Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey

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Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey
Los Angeles Unified School
                Local District Central
        Continuous Improvement Journey
Roberto Martinez, Natividad Rozsa, Lydia Acosta-Stephens, Zelendria
Robinson,David Gonzalez,Julie Gonzalez,Christina Cisneros,Elsa Mendoza,
Nova Meza, Veronica Herrera, Rene De Leon, Adalberto Vega, Celenia
Calderon,Aprille Abram, Neil La Sala,VanessaCastilla, Tanya Hidalgo, Emily
Morris, RoyMaclean,Edward Magana,Rocio Solorzano

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Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey
LAUSD LD Central Profile
  Total       English    Gate    SPED      Free &    RFEP    Newcomer   LTEL    P-LTEL
Enrollment   Learners                     Reduced
                                           Lunch

 85,088      23,524      9,427   11,306   72,893    27,942    4,051     4,376   4,207

                        C.C.E.E. Cohort of Schools
  Hoover EL, Union EL, Liechty MS, Belmont HS, Contreras SJ HS
  Total       English    Gate    SPED      Free &    RFEP    Newcomer   LTEL    P-LTEL
Enrollment   Learners                     Reduced
                                           Lunch

  4,195       1,615      287      555     3,941     1,766      498      340      222

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Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey
Problem of Practice: EL Students Are
Underachieving Compared to Other
Student Subgroups

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Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey
LD Central Problem of Practice    = Most Change
Underachievement of English Learners  = Control Over
                    Data                         PD 5               Parent Support                    System 3
                MiSiS Platform                     3               Parent Conferences &                   4
                  Schoology                  PD around Els                 Training                Adequate Progress
                 MiSiS Adhoc                                     Primary Language Support
                                            Teacher Support            from Trainings
                                                                                                      Monitoring
               State Dashboard                  for P.D.                                               Formative
                                                                   Assist disenfranchised
                 Attendance                                                families                   Assessment
               Graduation Rate                                             Liaisons                  Expectations
                  EL Reclass

                                                                                                                  Underachievement of EL
                                                                                                                  Population as Compared
                                                                                                                      to All & Other
                                                                                                                        Subgroups

      Academic Rigor 4
                                                                                                                  ELD
              1
                                                                                                            Designated &
      Low Expectations                                                                                       Integrated
  Curriculum doesn’t reflect
        students needs        Affective Needs                           Support for RFEPs       Formative
  Culminating and tasks low Restorative Justice          Student Standards Aligned             Assessments
          DOK levels                Access                Profiles Formative AssessmentStandards Aligned
                             Positive Intervention   Children of Trauma       ELPAC
  Differentiated Instruction                          Low Attendance
                                                                                           Formative Assessment
                                   Supports
                                                                            RI/DIBELS             ELPAC
                                      SEPA
                                  Health Needs                           Reflection Cycles      RI/DIBELS
                                 Social Isolation                             Grades         Reflection Cycles
                                                                                                  Grades
Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey
Theory of Action

»If we align instruction with the CA
 content standards/ELD standards,
»If we increase the rigor and
»If we monitor learning, revise & adjust
 EL support
»Then we will increase student outcomes
 and close the gap for EL students.
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Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey
LD Central EL Goal

  All English Learners will achieve 1 level of
       progress per year on the ELPAC.
Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey
How did we do on ELPAC (Elementary)?
Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey
LAUSD - Local District Central
         CI Model

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Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey
Short Cycle 1 - August 14 - October 7, 2018
● Provide intervention by                        • P.D. for teachers in Summer
  subgroup based on results                        Institute
● Monitor designated ELD                         • Analyze standards & create
● Monitor integrated ELD                           pacing plan
                                                 • Create Common Formative
                                                   Assessments for ELA/Math
                                                 • Align ELD standards

                                   Act    Plan

                                  Study    Do    •   Implement first instructional
•   Note results by subgroup
•   Note the trends, strategic,                      block standards
    intensive, challenge and                     •   Implement SMART START
    benchmark by EL subgroup                     •   Implement Academic Discourse
•   Study implementation of                      •   Monitor designated ELD
    commitments schoolwide                           instruction
•   Triangulate data, CFA’s,                     •   Assess week of 9/24
    classroom observations &                     •   Analyze data week of 10/1
    feedback                                                                     10
Los Angeles Unified School Local District Central Continuous Improvement Journey
Short Cycle 2 - Oct. 8 to November 30, 2018
•Revise commitments/strategies for cycle 3 based                •Revise commitments, intervention based on
on trends noticed from cycle 1 to cycle 2                       results of first cycle
•Given successes and common practices from                      •Train/plan with new ELD teachers/Continue
designated ELD, begin to plan for integrated ELD
                                                                training/planning with existing teacher
with “pioneers”
                                                                •Align crosswalk of ELD standards and ELA
•Set goal for % of time EL students will be engaged
                                                                •Monitor designated ELD
in academic discourse , based on observation
•Share student survey results with all stakeholders.            •Design SEL survey and engage students with
•Continue to, stop or start practices based on                  survey
results from student surveys.
                                                   Act   Plan

                                                Study     Do     •Implement 2nd cycle applying learning from 1st
• Results of CFA 2 by typology, compared to
                                                                cycle
CFA 1
                                                                •Imlement designated ELD
• Implementation of designated ELD in trained
                                                                •Using 2nd Unit ELA standards, scaffold instruction
teachers classrooms.
                                                                using ELD standards from crosswalk activity
•% of time EL students are engaged in academic
                                                                •Monitor designated ELD
discourse
                                                                •Collect base data to establish % of time with
• EL students’ dispositions and perceptions based
                                                                student talk & engagement during designated ELD
on survey
                                                                •Conduct SEL surveys & assess with CFA 2
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Short Cycle 3 - Dec 1st - March 8th (18-19)
●     Designated - Continue with AVID Excel Unit
      1 , L&L prescribed curriculum                                   •   Provide ELA/ELD Crosswalk P.D. in
●     Integrated - PLC planning with support from
      administrators and coach (used alike                                January 2019
      practices)                                                      •   Provide planning time
●     ELD Standards called out in the ELD Courses                     •   Provide P.D. beginning week of
      and EL Core Content Classes. Language
      Objectives in all classes.
                                                                          12/1 (Integrated: Union,
●     Implement Department selected strategies                            Designated: Hoover)
●     Summer Title III Newcomer Program
●     Belmont
                                                         Act   Plan

•     Continue to teach ELA Standards (focus) by
     instructional block
                                                      Study     Do    •   Continue to visit classrooms 1 x a week minimum
                                                                          to note implementation of planning/ learnings
•     Designated ELD Teachers aligned and implemented                     from PD
     required curriculum                                              •   Assess students with CFAs for 3rd Unit the week
•     Content teachers referenced ELD standards in daily                  of March 4
     language objectives                                              •   DRS - Analyzed Unit 3 assessments and
•     SOSA
                                                                          established collective agreements
•     Continue to implement planned standards by
     instructional block,                                             •   Visit classrooms 1 x a week minimum to note
•     Teachers implement new learning from P.D. and planned               implementation of planning/ learnings from PD.
     lessons                                                          •   Assess students with CFAs for 2nd unit the week of
•     Teacher participation in on-going SSPTS to identify                 12/7 & and unit 3 week of 3/4
     students individual needs for small group                        •   Analyze results the weeks of 12/14 & 3/11 to
     instruction(MTSS)                                                    determine next steps                          12
Short Cycle 4 - March 9 - May 3, 2019
●     Continue with vertical articulation that relates            •    Ongoing classroom observations using Google
     to English Learns                                                Observation Tool, Golden Ticket, and SOSA
●     Continue with all district approved EL master               •    Administered common formative assessments
     waivers                                                          and review progress for ELs
●     Institute GANAS at Belmont                                  •    Provide PD time for teachers
●     Train and monitor staff on content                          •    Planned to conduct Math/iELD Crosswalk PD to
     specific/iELD crosswalk                                          secondary schools
●     Providing access to A-G courses to English                  •    Implement targeted intervention for students
     learners (ELD 1’s and 2’s)                                       individual needs based on data review
●     Create a common observation tool in vertical
     articulation
                                                     Act   Plan

•     Further training on ELD standards and common Study    Do    •   Conducted Math/ELD Crosswalk PD for Secondary Schools
                                                                      (Belmont, SJ Contreras, Liechty)
    understanding                                                 •   mplemented PLC collective agreements (sentence
•     Increase of student usage of academic sentence                  frames, stems, prompts, research based strategies
    frames and stems however there is a need to                       adhering to ELD standards)
    increase school-wide daily usage of these strategies          •   SSPTs (parent, student, and teacher)continued
                                                                      implementation of Golden Ticket
•     Established interventions based on student need at
                                                                  •   Continued with curriculum alignment and rigor
    Tier 1 level and to support redesignation
                                                                  •   Continue with data review sessions every five weeks
•     Preliminary data gains and created student                  •   Intensive at the secondary level SBAC and ELPAC aligned
    awareness of test questions and the reclassification              boot camp during during the school day and spring break
    process                                                       •   CCEE group had focused learning walk at Union
•     Feedback provided modified lessons for Els at                   Elementary on implementation of EL strategies and
    Union Elementary                                                  offered actionable feedback                       13
Our Impact: A Systematic Approach
Embraced and implemented the PLC model by grade level and/or content

   ➢ Focused on Tier 1, rigorous first instruction
   ➢ Curriculum alignment among Local District Central
     Secondary schools that integrated ELD standards
     into core content courses
   ➢ Created curriculum alignment of common focus
     standards and Common Formative Assessments
     (CFAs) in ELA and math
➢for both administrators and teachers
 Increased  awareness  of ELD  standards

➢acquired
 As a result of teacher training and use of
           strategies during instruction,
 students have been afforded increased
 opportunities to engage in academic
 discourse
➢ Common expectations for ELD
  instruction
➢ Common monitoring of ELD
  instruction and student progress.
➢ Anticipation of increased academic
  gains for English learners on the
  ELPAC
Evidence of Classroom
  Observations
Before Unit 1….After Unit 3
Golden Ticket
Reclassification Visualized

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Accountability - Standards Based (TLF)
  7. (TLF 1d1) Standards-Based
  Learning Activities                                        137
 Learning activities are not designed to
 cognitively engage students or they are not
 aligned with instructional standards.                   3

 Some of the learning activities are designed to
 cognitively engage students and are aligned to
 the instructional standards. Some represent
 moderate cognitive challenge and there is some
 differentiation to meet the needs of diverse
 student subgroups.                                     31
 All of the learning activities are relevant,
 designed to cognitively engage students, are
 aligned to the instructional standards and
 represent awareness of 21st Century Skills.
 Learning activities are differentiated as
 appropriate to meet the needs of diverse student
 subgroups.                                             96

 All of the learning activities are relevant designed
 to cognitively engage students, are aligned to the
 instructional standards, and reflect 21st Century
 Skills. Learning activities are differentiated, as
 appropriate, to meet the needs of individual
 learners.                                               7
Evidence of Instructional Feedback
LAUSD - Local Distr ict Centr al
         Next Steps for Sustainability
❏ Continue the vertical articulation as it relates to the achievem
  of English Learners
❏ 2019-2020 all secondary schools in LDC will participate in ma
  and ELA/iELD Crosswalk training
❏ Continue with the cycle of improvement work
❏ Continue to administer Common Formative Assessments and
  curriculum alignment in math and ELA
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