Virginia Foundation for Educational Leadership Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013

Signed

May 15, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.0

Gross Receipts

$550,248

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Worked collaboratively with the Virginia Department of Education's Office of School Improvement (VDOE-OSI) to provide service to schools identified by the VDOE-OSI as needing improvement in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Webinars were designed, developed, and delivered by the Foundation faculty with administrative experience at the school district levels. Webinars addressed research-based programs to assist school leaders with school improvement strategies and techniques.Foundation developed materials that meet the specific needs of the Virginia Department of Education to address the findings of the academic review of those schools that are in improvement. No other source has developed training materials specific for this purpose. The academic review is a process that provides schools and divisions with specific essential actions needed for improvement in order for the school to meet established benchmarks. It is important for the school division central office staff, principal and staff in these schools to clearly understand and develop a plan of action to meet the needs as described by the essential actions. The ongoing training, including the summer and fall institutes and any necessary follow conference sessions will provide the knowledge and skills necessary to support the efforts needed for improvement. Since the VFEL is Virginia-based and is comprised of leaders who are from successful school divisions or schools in Virginia, the organization is specifically equipped to provide the expertise and training need.VFEL faculty members had the following specific responsibilities:-Provide Breaking Ranks in the Middle (BRIM) training with a benchmark assessment instrument for approximately 70 school leaders.-Assist with the development of a follow-up day for BRIM trainees to determine the effectiveness of BRIM in improving individual schools.Finally, as part of its work with VDOE-OSI the Foundation undertook a study to examine school improvement efforts underway in Virginia.This study involved five school divisions and schools within those divisions that had been identified as schools in improvement. They included a rural school division not bounded by a larger city, a rural school division bounded by a larger city, a small city school division, a small urban school division, and a large urban school division.

Filer

EIN

54-1773876