how fresno unified school district changed teacher practices to impact student learning.
fresno is one of the four metropolitan hubs of california’s central valley, a region known as an agricultural epicenter for the world. serving the fifth largest city in the state, the fresno unified school district educates over 70,000 students in more than 100 schools. approximately 18.5 percent of its students are english learners and 88 percent identify as socioeconimcally disadvantaged.
in what started as research into the best way to spend $4m in newly received technology funding, district leaders phil neufeld (information technology) and ryan coe (curriculum instruction and professional learning) worked together to review how technology use was informing and supporting instruction. this focus expanded to identifying ways to better prepare every student for their #asyetimagined futures, something that phil was exploring. “we have to provide [students] with the skills for like 10 iterations of job changes, not just ‘what’s my career going to be’. it’s one thing to say ‘future ready skills’; it’s another to have the instruction–the methodology–to actually build those skills.”
from the outset, our work has centered around supporting school sites in defining and designing high-quality, personalized instructional approaches that meet the current needs of fresno’s students, while also developing a responsive culture that would prepare schools for the number of unforeseen instructional shifts in the near future. as their partner, 瑞士vs喀麦隆亚盘赔率 has carefully aligned programming with fresno’s priorities making sure to speak the same language used in their initiatives. for example, through our partnership, we provided expert facilitation to build the capacity of teachers, and in doing so, aligned the initial vision for personalized learning to continued teacher development.
phillip neufeld
executive officer, information technology
fresno unified school district
