Empower Every Reader to Succeed!
Our project goal is to improve literacy in all grade levels at our Title I school, through targeted professional learning.
Stronger Together: Co-Teaching Growth
This project strengthens inclusive co-teaching through sustained professional learning and structured collaboration among general education and special education teachers across grade levels.
Strengthening Studio Arts Instruction
This project will give our Visual Arts team a focused, teacher-driven professional learning that strengthens how we teach studio art.
Union Maya Project
Our project grows from teachers’ recognition that we are not yet serving Mam-speaking students with the care, understanding or respect they deserve.
Restorative Justice from Diverse Perspectives
Cultural and academic data shows that Black students and students with disabilities have fewer positive academic outcomes and school experiences at our school compared with white students. Most school systems are directed at student behavior as the problem and are ineffective. We believe this is because behavior is a symptom of unidentified systemic issues. Our project will identify the systemic problems causing student behavior issues, and use trauma-informed practices to improve student outcomes. Our team of six educators across content areas will attend the Innovative Schools Summit Student Discipline Conference, using this learning experience as the starting point for a two year cycle of student data collection and analysis. Our goal is to change at least one school system to create better experiences and outcomes for our struggling students.
Creating Culture through Collaboration
This project will provide CVUSD Middle and High School Activities Directors (ADs) with dedicated collaboration and professional development time in order to build our own capacity as well as our students’ capacity for leadership and school connectedness. Because there are only 1 or 2 Activities Directors at each site, opportunities to collaborate and take part in meaningful professional development are limited. This dedicated collaboration and professional development will support our growth as a team and our ability to inspire and connect students to their schools. California Association of Directors of Activities (CADA) resources will add a new layer to our professional knowledge.