Showing posts with label Jamie Virga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jamie Virga. Show all posts

Saturday, February 11, 2012

The Seven "I"s

The Seven Keys? I guess they are "out." According to the article below, educators really need to know about the Seven "I"s!

The Seven I’s
Posted on January 12, 2011, by Jamie Virga

By Jamie Virga, PLC at Work™ associate

"As principal of Viers Mill Elementary School in Montgomery County, Maryland, from 1997 to 2005, I learned a great deal about the benefits of operating as a professional learning community (PLC). As a community, we tried to keep our focus on the four critical questions. We had a specific emphasis on question number 3: What will we do when students haven’t learned it? In school, as in life, some of the best lessons come from the mistakes we make."


To continue reading his article, CLICK HERE.

Solution Tree | Speaker


Solution Tree | Speaker

Jamie Virga has been a teacher, principal, district staff developer, principal coach, and associate superintendent in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland for more than 20 years.


What is Solution Tree? It is a "leading provider of educational strategies and tools that improve staff and student performance" (or so its website says).

“I recognize that specific direction about building teams would be very difficult. That said, Jamie was a great facilitator for this process. Well worth it!”
—Darin Drill, superintendent, Cascade School District, Oregon
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To find out more about Solution Tree Professional Learning Communities Services, CLICK HERE.