#WAVEWe Are Vista Everyday

VUSD Innovation

VUSD Demographics

• 5th Largest district in San Diego County with approximately 23,000 students

• District Program Improvement• 28% English learners• 24% A-G Completion

VUSD Innovation Cohorts

Goals

• Make math the focus• Increase Content Knowledge for Teaching• Increase use of technology as a learning

tool• Provide a learning environment based on

Inquiry• Develop a growth mindset• Connect research to practice• Spread the word

Make math the focus

• Transparent data• Math is part of every district principal

meeting• Site and district math nights, STEM nights• Direct site support

➔ Design (20 summer hours)◆ Research to practice◆ Model the learning environment you expect◆ Integrate technology as a learning tool

➔ Implementation (40 hours)◆ Met two hours/month for face to face collaboration◆ Met two hours/month for online collaboration

➔ Leadership (Four half day Saturdays, 20 hours)◆ Change facilitators◆ Find your leadership path◆ Leadership (Four half day Saturdays, 20 hours)

VUSD Innovation Cohorts (K-12)

Cohort 1 2012-2013K-5• 1 lower and upper teacher per site6-8• 1 grade level lead per site9-12• 2 teachers per site

K - 7 8 - 12 All 8

N=40 N=12 N=20

Connect research to practice• What is the research?

• Mindset• Equity• Teacher learning

• Bring the people closest to the research to the district

Professor Jo Boaler, Stanford

3 Full Days of PD

4 Days of Site Math Walks

2 Days of Coaching

VUSD Innovation Cohort (Grade 8)

➔Meet one full day per month (60 hours)◆ Math Practices◆ Content Standards◆ Growth Mindset◆ Assessment◆ Grading

Math 8 Washington Middle School

VUSD Plan➔ VUSD Innovation Cohorts 2012-2013➔ Leadership Cohort 2013-2014

◆ summer ◆ monthly◆ Networks

➔ Certificated Buy Back days➔ Instructional Rounds➔ Professional Learning Communities

2013-2014

• Summer PD Mindset and Common Core• Sumer MOOC, How Students Learn Math• 17 Content Resource Teachers• Cohort 2 Mathematics and Science K-5• Cohort 2 Secondary Math

• All Grade 6, 9 release days• All Grade 7, 9 release days• All Grade 8, 6 release days• 4 per site Grades 9 – 12, 9 release days

Connect research to practiceHigh School

Dr. Brian Lawler, CSUSM

Grant CSUSM 4 Teams for Lesson Studios

9 Full Days PD

Coaching

TodayK-8Inquiry & Number Talks

6-8• Heterogeneously Grouped• Math 180 Support• Math electives for advancement: Robotics,

Applied Math, Aviation, Computer Science9-12• Integrated Program• Developing Pathways• STEM

Content Support Resource Teachers➔ Change facilitators

◆ 6-12 ELD/Math Coaches Innovation Cohorts◆ Literacy Coaches CSRT◆ Moodle My Big Campus◆ Outlook Google

➔ Transition to Common Core◆ Leverage collective intelligence◆ K-12 collaboration across content areas ◆ Instructional technology supports

VUSD Student Perspective

Contact

Cathy Williams, Director K-12 Mathematicscathywilliams@vistausd.org

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