In alliance with Texas Education Agency (TEA) and Dell Technologies, Advanced Learning Partnerships offered support to 289 Independent School Districts (ISDs) via the Texas Learners Network. The TLN unites and […]
Category: Our Stories
Dell Texas Learning Network: Operation Connectivity
Through an opportunity made available by Texas Education Agency (TEA), Dell Technologies and Advanced Learning Partnerships (ALP) served approximately 300 Independent School Districts (ISDs) as they strived to facilitate equitable, […]
Working Systemically Toward Innovation
Congrats to the VaLIN divisions recently announced as winners of first- and second-year funding for School Innovation Planning Grants (K12SIP) from VDOE. Several divisions from both Cohort 1 and Cohort […]
Charting Our Horizon: Leadership and Learning in 2020-21
Note: In lieu of or as a companion to the text format, you are invited to scroll to the bottom of this post for a version in video format. For […]
Ways To Be A Teacher Leader For Your Peers
Being a teacher leader is acknowledgement of your skills, experiences, and expertise in the classroom and your ability to work with your peers. This leadership role is no easy task. […]
Summer Pathways Culminating Collaboration
Nearly one hundred members of #VaLIN Cohort 2 signed up to participate in the July 23rd Summer Pathways Culminating Collaboration. But the story is more than the fact that, with […]
Our Values In Action: My Service In 2020-21
Since my first year as a teacher in 1998, the month of June has presented a natural point of reflection and iterative design. In June, details of the recently completed […]
In Crisis, Opportunity.
What does it mean to be an educator? In January of 2020, our answer to that deceptively simple question would have been quite predictable. Since March, though, we have witnessed […]
Deeper Assessment: Why don’t we practice what we know we should do?
This four-part series on Deeper Assessment began with a high-level overview of using backwards design to decide what we really want students to know and do. Prioritizing learning outcomes is […]
Connecting Careers, Curriculum, and Community
Across the Commonwealth of Virginia, school districts seeking to make learning experiences more authentic and purpose-driven for their students are exploring the intersection between and among career preparation, curricular outcomes, […]