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Supporting school and system leaders with developing
the mindsets, skill, habits, and systems for transformative instructional leadership.
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BLACK FRIDAY FLASH SALE
Are you struggling to get your team aligned around shared expectations
for culture, feedback, and instruction?
30% OFF
Standard Professional Development
Reserve Now. There are only 5 spots available, and they will go fast!
Use Promo Code: BLACKFRIDAY
Have questions? Let set up a quick meeting.
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You’ve already done the heavy lift of the first semester. Now invest in the PD that helps your educators sharpen their practice, reignite purpose, and transform the rest of the school year.
Not enough time or resources to build meaningful, practice-based PD? VJR Consulting Firm provides the high-quality sessions your team needs—without adding more to your plate.
Build a Shared Language for Culture, Feedback, and Instruction
Many teams work hard—but not always in the same direction. Misalignment around expectations, feedback, and instructional practice can slow progress and lead to inconsistent results.
Our PD helps your team:
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Establish a shared language and common expectations
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Strengthen adult culture and collaboration
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Practice giving and receiving actionable feedback
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Align on what “strong instruction” looks and sounds like
Your staff leaves speaking the same language and moving toward the same outcomes—together.
Strengthen Instructional Practice Through Hands-On, High-Engagement Learning
This is not sit-and-get PD. Your team will learn through modeling, practice, rehearsal, reflection, and real examples drawn from real classrooms.
During your session, your teachers and leaders will:
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Examine strong models and exemplars
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Engage in practice-based learning that sticks
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Apply new strategies in real-time
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Strengthen instruction schoolwide
With instructional leadership demands ramping up — mid-year conferences, student outcome reviews, shifting schedules — this is the ideal moment for a focused PD investment. Whether you’re reinforcing your culture, refining feedback systems, or aligning adult practices, this session helps you close the year strong and build momentum for what comes next.
Invest in Growth That Lasts Beyond the Session
Effective PD should create lasting change—not just a moment of learning.
Every VJR Consulting session includes:
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Tools and frameworks your team can implement right away
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Strategies that support ongoing coaching and accountability
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Real-time practice to ensure quality implementation
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Resources you can revisit throughout the year
Your team gains skills and confidence that continue long after the session ends.
Drive Momentum Into the Second Half of the School Year
With the first half of the year behind you, now is the time to reinforce alignment, clarify expectations, and energize your staff. A full-day PD session helps your school or district:
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Strengthen culture and collaboration as you move into semester two
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Deepen instruction consistency and shared practices so every classroom drives toward the same outcome
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Build adult-practice routines, structures and feedback loops that carry you through June and set the stage for next year
Your team will walk away feeling grounded, connected, and ready to drive progress until year-end and beyond.
Standard Professional Development
Choose the Professional Development Session That Fits Your Team’s Needs
Every PD session is designed to strengthen adult practice, deepen instructional consistency, and build alignment across your school or district. Choose from our most-requested sessions for teachers and leaders — all grounded in practice-based learning, models, and rehearsal.
Teacher PD Topics:
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Academic Monitoring: Learn how to use real-time academic monitoring to make sharper instructional decisions and dramatically strengthen student learning.
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Responding to Data: Develop the ability to quickly interpret student work and apply high-leverage response-to-error strategies that move learning forward immediately.
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Student Discourse: Build the skills to lead rich mathematical conversations that deepen understanding, elevate student thinking, and increase participation.
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Foundations of Engagement: Design and rehearse clear, consistent classroom systems and routines that create high engagement and smooth, productive lessons.
Leader PD Topics:
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Schoolwide Systems and Routines: Learn to design values-aligned systems and routines that create consistency, strengthen schoolwide culture, and equip staff to execute with excellence.
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Data-Driven Instruction 1.0: Build the systems and habits that make data actionable—monitoring progress, identifying needs, and planning precise next steps for instructional improvement.
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Coaching Teachers 1:1: Strengthen your real-time coaching skills to deliver clear, actionable feedback that immediately improves teacher practice.
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Coaching Teachers as a Group: Learn to lead powerful, practice-based adult learning that helps teams internalize key moves through modeling, naming, and rehearsing.
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Live Coaching for Culture: Develop the capacity to coach teachers in the moment on routines, management, and engagement to create calm, orderly, high-expectation classrooms.
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Live Coaching for Rigor: Learn how to observe for rigor, intervene in the moment, and guide teachers toward instruction that ensures deep thinking and student mastery.
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Student Work Analysis :Build the expertise to run high-leverage data conversations that uncover student misconceptions and drive targeted, effective re-teaching.
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Instructional Planning :Develop stronger content understanding and learn to lead planning meetings that result in clearer lessons and more prepared teachers.
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Strategic Planning: Gain the tools to design and launch a data-informed strategic plan that aligns priorities, initiatives, and metrics for meaningful schoolwide improvement.
Black Friday Pricing:
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Reserve one of five year-end discounted PD spots
Use Promo Code: BLACKFRIDAY
Standard Full-Day PD Session:
Standard Half-Day PD Session:
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Testimonials
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“Vernon, just want to name that I admire how you facilitated this afternoon’s meeting and gave us space to reflect, talk and determine a course of action."
- Jesse Rector, Vice Provost of Regional Leadership Programs, Relay GSE
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" VERNON. Thank you SO MUCH for the sessions last week. I got 2 immediate, unsolicited emails about how good it was. I really appreciate you PUSHING for our kids on what it means to be streamlined, structured, and incredibly focused on kids’ learning, even in these unpredictable days. Your leaders are so fortunate to get your inspiring leadership every day. I get fired up every time I hear from you.”
- Gina Musumeci, AF Accelerator Program Director
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"You have been an invaluable member of our team! Your support has impacted several hundred educators and students. Your insight and energy were just what we needed at the time. I am so proud of the work we accomplished together. More importantly, I’m grateful to have worked alongside you while we ushered in mindset shifts, introduced more effective school improvement protocols, and ultimately, ushered in the change we needed."
- Danielle Battle, Interim Chief of Schools, Atlanta Public Schools
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Accelerate your leadership for the second half of the school year with professional development thought partnership from VJR Consulting Firm
As the school year hits its midpoint, the demands on leaders intensify. You’re working to stabilize culture, keep teachers motivated, and maintain instructional quality—all while making decisions that shape the rest of the year. It’s a constant balancing act between strategy and real-time problem solving. And when challenges in instruction, culture, or staff growth persist, it can feel like you’re pushing forward without the support or clarity you need. Without space for reflection or expert thought partnership, it’s natural to wonder whether your current plans will deliver the outcomes your community expects.
Use Promo Code: BLACKFRIDAY
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Hi! I'm Vernon-James Riley
As a first-generation college graduate raised in a single-grandparent household, Vernon-James Riley knows firsthand the power of education to open doors of opportunity and transform lives. Formerly the Vice Provost of National Leadership Programs at Relay Graduate School of Education, Vernon-James has led professional development and provided coaching in school culture, data-driven instruction, and strategic planning for leaders nationwide. Previously, as Principal of North Star Academy Charter School in Newark, NJ, he led his school to academic success, with all grades exceeding state averages in Math and outperforming non-economically disadvantaged students in ELA. Vernon-James also brings experience as a teacher, Dean of Students, and Director of Operations. Currently, Vernon-James is a doctoral candidate in Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School, having earned degrees from Yale University, Michigan State University, Teachers’ College Columbia University, and Relay Graduate School of Education. Vernon-James also is also licensed as a District Administrator. An alumnus of Education Pioneers and the Leverage Leadership Institute, currently pursuing certification as a Data Wise Coach, Vernon-James combines his deep expertise and diverse background to guide leaders toward impactful and sustainable results.
Q&A
When do I need to pay to receive the 30% Black Friday discount?
To receive the discount, your PD must be paid in full by December 19, 2025.
Only the first five schools or districts to submit payment receive the 30% off rate.
Once those five sessions are booked, the offer closes.
When will my PD session take place?
This offer is perfect for school leaders who are looking for expert, individualized support to refine their plans or overcome a pressing challenge. It’s particularly valuable for those who want a focused, actionable session that helps them maximize the second half of the school year
Sessions held by June 30th, 2026
What happens after I book a session?
Once payment is confirmed, you will:
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Receive your official PD confirmation
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Complete a short intake form so we can customize the session
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Schedule your planning call
What’s included in a PD session?
Each PD session includes:
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Up to 8 hours for full-day or up to 4 hours half-day of practice-based professional learning
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Customized planning call
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Models, exemplars, and walkthrough tools
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Staff practice and rehearsal
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Copy of the presentation slides for future reference
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Optional follow-up recommendations for leaders
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In-person facilitation (or virtual if preferred)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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This exclusive offer is valid only during the Black Friday / Year-End Flash Sale from November 28–December 5, 2025.
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This offer is limited to five (5) full-day/half-day professional development sessions, available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Payment must be received in full by December 19, 2025 to secure the discounted rate.
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Sessions to be scheduled and held by June 30, 2026
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All sales are final. No refunds will be issued once payment has been processed.
DISCLAIMERS
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This promotion is a standalone Professional Development (PD) offer and is not connected to any ongoing consulting packages, partnerships, or prior agreements.
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The 30% discounted rate applies only to this Black Friday / Year-End promotion and cannot be combined with any other discounts or offers.
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VJR Consulting Firm reserves the right to modify or cancel this offer in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
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VJR Consulting Firm is committed to delivering high-quality, practice-based professional development designed to support teacher and leader growth. However, we cannot guarantee that your school or district will achieve specific outcomes solely as a result of a single PD session. The effectiveness of the session depends on your team’s implementation of the strategies, tools, and recommendations provided. Your school’s follow-through, consistency, and ongoing application of the learning will determine the long-term impact.