A COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLSGlenbrook Middle School

Holbrook Elementary SchoolSun Terrace Elementary School

Mt. Diablo Achievement Teamand

Riverside County Achievement Team RCAT+ Scale Up Project

From RCAT to MDATRiverside County Achievement Teams - RCAT

Scale-Up

Mt. Diablo Achievement Team – MDAT

Lisa Allphin, Julie Braun-Martin, Sandy Bruketta, Katie Gaines, Helen Giacobazzi, Melinda Hall, Susan Hukkanen, Rhys Miller

A COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS

Glenbrook Middle School

Holbrook Elementary School

Sun Terrace Elementary School – Case Study School

If our purpose is to increase the academic success of every student we must have…

1. Focus on system-wide improvement by building

coherence across the system

2. Leadership focused on learning

3. Embedded collaboration within the school infrastructure

If our purpose is to increase the academic success of every student we must have…

4. Accountability and transparency through data driven

decision making

5. Research based pedagogy

6. Sustainability of school culture change

Results of the work so far…Sun Terrace API growth 55 points

•School-wide implementation of elements of professional learning communities

•Evidence of school-wide best practices

•Momentum building to sustain and increase growth in academic achievement for every student

Results of the work so far…Holbrook API growth 13 points

•New leadership focused on sustaining the learning community

•Implementation of best practices to support every student’s learning

•Open communication about their progress – the successes and the challenges

Results of the work so far…

Glenbrook API growth 23 points

•New leadership focused on sustaining the learning

community

•Supporting new staff in the development of professional

learning communities

•Narrowing and sharpening the focus on student learning

through well designed SMART goals

From RCAT to MDAT to DSLTScaled up to support our District School Liaison Team work

Commitment to bring best practices based on the six principles to Mt. Diablo

Include all schools in a sustainable systematic focus on learning that is grounded in the learning community process