On August 5, the LEARN Network continued a summer conversation series with education leaders to discuss a vision for an evidence-based education ecosystem. As part of this visioning, team members, partners, and experts from across the country considered the entire ecosystem of actors, organizations, processes, and resources that work together to shape education, sharing important perspectives from the district, state, and national levels, and with varying expertise from edtech and AI to policy and instruction.
Part 3, “Local Perspectives on Scaling Evidence Use,” featured renowned expert Chris Jones for a discussion of the mindset, culture, staffing, and development needed to create an education system where the identification, use, and generation of evidence in teaching and learning is “business as usual.”
Watch the conversation now, or access a transcript of the discussion here.
A conversation featuring local perspectives on designing an evidence-based education ecosystem. Panelist Chris Jones discussed the mindset, culture, staffing, and development needed to create an education system where the identification, use, and generation of evidence in teaching and learning is “business as usual.”
Panelist
- Chris Jones, Executive Director, Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading
Moderator
- Victoria A. Schaefer, Senior Principal Education Researcher and Technical Assistance Provider, SRI Education
About the Panelist
Chris Jones
Chris Jones is the Executive Director of VATLL and most recently served as the principal of Thomas Dale High School in Chesterfield County Public Schools (2,500 students in two campuses), where he also served on division-level leadership committees. Dr. Jones has also served as the Programs Committee Chair for VASCD, the Chair for the Central District, and the Chair for Region 6A as part of the Virginia High School League. Prior to his service in Chesterfield, Dr. Jones was an assistant principal, central office teacher leader, and high school math teacher in Virginia Beach. He has also served as assistant principal of Sussex Central Elementary School. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education–Mathematics from Columbus State University, a master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from The George Washington University (GWU), and a doctorate in Education from GWU. Dr. Jones found his passion for education following his service as a United States Army Airborne Ranger.
The LEARN Network is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences.
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