VBCPS Internal Resources:

• Evaluation Systems

• Strategic Framework, Compass 2025

• Transformation Learning Guides

• Teaching and Learning Framework

• Plan for Continuous Improvement (specific to each school site)

Articles and Thought Questions:

• Responsive Facilitation (National School Reform)

  • • How might this list of skills for responsive facilitation support staff as they design and lead quality professional learning?

• Deeper Learning -- for Teachers (Edutopia)

  • • In what ways can we harness the engagement our students find in project-based learning within our own professional development?

• Are You Coaching Heavy or Light? (National Staff Development Council)

  • • What is the difference between coaching light and coaching heavy?

    • How can we adjust our approaches to align with the goals of the professional learning we lead?

• Effective Questioning (Courageous Conversations)

  • • What makes questions an effective tool for leading professional learning?

    • How can we leverage the six characteristics of effective questions when working with adults?