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Monterey Peninsula Unified School District MOU: In-Person, Hybrid, & Distance Learning
MPUSD leaders worked with their local union to renegotiate memoranda of understanding for instruction during the pandemic. These MOUs outline key in-person, hybrid, and distance learning agreements made between management and unionized staff.
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District MOU: Special Education Cohort Learning
MPUSD leaders worked with their local union to renegotiate memoranda of understanding for instruction during the pandemic. These MOUs outline key in-person, hybrid, and distance learning agreements made between management and unionized staff.
Virtual, Outcomes-Based Contract Tutoring
Ector County Independent School District is currently piloting outcomes-based tutoring with a virtual tutoring company at the district’s lowest-performing middle school. The district targeted 40 of its highest-need students that will be provided...
Family STEAM Nights
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District provided materials and held Family STEAM Nights to engage families over Zoom during the pandemic.
Leveraging Multiple, Consistent Channels for Community Communications
Ector County Independent School DistrictSuperintendent Scott Muri shares how the district uses a variety of platforms to communicate to families including local television news outlets, social media, and Spanish radio.
Partnering with Community Leaders to Problem-Solve
Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Scott Muri shares how he began meeting weekly with other community leaders at the beginning of the pandemic to strategize how to get their messaging across effectively to keep their community...
Family STEAM Night Design Challenge Overview
This presentation was created by a teaching team at Monterey Peninsula Unified School District for a virtual Family STEAM night. In this session, teachers introduced all participants to key concepts in a design thinking process and then divided into...
Family STEAM Night “Passport” Form
This form was created by a teaching team at Monterey Peninsula Unified School District for a virtual Family STEAM night. In this session, participating families got to rotate through different STEAM breakout rooms in Zoom. As they completed...
Empathy Interviews and Co-Design Sessions
Monterey Peninsula took a design-thinking approach to identify challenges, listen to students, and co-design solutions.
Leveraging Local Media to Communicate with Multilingual Families
Ector County Independent School District held a weekly press conference with every local media outlet to update the public on the status of schools during the pandemic and to share updates on teaching and learning practices. Every other week, they...
“Co-Creating with Our Students” presentation
This “mini-PD” training was developed by Monterey Peninsula Unified School District leaders to help teachers understand design processes and the reasoning behind pursuing co-design with students.