Joe Rivers

Joe Rivers has been a teacher and administrator in Vermont Public Schools (grades 7-12) for more than thirty years. He currently serves a social studies teacher at Brattleboro Area Middle School and the coach of the varsity boys basketball team at Brattleboro Union High School in Brattleboro, Vermont. In addition to being on the faculty of the Vermont Middle Grades Collaborative Institute, Mr. Rivers is a member of the Vermont Association of Middle Level Education Executive Board and the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association Executive Board. He also possesses experience in the Common Core, and he is a presenter for grades 6-12 at the Agency of Vermont Common Core Social Studies Professional Development and a presenter for Technology and the Common Core at the Dynamic Landscapes 2.0 Conference. Mr. Rivers earned his M.A. in administration from Castleton State College and his B.A. in history and education from Saint Michael’s College.