Vicki Wilson is an educator, author, and education consultant who has served children and educators for over 30 years as a teacher and principal. She is passionate about education – especially about adult learning and the value/impact it has on student learning. Vicki’s interests include educator learning, leadership, organizational change, progressive and innovative practices in education, and leveraging best practices at school to make an improvement so that all students get the best possible education. Vicki is especially proud of the journey she took as a 16-year principal where she led a school through a closing and merger, instituted a strength-based approach to instructional rounds empowering teachers to learn and grow from each other’s strengths, and eventually led her school to become a student-centered Model PLC School that values both student and adult collaborative learning.
In 2020, Vicki Published Lead With Instructional Rounds: Creating a Culture of Professional Learning, a Lead Like a Pirate Guidebook, with Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. In this book, Vicki shares the journey of a difficult school merger and how it healed and grew into a healthy school culture using a unique strength-focused approach to instructional rounds. In 2021, Vicki was part of a 100-author collaboration to write 100 No-Nonsense Things That All Teachers Should Stop Doing and 100 No-Nonsense Things That All Administrators Should Stop Doing, both published by Pushing Boundaries Consulting.
Currently Vicki trains and develops schools to implement her grassroots approach to instructional rounds with a strength-focused lens that empowers school staff to learn and grow from and with each other. She also works as an independent consultant to deliver professional development to schools and districts in her strength-areas including professional learning communities and navigating change and transitions. Vicki also coaches/mentors school leaders.
Vicki enjoys connecting with a professional learning network (PLN) through X, X/Twitter chats, blogs, and events.
