Strategy Resources

• Non-DL Schools Education Partners 24-25 Winter Dashboard

• DL Schools Education Partners 24-25 Winter Dashboard

• K-8 Schools Education Partners 24-25 Winter Dashboard

• Middle School Education Partners 24-25 Winter Dashboard

Tools for creating a more inclusive school environment

• LGBTQ Inclusivity Self Assessment Tool for Schools

• NCPMI Equity Coaching Guide

• SDCOE: Multilingual Education and Global Achievement Event Calendar

• Equity by Design: Back to School Learner Identity and Agency Guidebook

• Culturally Responsive Curriculum Scorecards

Building the Teacher/Student Relationship

• Academics Through Agency: Implement the QLIs

Site-Based Ethnic Studies Support

• Staff Professional Development Request Form for Individual Schools - Contact Ratha Kelly with questions, rkelly1@sandi.net

• Parent Support & Engagement for Ethnic Studies - Contact Mackenzie King with questions, mking3@sandi.net 

• Ethnic Studies Liaisons Selection Form (high school only) - Contact Ricky Medina with questions, rmedina3@sandi.net

  • This is a school site allocation that is funded by the central office. Position description

Absentee Rate

• Evidence for Essa: Everyday Intervention (Absences)

Working with Students Experiencing Homelessness

• Professional Development: Recommended books to better understand the lived experience of those who experience housing instability

Mentor Groups

• Fancy/Detour

• Boys to Men

• PASS Mentors

Supports for SEL Resources

• District List

Ethnic Studies Implementation Support

• Ethnic Studies Liaisons Selection Form (high school only) - Contact Ricky Medina with questions, rmedina3@sandi.net

  • • This is a school site allocation that is funded by the central office. Position description

Professional Learning

• Microcredential Levels 1-3 available  - Contact Larry Thurman - lthurman@sandi.net | ELA: Sharon Apple - sapple@sandi.net

• Staff Professional Development Request Form for Individual Schools - Contact Ratha Kelly with questions, rkelly1@sandi.net

• Facing History and Ourselves online trainings (Ethnic Studies aligned)

Curriculum

• Ethnic Studies Graduation Requirement Approved Course Offerings

• SDUSD Created Courses:

  • • ELA 9th: Identity and Relationships

    • HSS 9th: Introduction to Ethnic Studies

    • HSS 10th: Power & Identity Around the World

    • HSS 11th: Identity & Agency in US History

Internal Resources

• Newsletters bbatugo@sandi.net 

  • • Ethnic Studies | Ethnic Studies  | Literacy

• History/Social Science Web Links

External Resources

• Facing History Teaching Strategies

• US vs. Hate lessons

• Teaching Tolerance lessons

Key aspects of Tier 1 instruction that could be used as strategies:

• Ensure all teachers deeply know the grade level standards and the rigor of proficiency levels students need to achieve

• Ensure teachers utilize consistent standards based instructional pacing guide

• Ensure instructional time is dedicated to standards based teaching at level 3 and 4 of proficiency scales.

• Assess student knowledge of the standards frequently using formative and summative IAB assessments

• Re-engage/reteach students who did not meet level 3 and 4 proficiency of specific standards immediately or closest to point of instruction.

• Ensure daily independent reading-minimum of 30 minutes daily and ensure structures are in place to tightly monitor to ensure every student is meeting expectation and building a love for reading/genre/author/topic.

• Ensure students reading below grade level have access to high quality, interesting, motivating and engaging Tier 3 reading instruction.

District Support Systems

• Contact the Instructional Innovation Department Lead for Ideas

• SBL through PLCs Professional Learning Series

  • Critical Concepts and Proficiency Scales Resources by Content Area

  • Marzano Model Grade Conversion Scale

• Use the Educator Self-assessment Tool to inform SBL driven PLCs

• VAPA Professional Development Opportunities

GVC Related Options

• GVC Review Meetings

• GVC Curriculum Resources

On Campus Mentors (Providing access through mentorship)

• Pass Americorps Mentors ($13k per full time mentor at your site)

Strengthen Universal/Tier I Instruction through PLCs and professional learning prior to purchasing additional programs.

District Support Systems

• SDUSD One Stop Shop for Educators

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Programs - We highly encourage an investment in Universal Instruction before adding a supplemental program. 

• See databases above for evidence-based program.

• Consider programs tied to adopted curriculum first.

On Campus Mentors

• Pass Americorps Mentors ($13k per full time mentor at your site)

District Adopted Curriculum

• Elementary: EnVision (new adoption coming spring 2025 to implement 25-26 SY)

• Middle 6-8: Amplify Desmos Math 

• High 9-11: CME and/or Illustrative Integrated Math I, II, III 

*district resources available on the  SDUSD Math UTK-12 Website 

Supplemental Programs (site funded)

• ST Math K-8:  $6,500 per site, contact Lindsay Kay, lkay@mindeducation.org

• IXL Math: Request a quote

Strategies to Support Mathematical Understanding  

• Instructional Support Cards  to support Problem Based Learning 

• Instructional Routines and Language Routines

Implementation Strategies and Tools (PLC and Release Time) 

• Focused Walkthroughs

  • Track  student engagement using structured observation protocols

    • K-5 Tool, 6-12 Tool

    • 5x8 SERP Card 

• PLC Release Time

  • Use student work analysis and data protocols to monitor student progress toward language and content standards

  • Use a Planning for a Discussion Protocol  to plan student goals, anticipate student thinning, sequence and connecting ideas for a class discussion

Professional Development Opportunities-District Adopted Curriculum

• Elementary 

  • New Curriculum PD coming Spring 2025, Summer 2025 and SY 25-26

  • Please set aside PLC time for educators to plan new units within their grade level each month along with 2-hr PD opportunities for fall, winter, and spring 

• Middle 

  • Amplify Desmos Math PD Library

  • PD for teachers new to Amplify Desmos Math, Summer & Fall

• K-12

  • Greater San Diego Math Council: K-12 Math Educators 

February 1, 2025: Seeing The Mathematics: Visual Representations, cost $25 

2026 Date TBD

Book Study for PLCS

• • Choosing to See: A Framework for Equity in the Math Classroom

  • Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12

  • Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom, Grades K-5

The following resources are organized to support site leaders in planning, implementing, and monitoring the goals of the SPSA with a focus on multilingual students.

Professional Development Opportunities

1. California Reading and Literature Project (CRLP): Learning How English Works

1. • Details: Two-day institute, includes one on-site PLC facilitation and classroom observation resources

   • Cost: $1100 per person

   • Purpose: Builds teacher capacity in explicit language instruction

   • Contact: med@sandi.net 

2. SDCOE Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD)

   • Details: Training in effective strategies for teaching multilingual learners

   • Part 1: $500 per person

   • Part 2: $700 per person

   • Purpose: Supports sheltered instruction and language development

3. Be GLAD

   • Details: GLAD strategies for differentiated PD needs

   • Cost: $2,200 per person

4. ELLevation Strategies

   • Details: Free professional learning on ELLevation, with additional PLC or teacher time required for follow-up work

   • Purpose: Strengthens teacher practices for supporting multilingual students with alignment to current data

Implementation Strategies and Tools (PLC and Release Time) 

1. Effectively Implementing Designated and Integrated ELD

   • Focus: Scheduling and instructional planning for multilingual learners

2. Targeted Scheduling for Multilingual Students

   • Strategies for creating equitable schedules for language support

3. Focused Walkthroughs

   • Track multilingual student engagement using structured observation protocols

     • MED Asset-Based Observation Tool

   • Tool for identifying and leveraging student strengths in classrooms

4. PLC Release Time

   • Use student work analysis and data protocols to monitor student progress toward language and content standards

5. EL and RFEP Progress Monitoring

   • Use Ellevation Platform to monitor progress in October and February (access via Clever)

Programs for Supporting Multilingual Learners

1. Lexia English (Grades K-6) 

   • Adaptive program focusing on language acquisition for English Learners

   • COST:

     1. Grades 2-5 Free for Newcomer students within 12 months of enrollment in US schools

     2. Grades K-5 All ELs variable based on number of licenses

2. Imagine Language and Literacy (Grades K-6) 

   • Provides personalized learning programs that accelerates literacy skills and English language development

   • COST: Variable based on number of licenses purchased

3. Summit K-12  

   • Formative Assessment aligned to ELPAC and Curriculum designed to meet multilingual learner goals (grades 6-12)

   • COST: Free - District Purchase for ELs in grades 6-12

Supplies and Curriculum

1. Benchmark Hello Student Consumables

   • Grades 3–5, specific for newcomers

   • Recommended for intensive 6-week course (small group or after school group) 

2. Benchmark Taller de Fonetica Consumables and/or Online Access

   • Grades K–4, for dual-language programs

   • Supplemental Spanish Phonics curriculum that replaces phonics lessons in Benchmark Adelante

   • COST: Grades K-1, $500 per 25 consumables, Grade 2-4, $765 per 30 consumables. For digital access request renewal subscription price

Assessment and Data-Driven Practices

1. Student Work Analysis Protocol

   • Use data protocols to monitor student progress toward language and content standards

2. Planning for DELD and IELD Instruction

   • Support teachers in integrating designated and integrated ELD into planning

3. Using ELPAC Resources

   • Provide guidance on domain-specific strategies for leveraging ELPAC results in instructional planning

Additional Recommendations for Site Leaders

• Resource Alignment Meetings: Facilitate regular meetings to align professional development and instructional resources with school goals.

• Coaching Support: Partner with instructional coaches to implement these resources effectively.

• Equity Focus: Ensure tools and strategies are used to promote equitable access and outcomes for all multilingual learners.

• Data Analysis Workshops: Train staff to use Ellevation or other platforms to inform instruction.

• ELLevation Strategies (PD Learning is Free, cost would be PLC time for the learning or follow up work)

District Support Systems

• Contact the department lead for ideas

Parent Learning Opportunities

• San Diego Parent University

• Project Ujima - boosting student achievement by partnering with families of African-American students. 

• Computers on the Go

• Digital Literacy Library - Research-based reading strategies and supporting videos for families to their child's reading at home.

  • • High Impact Home Strategies

    • Reading Across The Levels

    • Supporting Videos For Reading At Home

• Instructional Technology: Tech Tips

• Monthly Cultural Celebrations & Activities For Families

• Parent Leadership Opportunities 

  • • District Level Leadership Opportunities

    • School Site Leadership Opportunities

• Volunteering Process, Procedures, and Guidelines

• Regional Education Lab: Supporting English Learners at Home

• SBL Family Engagement Website

• Workshops & Events Calendar

Programs

• Talking Points - Auto-Translated Text Messages with Families

• Smore - Easily translated newsletter system