Central Valley Networked Improvement Community consists of school districts working together to improve mathematics learning experiences and achievement for students in Tulare County and the Central Valley. Our collaborative work has impacted thousands of students and hundreds of teachers. Our site improvement teams include district leaders, site leaders, academic coaches, and teachers. All site improvement teams are supported by the CVNIC Hub at Tulare County Office of Education. We believe that EVERY student is mathematically brilliant. We will strive to to support your system in creating a culture and environment where students have increased access to high quality mathematics instruction to overcome the learning loss experienced within the last year.
To learn about the history of CVNIC -Mathematics 1.0., see this document.
Our Theory of Practice Improvement identifies the key levers, where these will occur in our systems, and specific change ideas that we believe will be necessary to reach our aim of improving mathematical mindsets and increasing achievement outcomes for our students. We are building this Theory of Practice Improvement collectively and changing it as we learn what impacts student mindsets and achievement.
In July 2020, our team conducted in-depth analysis and created a report for California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE) about CVNIC’s collaborative approach to transforming mathematical mindsets, while illuminating specific classroom practices that lead to improved mathematical mindsets for students. The three major concepts of mindset that emerged were that mistakes are valuable, the power of yet, and the importance of struggle and perseverance, and has created two mindset briefs designed to inform schools and teachers about how to positively impact mathematical mindset. Please see our page on culture and mindset to view these briefs.