Virginia Eves, MS is a TBG Senior Consultant. She has spent the majority of her educational experience, both in the classroom and as an administrator, focused on closing achievement and opportunity gaps for students, particularly low-income students, students of color, and those with special needs, who are often underserved in an educational system that should provide supports and assistance necessary for them to succeed.
Virginia’s belief that all students can learn at high levels is best evidenced by the successes and awards that were bestowed upon Madison High School during her tenure as Principal there. After earning the Breakthrough High School Award, Ms. Eves was asked to relate the challenges of overcoming resistant staff and community, as well as barriers to student success, she encountered at Madison High School in the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). In Chapter 6, “Collaborative Leadership Changes and Challenges to the Idea of ‘Traditional’ Neighborhood Schools,” the chapter she was asked to write for author Dr. Joe DiMartino’s book, The Personalized High School: Making Learning Count for Adolescents, she told the story of the “Renaissance of Madison High.”
As a central office administrator, Virginia had oversight and management of Transitional Kindergarten-Grade 12 Instructional Support Services (Assistant Superintendent), Office of College, Career and Technical Education (Director), and 20 Innovative Small High Schools and six Alternative High Schools (Program Manager).
Virginia holds a BS in Education and Psychology from University of Iowa and an MS in Counseling from California State University, Fullerton.