Jeff Renard - Consultant

Jeff is the Founder and Director of the Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative (VTVLC), Vermont’s statewide K-12 online learning program created in 2009. VTVLC serves thousands of students through a unique partnership of schools; connecting students with courses that are not offered locally, not accessible due to scheduling conflicts, or that are not offered at times that help them achieve success. In addition, Jeff also is the founder of the Northeast Online Teaching Institute (NEOTI) which provides Graduate level professional development preparing educators to facilitate both online and blended learning. NEOTI offers a Certificate in Online Teaching which prepares educators to obtain the Vermont Agency of Education’s endorsement as an Online Teaching Specialist (OTS). Jeff has over 34 years of teaching and education administration experience in Career Technical Education, Academics, Online and Blended Learning, and Professional Learning through the Graduate level. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Information Technology and numerous Graduate Certificates in School Administration, Web Design, Internet Teaching, as well as a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Educational Philosophy and Technology, an Associate Degree in Electronic Technology, and another in Educational and Instructional Technology.