclusion and Belonging, Supporting Children and the Workforce July 24, 2025
To kick off our Early MTSS/Pyramid Model Module Series, please join us for a keynote training by Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter on "Inclusion and Belonging, Supporting Children and the Workforce" from 9-10:30 on Aug. 2nd.
We welcome you to join us for the keynote, the training module series, or both! Available tracks for the module series include infant-toddler, preschool, and family child care modules.
For more information on the keynote, please see Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter's speaker bio in the "Additional Information" section.
- Developmentally Appropriate & Inclusive Practices
- Infant/Toddler
- Preschool/PreK
Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter is a professor of Early Childhood Special Education at Vanderbilt University and holds the Nicholas Hobbs Chair in Special Education and Human Development. Her research focuses on effective instruction, supporting social emotional development and addressing challenging behavior, and coaching teachers. Dr. Hemmeter conducts presentations and workshops throughout the US and abroad. She has directed numerous multi-site projects funded by the US Departments of Education and Health and Human Services. Through her work on the National Center on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning and IES funded research projects, she was involved in the development of the Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Young Children and the Practice Based Coaching Model. She is a co-author on the Connect4Learning Early Childhood Curriculum, the Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool, and the Teaching Pyramid Infant-Toddler Observation Scale (TPITOS). She was co-editor of the Journal of Early Intervention and President of the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Early Childhood. She received the Merle B. Karnes Service to the Division Award and the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award.