Inquiry-Based Learning Starts Now: What VA Educators Need to Know

The VDOE Has Officially Launched the Rollout

The Virginia Department of Education is now rolling out the 2023 History and Social Science Standards of Learning—and it’s more than a set of updates. This shift calls for a new way of thinking rooted in inquiry, student engagement, and evolving instructional practices.

Instructional guides for each course will release weekly between April 7–May 12, with professional learning kicking off in May and continuing through December 2025.

🗓️ Upcoming Releases Include:

• Civics, Government – Week of April 7

• US History I & II – April 14

• World Geography, WHI, WHII – April 28–May 5

• Virginia Studies, VUS – May 12

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What’s New in the Guides?

These guides are now interactive, living documents—meaning they’ll keep evolving with new resources and edits.

T.E.A.C.H. LLC can help your teams:

• Understand and Apply the Guides
  We break down the new instructional guides and align them to your pacing, curriculum, and local needs using AI to streamline the process.

• Build Inquiry-Based Lessons with AI
  Teachers upload standards, pacing, and student data. Our approach helps AI generate tailored, inquiry-driven lesson plans, research tasks, and discussion prompts.

• Save Teacher Time
  Our system makes it easy to front-load weekly lessons, adapt for subgroups (like EL or SPED), and focus on student thinking—not just coverage.

• Track Progress Year-Round
  With AI threads that grow as the year goes on, we help teachers and coaches track formative data, inquiry mastery, and lesson impact—all in one place.

• Provide PD That Lasts
  We offer hands-on sessions on how to prompt AI, build inquiry-aligned GPTs, and support teachers with strategies tied directly to the VDOE Quill Talks topics.

Ready to Get Ahead of the Curve?

🧭 Attending the May VDOE webinars or June/August regional sessions? Let’s partner up to extend those sessions with custom AI coaching, lesson-building workshops, and implementation support.

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Let’s talk about how we can align our support with your rollout timeline.

Supporting the Shift to Inquiry

The VDOE's upcoming Quill Talks will tackle topics like questioning, research, scaffolding, and source analysis. But many teachers are asking:

That’s where T.E.A.C.H. steps in. We’ve helped districts:

• Prompt generative AI with instructional goals, student data, and inquiry steps

• Build and revise lessons aligned to inquiry-based expectations

• Provide ongoing professional development tied to real results

We can even help you create school-wide or division-wide GPTs to support every teacher with consistent, standards-based planning.

Final Thoughts

Whether you're in a classroom, coaching role, or central office—we’re here to help make this rollout less overwhelming and more impactful.

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Together, we can build inquiry-based classrooms that actually work for teachers and students.

Sincerely,