Blueprint LCAP

DISTRICT GOAL SETTING

In order for the district to make progress toward the vision and fully implement the mission, the School Board Members have set overarching goals that encompass all programs and support systems for students. 

Board Goal 1: If we focus on implementation of the system and adult portraits, then we will create equitable access to the conditions of learning that enable students to achieve the outcomes of the learner portrait and be ready to thrive in their lives and careers.

Board Goal 2: If we focus on student engagement, then adults will create lessons that are universally designed, culturally responsive, and assets-based, and students will engage in project-based learning opportunities that allow them multiple ways to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of grade-level content and make relevant connections to the world around them.

Board Goal 3: If we implement with fidelity a multi-tiered continuum of support for students, then adults will know their students by their strengths, interests, and values, and students will be able to engage in rigorous learning opportunities that allow them to demonstrate the elements of the learner portrait and our district values.
Link to Goals with Leading and Lagging Measures, Board Approved on March 9, 2023 (Español)
Link to School Board Goals and Metrics Presentation, March 9, 2023 (Español)

These goals are simple, yet they provide a powerful foundation upon which teachers and staff build engaging and rigorous learning pathways. Above all else, the goals focus on promoting equity in all learning environments. In fact, the School Board has made equity a key value for our Framework for the Future. These three goals are closely aligned to the California State Board of Education priorities for the development of the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). The Board spent considerable time revising the goals to better align to the California Department of Education One System Whole Child Model. The approach focuses all efforts toward setting the conditions for learning, creating engaging learning environments, and promoting positive student outcomes. Further, the Board aligned their new goals to the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework. The MTSS framework places emphasis on high-quality instruction in three areas for all students: inclusive academic instruction, inclusive behavioral instruction, and inclusive social/emotional instruction. Each goal has a specific metrics identified to continuously monitor progress toward achieving the goal over time.

STRATEGIC PLANNING

The Blueprint for Educational Excellence and Innovation sets a clear vision for the future, includes a purposeful mission, promotes positive, student-centered environments, and identifies goals for what we expect students to achieve.

The Vista Unified School District's Blueprint for Educational Excellence and Innovation was designed to provide a plan of action for how the daily educational environment will support students to access the California Common Core State Standards and demonstrate attainment of the School Board Goals. Ultimately, greater levels of student access to the standards and engagement in meaningful, personalized learning environments will lead the district towards becoming the model of educational excellence and innovation. This planning process led to the strategic parameters that define what the organization will do in a specific, methodical, and consistent way to promote high quality teaching and learning. The annual revision of the Blueprint actively engages all stakeholders (students, parents, teachers, and staff) in a series of community forums held to inform and gather input about how to ensure that Vista Unified becomes the model for educational excellence and innovation. All of the feedback gathered from the community forums, as well as feedback gathered from online surveys, is utilized during the strategic planning process.

The strategic planning process is labor-intensive because it requires careful consideration and alignment of the many different voices of the community. The process also carefully identifies who would be involved in each Strategy and Action Plan, what structure is needed to ensure success, how the Blueprint would be monitored, and what timelines are needed to keep track of progress.

A parallel project that is updated annually alongside the Blueprint is the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). The LCAP is a component of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Each school district and charter school is required to develop an LCAP to identify goals and actions the district will take to ensure that students have access to the California Common Core State Standards and demonstrate high levels of achievement on a variety of state and local assessments. The information for developing the LCAP is taken directly from the Blueprint for Educational Excellence and Innovation. Please visit the Local Control Funding Formula and the Local Control Accountability Plan webpages for more information.

BLUEPRINT SUCCESS

Our Blueprint has led to impressive success for our students. Please refer to the poster below to review the success of our scholars moving on to college.

THE BLUEPRINT HOUSE OF LEARNING

The House of Learning is a simple, visual representation of the Blueprint for Educational Excellence and Innovation. This graphic is our theory of action, highlighting the importance of many systems working together to create the right conditions to transform teaching and learning into an engaging, relevant, and personal learning journey. Our goal is that each of the seven strategies work together to build a house of learning that will inspire every student to persevere as a critical thinker to solve real world problems.