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Long Term and Short Term Projects are co-created with agencies to best support them in transforming their systems towards equity and belonging. Projects include, but not limited to: Professional Development Strategic Visioning and Planning Policy Development and Implementation Curriculum Design Program Design and Management Programs/Organizations Virginia has consulted with include, but not limited to: Opportunity Alliance, Head Start, Portland, ME Youth & Family Outreach, Portland, ME Heidi’s House Daycare Auburn School District Maine Families Program of Maine Children’s Trust Windham-Raymond School Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602edb8deea1c51f7292f19c/1615392394147-Z9P1TX7C910AKTS19J1E/DSC_7419.JPG Work with Virginia - Curriculum Designer: Roots & Fruits Early Childhood Model: A Culturally Responsive ECE Program Model that embodies diversity, equity, inclusivity and belonging (DEIB) at all levels of the program. This toolbox is for ECE programs/classrooms to use as a model of teaching, learning, and leading. S.T.R.E.A.M.S. ~~~~Social Studies; Technology; Reading/wRiting; Existentialism; Arts; Mathematics; Science A project-based curriculum framework that extends beyond the STEAM model of teaching & learning. This framework incorporates Social Studies and Existential (Higher Conscious) Thinking into curriculum designs to enhance students wholistic learning in Mind, Body, Heart, and Soul. This framework is for classrooms, schools, and districts to use as an interdisciplinary roadmap in creating innovative experiential projects for students Pre-K - 8th grade. S.O.I.L. ~ Sowing Our Inner Light A curriculum framework for children and families to explore the limitlessness of our own beings, gathering social, emotional, and peace leader tools to raise our vibrations on the planet. 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