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Shared Strategies for Quality Instruction
Oxnard School District is making significant strides in enhancing math instruction through its participation in On Track. As part of this initiative, educators recently took part in a Math Lesson Lab focused on the use of high-quality math tasks and the analysis of student work. This professional learning experience provided teachers with an opportunity to […]
Become a Stanford Early Education Leadership Fellow
The Stanford University Principal Institute for Excellence in Early Education is offering a new one year program designed for teams of two to five elementary principals and one principal supervisor. Through the generous support from philanthropic donations, this program is available at no cost (districts pay their own travel). Applications are due by April 15, 2025.
Meet Program Manager Luis Argueta
Q: What is something you do a lot in your job? Most of my time is spent supporting district leaders –– Assistant Superintendents, Directors, and/or Principals –– in organizing themselves to create efficient and effective team meetings. I provide a sounding board for them on how they envision the work. We craft team meetings based on […]
System Shifts to Scale Effective Math Teaching Practices
During their final year of the P3CC Collaboration, Central Unified School District is focused on developing shifts within their district system to successfully scale and sustain effective math teaching practices. Central has identified specific focal practices from their PreK-3rd grade coherence efforts that they aim to spread and scale, which include facilitating math conversations, using […]
Ed Partners Perspectives
Supporting Teachers to Keep Students On Track In September 2024, California Education Partners launched its 5th On Track network. The goal of the network is to increase A-G completion with a focus on 8th and 9th grade students. Sanger Unified joined this collaborative with strong systems and robust structures, which they are looking to augment […]
Ed Partners Perspectives
On Track in El Dorado County In the summer of 2023, Ed Partners and the El Dorado County Office of Education began a partnership to support districts in El Dorado County through a PreK-3 coherence collaboration as well as a 8-9 On Track Collaboration with a focus on increasing the number of students who graduate […]
Ed Partners Perspectives
On Track for Success at Azusa The Azusa Unified Improvement team is approximately halfway through its second year of the 8th/9th Grade On-Track collaboration. They are poised to host a comprehensive professional development day for all secondary teachers. The Improvement Team has been diligently implementing classroom changes, monitoring data to identify areas for further improvement, […]
Ed Partners Perspectives
Stepping Toward a Sustainable System Sierra House Elementary in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District is working to develop a sustainable math system that focuses on enhancing both teaching and learning experiences. One of their key initiatives includes embedding open tasks in student experiences, which allows students to explore math concepts more freely and deeply. […]
Ed Partners Perspectives
Blueprint for Success Central Unified has been part of the On Track Collaborative for the past two years. Recently, those efforts contributed to the development of an updated board policy and administrative regulations on grading. Teachers across the district helped to shape a policy that captures and codifies the general principles that have been tested […]
Ed Partners Perspectives
Counting on Improvement San Bruno Park Elementary School District is developing its capacity to utilize open tasks in mathematics. Located 12 miles south of San Francisco in San Mateo County and supporting 2000 students from preschool through 8th grade, this district is part of Ed Partner’s third Preschool through 3rd grade Coherence Collaboration focusing on […]