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

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 Program Cost $345/member. Limited to 25 participants.

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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.

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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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Coming Soon! 

A Pedagogy of Play for Early Childhood Educators
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