Los Angeles Unified School DistrictRace to the Top District Application; October, 20121
Executive Summary: LAUSD is seeking $39,999,902 to serve 26,500 students
In designing our RttT-D plan, we sought to learn from the most effective educational practices available rather than pursue trends or fads. What is powerful and innovative about our proposal is how we are integrating strategies, structures, and technology into asystemic and sequential approach to transform our middle and high schools.In response to the significant and urgent needs of our secondary students, we have decided to focus our work on middle and highschool students. We know that students who enter high school far below grade-level are far less likely to graduate college and career-ready. Based on input from our stakeholders (principals, teachers, parents, UTLA & community based organizations) coupled withcurrent educational research and an analysis of our student performance data, we have designed a plan that supports three specificoutcomes:
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All graduating 12th graders are proficient, having completed a rigorous college preparatory curriculum and participated in acareer pathway
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All 9th grade students earn enough credits to matriculate to 10th grade on-time, thereby ensuring they are on track for highschool graduation
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All 8th grade students leave middle school at or above grade-level proficiency, so that they are ready to take on the challengesof high school work and not require significant remediationOur RttT-D plan is intended to fundamentally transform learning and teaching in our middle and high schools, and in doing so we aremaking a bold commitment to our students, families, and teachers. As such, we envision our RttT-D plan as a “Contract for Success,”focused on delivering three promises:
Los Angeles Unified School DistrictRace to the Top District Application; October, 20122
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Personalized learning and rigorous college-and career-ready pathways
that empower every student to set and achieve boldgoals and equip them with the skills, capabilities, and traits required for success in our modern society through:
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Linked Learning pathways for 9-12
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graders that combine opportunities for deeper learning (i.e., project-based learningand work-based learning) with a college- and career-ready education and enable students to personalize their learning by choosing among 15 career pathways
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Personalized learning plans that follow students from 6
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through 12
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grade enabling students, parents, and educatorsto, in real-time, assess student progress towards college- and career-ready goals, suggest a personalized sequence of skill development, and provide personalized digital and basal content aligned to student needs
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Intensive student supports driven by critical gaps identified in personalized learning plans that rapidly acceleratestudent proficiency and provide wrap-around supports
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Effective teaching and school leadership
– in every school, in every classroom, every day – that ensure high-quality, student-centric instruction focused on college- and career-readiness through:
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A growth and development cycle for educators that delivers individualized supports (digital and in-person) based on aframework of effective practices for how educators can personalize student learning
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Job-embedded professional learning (both individual- and team-based) that enables educators to leverage personalizedlearning plans, deliver personalized student content, and engage students in career-aligned deeper learningopportunities
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Authentic partnership with parents and community partners
that enlists school staff, parents, community organizations, business leaders and higher education institutions to work side-by-side to support and nurture every student on their journey tocollege and career success through:
Los Angeles Unified School DistrictRace to the Top District Application; October, 20123
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Multiple partnerships with community-based organizations that enable parents and students to actively choose their Linked Learning pathway as aligned with the student’s personalized learning plan and career interests
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Partnerships with business leaders and higher education institutions to provide job-shadowing, work-based learning,and college-level coursework and experiences to 6
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through 12
th
graders
Below, we describe how the RttT-D learning plan structure, strategies and resources will be integrated within the LAUSD context and cometo life in our high schools and middle schools.
RttT-D High Schools
Imagine the LAUSD high school of the future. In the auditorium, Mario, a shy but creative student, speaks nervously with his Advisor as he prepares to lead his team of students in their final group presentation. A team of teachers has worked for months with students to prepare for this moment, and they sit in the front row ready to cheer them on. The group begins their presentation before an audience of their parents, teachers, and several professional actors and designers, including a well-known Hollywood director. One by one the lighting, set, sound and costume designers each describe the concept for the original play, All of Us, a play about bullying. Mario, who is simulating therole of the director, presents his creative and persuasive concept, prepared in his English class. Melissa and Arnie talk about the angles and degrees of light that were measured in their math class, images and models created in their stage design class, and the urgency of this subject matter researched in their Cultural Geography class. Excitement is palpable; voices are strong, having practiced these skills in their acting class. They know the stakes are high because the winning design will be produced and performed for a group of students from anearby middle school.
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LAUSD's plans for the $40 million Race to the Top grant
In this executive summary, the LAUSD details how it wants to spend the $40 million it hopes to get in federal Race to the Top grants.
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