About the Virginia Staff Development Council

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The History of VSDC

December 2001
While attending the NSDC Conference in Denver, Barbara Steverson and Wendy Krickovic, staff development instructors from Henrico County Public Schools (Richmond, Virginia), attended an affiliate reception sponsored by members from Ohio. It became clear that a Virginia affiliate was needed. Armed with desire and ideas, they set out to make an affiliate a reality. Back in Henrico County, Barbara and Wendy started discussing how an affiliate could be formed and requested information from the National Staff Development Council about the steps involved.

November 2002
A group of six met to start the ball rolling. The six attendees at the first planning meeting were:
Cozette McIntyre, Richmond Public Schools
Pamela Roland, University of Virginia
Jan Rozelle, College of William and Mary
Glynda Johnson, Fairfax County Public Schools
Wendy Krickovic, Henrico County Public Schools
Barbara Steverson, Henrico County Public Schools

December 2002
Before attending the national conference in Boston, Mike Murphy, NSDC, arranged for Wendy and Barbara to attend the affiliates’ meeting to learn more about starting and sustaining an affiliate. A room was provided for a Virginia Affiliate interest meeting and more than 30 Virginia educators attended.

May 2003
Members met at the University of Virginia site in Richmond, Virginia to continue the affiliation process.

October 2003
Our first state conference was a great success! Thank you to all of our members for your enthusiastic help. The conference was held at Zehmer Hall, University of Virginia, with Dennis Sparks, NSDC Executive Director, as the keynote speaker.  The conference theme was “Revisioning Professional Development.

December 2003
Back in Richmond, a meeting was held to start the ball rolling toward affiliation.
A mission, goals, committees, etc. were voted upon.
Members of the VSDC Board achieve affiliation status at the national conference in New Orleans.

Present
VSDC continues to grow as an organization dedicated to promoting best practices in professional development and high-quality professional learning opportunities for all educators throughout the Commonwealth.