Equity & Excellence
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Excellence shall become the norm for all, regardless of background or demographics. |
Excellence shall become the norm for all, regardless of background or demographics. Our schools shall embrace uniqueness, strengths, and challenges with support, understanding, expectations, and encouragement to succeed.
Key Strategies
Excellence shall become the norm for all, regardless of background or demographics. Our schools shall embrace uniqueness, strengths, and challenges with support, understanding, expectations, and encouragement to succeed.
- Identify, provide training and monitor the use of high yield culturally responsive teaching strategies (e.g., UDL, relatable content, getting to know students and families, use of culturally diverse materials, inquiry and/or project based learning and other equity-focused strategies).
- Administer school climate surveys to assess Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), discipline, attendance, inclusion and belonging, and implement site-based strategies focused on identified areas of need.
- Design, implement, and monitor the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Framework and processes at all sites.
- Provide high-quality professional learning to strengthen the equity literacy of staff and foster equity-focused leadership.
- Increase family and community partnerships/engagement through diverse recruitment on committees, parent education offerings, partnership with advocacy groups and agencies representing diverse stakeholders.
- Identify successes and problem areas in practices and develop action plans in response to needs, using precise and accurate data analysis.
- Calibrate grading and homework practices to provide consistent student experiences.
Key Performance Indicator to Measure Progress
- Academic Achievement
- By June 2024, focus group performance on Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) English Language Arts (ELA) and Math will show improvement as measured by a decrease in the average distance below standard (Distance from Standard DFS).
- By June 2024, the percentage of students in the focus group who meet A-G requirements will increase from the Spring 2023 baseline.
- School Climate
- By June 2024, the percentage of students in the focus group who report a positive school environment as measured by school climate, sense of belonging, and teacher-student relationships will increase from the SY2022-23 baseline
- By June 2024, the percentage of students in the focus group who attend 95% of school days will increase from the 2022-23 school year baseline.
- Student Supports
- Define Districtwide MTSS Infrastructure and MTSS Early Warning and Identification System
- Develop a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) implementation rubric.
- Educator/Leadership Development
- Increase self-efficacy of teachers and leaders in implementing culturally responsive practices and equity-focused leadership, as measured by an equity walkthrough tool.
- Implement and gather feedback through an equity assessment tool.
- Increase participation in equity literacy skills and equity-focused leadership professional learning activities.
More information about Key Performance Indicators and strategies may be found in the 2023-24 SWIFT Plan.