VaSCL is excited to have Laurie McCullough join us to facilitate our upcoming coaching onsite and virtual sessions, one of the most critical job-embedded professional learning strategies we can have in our toolbelt. Since the early research of Joyce and Showers we’ve known that more than anything else out there coaching significantly increases the likelihood of transfer into practice of professional learning experiences.

Laurie McCullough, retired Executive Director of VaSCD has served as a former elementary, middle and high school teacher(math), elementary principal, and instructional director. She’s been engaged in coaching since she first worked as a leader of a Best Practice Center for the Virginia Department of Education and she’s supported use of instructional coaching across Virginia and the United States. Most recently, as VaSCD’s leader she has worked with educators across Virginia to develop the Profile of a Virginia Classroom and a microcredential model.

Catch up with Laurie on Linked In and Twitter @LMcCinVa