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"When you start by creating clear targets and ways to figure out if you’re on the right track, you start making swift and strategic movements."

St. Vrain Valley School District

Diane Lauer

Assistant Superintendent of Priority Programs and Academic Support

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St. Vrain Valley School District

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.

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Belton School District

Assistant Superintendent of School Improvement

Belton Assistant Superintendent of School Improvement Lorenzo Rizzi needed a way to keep up with what was happening across all of his schools. Using KickUp, he determines which aspects of the strategic plan need more attention and creates continuous improvement cycles that he can monitor using teacher feedback, classroom walkthroughs, and community input.

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Build capacity in your teachers, leaders, and staff.

01.

Ground professional learning in your district’s strategic plan.

Starting with your strategic plan or program objectives, KickUp’s team of data specialists work to develop practical, research-based instruments that will clearly answer the question: “How are we progressing towards our strategic goals, and how should we deploy our resources to get where we need to go?”

02.

Use formative data to make real-time adjustments.

KickUp’s clear and actionable dashboards help you keep an eye on teacher progress as it happens and easily pinpoint schools, sites or teachers in need of additional support.

03.

Demonstrate your professional learning’s value and impact.

KickUp’s elegant report-building tools allow you to triangulate multiple sources of data (such as needs assessments, walkthroughs, community surveys, and self-reflections) to capture key insights and visualize growth over time. As new data comes in, the KickUp team leads your staff through strategic data review sessions that unpack and translate data into action.

04.

Communicate decisions and information transparently.

KickUp’s flexible report-sharing tools allow you to share a compelling story that builds community buy-in and makes decision-making transparent.

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