2025-03-27T12:03:50-04:00 2024-12-31 760778376 JOHN W DURKEE CPA PC PO BOX 81 TUNBRIDGE VT 05077 990EZ 2024-01-01 274467484 VERMONT WRITING COLLABORATIVE INC VERM 8027654040 PO BOX 156 SOUTH STRAFFORD VT 05070 JOANNA HAWKINS DIRECTOR 8027654040 2025-02-18 true true JOHN W DURKEE P01214531 8028893408 2025-02-18 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X WWW.VERMONTWRITINGCOLLABORATIVE.ORG X X 12958 X 12958 12958 485 2687 12384 15556 -2598 14246 11648 14246 11648 14246 11648 14246 11648 X THE VERMONT WRITING COLLABORATIVE WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 BY FIVE VERMONT PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. AT THAT TIME, THE FIVE HAD BEEN WORKING, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY AND AT ALL GRADE LEVELS, WITH AN APPROACH TO WRITING INSTRUCTION WE WERE DEVELOPING. WE CALL THIS APPROACH WRITING FOR UNDERSTANDING, AND IT IS PREMISED ON THE IDEA THAT WRITING IS ALL ABOUT MEANING. IF STUDENTS ARE TO WRITE EFFECTIVELY, IT IS CLEAR THAT 1) THEY NEED TO HAVE SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF THE IDEAS ABOUT WHICH THEY ARE WRITING, 2) THEY NEED TO HAVE A CLEAR STRUCTURE TO BUILD THAT UNDERSTANDING SO THAT ORTHERS CAN FOLLOW THEIR THINKING. IN WRITING FOR UNDERSTANDING, TEACHERS "PLAN BACKWARD", WITH AN OUTCOME CLEARLY IN MIND SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO BUILD IN SUCCESSFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN FOR STUDENTS - AND THEN TO SHOW THAT UNDERSTANDING IN EFFECTIVE WRITING. AGAIN THIS YEAR, WE WERE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY IN-PERSON CONFERENCES. MOST OF OUR WORK INVOLVED UPDATING OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM OUR WEBSITE, INCLUDING NEW LESSON PLANS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE FREE RESOURCE TEACHERS AT WORK. IN ADDITION, WE SELL BOOKS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND THROUGH AMAZON. OUR NEWSLETTER NOW REACHES AROUND 1,600 PEOPLE. FINANCIAL STATEMENT AT THE END OF 2024, THE VERMONT WRITING COLLABORATIVE HAD 11,645.85. THE INCOME WE GENERATED WAS FROM SELLING BOOKS (WRITING FOR UNDERSTANDING AND MAKING IT WORK) VIA AMAZON AND OUR WEBSITE. 15556 15556 JANE MILLER DIRECTOR 000.00 0 KAREN KURZMAN DIRECTOR 000.00 0 ELOISE GINTY DIRECTOR 000.00 0 JOANNA HAWKINS DIRECTOR 000.00 0 DIANE LEDDY DIRECTOR 000.00 0 false false false false false false false false false JOANNA HAWKINS PO BOX 156 SOUTH STRAFFORD VT 05070 8027654050 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 8394 6422 12656 4277 12958 44707 8394 6422 12656 4277 12958 44707 44707 8394 6422 12656 4277 12958 44707 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES WEBSITE DESIGN 2,085 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS 133 OFFICE SUPPLIES 132 BANK SERVICE CHARGES 34 SOFTWARE 1,298 TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT 55 SALES TAXES PAID 6 CONSULTING 8,587 MEALS 54 TOTAL 12,384 FORM 990-EZ, PART III THE VERMONT WRITING COLLABORATIVE WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 BY FIVE VERMONT PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. AT THAT TIME, THE FIVE HAD BEEN WORKING, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY AND AT ALL GRADE LEVELS, WITH AN APPROACH TO WRITING INSTRUCTION WE WERE DEVELOPING. WE CALL THIS APPROACH WRITING FOR UNDERSTANDING, AND IT IS PREMISED ON THE IDEA THAT WRITING IS ALL ABOUT MEANING. IF STUDENTS ARE TO WRITE EFFECTIVELY, IT IS CLEAR THAT 1) THEY NEED TO HAVE SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF THE IDEAS ABOUT WHICH THEY ARE WRITING, 2) THEY NEED TO HAVE A CLEAR STRUCTURE TO BUILD THAT UNDERSTANDING SO THAT ORTHERS CAN FOLLOW THEIR THINKING. IN WRITING FOR UNDERSTANDING, TEACHERS "PLAN BACKWARD", WITH AN OUTCOME CLEARLY IN MIND SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO BUILD IN SUCCESSFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN FOR STUDENTS - AND THEN TO SHOW THAT UNDERSTANDING IN EFFECTIVE WRITING. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 AGAIN THIS YEAR, WE WERE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY IN-PERSON CONFERENCES. MOST OF OUR WORK INVOLVED UPDATING OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM OUR WEBSITE, INCLUDING NEW LESSON PLANS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE FREE RESOURCE TEACHERS AT WORK. IN ADDITION, WE SELL BOOKS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND THROUGH AMAZON. OUR NEWSLETTER NOW REACHES AROUND 1,600 PEOPLE. FINANCIAL STATEMENT AT THE END OF 2024, THE VERMONT WRITING COLLABORATIVE HAD 11,645.85. THE INCOME WE GENERATED WAS FROM SELLING BOOKS (WRITING FOR UNDERSTANDING AND MAKING IT WORK) VIA AMAZON AND OUR WEBSITE.