Virginia Support Framework and Division Support Plan

The Office of School Improvement hosted a webinar with ACPS families and community members June 3  to learn about the Virginia Department of Education’s new Virginia Support Framework and Division Support Plan for school divisions. The webinar discussion was offered in multiple languages and included a question-and-answer component, and was designed to:

• Provide information about the new Virginia Support Framework and Continuous Improvement Process
• Share information about the process of developing the draft ACPS Division Support Plan
• Gather feedback from stakeholders about the ACPS Division Support Plan
• Provide an overview of the next steps

The new Virginia Support Framework (VSF) provides guidance for divisions regarding schools newly identified with significant Academic Achievement needs in English, Math and/or Science.

The new accreditation guidelines require ACPS to conduct a division-level needs assessment to identify systems-level teaching and learning needs and an explicit division-wide plan of support to address identified systemic needs to improve student outcomes in four specific domains: Academic Supports, Staffing Supports, Professional Learning Supports and School Climate Supports.

In March 2024, central office leaders representing academics, student services, family engagement, human resources, professional learning, school improvement and other stakeholders began collaborative work sessions to gather and analyze data, conduct root cause analyses, identify priority areas, and develop the SY 24-25 Priority Areas for the ACPS Division Plan of Support.

ACPS Division Support Plan Draft Priority Areas SY 24-25

Academic Achievement  Supports	Tier 1 Instruction: Alignment, Rigor, Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) Strategies The High School Academy Model
Staffing Support	Onboarding for New Licensed Staff Division-wide Pay Philosophy
Professional Learning Supports	Comprehensive Division Professional Learning Plan Identify Measures to Determine the Impact of Professional Learning
School Climate Supports	School-to-Home and School-to-Student Engagement Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Evaluation Action Plan

Webinar viewers are invited to share feedback and questions through a brief, multi-language survey. 

Next Steps

• The Office of School Improvement will review, synthesize, and share stakeholder feedback with ACPS leadership
• The Superintendent will submit the Division Support Plan for review to the Virginia Department of Education (June 2024)
• ACPS will revise the Division Support Plan based on feedback from the VDOE
• Share an overview of the ACPS Division Support Plan with the ACPS community
• Families and community members will continue to be updated on plan implementation progress throughout SY 24-25