Dive Into this Summer’s VTSS Learning Adventure!
Attention all Division Coordinators, educators, and lifelong learners!
Registration is officially OPEN for the 2025 VTSS Professional Learning Camp: Adventures in Education—where discovery and innovation meet summer camp vibes! Pack your curiosity and enthusiasm because this is your chance to embark on a journey of growth, inspiration, and adventure.
Dates: July 14th through 17th
Location: The Westin Richmond (6631 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23230)
We can't wait to welcome you to the ultimate summer camp for education professionals—let's make this summer unforgettable! ️
Whether you choose to join us for one or two incredible days or stay for the whole exciting week, you'll experience a dynamic mix of hands-on activities, cutting-edge strategies, and creative collaboration that will leave you energized and ready to tackle the next school year.
What's in store for your camp adventure?
Expert-led sessions that spark creativity and explore best practices.
Opportunities to connect with fellow campers and build professional networks.
Fun-filled moments that celebrate education in a refreshing, camp-inspired atmosphere.
Don't miss out—spots are filling fast, and the campfire of learning awaits!
Secure your spot today and let the adventure begin!
When you register, you may select from five informative sessions that best match your needs:
—Monday, July 14 to Tuesday, July 15 Sessions—
Data Informed Decision Making for Divisions (Monday, July 14th)
Audience: Division-level teams
Description: Data-Informed Decision Making for Divisions is a professional learning session that will demonstrate and allow division level teams the time and space to use a problem-solving process to identify and address division concerns. During the session, we will guide you to precisely define your concern, conduct a root-cause analysis to explore the “why” of your concern, establish meaningful and achievable goals, select and implement impactful practices, and effectively and efficiently evaluate progress. This event will provide an opportunity to explore a data-informed decision making process that can help take the guesswork out of selecting the interventions and supports that will meet the needs of your families, students, and staff to improve identified outcomes.
Data Informed Decision Making for Schools (Tuesday, July 15)
Audience: School-level Tier I teams with Division Coaches
Description: This event is centered around developing a common understanding of what a Data-Informed Decision Making (DIDM) process is and how to facilitate this process. As a school team, you leave this day having worked through identifying your school's biggest challenge area, the “why” behind this area, and the potential gaps in data you need to collect. You will practice writing a precision problem statement, creating goals, selecting interventions, and developing an action plan.
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Effective Classroom Systems (Monday, July 14 to Tuesday, July 15)
Audience: School Staff/Teams with Division Coaches
Description: Effective Classroom Systems is designed for division and school leadership to develop a plan for the data collection, professional learning and coaching needed at the division and school level in order to promote a sustained focus on the use of effective classroom practices. Classroom practices are the strategies essential to effective instruction and include: arranging the physical environment, active supervision, classroom expectations, routines and procedures aligned with school-wide expectations, opportunities to respond, formative assessment, scaffolding, reinforcing appropriate behavior, responding to inappropriate behavior and creating community through feedback.
Register here!—Wednesday, July 16 to Thursday, July 17 Sessions—
Defusing Disruptive Behavior (Wednesday, July 16 to Thursday, July 17)
Audience: School Staff/Teams with Division Coaches
Description: Defusing Disruptive Behavior is an interactive, professional learning event that will build the capacity for understanding interfering behaviors as well as how to address these behaviors more effectively at the school-wide level and in the classroom. Anchored to the escalation cycle, this training will provide information about evidenced-based practices to prevent as well as de-escalate behavior in order to maximize the instructional time in the learning environment.
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Advanced Tiers Team Learn & Work Session (Wednesday, July 16 & Thursday, July 17)
Audience: School-level teams with Division Coaches
(This event is designed to support schools that are “ready” to move forward with exploring and/or installing Tier 2 systems in their school. School teams should have a strong Tier 1 in place to support students and be ready to set up or enhance systems for students needing additional support. It is essential that the team members in attendance include division leaders, specialists (such as behavior, academic, and SEL specialists/coaches), school administration, school counselors, and general/special education teachers who will be supporting Tier 2 implementation.)
Description: This two-day event is designed to provide an overview of the core components of advanced tiers, followed by team time. During team time, participants can review their teaming structures, dive more in-depth into screening and requests for assistance, develop decision rules, or explore the resources available to support students in Tier 2. This time will be customized to the division/school’s needs and supported by their state coaches.
Register here!Pack your curiosity and enthusiasm. We look forward to seeing you in July!
Work with your State Coaches to select the sessions that best meet your needs.