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Virginia Innovative Teaching & Leadership (VITAL) Conference

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Football illustration with the text Teamwork is VITAL '25, Virginia Innovative Teaching and Leadership Conference, February 6 and 8, accompanied by the VVA logo

Teamwork Is VITAL

2025 VITAL Conference

February 6 & 8, 2025

Registration Now Open!

Virtual Virginia’s annual professional learning conference is now the Virginia Innovative Teaching and Leadership Conference (VITAL). The event highlights Virginia educators and leaders who support educational innovations in classrooms, schools, and divisions.

Since 2020, VVA has annually supported Virginia’s teachers and leaders through its free online conference, and this year the fully online conference will support distinct educator and leadership tracks.

Offered at no cost to public school educators and leaders across the Commonwealth, the conference will take place across two days:

  • Thursday, February 6: 4–6 p.m.
  • Saturday, February 8: 9 a.m. to noon

Details about specific sessions and presenters will be provided soon!

Call for Presenters

Proposal Deadline Extended: November 22

We’re looking for fun, informative, and engaging presentations for the 2025 VITAL Conference! Please submit your proposal by Friday, November 22, 2024.

Presentations should fall under one of the topics below:

  • Academic Career Plans
  • Access & Assistive Technologies
  • Advanced Coursework
  • Digital Wellness
  • English Language Arts Standards Implementation
  • Math Standards Implementation
  • Preparing for Computer Science Standards Implementation in 2025–2026
  • Preparing for History and Social Science Standards Implementation in 2025–2026
  • School Performance and Support Framework
  • Science Standards Update
  • Virginia Literacy Act
  • Virginia Statewide LMS Training and Support
  • Virginia’s Assessment System
  • Virtual Tutoring Updates
  • World Languages
  • Other Topics as Proposed

For questions about the 2025 VITAL Conference, please contact VVA Professional Learning Specialist Morgan Occhuizzo at [email protected].