About Vincennes PBS
Licensed to the Board of Trustees of the Vincennes University, Vincennes PBS is an integral part of the Vincennes University Broadcasting Program. Since 1968, Vincennes PBS has provided trusted programming and services that inspire personal growth, community engagement and a love for learning in people of all ages.
Vincennes PBS has led Indiana in public television since it’s inception. The first on the air and again the first to transmit in high definition. Vincennes PBS’ HD production facilities are second to none in Indiana.
Our Mission Statement
Vincennes PBS, Vincennes University Broadcasting, the only local television provider in the community, actively engages the community through creative content and services that respond to local needs and interests. Vincennes PBS educates, informs, enlightens and entertains through local, regional and national programming that addresses local issues. Original programming, that includes a major commitment to news, strives to emphasize current issues. Vincennes PBS is also used as a training ground for future broadcasters.
Vincennes PBS Education & Community Outreach
As a part of the mission of Vincennes PBS, we are pleased to offer a FREE service to parents, guardians, and area educators of all varieties. Through PBS Learning Media, we can help connect you to the thousands of educational resources that can help enhance any lesson for your students and audience.
Allyson Bowers serves as our Education & Community Outreach Coordinator. Allyson’s goal is to be a resource for all educational entities in our viewing area. She’s excited to start working with public and private schools, home-school parents and co-ops, and libraries.
PBS offers countless FREE educational materials for all ages, grades, and subject matters!
Our goal is to enhance educator practice and equitable student learning through educational resources that are:
- Available to teachers and students at no cost for educational use
- Relevant, accessible, and trustworthy
- Intentionally designed to supplement classroom instruction
- Representative of diverse perspectives and communities, including underrepresented and marginalized student populations
- Responsive to needs, trends, and current events
- Designed to promote and support effective practices in teaching and learning with digital media
PBS Learning Media offers free and accessible resources for everyone, including curated, FREE, curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more.
This website includes content that can be searched by age, grade level, subject matter, or state standards. There are videos, step-by-step activities, lesson plan builders, learning journals, printable worksheets, and so much more!
PBS Kids also offers Pre-K through 2nd Grade teachers standards-based professional development opportunities in an accessible format. The self-contained course environment means it is collaborative and flexible, with no additional books or software to buy.
Interested in learning more? Reach out to Allyson at: allyson.bowers@vinu.edu
