Case Study

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

Dr. Glenda Horner

Director for Professional Learning, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD

“Our ultimate goal is program improvement. We are here to solve problems and serve people.” By understanding when, how and where new-teacher mentors are spending their time, this Texas school district is creating an environment for both retention and growth.

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Camdenton R-III School District

Dr. Ryan Neal

Assistant Superintendent, Camdenton R-III School District

Performance evaluation is a touchy subject in K-12 education. Done without care, it can come off, at best, as a laborious but mandatory task—and at worst, as a case of institutionalized “gotcha.” But with a blend of trust-building, intentional processes, and actionable data, one Missouri school district is moving from a culture of simple compliance to continuous growth.

Case Study

Fontana Unified School District

Adele Thomas

Director of Professional Learning and Teacher Support, Fontana Unified School District

As COVID-19 began shuttering school districts across the country, Fontana Unified School District had just started rolling out its 1:1 technology program. The new tools have given the district’s 36 thousand students greater access than ever before to distance learning — but the district had to figure out how to handle the transition. They're doing just that with KickUp's Virtual Learning Essentials toolkit.

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Lubbock Independent School District

Anna Jackson

Executive Director of Leadership and Professional Development

It takes dedicated support to make professional learning not just inspirational but effective. West Texas’s Lubbock Independent School District pairs instructional coaching with content focus strands to close the knowing-doing gap.

KickUp Partner Spotlight: Clayton School District

Janet Crews, Coordinator of Professional Development at Clayton School District, talks with KickUp about PD alignment, the power of data, and making a difference for teachers.

KickUp Partner Spotlight: Rock Hill Schools

Dr. Joya Holmes, Executive Director of Professional Learning at Rock Hill Schools, talks about how RHD transformed their PD programming and connected teacher practice to student achievement through data.

Case Study

Comal Independent School District

Hanna Schramm

Director of Professional Learning

In 2015, San Antonio-area Comal Independent School District launched Comal U, a new multi-day PD institute providing summer learning hours for each of the district's 1,300 teachers. KickUp worked with Comal to build out a custom event management and credit tracking system aligning with both state policy requirements and Comal’s own curriculum. With the time saved seamlessly managing, tracking and coordinating a high-volume event series, Comal U added 15 more sessions the very first year — and counting.

Case Study

Youngstown City School District

Greg Kibler

Deputy Chief of Data

Struggling with academic outcomes in an economically-disadvantaged region, Youngstown City School District needed to shift instructional practice with a focus on equity. With Kickup, YCSD built a data framework that invested teachers in their own feedback and coordinated real-time interventions to what students needed most. The results? A strategic alignment that's closing the achievement gap across demographics.

Designing Data Structures to Build a Culture of Improvement at Youngstown City Schools

How one Ohio district is closing the achievement gap with a thriving professional learning culture, holistic teacher supports, and a data strategy for real-time intervention.

Case Study

St. Vrain Valley School District

Diane Lauer

Assistant Superintendent of Priority Programs and Academic Support

At the onset of an ambitious $2m 1:1 technology initiative, St. Vrain Valley Schools needed to both provide evidence of impact and maximize teachers' proficiency with the new tools. Using KickUp, St. Vrain was able to track progress during the year, make real-time changes, and accelerate professional learning by identifying and replicating success across the system.