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Mountain Vista Elementary spotlights math, literacy and new student programs to district board
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Principal Christine McDaniels told the Fillmore Unified School District Board of Trustees that Mountain Vista is focusing on math proficiency, daily student writing and family engagement; staff cited data-driven coaching, TOSA support and new coding and robotics offerings.
Mountain Vista Elementary Principal Christine McDaniels told the Fillmore Unified School District Board of Trustees that the school is concentrating on math proficiency, daily writing and family engagement as part of an ongoing school improvement plan.
McDaniels presented classroom- and site-level work to support the district Local Control and Accountability Plan, saying Mountain Vista has used instructional coaches, professional learning communities and partnerships with California Education Partners and UCLA thought partners to model lessons, debrief practice and revise common formative assessments.
The school’s math work centers on increasing students’ ability to explain mathematical reasoning rather than only teaching standard algorithms, McDaniels said. She cited recent learning labs and demonstration…
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