Local District 4

2010-2011
Strategic Plan
Dale W. Vigil, Ed.D.
Interim Superintendent

August 18, 2010

 Outline
1. Welcome
2. Introduction of Staff
3. Local District 4 Administrative Structure
4. Local District 4 CST Results for 2009-2010
5. Local District 4 Beliefs, Vision & Mission
6. Local District 4 Goals
7. Local District 4 Standards of Professional Practice
8. Discuss LA Times Article on Teacher Effectiveness
9. Meet by Job Alikes
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Welcome
Local District 4

Introduction
of Staff
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Assignment
Instructional Support Services
Elaine Kinoshita Administrator of Instruction

Lupe Inabu Administrator of Compliance

Kathy Stehr Coordinator, Elementary Literacy / RtI2

Michelle Hernández Coordinator, Counseling K-12

Sandy Miller Coordinator, RtI2/Secondary Literacy

Janette Tovar Specialist, BTSA/NBC

Janet Saito-Furukawa Specialist, Secondary Literacy

Lizza Irizarry Specialist, PreK-12 Categorical Programs

Antonio Hernández Expert, RtI2/ITAF/MyData

Mary Ann Sullivan Expert, RtI2/Elementary Literacy

José Velásquez Expert, RtI2/PreK-12 Instructional Analyst

Kenny Yau Expert, RtI2/Elementary Math

Sean Teer Expert, RtI2/History/Social Studies

Azucena Raigoza Expert, PreK-12 Categorical Programs

Alejandra Sánchez Expert, Secondary Access to Core

Hirram Dabbah Facilitator, Safe and Healthy Schools

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Assignment
Support Staff

Danny A. Palma Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent

Arturo Valdez Coordinator, Operations and School Safety

Pat Jiménez Coordinator, Dropout Prevention and Attendance

Jaime Ducreux Organization Facilitator

Isabel Vaquero PSW and Mental Health Consultant

Patricia Bryant-Nunley Fiscal Services Manager

Janet Montoya Administrator, Special Education, Support Unit East

Leticia Figueroa Field Director, Office of Staff Relations

Janice Davis Director, High School Programs, Educational Options

 New Principals Assignment

Co-Principal, Laurel K-7 Span School

Amy Diaz
w/Phyllis Scadron
Joseph Nacorda Franklin HS
Karen Perkins STEM at Bernstein HS

Principal Assignment Changes - Elementary Assignment

Diane Rodriguez Cheremoya ES

Armineh Alexan Clifford St. ES
Jose Posada Eagle Rock ES
Jim Canelas Fletcher Drive ES
Juan Gonzalez Garvanza ES
Maria Manzur Glassell Park ES
Sosie Kralian Hollywood PC
Kerry Kehrley Charles Kim ES
Anne Barry Lake St. PS and Rosemont EEC
Dean Tagawa LaFayette Park PC and Logan EEC
Marilee Wood Riordan PC and Monte Vista EEC
Megan Guerrero Monte Vista ES
Julie Dixon Gonzalez Plasencia ES
Raul Fernandez Toland Way ES
 Principal Assignment Changes – Secondary Assignment

Maria Elena Rico Bancroft MS

Jim Kodani Virgil MS

Edmundo Rodriguez Berendo MS

Angela Hewlett Bloch Helen Bernstein HS

Luis Lopez Central L.A. HS #9 – Visual & Performing Arts

Dean Ziegel Highland Park Continuation HS

Interim Principals Assignment

Ray Halverson Aldama ES

May Arakaki Mt. Washington ES

 Dale W. Vigil

• Worked in 9 districts
• Bilingual Director
• Assistant
Superintendent
• Superintendent
• Board of Education
Member
• Local District
Superintendent
Dale W. Vigil
• Raised in 7 countries
• Lived in 6 states
• Twin brother (fraternal)
• 3 sons
• 3 grandchildren
• Sing Doo-wop
• University of Northern
Colorado alumni
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Administrative
Structure
 Shannon Corbett Luis Valentino Maureen Diekmann Lourdes Ortiz
(Interim)
Annandale Aldama Aragon Atwater
Castelar Alexandria Arroyo Seco MSM Blend
Cheremoya Allesandro Carthay Center Bushnell Way
Clifford Buchanan Dayton Heights Dahlia Heights
CRES #14 Cahuenga (4T) Del Olmo (4T) Delevan Drive
Elysian Heights Commonwealth Eagle Rock ES Franklin ES
Glassell Park Dorris Place Fletcher Drive Gardner
Glenfeliz Esperanza (4T) Ivanhoe Garvanza
Harvard Grant Laurel Hancock Park
Hollywood PC Gratts (p) Micheltorena Lexington PC
LaFayette PC/Logan EEC Hoover Mt. Washington Lockwood
Lake St. PS/Rosemont EEC Kim Ninth St. Mayberry
Los Feliz Kingsley Olympic PC Plasencia
MacArthur Park Logan Ramona Politi
Melrose Magnolia Tenth Street Rosewood
Monte Vista Rosemont Union Toland Way
Riordan PC/Monte Vista EEC San Pascual Valley View Van Ness
Rockdale Selma Vine West Hollywood ES
White Wonderland
Yorkdale
Burbank MS Le Conte MS Bancroft MS Berendo MS
Irving MS Virgil MS Liechty MS Castro MS
Young Oak Kim Academy King MS
 Henry Torres Ada Snethen-Stevens Rosa María Hernández Irene Santillán
(Interim)

Helen Bernstein SH CLAHS #9 Belmont HS Alexandria EEC

Academic Leadership Community (p)

Eagle Rock SH Contreras Learning Complex Bill Cruz EEC
@ MCLC

Ambassador School of Global

Fairfax SH Hollywood SH Castelar EEC
Education (p) @ RFK

Ambassador School of Global

Franklin SH LA HS of the Arts (p) @ RFK Dayton EEC
Leadership (p) @ RFK

LA School of Global Studies

Marshall SH (3T) Civitas SOL (p) @ Roybal Glenfeliz EEC
@ MCLC

Roybal Learning Center LA Teacher Prep (p) @ Belmont STEM (p) @ Helen Bernstein Grant EEC

New Open World Academy (p)

Downtown Magnets HS CRHS #13 (Taylor Yard) Gratts EEC
@ RFK

School for the Visual Arts and

APEX @ Helen Bernstein Laurel EEC
Humanities (p) @ RFK

Newmark CN UCLA Community School (p) @ RFK Los Angelitos EEC

Highland Park CN Meridian EEC

Whitman CN Rosewood EEC

Toland Way EEC

Vine EEC
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2009-2010
CST Data
 English Language Arts 2010

Current Image is Sorted Proficient or Advance FBB or BB

by Descending Order of Blue Greater than 70 Red
Orange
Greater than 40
Between 40-30
Green Between 50 - 69
Gain / Loss of Proficient Yellow Between 36 - 49 Yellow Between 29 – 20
Orange Between 21 – 35 Green Between 19-11
and Advance Red Less than 21 Blue Less than and or equal to 10
 English Language Arts - Two Year Gains

Current Image is Sorted by Proficient or Advance FBB or BB

Descending Order of Gain / Blue Greater than 70 Red Greater than 40
Green Between 50 - 69 Orange Between 40-30
Loss of Proficient and Yellow Between 36 - 49 Yellow Between 29 – 20
Advance – Two Years Orange Between 21 – 35 Green Between 19-11
Red Less than 21 Blue Less than and or equal to 10
 English Language Arts Top 20

Current Image is Sorted Proficient or Advance FBB or BB

by Descending Order of Blue Greater than 70 Red
Orange
Greater than 40
Between 40-30
Green Between 50 - 69
Proficient and Advance Yellow Between 36 - 49 Yellow Between 29 – 20
Orange Between 21 – 35 Green Between 19-11
Red Less than 21 Blue Less than and or equal to 10
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ELA Data: Table Talk
In pairs or triads share:
• What systems did your colleagues put
in place to build the capacity of their
staff?
 English Language Arts Bottom Twenty

Current Image is Sorted Proficient or Advance FBB or BB

by Descending Order of Blue Greater than 70 Red
Orange
Greater than 40
Between 40-30
Green Between 50 - 69
Proficient and Advance Yellow Between 36 - 49 Yellow Between 29 – 20
Orange Between 21 – 35 Green Between 19-11
Red Less than 21 Blue Less than and or equal to 10
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ELA Bottom 20: Table Talk
In pairs or triads share:
• What are your wonderings with any
patterns you see on this chart?
• How can Local District 4 assist you in
your site plan to begin to better
educate your students?
 Mathematics 2010

Current Image is Sorted Proficient or Advance FBB or BB

by Descending Order of Blue Greater than 70 Red
Orange
Greater than 40
Between 40-30
Green Between 50 - 69
Gain / Loss of Proficient Yellow Between 36 - 49 Yellow Between 29 – 20
Orange Between 21 – 35 Green Between 19-11
and Advance Red Less than 21 Blue Less than and or equal to 10
 Mathematics - Two Year Gains

Current Image is Sorted by Proficient or Advance FBB or BB

Descending Order of Blue Greater than 70 Red
Orange
Greater than 40
Between 40-30
Green Between 50 - 69
Gain / Loss of Proficient Yellow Between 36 - 49 Yellow Between 29 – 20
Orange Between 21 – 35 Green Between 19-11
and Advance – Two Years Red Less than 21 Blue Less than and or equal to 10
 Mathematics Top 20

Current Image is Sorted Proficient or Advance FBB or BB

by Descending Order of Blue Greater than 70 Red
Orange
Greater than 40
Between 40-30
Green Between 50 - 69
Proficient and Advance Yellow Between 36 - 49 Yellow Between 29 – 20
Orange Between 21 – 35 Green Between 19-11
Red Less than 21 Blue Less than and or equal to 10
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Math Data: Table Talk
In pairs or triads share:
• What systems did your colleagues put
in place to build the capacity of their
staff?
 Mathematics Bottom Twenty

Current Image is Sorted Proficient or Advance FBB or BB

by Descending Order of Blue Greater than 70 Red
Orange
Greater than 40
Between 40-30
Green Between 50 - 69
Proficient and Advance Yellow Between 36 - 49 Yellow Between 29 – 20
Orange Between 21 – 35 Green Between 19-11
Red Less than 21 Blue Less than and or equal to 10
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Math Bottom 20: Table Talk
In pairs or triads share:
• What are your wonderings with any
patterns you see on this chart?
• How can Local District 4 assist you in
your site plan to begin to better
educate your students?
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Beliefs, Vision &

Mission Statement
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Beliefs
Achievement
We believe that all stakeholders
(administrators, teachers, staff members,
students, and parents)* are personally
and uniquely accountable for providing
and/or achieving a high quality, rigorous
education with measurable results.
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Beliefs
Accountability
We believe that mutual accountability of
all stakeholders* based on clear
expectations, high standards,
responsibility, self-reliance, and respect
is vital for ensuring academic success
and social growth.
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Beliefs
Lifelong Learning
We believe in lifelong learning where all
stakeholders* model the characteristics
of risk-taking, persistence, cultural
understanding, reflection and a passion
for learning.
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Beliefs
Parent and Community Engagement
We believe that teamwork is essential to
create a positive environment because
it fosters trust, mutual understanding,
respect, open communication and
collaboration among all stakeholders.
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Beliefs
Honor Diversity
We believe that diversity is honored in a
welcoming and respectful environment
where all stakeholders* are patient,
informed, caring, demonstrate cultural
understanding and persevere to provide
a high quality rigorous education for
each student.
 Local District 4
Vision
An exemplary education that
challenges and reaches each
and every student.
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Mission Statement
The mission of Local District 4 is to ensure
that every student, PreK -12, successfully
completes high school, and graduates
career ready and college prepared in order
to become a contributing member in a
global society.
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Goals
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Goal 1
Achievement
By June 2013, all students will demonstrate
effective use of thinking strategies, skills and
techniques to guide their learning as measured
by the CST (ELA, Math, Science and Social
Studies) with a yearly 5% increase in the percent
Proficient and Advanced and a 5% decrease in
the percent Far Below Basic and Below Basic in
Local District 4 and at each school site for each
significant subgroup.
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Observed a high school student in an
Algebra lab:
• On a computer going through some basic
problems dealing with the conversion of
decimals to percentages and vice a versa.
• He was computing the multiplication to get
the answer.
• After three problems I asked him to think
about what the answer to the next problem
might be.
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Observed a high school AP English class
of 43 students:
• Teacher was checking for understanding on
the story they were reading by using prior
knowledge.
• Teacher was facilitating the students’
learning. He was provoking their thinking!
The students were doing most of the work.
• He was inspiring the students and they were
engaged in their learning, critically thinking
through the discourse.
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Goal 1: Table Talk
In pairs or triads share:
• What are you specifically doing in
building thinking strategies, skills and
techniques in students?
• What evidence do you have that what
you are doing is working or not
working?
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Goal 2
Achievement
By June 2014, graduation rates at Senior High
School will have increased by 20%. We will develop
a comprehensive, appropriate and relevant
mathematics pedagogy with an emphasis on
algebraic reasoning. A pilot will be implemented in
2011-12. Pre-K-7 math pedagogy will be aligned to
the Algebra course and teachers of mathematics
will be provided appropriate professional
development.
 Local District 4
Observed a high school student in an
Algebra lab:
• On a computer going through some basic
problems dealing with the conversion of
decimals to percentages and vice a versa.
• He was computing the multiplication to get
the answer.
• After three problems I asked him to think
about what the answer to the next problem
might be.
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Goal 2: Table Talk
Reflect & Write:
• How is thinking and reasoning a mainstream
of the mathematics lessons at your school?
• What evidence do you have that justifies
your
response?
• How do you monitor thinking and reasoning
strategies, skills and techniques in your
teacher’s mathematics lessons?
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Goal 2: Table Talk
Table Share:
• How is thinking and reasoning a mainstream
of the mathematics lessons at your school?
• What evidence do you have that justifies
your
response?
• How do you monitor thinking and reasoning
strategies, skills and techniques in your
teacher’s mathematics lessons?
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Goal 3
Accountability
By June 2013, all students will demonstrate
their understanding of learning targets and
show progress toward meeting the content
standards as measured by student work
based on writing, speaking and project based
experiences contained in their portfolios and
the CST measures listed in Goal 1.
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Goal 3: Table Talk
As a table team:
• Determine the writing level of this student.
• Determine where his writing needs to
improve.
• What in his writing is good?
• At what grade would you expect this level of
writing?
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Goal 4
Accountability
By June 2013, all English Learners (ELs) will
use academic language development
strategies, skills and techniques to guide
their learning as measured by 75% of all ELs
moving at least one California English
Language Development Test (CELDT) level
per year in Local District 4 and at each
school site.
 Academic Language
Development
• Shadowing protocol

• 26 seconds!
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Goal 4: Table Talk
In pairs or triads share what you are doing:
• To Develop Academic Language?
• What evidence do you have that Academic
Language Development is a mainstream in your
teachers’ lessons?
• How are your teachers scaffolding concept
development for students especially ELs?
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Goal 5
Life Long Learning
By June 2013, all Stakeholders will observe, reflect
and learn from one another utilizing the instructional
core with the purpose of building teacher knowledge
and skills, rigorous content, and engaged student
learning. This goal will be met by the students being
involved in project-based learning 40% of the time,
50% of classroom discourse will include student
voice, and 100% of core subjects will have evidence
of weekly writing utilizing a standards based rubric.
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Goal 5: Table Talk
Quick Write:
• On a scale of one to ten how would you
describe the overall quality of writing in your
classrooms? Why that rating?
• How do you support the development of
writing in your students?
• What percentage of the classrooms do your
students “own the classroom” through
discourse? Why that rating?
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Goal 6
Honor Diversity
By June 2013 all stakeholders will use
culturally and linguistically responsive
pedagogy and practice that support students’
ability to think through their learning and
communicate effectively through writing,
speaking and project-based experiences and
real world application. This will be measured
by observation rubrics which will be
developed during the 2010-11 school year.
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Goal 7
Parent & Community Engagement
By June 2013, the Local District and school
sites will work collaboratively with parents to
improve student achievement as measured by
95% agreement in Parent Response sections
1 and 2 on the LAUSD School Report Card or
Early Childhood Education Desired Results
Parent Survey Summary of Findings.
 L A Times Article
• On visits to the classrooms of more than 50 elementary
school teachers in Los Angeles, Times reporters found
that the most effective instructors differed widely in
style and personality. Perhaps not surprisingly, they
shared a tendency to be strict, maintain high standards
(Goal # 5) and encourage critical thinking (Goal # 1, #6).

• But the surest sign of a teacher's effectiveness was the

engagement of his or her students — something that
often was obvious from the expressions on their faces
(Goal #3, # 5).
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Standards of
Professional Practice
Standards of Practice
Learning
• Understand student
learning, let it be the driver.
• Understand adult learning,
let it guide student
learning.
• Build teaching around
learning, not learning
around teaching.
Standards of Practice
Focus
• Stay focused on a few
priorities over time.
• Go slow to go fast.
• Make all decisions on
what’s right for
students.
 Standards of Practice
Collegiality
Enter into a joint
learning agenda.
Support
professional
discourse.
Deprivatize the
practice.
Standards of Practice
Behavior
• We earn our stripes
everyday.
• Maintain a flat
organization.
• All doors are open to
everybody.
• Treat everyone with
respect.
Standards of Practice

Form follows Function

Plan accordingly!
 Standards of Practice
Our Work needs to be:

Connected
Aligned
Coherent
 Standards of Practice
Our work with students always
includes:
Rigor
Relevance
Relationships
 Standards of Practice
Our instructional core
supports:
• Developing teacher skills and
experiences
• Applying rigorous content
• Engaging students
Standards of Practice
Our work needs to be:
Intentional
Explicit
 Standards of Practice

One Voice
Una Voz
One Last Thought

Be patient with
ourselves, this work
is not a sprint.
Related Thought

Our work needs

to be like a long
distance race.
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Onward!
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