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Jamie Virga
Jamie Virga, EdD, has over 35 years of experience as a teacher, principal, professional developer, principal coach, and associate superintendent. He works to support schools and districts with implementing Professional Learning Communities at Work® and RTI at Work™ processes.
Jamie Virga
Jamie Virga, EdD, has over 35 years of experience as a teacher, principal, professional developer, principal coach, and associate superintendent. As a Solution Tree associate, he works to support schools and districts with implementing Professional Learning Communities at Work® and RTI at Work™ processes. As principal of Viers Mill Elementary in Montgomery County, a Title I school with students from 42 countries who spoke 32 different languages, Jamie led staff efforts to create a professional learning community culture. Viers Mill was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 2005.
Jamie then became founding director of the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Professional Learning Communities Institute (PLCI), an innovative program of professional development for school leadership teams. Over 40 MCPS schools have completed the two-year PLCI program, and analysis of data shows that these schools increase student achievement at a rate that surpasses state and county averages. The American Productivity and Quality Center recognized MCPS as a Benchmark District for support of PLCs.
Jamie received the Salute to Leadership Award from the National Association of Elementary School Principals in recognition of his work as principal of Viers Mill. He also was honored by the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education as the 2005 Educator of the Year from MCPS. Jamie and members of his staff are featured in the Solution Tree DVD Collaborative Teams in Professional Learning Communities at Work™.
Jamie holds master’s degrees in education from Towson University and Johns Hopkins University. He is completing doctoral work in educational policy and leadership at the University of Maryland.
PLC at Work®
PLC at Work® experts have proven success in leading the PLC at Work process in a school or district. Work with them to implement a focus on learning, build a collaborative culture, and create a results orientation that leads to sustained, substantive school improvement.
RTI at Work™
RTI at Work experts focus on learning for all students and will empower you to build your own timely, targeted, and systematic intervention program. Work with them to implement a results-driven program that provides targeted instruction at all tiers of intervention.
Presentations by Jamie Virga
- Working as a PLC: Getting Started With the Three Big Ideas
- Going Deeper as a PLC: Living the Three Big Ideas
- The Power of Collaboration: Working as Teams to Make a Difference for Students
- The Seven I’s of Effective Intervention for Students
- Working as a PLC to Produce Student Results: The Critical Role of School Leaders
- Parents, Communities, and PLCs: The Search for ‘Just Right’
“I recognize that specific direction about building teams would be very difficult. That said, Jamie was a great facilitator for this process. Well worth it!”
