About Us

Educators facilitating, teaching, training, and consulting across the United States and Canada

Founded in January 2003, Learning Community Incorporated is committed to being a guiding light in the complex world of education. Our commitment is to the learning of educators, aspiring educators, parents, administrators, teachers, and others who are striving to support the learning of students.

Lighthouse Learning is a collaborative organization that partners with schools, administrators, teachers, students, universities, and families to study, explore, and implement new ideas that better support the learning of students and educators.

Co-owner and President, Nicole M. Vagle is an educator who facilitates, trains, consults, studies, and acts around the critical issues facing educators today across the United States and Canada.

As an assessment trainer for Solution Tree, Nicole supports educators in understanding and implementing effective classroom assessment practices and systems. These educational assessment practices inspire and motivate students, teachers, and schools to openly communicate and collaborate throughout the educational journey.

Nicole M. Vagle: Educator, Assessment Consultant, Educational Leader

Nicole began her educational career as a middle and high school English teacher at Byron High School and Eden Prairie High School. Her commitment was to the learning for all students.

With a broad background of educational experience, Nicole’s background is very diverse. She served as program evaluator and trainer at the Princeton Center for Leadership Training in New Jersey and also co-designed the Assessment Framework and Resource Center for Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

As a training coordinator for the Osseo Data Templates Project (in partnership with the University of Minnesota), Nicole helped teachers and administrators design templates to track and analyze data.

In addition, Nicole was a high school reform specialist for Minneapolis Schools, supporting the district, principals, and teams of teachers in implementing Small Learning Communities. This reform work, specifically, focused on examining student work and using data to support classroom practices and inform system wide decision-making.

Nicole has also been a featured presenter at conferences throughout North America, where she illustrates how to build capacity for and implement assessment for learning, data-driven decisions, student work protocols, collaboration and interdisciplinary teaming.

Click here to download a complete curriculum vitae for Nicole M. Vagle.

Other Partners

• Mark D. Vagle, PhD, Vice President and Co-owner

Friends of Lighthouse that Have Supported and Facilitated Our Work

• Dr. Abby Attias, Vice President, Princeton Center for Leadership Training, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
• Cassandra Erkens, President Anam Cara Consulting, Lakeville, Minnesota
• Kay Gregory, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Educational Standards and Consultant for Educational Reform
• Tom Hierck, Assistant Superintendent, School District No. 46 (Sunshine Coast), Gibson, BC, Canada
• Holly Kragthorpe-Shirley, Teacher, Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
• Angela LaBounty, Teacher, Rochester Public Schools, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Contact Nicole for more information on how Lighthouse Learning Community, Inc can support the educational needs of your organization.