VAIS Better Than a Book Club (BBC)
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This new model of Professional Learning is a deeper dive with a cohort/Community of Practice framework. You will engage virtually with a small group of peers across the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and deeply explore a topic of interest.
Looking at Student Work to Uncover Student Thinking with Author Alice Oakley
In this BBC, you’ll engage virtually with a small group of peers from across Virginia to explore How to Look at Student Work to Uncover Student Thinking (Brookhart & Oakley, 2021). Author, Alice Oakley, Founder, Education Resource Group will facilitate each session. The series includes five 75-minute sessions from January - May. Topics include:
- Inferring What Students Are Thinking
- Providing Effective Feedback
- Deciding on Next Instructional Moves
- Supporting Professional Development
- Looking at Student Work in a New Way
Purchase How to Look at Student Work to Uncover Student Thinking
Program Cost $345/member. Limited to 25 participants.
4:00 - 5:15 PM
3rd Tuesdays Jan- April +May 2
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TOPICS
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January 16, 2024
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Inferring What Students Are Thinking
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February 20, 2024
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Providing Effective Feedback
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March 19, 2024
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Deciding on Next Instructional Moves
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April 16, 2024
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Supporting Professional Development
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May 2, 2024
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Looking at Student Work in a New Way
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Flash Feedback with Author/Educator Matthew Johnson
In this BBC, you’ll engage virtually with a small group of peers from across Virginia to explore Flash Feedback: Responding to Student Writing Better & Faster without Burning Out (Johnson, 2020). Author/educator Matthew Johnson, will facilitate each session. The series includes five 75-minute sessions from January - May. Limited to 25 participants. Topics include:
- Giving Strong Feedback in Less Time: The Efficiencies
- Giving More Effective Feedback: The Best Practices
- Making Feedback Memorable: The Feedback Cycle
- Beyond the Text: Using Feedback to Cultivate Positive Mindsets and Beliefs
- Democratizing Feedback: Teaching Peer Response and Self-Review
Purchase Flash Feedback Responding to Student Writing Better and Faster Without Burning Out
Program Cost $345/member. Limited to 25 participants.
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Fourth Tuesdays, Jan-April + *May 2
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TOPICS
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January 23, 2024
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Chapter 1:Giving Strong Feedback in Less Time: The Efficiencies
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February 27, 2024
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Chapter 2: Giving More Effective Feedback: The Best Practices
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March 26, 2024
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Chapter 3: Making Feedback Memorable: The Feedback Cycle
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April 23, 2024
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Chapter 4: Beyond the Text: Using Feedback to Cultivate Positive Mindsets and Beliefs
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*May 2, 2024
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Chapter 5: Democratizing Feedback: Teaching Peer Response and Self-Review
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REGISTER HERE FOR FLASH FEEDBACK
Leadership/Division Directors/Deans of Faculty
In this BBC, you'll engage virtually with a small group of peers from across Virginia, led by an experienced independent school leadership coach. The series includes eight 75-minute sessions from September - May and one 1:1 Leadership Coaching session.
Program Cost $695/member
Registration FULL for Leadership/Division Directors/Dean of Faculty.
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A Pedagogy of Play for Early Childhood Educators
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