Skip to main content

Virginia School Consortium for Learning

Vision, Mission, Priorities

The Virginia School Consortium for Learning (VaSCL) is an educational consortium composed of more than eighty public school divisions from across Virginia.  The organization is dedicated to providing high-quality professional learning and promoting professional collaboration among educators in order to improve instruction and increase student achievement. 

Our Vision

VaSCL supports and connects educators to be the best versions of themselves by focusing on professional learning and wellness so that all children, in turn, have equitable access to the learning they need.

Our Mission

Build the capacity of educators by supporting them as partners, coaches, and collaborators in professional learning.

Our Priorities

  • Cultivate and sustain professional networking

  • Support school cultures and a climate of trust and innovation
  • Support accelerated, rigorous instruction for all
  • Ensure effective instruction in core content and specifically math and literacy, relationship-building, class management and supervision ** (our solid bedrock foundation)
  • Develop and use Balanced Assessments aligned to curricular standards and best-practice learning strategies