VAIS Better Than a Book Club (BBC)
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 the 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 | TOPICS |
| January 16, 2024 | Inferring What Students Are Thinking |
| February 20, 2024 | Providing Effective Feedback |
| March 19, 2024 | Deciding on Next Instructional Moves |
| April 16, 2024 | Supporting Professional Development |
| May 2, 2024 | Looking at Student Work in a New Way |
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 | TOPICS |
| January 23, 2024 | Chapter 1:Giving Strong Feedback in Less Time: The Efficiencies |
| February 27, 2024 | Chapter 2: Giving More Effective Feedback: The Best Practices |
| March 26, 2024 | Deciding on Next Instructional Moves |
| April 23, 2024 | Supporting Professional Development |
| *May 2, 2024 | Looking at Student Work in a New Way |
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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