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SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Board of Education Presentation

June 11, 2019

In Support of the Success & Achievement

• f All African

American Students

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• To review the journey of the African American

Achievement & Leadership Initiative (AAALI)

• To provide context on AAALI’s current projects and

programs

• To share AAALI’s projects and programs for 2019-2020
• To share reflections for the future of SFUSD work in

support of African American students

Today’s Purpose

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• 2015 - 2016 Annual Report (tinyurl.com/AAALIReport16)

○ Special Assistant was hired ○ Resolution passed in response to African American achievement and discipline gap ○ Partnership with AAPAC established ○ African American Postsecondary Pathways launched

• 2016 - 2017 Annual Report (tinyurl.com/AAALIReport17)

○ Priority of Superintendent’s Leadership Team ○ Village Roundtable piloted ○ Manhood Development Program launched ○ Black Star Rising launched in the Summer

• 2017 - 2018 Annual Report (tinyurl.com/AAALIReport18)

○ AAALI supports cohort of high schools with on-track rates and professional learning community ○ African American Women’s Heritage Course piloted ○ Partnerships established with Perspectives Experience Program, Alliance for Girls, Equal Opportunity Schools

• 2018 - 2019

○ Black Family Partnership Academy launched ○ “Learning While Black in SFUSD: Special Education” ○ Hiring of New Special Assistant to the Superintendent

AAALI Journey

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AAALI Core Values

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Demographics

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Scorecard

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Impact of our Work

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Programs Key Partnerships Big Events

2018-2019

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2019-2020

• MDP expanding to Presidio Middle School and

embedding focus on literacy

• Black Star Rising building out 9th - 12th grade

programming with C&I and Salesforce partnership

• Deeper partnership with Stanford to bolster

AAWHC curriculum

• Year-round expansion of Black Star Rising through

support from HRC and Mayor’s Office

• Entering 6th year of partnership with Beyond 12
• Working with KOO to bring continuous

improvement lens to MDP implementation

• AAPAC 4th annual retreat this summer
• Ongoing support for the annual BSU Summit
• Closer collaboration between SFABSE,

Superintendent’s Office, and AAALI for Honor Roll

• AAPAC will recognize African American graduates

at 5th Annual College Signing Day

• Advance
• Manhood Development

Program (MDP)

• African American Women’s

Heritage Course

• Black Star Rising
• Black Family Partnership

Academy

• Perspectives Experience

Program

• African American Parent

Advisory Council

• Kingmakers of Oakland
• Collective Impact
• San Francisco Alliance of Black

School Educators

• SF Human Rights Commission
• 100% College Prep
• SF Achievers
• Beyond 12
• Equal Opportunity Schools
• LinkedIn
• Black Family Day
• HBCU Fair
• BSU Summit
• On-Track Career Expo
• Af. American Honor Roll
• Learning While Black
• Day of Brotherhood
• College Signing Day

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Narratives

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Systemic Barriers

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• Quality Teaching. SFUSD currently does not ensure that there is a stable cadre of high – quality

teachers in our highest need schools.

• School Choice. SFUSD has a school choice system that is maintaining racial isolation in elementary

and middle schools for African American students.

• Promotion before Mastery. Tier 1 instruction in SFUSD schools is not ensuring grade – level

performance for the vast majority of African American students in SFUSD (as measured by standardized tests, F&P, and SRI) and Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions are not coherently deployed to serve African American students.

• Disconnected Services. Many of SFUSD’s African American students and families require high –

quality wraparound services that address school attendance, physical and mental health, social and emotional wellness, financial and housing stability. However, SFUSD has not yet identified and resourced (financial, facilities, and human capital resources) a consistent Community Schools model to deliver these services at our highest needs sites.

• Implicit Bias. The district has to seriously define and implement training for cultural responsiveness in

instruction in order to address racial disparities in special education and discipline.

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Next Steps and Reflections

Patterns 1) Utilize continuous improvement to implement and adjust strategies 2) Embed user-centered design in any strategy formulation for African American students Process 1) Regular observations and feedback to schools with the lens of serving African American students 2) Accountability for how well we are doing in improving the educational experience of African American students Information 1) Relentlessly share what is working and how it is making a difference in the lives of our students 2) Continue annual reports, social media, BOE and community presentations Relationships 1) Partnerships with African American families and community leaders 2) Value African American leadership in all of its forms Structure 1) Maintain multi-year commitment to funding and sustaining AAALI 2) Define a strategic commitment to African American achievement in every school Identity 1) African American students and families have unique, strengths, skills, and expertise that make our schools better 2) Asset-based discourse changes outcomes

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Thank you.

Landon Dickey

dickeyl@sfusd.edu

Director of the African American Achievement & Leadership Initiative