Who Are We?

Vicki Bechard is the founder and point person of The Teaching and Learning Consulting Network, LLC.  She has a variety of K-12 experience working in and with schools throughout Kansas as a teacher, school improvement leader, administrator, provider of professional learning,  educational consultant, and adjunct college instructor.  Vicki is also a trained Outside Visitation Team Member and Chair (OVT) for the Kansas Accreditation System (KESA), and serves as a chair for 2 school systems.  In addition, she is Certified Trainer for the Kansas State Department of Education for College and Career Ready Standards (Common Core).  In addition Vicki is helping to create videos on effective professional learning through Learning Forward Kansas.   Contact Vicki to find out how TLCN can help you or your school. 

Independent Consultants are available from the Eastern half of Kansas with a diversity of educational experiences and areas of expertise and ready to serve schools in a collaborative capacity.  This list is continually evolving.  Contact Vicki to learn more about the network.

What Can We Do?

Help schools improve teaching and learning through… 
  • Curriculum & Assessment
  • Data:  Collecting, Analyzing, Planning, & Evaluating
  • Educator Evaluations​
  • Instructional Coaching
  • Implementing Change Initiatives
  • Mentoring 
  • Professional Learning to get results
  • Rigor, Relevance, Relationships, Results
  • School Improvement Process & Planning including KESA (Accreditation)
Provide Professional Learning on topics including (but not limited to):
  • Change Process
  • Classroom Management
  • Curriculum & Assessment
  • Data Use (collecting, analyzing, planning, evaluating)
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Effective Collaboration (PLC’s)
  • Effective Instructional Strategies
  • Engaging/Empowering Students in the Classroom
  • Growth Mindset
  • Literacy in the Content Area
  • Professional Learning (effective planning, delivery and implementation)
  • Teaching Students in Poverty

The Teaching and Learning Consulting Network, LLC:  
Supporting the quest to improve teaching and learning

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