The Stern Center for Language and Learning Board of Directors elected their officers for Fiscal Year 2019, and Bud Meyers, PhD, is the organization’s Board Chair. Dr. Meyers formerly served as Director of the James M Jeffords Center at the University of Vermont, where he also led the Department of Education. Dr Meyers also served as Deputy Commissioner of Education for the State of Vermont, where he directed the development of the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP). Other officers announced at the Stern Center’s 35th Annual Meeting include Jon Pizzagalli, Vice-Chair, Ellie Kenworthy, Secretary, and Will Billings, Treasurer.
The Stern Center for Language and Learning is a nonprofit educational resource in Williston, VT, dedicated to enriching the lives of learners. For 35 years the organization has recognized that all great minds don’t think alike, and its staff helps children and adults reach their academic, social and professional goals. The Stern Center provides research-based learning evaluations and customized instruction, including those with learning disabilities, dyslexia, language disorders, social learning challenges, autism, attention deficit disorders and learning differences. Its staff also designs and delivers customized professional learning programs and systems change using current research and trends in education. Through the Cynthia K Hoehl Institute, the Stern Center works with schools and individual educators in early literacy, oral language, reading, written language, social cognition, executive functioning and math. Courses are offered live and online. Scholarships are available. More information is at www.sterncenter.org.