Resource Category: Site Admin & Coach

Advancing Student Equity Through District Learning Networks

DESCRIPTION

CCEE and the California Association of African-American Superintendents & Administrators (CAAASA) presented at the 2022 California Educational Research Association (CERA) Annual Conference, held on November 2-4, 2022 in Anaheim, CA. In the session, CCEE and CAAASA moderated a panel with district and county teams, as they shared their final research report and key takeaways about promoting equitable access, increasing family engagement, and ensuring college readiness and success for African-American and ALL students in California.   

The learning outcomes for this session included:

  • Understanding equity gaps in statewide measures for African-American students, beyond test scores
  • Identification of systemic practices that districts have put into place to support African-American student success that also leads to generalized student success
  • Contact information for district teams/leadership who have led this work

PRESENTERS

Sujie Shin, Deputy Executive Director, CCEE

Dwight Bonds, Executive Director, California Association of African-American Superintendents & Administrators (CAAASA)

Dr. Darin Brawley, Superintendent, Compton Unified School District

Dr. Jorge Torres, Senior Director of College & Career Readiness, Compton Unified School District

Dr. Shaunte Knox, Director of Black Student Achievement, Compton Unified School District

Josh Schultz, Deputy Superintendent, Napa County Office of Education

RESOURCES

LAUNCH SLIDES 
LAUNCH BRIEF

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

LEA Leadership and Staff, Site Administrator

TOPIC AREA

Equity

Universally Designed Professional Learning

DESCRIPTION

At the request of the Department of Education, Dr. McKenna presented a 45-minute presentation at CA Comprehensive Literacy State Development Leads Quarterly Convening on October 5th. The focus of the presentation was on how the seven state literacy lead projects universally design their projects to address barriers to participation and application.

PRESENTERS

Dr. James McKenna, Assistant Director, Professional Learning & Leadership Development, CCEE

SLIDES

LAUNCH SLIDES 

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator, Systems Leadership, Teachers

TOPIC AREA

Universal Design for Learning

Foundations of Universal Design for Learning

DESCRIPTION

Dr. McKenna presented a 75-minute session on Universal Design for Learning to general and special education teachers as part of the California Teacher Association’s 2022 Special Education Conference, held September 29th-October 2nd in Burlingame, CA. The presentation focused on the foundational principles, necessary mindsets, and suggested first steps for teachers to begin implementing Universal Design for Learning in their classrooms.

PRESENTERS

Dr. James McKenna, Assistant Director, Professional Learning & Leadership Development, CCEE

SLIDES

LAUNCH SLIDES 

Resources

Guides Notes Document

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator, Systems Leadership, Teachers

TOPIC AREA

Universal Design for Learning

System Improvement Leads (SIL) Summit

DESCRIPTION

The CA Statewide System of Support (SSOS) is to integrate, coordinate and be accessible to all educators, families and students while intentionally implementing proactive inclusion for students with disabilities. SIL Summit brings educators together to share best practices and learn from each other in the continuous improvement framework and mindset. CCEE, Senior Advisor for the Statewide System of Support, Mindy Fattig, opened the Summit connecting the resources from the state level to the classrooms in order to create One System of support for all of our students.

PRESENTERS

Mindy Fattig, Senior Advisor of System of Support, CCEE

SLIDES

LAUNCH SLIDES 

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator, Systems Leadership, Teachers

TOPIC AREA

Special Education

Symposium for California Trends and Challenges in Special Education Law: A Blueprint for CA SPED Directors to Navigate the Post-COVID Landscape

DESCRIPTION

CCEE, Senior Advisor, Mindy Fattig in partnership with CDE Special Education Division, Heather Calomese, provided updates from the most current reform measures related to special education law, compliance and best practice in serving students with disabilities throughout the state. Overview of the Statewide System of Support (SSOS) detailed including overview of state initiatives and resources available to schools with an intentional focus of meaningfully educating students in One System in CA.

PRESENTERS

Mindy Fattig, Senior Advisor of System of Support, CCEE

SLIDES

LAUNCH SLIDES 

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator, Systems Leadership

TOPIC AREA

Special Education

Student Social-Emotional Learning, Mental Health and Well-Being

DESCRIPTION

Executive Advisor, Michelle Magyar with Deputy Executive Director Chris Hartley co-presented with partners from from Simply Software, Orange County Department of Education, and WestEd on a series of presentations from a larger project on student social-emotional learning , mental health and well-being.

Using CalSCHLS Data to Monitor and Evaluate Social and Emotional Health

Thomas Hanson; Rebeca Cerna; Nisha Bala; Natalie Walrond; Amber Valdez; Michelle Magyar

SLIDES FORTHCOMING

Analysis of An Integrated County-Based System of Care Through Cross-Sector Collaboration: Humboldt County

Michelle Magyar; Nisha Bala; Chris Hartley; Ronda Stemach; Amber Valdez; Natalie Walrond

LAUNCH SLIDES 

Exploring Rigorous Evaluation of the CA Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Implementation

Nicholas Gage; Christine Olmstead; Lauren Duran; Amber Valdez; Natalie Walrond; Michelle Magyar

Launch Slides

RESOURCES

Statewide Trends: CHKS

Statewide Trends: MTSS

Regional/County Trends: Humboldt

RESOURCE TYPE

Media, Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

Social-Emotional Learning

KEYWORDS

California’s Statewide System of Support 2022 Community Engagement Initiative Year 2 Report

DESCRIPTION

Senior Advisor David Toston, Assistant Director Steven Sterling Mitchell, and Deputy Executive Director Chris Hartley partnered with Joel Rabin from Inform to Inspire to present on California’s Statewide System of Support 2022 Community Engagement Initiative Year 2 Report.

LAUNCH SLIDES 

RESOURCES

California Engage Website

RESOURCE TYPE

Media, Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

Community Engagement

KEYWORDS

Lessons Learned: Resources for Championing Equity

DESCRIPTION

The California Association of African-American Superintendents & Administrators (CAAASA)’s statewide Professional Learning Network (PLN) began in the Fall of 2017, with the generous support of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE). The goal of the CAAASA PLN is to identify the inequities experienced by African American students in California K-12 schools and to address them through a systems-change approach. The CAAASA PLN has worked over the past five years to surface and share best evidence-based practices that improve the educational outcomes of African American students. It aims to uncover the policy, practice, and performance that most effectively address systemic problems and lead to improved student outcomes.

During the onset of the pandemic, CAAASA worked closely with CCEE to respond to the crisis conditions in the field of education with professional development resources and forums and venues for information sharing and support. PLN members, including the three county offices, were active in this response, co-developing resources with CAAASA. In late 2021, CAAASA had the opportunity to reconvene the original seven local educational agencies (LEAs), including their superintendent leadership, for an in-depth discussion of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our schools, our students, their families, and teaching staff and school site, district, and county leadership. Led by Dr. Alicia Montgomery, Executive Director of the Center for Powerful Public Schools, we continued these important discussions throughout the spring of 2022, recording conversations and interviews on video for CCEE highlight reels and future resource development. In this brief, each of the LEAs provides highlights of their individual trajectories, reflecting on the enormous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

LAUNCH BRIEF 

CAAASA PLN MEMBERS

  • Napa County Office of Education
  • Los Angeles County Office of Education
  • San Diego County Office of Education
  • Pittsburg Unified School District
  • Fresno Unified School District
  • Lynwood Unified School District
  • Compton Unified School District

RESOURCES

CAAASA’s Professional Learning Network Impact Report

RESOURCE TYPE

Reports & Publications

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Governance (Research & Policy), LEA Leadership and Staff, Site Admin & Coach

TOPIC AREA

Equity

KEYWORDS

CAAASA

Activating Student Agency

DESCRIPTION

Dr. Ingrid Roberson presented at the 2022 California Assessment Conference this past week in Riverside, CA . Ingrid’s presentation, Activating Student Agency: Formative Self and Peer Assessment, highlights CCEE’s Formative Assessment Micro-Courses with a special emphasis on empowering student ownership of learning. Dr. Roberson will be leading a Data Research Learning Network for interested districts and counties focused on data use and systems, including formative assessment.

PRESENTERS

Dr. Ingrid Roberson, Assistant Director of Research & Learning, CCEE

SLIDES

LAUNCH SLIDES 

RESOURCES

Smarter Balanced – Smarter Annotated Response Tool (SmART)

Smarter Balanced – Tools for Teachers

California Department of Education with MetaMetrics (Lexile & Quantile Hub)

RESOURCE TYPE

Media, Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

Formative Assessments

KEYWORDS