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Personalized Learning for English Language Development (ELD)
As many Learners at Lindsay Unified School District and within Lindsay High School are English language learners, Facilitators adapt personalized structures to support English language development.
Focusing on Most Important Standards at Lindsay
Brandy Quintero, a Lindsay teacher, discusses how the district identifies certain learning standards to prioritize over others. Transcript: Brandy Quintero: We don't have every Common Core standard in ninth grade. We've kind of focused on the...
Power Standards
While Learners must master all standards, teachers identify "power standards" to help Learners focus on those they think are most important.
Eng 9B - Pacing Guide
This is a sample 9th grade English capacity matrix and pacing guide for a Unit on Romeo and Juliet.
Using a Capacity Matrix as a Pacing Guide at Lindsay
Brandy Quintero, a teacher at Lindsay, explains why and how teachers decided to integrate a pacing guide into the district's capacity matrix.Transcript: Brandy Quintero: When we started out with the capacity nature, just it was more like a checklist...
Capacity Matrix as a Pacing Guide
Facilitators create capacity matrices, which help Learners understand what they need to do and how quickly they are expected to do it for a given standard or unit.
How Pacing is Structured at Lindsay
Teacher Brandy Quintero explains how they use matrices built around the assumption of the average amount of time they expect a student need to complete at standard or skill.Transcript: Brandy Quintero: the pacing matrix is set up with the idea of...
Supports for Pacing
Multiple structures have been created to allow Learners who are behind pace to catch up.
Options for Students Off-Pace at Lindsay
Brandy Quintero,a Lindsay teacher, discusses ways she can intervene to get a student back on pace.Transcript: Brandy Quintero: If it is a lazy issue, then we have after school. We contact parents; we let them know. And like one teacher – two English...
Off-Pace Students at Lindsay
A student shares how they think about being off or on "pace" in class, and how they and others stay on track. Transcript: Student: It's very apparent who's ahead and who's behind. We're all pretty open with that. Like I have some friends...
LUSD Lifelong Learning Standards Overview
This document provides an overview of LUSD's Lifelong Learning Standards, with the actual standards appearing on pages 12 - 15. These standards fall into seven categories, or "spheres": A Well-Balanced Person (The Personal Sphere)A...