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WestEd coaches credited with improved systems and staff retention at two schools; district to scale practices
Summary
District leaders and principals reported early implementation gains from a WestEd partnership — including trained PLC facilitators, stronger coaching, improved supervisory protocols, and higher staff retention at East Middle School — while noting that student outcomes remain a multi‑year effort.
School leaders described results from a district partnership with WestEd, saying the coaching and protocols helped build shared leadership, more effective PLCs and stronger schoolwide systems, though they cautioned that measurable student‑level outcomes will take sustained practice to appear in assessment metrics.
Erie High School executive principal Dwan Orlando said the school trained 21 “vital” PLC facilitators and put in place shared calendars, structured agendas and a set of protocols for data analysis and lesson tuning. “Backward planning allows teachers to start with the end in mind,” Orlando said, adding that shared observation and feedback systems and weekly assistant principal training were part of the improvement work.
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