“Inter-division collaboration through regional work sessions sparked by VALIN has the potential to save our teams hundreds of hours of siloed design time and unseen implementation pitfalls.” Our colleague, Ted […]
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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 […]
Learner Profile Design and Implementation
Co-authored by Craig Bennett and Gaynell Lyman Across the nation educators are asking deep questions about the essential knowledge, skills and dispositions that prepare learners to be life-ready. In Virginia, […]
Virginia is for Learners Innovation Network: A Snapshot of Progress Earned
Seven short months ago, an intrepid band of twenty-six teams representing thirty-one Virginia school divisions embarked on a journey. Their individual quests, while disparate, were nonetheless unified by an aligned […]
The Wonder in the Question
Co-authored with Amy Feaver, Innovation Coach for Hopewell City Public Schools, VA Who knew there was so much to know and wonder about insects? Students in a Hopewell City Kindergarten […]