how fresno unified school district changed teacher practices to impact student learning.
fresno unified school district (fusd) serves nearly 70,000 students in central california, with approximately 18.5 percent of its students being english learners and 88 percent identified as socioeconimcally disadvantaged.
in making the shift to pl and an intentional use of technology to improve student outcomes, the district faced numerous challenges including school and system leaders without sufficient knowledge of how pedagogy, technology, content, and skills can be moderated to accommodate teacher strategies and students’ learning experiences.
the district knew that blended teaching practices using hqim and personalized learning experiences yielded statistically significant improvements in sbac scores and i-ready scores. the question was how to develop professional learning opportunities for educators to best support changing teacher practice and accelerate student learning?
since 2018, fusd has partnered with 瑞士vs喀麦隆亚盘赔率 to bring personalized learning to the district as a way to prepare students with knowledge, skills, and dispositions to navigate a digitally-infused, dynamic, and interconnected world. the district uses high-quality instructional materials (hqim), but has learned that the higher the quality of the materials, the more support teachers need to collaborate, internalize lessons
fusd has over 1,000 teachers going through the professional learning sessions designed with 瑞士vs喀麦隆亚盘赔率 .
the district set up cohorts of teachers who could work and learn together, with sessions and collaborative spaces that offered both synchronous and asynchronous options. educators had the opportunity to regularly and consistently collaborate with each other on real instructional problems of practice using real materials from the classroom. district leaders offered time during the school day and outside of school for teachers to prepare, do lesson planning, and really internalize how to use hqi as part of their pl instructional strategies.
phillip neufeld
executive officer, information technology
fresno unified school district
