VATLL Annual Conference

Rising tides of student apathy and disengagement can make it feel like your ship is sinking. Grab a life preserver and steer your crew to success in this entertaining, insightful session. Explore the neuroscience that informs a myriad of easy-to-implement techniques any educator can use to increase student engagement and content retention, regardless of learning gifts or challenges. Have fun while filling your sails with strategies that foster equity and success to help educators and students enjoy smooth sailing.

Explore how Lynchburg City Schools used the Virginia Language Arts Walkthrough Tool data to strengthen K–8 HQIM implementation and redesign PLCs around intellectual preparation. This session highlights change-management moves used by division leaders, school leaders, coaches, and teachers, including leader and coach PL, job-embedded PLC supports, and practical tools participants can adapt in their own divisions.
 

Learn how a Virginia school division used Tier 1 instructional data to develop a district-wide Problem of Practice that aligns improvement efforts across schools. Participants will explore a practical process for collecting and analyzing needs assessment data, identifying high-leverage instructional priorities, and creating a shared focus for continuous improvement. Attendees will leave with tools and templates they can use to build coherence, strengthen instructional leadership, and move beyond fragmented initiatives.

Instructional and teacher leaders have the power to create learning environments where all students thrive. In this interactive session, participants will explore inclusive systems and AVID strategies that re-engage students academically, behaviorally, and socially while maintaining high expectations. Through case studies and collaborative activities, attendees will gain practical tools to increase student ownership, voice, and accountability and leave with actionable strategies to strengthen instruction and lead future-ready, student-centered learning.