District Overview
Since 2009, ALP has joined forces with professional associations, government bodies, and educational institutions to foster large-scale change – and those partnerships are deep and long-standing throughout the Commonwealth. Some of the most recent initiatives have included:
– AI Leadership Lab for Principals, building leadership capacity through applied, job-embedded learning.
– Bridging the Gap (BtG) in partnership with the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE).
– Virginia GenAI Year of Learning: The Virginia Association of School Superintendents (VASS) in collaboration with VDOE and ALP, partnered to create statewide AI professional learning.
– AI Part II: Into the Classroom, in expanded partnership with VASS and Virtual Virginia.
Virginia Is For Learners Innovation Network (VALIN)
Between 2019 – 2024, VDOE partnered with ALP, the Virginia School Consortium for Learning, Virginia Learns, Commonwealth Learning Partnerships and William & Mary College of Education to support VA divisions through VALIN cohorts 1.0 – 5.0 to develop scalable, accessible, and local innovations that operationalize the Profile of the Virginia Graduate for all learners.
Key Services
Highlights
- AI Leadership Lab for Principals: Structured cohorts, personalized coaching, and collaborative learning.
- AI Part II: Into the Classroom: More than 75 Virginia school divisions have taken part.
- GenAI Year of Learning: Over 60 divisions and 400 K-12 district and school leaders in Virginia participated.
- Bridging the Gap: Provided divisions with resources to operationalize student data and learning plans.
- VALIN Cohorts 1.0 - 5.0: Over 700 education leaders from every region in Virginia have participated.
