This resource presents the College, Career & Civic Life referred to as the C3 Framework for Social Studies via the Google Drive. Social Studies teachers can access the framework here as an Adobe Acrobat PDF. The framework has been utilized in the development of the Virgin Islands Standards of Achievement for Social Studies.

The resources shared here align to the Virgin Islands Department of Education State Literacy Plan.  With a focus on literacy as a shared responsibilty, these customized roadmaps offer strategies for integrating literacy in Mathematics, Science, History, the Arts, and the Health & Phyiscal Education classrooms.

This document presents the difference between Standards and Curriculum. This is helpful for educators to be able to distinguish between both concepts.

This statement explains the transition that marks the journey from national academic standards to the Virgin Islands Standards of Achievement.

This document is being shared to support teachers when designing instruction to assess the Common Core State Standards, now our VISA for ELA. It was crafted by well known Education Specialists Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins copyright 2012.

This document provides a list of instructional resources aligned to content standards and assessments.

The resources housed here include the Virgin Islands Cultural Standards with the companion Kallaloo Framework to be utilized for lesson planning.

The Virgin Islands Cultural Standards and companion Kallaloo Framework are grounded in the history, language, traditions, and environment of the Virgin Islands so that teachers can create opportunities to link instruction to the everyday lives of students. The framework provides students with a strong sense of self-identity and charges students to understand the cultures of others. The rationale is that Virgin Islands students should be empathetic toward other cultures as well as be global citizens yet stand firm within their own Virgin Islands identity. Further, the Kallaloo Framework presents educators with the necessary tools to cultivate opportunities for students to play an active role in positively shaping Virgin Islands culture. The Framework provides an opportunity for educators to incorporate the Virgin Islands Cultural Standards, and, by extension, Virgin Islands History, in every classroom, in every subject area, in every school, every day.

In August 2022, this document was reviewed and approved for sharing with stakeholders by the Board of Education. This July 31, 2023 document is a revised, updated version of the document. Social Studies teachers in particular, and other content area teachers and encourage to utilize the standards in their instructional.