VATLL

Nominate an outstanding Virginia educator today!

Each year, VATLL recognizes excellence in teaching, learning, and leading by hosting an awards luncheon honoring our teachers and leaders with Impact, Team, and Leadership awards. Take some time to recognize these educators by nominating them for a 2026 VATLL Award. THE NOMINATION FORM will be open until 11:59pm on Monday, December 1.

Impact Award: VATLL's Impact Award is presented to multiple Virginia educators each year to recognize their positive impact on colleagues and/or students. Impact award recipients may serve in any capacity in education, as long as there is evidence that their work exemplifies great teaching and a significant positive influence on others.
Leadership Award: VATLL's Leadership Award is presented to one Virginia educator annually for outstanding leadership in curriculum, instruction, and/or assessment. Nominees are those leaders whose understanding of and dedication to best instructional practice is reflected both in the nominee's own work and in the work of those (s)he leads.
Team Award: VATLL's Team Award is presented to a group of 3 or more Virginia educators who work collaboratively to achieve specific goals that have a significant positive impact on student and/or educator learning. These teams may be teachers, building administrators, central office staff, or some combination of these categories. These teams influence, impact, and inspire others to implement innovative practices that improve learning.

Note: award recipients must be members of VATLL. To check their membership status, email Kay Carbaugh or Chris Jones. To become a member, click HERE.

Nominate someone today by clicking HERE!

We are excited to welcome EPS Learning as a Senior Associate Partner of VATLL!

You can find information about EPS at epslearning.com or contact Kayla Franklin today!

Read our response!

On October 16, 2023, the Virginia Department of Education released the HB 585 Work Group Report. Our extensive work with assessment and modernizing Virginia’s assessment system is a staple to our advocacy efforts. We recognize and appreciate the hard work of the HB 585 work group and commend its members for preparing a set of recommendations that are largely in line with our findings and recommendations. The purpose of this response is to provide our support for several recommendations and to include areas where the report missed a few opportunities in its approach to modernization.

Read our response HERE.

VASCD partners with VSSLC and AHA to draft collaborative standards

The Virginia Social Studies Leaders Consortium (VSSLC), the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (VASCD), and the American Historical Association (AHA) collaborated to share their collective knowledge, experience, and expertise to submit comprehensive and professionally reviewed standards that address the request made by the Virginia Board of Education (VBOE) at the November 17, 2022 Board meeting. Access the full document HERE.

Read the articles published in the Richmond-Times Dispatch and Virginia Mercury regarding our release. Additionally, we’ve included the Virginia Mercury and 13NewsNow coverage of the Commission on Civic Education’s endorsement of our standards along with a letter to VBOE from the Commission’s Chair, Delegate VanValkenburg.

Virginia Mercury Article: https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/12/20/three-education-groups-propose-alternate-virginia-history-standards/
RTD Article: https://richmond.com/news/local/education/vdoe-to-release-new-version-of-k-12-history-standards-this-week/article_3b8ea84b-0971-5ff0-9db7-6dc7d786b307.html
Virginia Mercury Article (Civics Commission): https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/12/21/civic-education-commission-endorses-alternate-virginia-history-standards/
13NewsNow: https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/education/virginia-board-of-education-publicly-criticized-letter-of-disapproval-history-standards/291-795133c6-ef67-4680-bd09-b44a645ca134
Delegate VanValkenburg’s Letter: https://studiesvirginiageneralassembly.s3.amazonaws.com/meeting_docs/documents/000/001/638/original/12.22.22_VCCE_SOL_Revisions_Letter_to_BOE.pdf?1672755937

The VASCD Board of Directors is proud to welcome Rashard Wright and Roberto Pamas to the board!

Rashard Wright is currently the Chief of Staff for Newport News Public Schools and will serve on our board as the Region 2 Representative.

Roberto Pamas, EdD is currently an Associate Professor at George Mason University and will serve on our board as the New Teacher Recruitment and Resources for Support team leader.

Thank you for your leadership and service to education, VASCD, and to students across Virginia!

We are excited to welcome Dreambox as an Associate Partner of VASCD!

https://www.dreambox.com/

DreamBox VASCD Contact: Shannon Rankin

Mailing Address: 777 108th Ave NE, Suite 2300, Bellevue, WA 98004

Contact Email Address: shannon.rankin@dreambox.com

Contact Phone Number: 540-421-3822

We're sharing ideas and wisdom across the Commonwealth and beyond! VASCD's Deeper Insights podcast features well-known and soon-to-be-well-known guests in engaging conversations with our hosts. Look for new episodes on Tuesdays beginning June 1, available on itunes, Spotify, and Stitcher.