Ginny Gills

@GinnyGills

Retired Principal, UVA SCOPE 13, ‘19 VASCD Impact Award, ‘22 VAASL Admin of the Year, '22 Grad Alumni of Year, ‘23 WELV Rising Star, SVCC Board

Virginia, USA

Joined October 2013

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · 13 h

What a great WELV learning and networking opportunity! Thank you again @PrinceEdwardSch for sharing your wonderful space with us! @welv_va @VDOE_News #ElevateEducatorsVa @JonGordon11

TTeresa Vance@PrincipalTVance · 16 h

Door prize won at the WELV Region 8 Idea Swap today! Hosted at Prince Edward Schools. 💜💛 Definitely reading. 📚 Great job @GinnyGills

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · 17 h

When you put educators from Pk12 and central office staff together to discuss real challenges facing us today, you walk away with so many strategies and ideas, and the motivation to implement them! ❤️ Region 8 (plus 2 from Region 5) is really great! Shoutout to PECPS for allowing…

EEmily Wilson Overstreet@MrsOArtStudio · 19 h

Big thanks to @GinnyGills for hosting such an awesome Region 8 gathering! It was so much fun connecting and sharing ideas with amazing educators from across the region. I always leave feeling inspired and I even walked away with a prize! 🩷 @welv_va

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jul 24

Attention Longwood Lancers: It’s time to connect or reconnect. @LongwoodCGPS @longwoodu @LongwoodLancers

Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jul 23

I am always learning and growing as I strive to walk in my purpose daily! Excited to share that I am among some of the first to become a Certified Positive Leader via @JonGordon11 #CertifedPositiveLeader @leaders_black @welv_va @VATLL_VASCD @NAESP @LongwoodCGPS @VCU

GinnyGills's tweet image. I am always learning and growing as I strive to walk in my purpose daily! Excited to share that I am among some of the first to become a Certified Positive Leader via @JonGordon11 #CertifedPositiveLeader @leaders_black @welv_va @VATLL_VASCD @NAESP @LongwoodCGPS @VCU

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jul 20

What does your division do with your annual climate survey results? I hope you use the results for goal setting in your continuous learning plan? Let me help you leverage your team’s talent and exceed those goals! This Culture Champion is ready to serve! @NAESP @VAABSE_org…

GinnyGills's tweet image. What does your division do with your annual climate survey results? I hope you use the results for goal setting in your continuous learning plan? Let me help you leverage your team’s talent and exceed those goals! This Culture Champion is ready to serve! @NAESP @VAABSE_org…

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jul 17

“A community is known by the school it keeps!” -Superintendent Sarah Calveric If you’d like support with school culture/climate, staff morale, family and community engagement, principal coaching, reach out. I’d love to help you leverage the talent on your team and help to ensure…

GinnyGills's tweet image. “A community is known by the school it keeps!” -Superintendent Sarah Calveric

If you’d like support with school culture/climate, staff morale, family and community engagement, principal coaching, reach out. I’d love to help you leverage the talent on your team and help to ensure…

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jul 15

Always learning and growing and networking! Being surrounded by people who are driven to make this world a better place fuels me to do better and to be a better version of myself. @JonGordon11 @NAESP @VAABSE_org @VATLL_VASCD @LongwoodCGPS

GinnyGills's tweet image. Always learning and growing and networking! Being surrounded by people who are driven to make this world a better place fuels me to do better and to be a better version of myself. @JonGordon11 @NAESP @VAABSE_org @VATLL_VASCD @LongwoodCGPS

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jun 29

Everything is always better with confetti! IYKYK❤️❤️❤️ Are you looking for creative ways to connect with your students, families, staff, community? If so, reach out! I would love to work with your school, division, region to help you meet your family engagement & school culture…

GinnyGills's tweet image. Everything is always better with confetti! IYKYK❤️❤️❤️
Are you looking for creative ways to connect with your students, families, staff, community? If so, reach out! I would love to work with your school, division, region to help you meet your family engagement &amp; school culture…

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Arlington National Cemetery@ArlingtonNatl · Jun 27

On June 2, 2025, Sergeant of the Guard Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Jay took his final walk as a Tomb Guard at Arlington National Cemetery. In a powerful farewell, he laid roses at each crypt of the Unknown Soldiers, then walked off the plaza hand in hand with his 8-year-old son, Finn.

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jun 27

If you are a middle level or elementary school leader or supervisor and you did not attend the VAESP conference, mark your calendars for next year. It’s always the last Sunday-Tuesday in June! This is the only PK-8 VA conference planned by principals FOR principals. They tackle…

DDr. Andrew Buchheit@AndrewBuchheit · Jun 25

Awesome #vaesp2025 Conference. Thank you @KbartonKrista , @CcpWilson , @egoodman1215, @MrsASchott & everyone else for their hard work. Inspiring Presentations from @PrincipalKafele @DrChrisCulver @jethrojones Congratulations to @GinnyGills, @MrsZeffiro & all award winners.

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National Assoc. of Elementary School Principals@NAESP · Jun 25

🎉 Exciting news from @NAESP and the @NDE_GOV! 23 leaders recently completed the @NAESP Pre-K–3 Leadership Academy®, representing the fifth Nebraska cohort. This program equips leaders with tools for early learning success. 🔗 Learn more: naesp.org/news/naesp-and…

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jun 23

Are you using positive calls home to better connect with your families? If not, you may want to make a plan to incorporate this practice in your school. It matters! @GinnyGills

MMelanie Crocco@KehoeMelanie · Apr 11, 2018

#LoveMySchoolDay ❤️ Some very excited pre-schoolers getting recognition for receiving a Positive Shout-out from their teacher and a happy phone call home from our principal. 🤙🏻 @GinnyGills @KathyMcCutcheo3 #iamcucps #KindnessMatters

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jun 23

Add this to your calendar! :) Are you looking for ways to improve your school culture? Do you want to level-up family engagement? Do you need a mentor for an early career principal? If so, message me. I would love to support you, your school, your division. @vassnews…

GGinny Gills@GinnyGills · Jan 29, 2018

100th Day of School is well underway. Kicking it off with a kindness challenge to make it extra special. Stop by our Gym and pull a card from one of the 100 envelopes. Each envelope contains 1 act of kindness. Spread kindness in our community. Start❤️Right❤️Now❤️#iamcucps

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jun 23

100 RAK on the 100th day of school was a fun CCES Family Tradition. From baking cookies for our first responders, making cards for our veterans, to making positive calls home, our school family rocked it! @NAESP @Successfulinc @VAABSE_org @leaders_black @welv_va @LongwoodCGPS

GGinny Gills@GinnyGills · Jan 11, 2019

Coming soon: CCES has a Family Challenge. We will challenge our Ss, together with their families, to spread kindness in & around our community. We will kick it off on our 100th day of school. Why not -100 RAK on the 💯th day is a CCES Family Tradition! 💙💛💙 #iamcucps #ccesdukes

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jun 23

This was a special day for my principal heart! If you are attending the @theVAESP conference today, I hope you will stop by one of my round table discussions for some actionable steps you can take to level-up your work with families. Did I mention surprises await? :) @NAESP…

GGinny Gills@GinnyGills · Apr 24, 2024

I got my very own Positive Duke Shoutout today! I’m so excited—and the AP called home too! ❤️#ccesdukes #WeAreCUCPS ⁦@NAESP⁩ #25Positives #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay

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Krista Barton Arnold@KbartonKrista · Jun 22

It is that time of year! #Conference Thrive in 2025! ⁦@NAESP⁩ ⁦@GinnyGills⁩ ⁦@AndrewBuchheit⁩

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jun 19

Looking forward to presenting at the 2025 VAESP Conference. If engaging families is important to you, stop by my session. Leave inspired to connect with ALL families. @NAESP @LongwoodCGPS @Successfulinc @VDOE_News @leaders_black @welv_va

GinnyGills's tweet image. Looking forward to presenting at the 2025 VAESP Conference. If engaging families is important to you, stop by my session. Leave inspired to connect with ALL families. @NAESP @LongwoodCGPS @Successfulinc @VDOE_News @leaders_black @welv_va

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Ginny Gills@GinnyGills · Jun 19

Therapy Dog, Tyde, makes a school visit with former Little Duke, ⁦@ashleylawson358⁩. Mrs. Lawson is a mental health counselor with ⁦@glndschools⁩ and loves telling kids about Tyde’s work and impact at school. Tyde is even part of their middle/high ⁦@PBISRewards⁩

GinnyGills's tweet image. Therapy Dog, Tyde, makes a school visit with former Little Duke, ⁦@ashleylawson358⁩. Mrs. Lawson is a mental health counselor with ⁦@glndschools⁩ and loves telling kids about Tyde’s work and impact at school. Tyde is even part of their middle/high ⁦@PBISRewards⁩

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LongwoodGradStudies@LongwoodCGPS · Jun 12

A mystery novel set in Farmville and written by one of our graduate alumni? That's pretty cool. 📖✨ Katherine Yancey De Lorraine '68, M.A. '79 (English), weaves history and suspense in Miss Lila's Place. Learn more: bit.ly/4ijpN1C #longwoodu #lwgradstudies