Piedmont Unified School District

LCAP Annual Update

February 9, 2022

Tonight’s Presentation Includes

• LCAP Annual Update
• What is in progress?
• What have we not yet completed and why?
• Updates from TSAs
• Budget Update
• Next Steps in the LCAP Process

What is the Annual Update?

• Analysis of the district’s progress
• Celebrate successes and highlight areas for improvement
• Guides development of priorities
• Required element of every LCAP, shared at the same time as the subsequent year’s LCAP is reviewed

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Special this year:

• Provides information on how special one-time funding has been used this year
• Targeted questions directly related to special funds
• Must be shared with the community before the end of February

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Where we are in the year…

June, 2021:

Passed 3-year LCAP

July, 2021:

Begin implementing the LCAP

Jan-March, 2022:

Present the Annual Update to the Community; gather feedback for any changes

April, 2022:

Make revisions to the 3-year LCAP

Sept, 2021:

Begin reviewing data and progress on goals in LCAP

Community engagements to discuss progress and update the plan.

Some General Reflections

COVID continues to have a profound impact on…

• Staff time and attention
• Priorities
• Resources
• Student and staff morale
• Academic programming

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In Progress:

• BESS Screener districtwide
• Professional Learning on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
• Affinity Mentorship Program
• Social-Emotional Learning and Restorative Practices
• Identity and anti-racist resources to incorportate into the curriculum
• Conducting community focus groups related to identity

Goal 1: All students and staff will feel physically safe and emotionally supported as part of a caring and inclusive community.

Goal 1: All students and staff will feel physically safe and emotionally supported as part of a caring and inclusive community.

Not Yet:

• DEIB Curriculum and Instruction
• System for assessing student needs based on data disaggregated
• Analyze expenditures and allocation of financial and human resources

Suggested Adjustments for 2022-23

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• Expand DEIB work to families and community members
• Curriculum adoption in the summer, continuing thru 2022-23
• Provide professional for teachers to conduct a curriculum analysis related to DEI in the summer

Continue with the planned work for 2022-23

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Goal 1: All students and staff will feel physically safe and emotionally supported as part of a caring and inclusive community.

Goal 2: All students will engage in relevant learning experiences that foster lifelong curiosity, creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and responsible citizenship.

In Process:

• Health Council
• SEL Interventions
• Grading for Equity and adjustments to grading policies
• Providing expanded social emotional health services
• Secondary school bell schedule pilot

Goal 2: All students will engage in relevant learning experiences that foster lifelong curiosity, creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and responsible citizenship.

Not Yet:

• New curriculum adoptions
• AP and Honors program review
• Districtwide benchmarks and Essential Learning Outcomes TK-12

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Suggested Adjustments:

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• Begin curriculum adoption trainings in the summer
• Curriculum pilots
• Alternative grading strategies

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Continue with the planned work for 2022-23

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Goal 2: All students will engage in relevant learning experiences that foster lifelong curiosity, creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and responsible citizenship.

Goal 3: Teachers and staff, with district partners, will ensure an outstanding educational experience for every student through collaboration, innovation, and professional growth

In Process:

• Social-emotional learning strategies aligned with Multi Tiered System of Support (MTSS)
• Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
• Courageous Conversations About Race
• Talking with families related to areas for growth related to DEIB
• BIPOC Support Network for Staff

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Goal 3: Teachers and staff, with district partners, will ensure an outstanding educational experience for every student through collaboration, innovation, and professional growth

Not Yet:

• DEI survey and focus group results
• Review of district-wide policies, procedures, and programs through a racial equity lens and revise as needed

Suggested Adjustments:

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• Tailor academic counseling more specifically to student needs and interests
• Conduct a review of district-wide policies, procedures, and programs through a racial equity lens and revise as needed

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Continue with the planned work for 2022-23

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Goal 3: Teachers and staff, with district partners, will ensure an outstanding educational experience for every student through collaboration, innovation, and professional growth

Goal 3: Teachers and staff, with district partners, will ensure an outstanding educational experience for every student through collaboration, innovation, and professional growth

Goal 2: All students will engage in relevant learning experiences that foster lifelong curiosity, creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and responsible citizenship.

Goal 1: All students and staff will feel physically safe and emotionally supported as part of a caring and inclusive community.

LCAP GOALS

MTSS for ALL!

SOCIAL �JUSTICE

SEL/�BEHAVIOR

ACADEMICS

LCAP GOALS

Social Justice

SEL/�Behavior

Academics

MTSS:

Systematize!

• (Goal 2) “Exploring Grading for Equity and making adjustments to grading policies.”
• (Goal 1) “Districtwide Professional Learning day on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on 1/3/22; planning follow-up through the spring”
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• (Goal 2) “Exploring Grading for Equity and making adjustments to grading policies.”
• (Goal 1) “Using SEL and Restorative Practices to support student wellbeing + address behavior issues”
• (Goal 3) “Establishing social-emotional learning strategies in classrooms aligned with guidance on Multi Tiered System of Support (MTSS)”
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• (Goal 2) “Exploring Grading for Equity and making adjustments to grading policies.”
• (Goal 2) “Targeting interventions to address student needs as identified in BESS Screener, achievement data, and demonstrated student need”
• …

Social Justice

SEL/�Behavior

Academics

“In Process”

(Goal 1) “Districtwide Professional Learning day on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on 1/3/22; planning follow-up through the spring”

Districtwide Community Circles

“How has the racial identity conversation challenged your perspective in the last month? What do you need in order to think deeper about this topic?

(Goal 3) “Establishing social-emotional learning strategies in classrooms�aligned with guidance on Multi Tiered System of Support (MTSS)”

Trischool SEL Indicator Work

(Goal 2) “Targeting interventions to address student needs as identified in �BESS Screener, achievement data, and demonstrated student need”

Secondary Work around Student Lexile Levels

QUESTIONS

Social Justice

SEL/�Behavior

Academics

MTSS:

Systematize!

Funds provided after LCAP was adopted in June 2021

The following restricted funds were allocated after the Board adopted the LCAP and budget for 2022-23:

LCAP Expenditures So Far (as of December)

Goal 1: 46% Spent

• DEI Director started mid-year

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Goal 2: 30% Spent

• Secondary reading specialist - not hired
• Instructional aides came in less than budget
• Tutoring program slow to start

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Goal 3: 45% Spent

• On Schedule

Next Steps

LCAP Committee Recommendations for Gathering Feedback

Train-the-Trainer Model

• General update of the district’s “in progress” and “not yet” actions
• Small group discussion to gather community feedback and answer questions
• Review the suggested adjustments moving forward

Dates: Feb 16 (Training for LCAP Committee Members)

Community Input Meetings: March 2 & March 10 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Looking Ahead

• Community meetings to review progress and gather feedback for next year’s LCAP (March 2 & 10)
• District staff will review the feedback and suggest revisions with the LCAP Committee (March)
• District will present a revised draft of the LCAP for community review (March and April)
• Provide a final draft of the LCAP for Board Approval (goal is late April)

Questions?

MTSS:

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Teachers

On

Special

Assignment

Update

NEXT STEPS: TSAs’ Roadmap

1. Assess || catalogue students’ need and teachers’ current offered supports
2. Plan & Implement || Determine and share/suggest next steps and revised interventions that more proactively sustain and respond to students’ health
3. Evaluate || Re-assess students’ needs and teacher-offered supports during and after district-wide systemic redesign

At large and always, continue to �clarify TSAs’ roles and responsibilities.

MTSS for ALL!

DEI Council

Students

Teachers

Nurses

Psychologists

Clubs & Orgs

Parents & Families

Curriculum Developers

Wellness Center

Specialists

Community Orgs

RTI Teams

Administrators

Leaders of Assessments & ELOs

Counselors

Affinity Activists

APT SJ Committee

School Board

MTSS for ALL!

SOCIAL �JUSTICE

SEL/�BEHAVIOR

ACADEMICS

SOCIAL JUSTICE

SEL/BEHAVIOR

ACADEMIC

Responding to the data

• Share results with staff
• Site-level data
• Grade-level data
• Individual student lexile levels
• Demographic data
• Import Lexile levels into Illuminate for all teachers to access
• Reassess second semester to measure growth
• Consult with Secondary Reading Specialist to support teachers to implement tier 1 interventions for students with Basic and Below Basic lexile levels
• Learn from MHS about their reading intervention strategies as they are further along in this work

Meeting folks: building trust