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00:0-1	All right . We are live again . Session four
00:06	, no five . This is what happens when you
00:08	do more than more than one live streaming day .
00:10	Your brains a little fried . Uh , this is
00:12	actually session five today of the California canvas collaborative where
00:17	we are highlighting districts all across California and talking a
00:22	little bit about their experiences with not only canvas ,
00:25	but in their specific individual instance of doing a little
00:30	little here or there . This , this specifically is
00:33	about elementary templates in middle school , got a chance
00:36	to meet all of these ladies just a few minutes
00:39	ago and just fantastic things happening there at Fruitvale School
00:43	District in Bakersfield California . I can't wait to see
00:47	what they have in store . We don't talk a
00:48	whole lot about elementary usage or middle school usage .
00:53	I know templates make these a lot easier . So
00:56	I'm just gonna sit back , grab a little popcorn
00:58	, I've got my water here and just enjoy what
01:01	they've got going on . Dr lisa Gilbert . Why
01:04	don't you introduce all of these fine folks at Fruitvale
01:07	School District ? Thanks , I really appreciate that .
01:10	So hey , good afternoon everyone . Um as Eddie
01:14	said , I'm lisa Gilbert , I'm deputy superintendent for
01:17	instructional services , that the current county superintendent of schools
01:20	. So as a county office , um we have
01:23	truly invested in making sure that we are providing the
01:27	support necessary for all of our 47 school districts um
01:31	to make sure that we have continued to provide a
01:34	high quality education for our students , almost 200,000 students
01:37	here in current county . So we are very proud
01:40	today to get to have one of our outstanding districts
01:44	share with you their journey about how they chose and
01:48	have implemented the canvas horny management system . Um Their
01:52	fruitful school district is a high achieving k . Kindergarten
01:56	T . K . Through eighth grade district and they
01:59	have a little over 3000 students . Um They have
02:02	a long held reputation of excellent . All five of
02:06	our schools have been named California distinguished schools as an
02:10	example . Um and that really is a an example
02:14	of the outstanding leadership and teaching staff and instructional team
02:19	that they have there at Fruitvale today . They're going
02:22	to be sharing with you the implementation process they followed
02:26	to make sure that the use of campus across their
02:29	district was successful and consistent . Um they did not
02:34	go with canvas in the , during the first school
02:37	closure . So during that spring of 2019 , um
02:40	after they had done their own program , they reflected
02:44	on that and thought , you know , we want
02:46	to do a little bit more in terms of providing
02:49	high quality and consistency in our instructional program . And
02:52	so made a decision to join 31 of our districts
02:57	here in Kern County . Um that took this journey
03:00	together um in using the canvas funding management system .
03:03	So it is my pleasure to introduce their awesome team
03:07	. I'm so excited they're here and we're gonna learn
03:09	so much from them . Um Leslie Garrison is the
03:12	superintendent approval school district . Um , you also have
03:16	jennifer Megatech who is the coordinator of curriculum and instruction
03:20	and Leslie name for their canvas guru . Um that's
03:24	been Garnett , the principle of Endeavor Elementary . Um
03:28	, and interesting enough , she and jennifer are both
03:31	parents of students in the district as well , so
03:33	they had that perspective and then you also have Glennis
03:36	podgy who is one of their junior high math experts
03:39	um and actually joined our county office in developing nine
03:43	weeks of curriculum that were used across the state actually
03:46	. So thank you for being here and representing current
03:49	county Fruitvale and and take it away awesome . Well
03:53	we're really excited to believe where I can't quietly enough
03:56	about this team and our county office actually . Their
03:59	support was incredible . So they do need to shout
04:01	at least this team is unbelievable . And we wouldn't
04:04	even know about how canvas would apply to the elementary
04:07	if they weren't a part of our rollout . So
04:09	thank you for doing that . So I want to
04:11	share a little bit about Fruitful school district quickly .
04:14	We are in elementary school district were in Bakersfield California
04:18	. We have four elementary than one junior high .
04:20	But the interesting part about Fruit Bowl is that our
04:22	demographics are changing rapidly . So we are now at
04:25	55.4% and duplicated people count over 50% of our students
04:30	are socioeconomically disadvantaged and we have over 13% student with
04:35	disabilities and um only 6% L . D . And
04:38	we're roughly almost half and half white hispanic and then
04:41	a mix of all other ethnicities . So as lisa
04:45	said , we do have high performance history . In
04:48	fact our mathematics has jumped up drastically . So yeah
04:51	, Gwyneth and so that's our old data . But
04:56	we recognize through this experience especially with school closures ,
05:00	that even the most high performing schools are going to
05:02	experience learning loss . So that was a great concern
05:05	to us . And so canvas helped us address that
05:09	and still continues to help us address that . So
05:11	today we are going to be talking about our lessons
05:14	of how we rolled out canvas and then how we
05:16	created a district wide consistency and that was the goal
05:19	of all of our leadership . That we wanted consistency
05:22	throughout the district for everyone , teachers , students and
05:26	administrators . And so this was an extremely extremely valuable
05:30	tool for us . And as you can say ,
05:32	well we did that through templates modules and then schedules
05:36	. So in the spring that reality was grim .
05:39	We did our best in the midst of just sheared
05:44	misunderstood . We didn't know what was gonna happen .
05:46	And so we did our best to make sure that
05:49	we ended the year strong , but we knew that
05:51	something was missing and we learned we used 1000 different
05:55	platforms and we had inconsistent time for synchronous learning and
06:00	some did a lot and some did less and there
06:04	was varying amounts of work assign . And so ultimately
06:06	, I think all school districts recognized that we needed
06:09	to do better now that we knew what that looked
06:11	like . And so we had a challenge also because
06:14	we were rolling out a new student information system through
06:17	the summer as well . Okay , So based on
06:21	our realities in the spring of 2020 , uh ,
06:27	we knew something needed to be done and the decision
06:30	was made to go ahead into adopt canvas um ,
06:34	as our learning management system for the next school year
06:38	. Um , that started in about May , we
06:41	did an overview of canvas for a district and K
06:45	. C . S . O . S . Put
06:46	that on . Um , just to give us just
06:49	a quick idea of what what canvas was , like
06:52	, what it would be like um , to work
06:54	in canvas . And then , um , I started
06:56	meeting with K . C . S . O .
06:58	S . Staff and um , canvas course designer to
07:03	really look at what do we want , our platform
07:07	and what do we want our canvas courses to look
07:09	like ? We knew that um , going into canvas
07:13	and creating a course , um , for all of
07:16	our teachers , it could be a daunting task .
07:20	And so we knew that we wanted to provide them
07:22	with a template so that they didn't have to just
07:25	start from scratch . And we also knew based on
07:28	what our spring was like , that we needed consistency
07:32	for our students um and for the parents , for
07:35	administrators for everyone . So we wanted everyone using the
07:39	same template um for their courses . So , um
07:44	after meeting with K . C . S . O
07:45	. S . Staff and the canvas designer , uh
07:48	we created a template and then we had teacher input
07:52	. So we had grade levels of teachers who volunteered
07:55	to to meet and we showed them what we had
07:58	come up with and they gave their input . We
08:00	made changes based on their input . Um and then
08:04	we spent the summer working on modifying and fine tuning
08:09	those templates to send out to teachers . Um We
08:13	also continue doing summer canvas training that was optional for
08:17	our staff with Casey Casey S . O . S
08:20	. They put out great canvas trainings all summer long
08:25	. They made the videos accessible even after they were
08:27	finished . And so those were invaluable to us throughout
08:32	the year . We also pushed out our canvas courses
08:36	early to teachers . So we had some teachers that
08:38	were just ready to go and wanted to get a
08:40	head start on creating their canvas courses . And so
08:43	we made those templates available early on so that if
08:47	they wanted to get a head start , they could
08:49	. And then we also recognize that our parents would
08:53	, would need some training . So before school started
08:56	, we did some parent trainings to introduce canvas to
09:00	our parents in english and in spanish . We partnered
09:03	with Casey S . O . S . Again and
09:05	um , and did those trainings for them so that
09:08	parents were familiar with campus as well as our teachers
09:13	. So what was really important to us is that
09:15	there was a consistent format . Um , we used
09:19	, um , the courses at K . C .
09:21	S . O . S . And teachers in our
09:23	county created as a model . We really liked the
09:26	way that it looked , we felt like it was
09:28	user friendly . And so we created templates for our
09:32	teachers , um , that they could take and use
09:35	right away . They wouldn't have to do any creating
09:38	except just personalizing , but if they wanted to personalize
09:43	it , then they have the option to do that
09:45	as well . Um , we know that two teachers
09:48	creating your classroom environment is very important and some teachers
09:52	spend a lot of time um decorating and personalizing their
09:56	classrooms and they didn't have that this school year .
09:59	And so we knew that they would want to create
10:01	a personal environment for their students in their canvas classroom
10:06	. And so we allowed for that . Um ,
10:08	so this is an example of what our second grade
10:11	through eighth grade template looks like . Um and you
10:14	can see that there's highlighting and red X's and that's
10:17	just just to let teachers know delete this and personalize
10:21	it . Here's what you need to adhere . Um
10:23	, but everything stays the same as far as the
10:27	wording . Here's our kindergarten to first grade template .
10:31	Actually . TK to first grade template . It's a
10:34	little more uh primary looking . One thing that our
10:38	primary teacher said is we need very simple and so
10:43	we removed a lot of the list on the side
10:46	. We removed the modules button for kids so they
10:50	didn't even have access to it . And we used
10:52	a lot of the linking through buttons on our canvas
10:56	pages . So our primary teacher said , we just
10:59	want a big button that says go , so that's
11:02	what they got . They got a big button and
11:04	it says go , um I have a first grade
11:07	daughter . And so I showed the template to her
11:10	and I said , okay , where do you go
11:12	? So the first time she was like , oh
11:13	the arrow , I go to the arrow . So
11:15	it was obvious that our kids are going to be
11:17	able to navigate using this template . Um the other
11:21	thing was that the home page for all grade levels
11:26	was going to stay the same if they didn't ,
11:28	if they wanted to personalize the colours of the buttons
11:30	, if they wanted to change the buttons , teachers
11:33	had the ability to do that , but the word
11:36	, he needed to stay the same so that as
11:38	a parent , if I go to my third graders
11:41	canvas page or I go to my sixth graders canvas
11:44	page , I know that the student is going to
11:47	click the start learning button to get to their work
11:50	for the week . So whether that looks like a
11:52	green frog or a bit mo ji button or this
11:54	button , it's all going to be the same .
11:57	Um , so all students would have the same home
12:01	page and then we did use the icons to link
12:03	to pages as opposed to going through them modules in
12:08	the sidebar . Um , the other thing that we
12:10	wanted was we wanted what , what we loved about
12:13	canvas was that it is a platform for everything that
12:16	they needed . So they didn't have to go and
12:19	open a brand new page to get to this site
12:22	and a new page to get to this site ,
12:23	everything is housed within canvas and we can link to
12:26	those pages . And so we wanted easy zoom access
12:30	. We knew that the first day of school kids
12:32	just needed to get to zoom and so we created
12:35	easy access for zoom and then we allowed teachers to
12:38	personalize it . And the other thing that they had
12:41	, once they click that start learning button was a
12:44	clear learning plan for the week posted so that kids
12:48	and parents could see exactly what was coming up for
12:51	the week . And then at the bottom of every
12:53	page was a return to home button and has a
12:57	little house as the easy icon to remember . That's
13:00	where you go back to your homepage . The other
13:03	thing that we did for our teachers was how to
13:06	set up this course . So on the home page
13:07	there was a link . You can go to this
13:09	page and it tells you everything you need to do
13:12	to get your canvas course up and running and ready
13:15	to go for the first day of school . And
13:19	then the other thing that we noticed in the spring
13:21	was that we had teachers who were still teaching ,
13:24	like they had been in the classroom , but then
13:26	we also had teachers that were just pushing out assignments
13:29	. We needed some consistency and we hadn't provided that
13:31	for our teachers in the spring and we needed to
13:34	moving forward . So we provided some guidelines as to
13:39	what is going to look like when they zoom and
13:41	what their asynchronous work will look like . And we
13:45	set up specific lesson templates for them as well .
13:48	So even the modules would be provided for them in
13:51	the courses , um that we pushed out to them
13:54	and it was consistent daily . They had a place
13:56	to put their uh their recorded zoom session or their
14:01	recorded lesson . They had a place to put their
14:03	assignments and then they had a finished page for the
14:06	day and we follow the CDC recommendations for the synchronous
14:09	asynchronous work time for those . Um The other great
14:14	thing that we had , our teachers were on board
14:17	with this . Um even our special services teachers um
14:22	and providers were on board using canvas . They recognize
14:25	that if we as a whole district we're moving to
14:27	canvass , they wanted to be a part of as
14:29	well . And so we created um some courses for
14:34	speech . We created courses for R . O .
14:37	T . We created courses for counselors . So all
14:41	of these people were creating their own canvas courses and
14:44	modifying them to fit their students needs um which was
14:47	really exciting to see that everyone was on board and
14:50	it was working , the kids knew where to go
14:52	and they had one platform to go to . All
14:55	of our students were able to access canvas for learning
14:59	. Um We also had aides who had access ,
15:03	so we had instructional aids that had access and then
15:05	they could also help their students um when they needed
15:08	to with assignments . So as we started out ,
15:13	it was a big learning curve for our teachers ,
15:17	which was the whole reason behind providing these templates for
15:20	our teachers , but they're still needed to be a
15:23	lot of support given . So we started with the
15:26	first day back for teachers in august we partnered with
15:30	K . C . S . O . S and
15:31	they provided two days of canvas training for our teachers
15:35	to give them an overview and kind of how to
15:37	get started . Plus we had access to all of
15:40	those pre recorded videos as well um for more in
15:43	depth support . We also did office hours every afternoon
15:49	for that first week back um just for troubleshooting and
15:52	for help um , with specific issues . Um ,
15:56	the other thing was , I went out to school
15:58	sites and um help teachers in person . Sometimes it's
16:03	just easier if you , you're in person . Um
16:06	, one of the things to that we recognize was
16:08	that we had teachers of all ability levels as far
16:12	as technology goes . So you had some that took
16:15	this and ran with it and you had some that
16:17	needed some extra support in this and so we wanted
16:21	to make sure that every teacher felt comfortable with this
16:24	and every teacher was given the support that they needed
16:27	to thrive and to succeed using canvas . There were
16:31	some teachers who started messaging me on a sunday and
16:35	I thought , oh my gosh , are teachers are
16:37	working on the weekend and I don't want them to
16:39	wait until monday . And so I , we did
16:41	informal office hours even on sunday afternoon , I figured
16:45	if the teachers were working on a sunday then I
16:48	was going to provide support for them any time that
16:51	they needed that . Um The other thing that really
16:55	helped us a lot with site tech mentors , so
16:58	we had psych tech mentors and that each of our
17:02	campuses to provide support for our teachers . Um the
17:07	first half of the school year , they were great
17:09	. These were people who really from the beginning kind
17:12	of rose up as canvas adopters , early adopters and
17:17	they were running with it . And so they were
17:19	very helpful to the sites and it was much easier
17:23	for teachers to go directly to them than to wait
17:26	and get support from me or from someone else who
17:29	wasn't at their site . We also did um professional
17:35	development throughout the school year . And every time we
17:37	had one of our P . D . Days we
17:39	highlighted canvas tools using our tech mentors . Um and
17:42	then we had parents support throughout the year as well
17:45	um through our district . Helpdesk parents could put in
17:48	a ticket and then we would call them back and
17:50	provide support for them through canvas . Glennis is going
17:54	to talk more about collaborating in canvas , but I
17:57	do want to just mention that our teachers who really
18:00	saw success early on in canvas were the ones who
18:03	were collaborating and using commons to share the workload .
18:07	Um and we found our TK team what they are
18:11	awesome and they did such a great job of sharing
18:14	the work with each other . Um They took different
18:17	parts of the lessons they plan together . We saw
18:21	through Covid and through all of this experience that district
18:25	wide , we have teachers coming together and planning together
18:29	more than we ever have before . Um , I
18:31	would say that's been a blessing of this year .
18:34	So we have great teacher grade level teachers who were
18:36	dividing and conquering the work and then our distance learning
18:39	teachers actually share students across schools . And so they
18:43	have created their own PLC s and are collaborating together
18:49	and our administrators to , we really clung to each
18:52	other and started to collaborate together and it really strengthened
18:55	our team um , through that , through this challenging
19:00	time , that's definitely been a blessing for us .
19:02	Um , with the consistency of canvas platform , we
19:05	knew that we needed to have a consistent schedule across
19:08	our district . So we set zoom times for all
19:10	of our sites are elementary sites are 8 32 .
19:13	Excuse me , eight o'clock to 11 30 was live
19:16	zoom And in the afternoons after 1230 were office hours
19:19	offered to students for individual time with their teachers .
19:23	Teachers could set up , um , small group work
19:26	activities during that afternoon session or they could run some
19:30	of Arcadian testing . It was a variety of things
19:32	in those office hours , but that consistency was key
19:35	. We knew our parents were juggling multiple schedules with
19:39	their work and their students . That may be a
19:40	different sites or different districts if there are any high
19:43	school students in the family . And so we knew
19:45	that it was really important to maintain those schedules so
19:48	that they could adapt or work within their realm to
19:52	get their students on for those live zooms , which
19:54	were incredibly important for us . Um , we had
19:57	Matthew mail blocks that were um , protected in our
20:01	master schedule at each site and that was so the
20:04	parents could anticipate what subject was coming up personally .
20:07	I have a first grader and a kindergartener who started
20:09	school this year and it started on zoom through canvas
20:12	. So having that schedule um , was really nice
20:15	for us to have the materials ready to go .
20:17	We had , we knew when math was coming up
20:18	and she had her materials lined up ready for her
20:21	and that was really important . Otherwise you get stuck
20:24	in a chaotic uh feeling where you don't have the
20:27	papers that the teacher is asking for , so that
20:30	just helped to support and bring us all together .
20:33	Um , each grade level had a different schedule so
20:36	that we could utilize our AIDS for support in our
20:38	reading and um intervention group , which you'll see here
20:41	. The dark green was our big push this year
20:44	for us was a specific reading process where we focus
20:47	on individual students , reading skills and needs and we
20:51	offer those individualized instructional groups based on those levels .
20:55	And this schedule was incredibly important so that we could
20:58	share our instructional aids across the grade levels to run
21:02	smaller groups within these dedicated block times . Um And
21:06	then we also had the some groups would duty or
21:09	two in our afternoons during office hours where they would
21:12	pull back some students to do some repeat instruction .
21:15	Um We had a lot of grade levels choose to
21:17	do some of their L . D . Instruction in
21:19	the afternoons . And that was a shared effort .
21:22	So for example our second grade team at my site
21:25	um decided that what one teacher would take all of
21:28	the L . D . Students in the afternoons and
21:30	they could very easily create a group on canvas and
21:33	pull those students together and run their instruction for that
21:36	week and then the next teacher would take the following
21:39	week and so on . So um we really maximize
21:41	this block schedule and staying consistent so that we could
21:45	share the workload with one another . Alright , protected
21:52	times I touched on this a little five days a
21:54	week . That walk to learn time is what we're
21:55	calling it . That's the the reading instruction that is
21:58	tiered towards our students , um levels of their skills
22:03	and their needs and the canvas courses were created for
22:05	the teachers . So we would make sure that the
22:08	students were aligned with those groups . So an entire
22:11	grade level has leveled their students . They would separate
22:15	off during that walk to learn time . And so
22:17	the intensive students would would join a new course and
22:21	they would have their intensive instructor along with maybe an
22:23	aide or two and run their reading instruction and then
22:26	go back to their home room after their um dedicated
22:29	protected walk to learn time . Getting that very intense
22:31	um intensive direct instruction geared toward their reading levels .
22:37	Teachers and students and professionals connected through zoom on those
22:41	courses as well . And then in those courses we
22:44	were able to progress monitor our students the intensive and
22:46	strategic students to make sure that they were making gains
22:50	and to track their growth and to really monitor them
22:53	to watch what to be able to offer more support
22:56	if they needed that or two , maybe even bump
22:58	them up and offer some enrichment for students if they
23:01	needed that as well . So with all of this
23:04	, we were able to do um , to follow
23:06	this walk to learn process to the best ability that
23:08	we can through an online platform . And we saw
23:12	growth across all of our students in distance learning and
23:14	in person . It's very successful given some of the
23:17	barriers . Sure , thank you . The canvas was
23:25	very important and I'm not sure Jennifer got to touch
23:28	on this a little bit , but our secretaries got
23:31	really good on campus because they utilize this as ,
23:34	um , a way to track attendance . And all
23:37	those students weren't required to be on the live zooms
23:39	daily . We still wanted them to be on canvas
23:42	and follow those um , weekly learning plans to watch
23:46	the teachers recorded lessons . We wanted to make sure
23:49	they were engaged in their learning and canvas allowed us
23:52	that ability . So we were able to , as
23:55	administrators also jump in zooms , do some walkthrough ,
23:58	see our kids . That was incredibly important to me
24:00	to see their faces and say hello . Um ,
24:03	we were able to observe teachers and see some outstanding
24:06	activities that they were running on this electronic new platform
24:10	that we've never done before . And um , teachers
24:13	kept up our rigger approval . It prides itself in
24:16	offering a rigorous education and it did not slow down
24:20	once we got the flow of the canvas , just
24:22	like any first start of the school , you're getting
24:24	things in line . And that rigor just kept on
24:27	and it was amazing to watch . And I do
24:30	believe that the collaboration with the teachers and the grade
24:32	levels and then across the sites really helped to aid
24:35	that so that we could continue doing what football does
24:38	. Support staff was able to push into courses and
24:42	offer um student support and teachers support . Um We
24:45	had support staff going into multiple classes with our walk
24:49	to learn groups . We had students that were receiving
24:53	speech services and they were able to jump in and
24:55	offer that support through campus as well . And then
24:58	like our secretaries , we were able to do our
25:00	attendance track attendance tracking . They would be able to
25:04	pull the previous day's record to see who may not
25:06	have logged in and make contact to check in on
25:09	our students to make sure that they had all the
25:11	support they needed from us , some of them needed
25:13	hotspots and we were able to monitor that through canvas
25:17	usage . We were also able to monitor student's um
25:21	you know , if they would just logged into canvas
25:23	and we're on for five minutes and logged off .
25:25	We were able to address those as well because you
25:27	can see every page that they go to . Um
25:30	and how long they spent on those pages . So
25:32	that was a really great advantage that we had .
25:35	Um as a parent , obviously I had a little
25:38	bit of an advantage because I was learning the platform
25:40	before or other parents . Um but with me having
25:43	to be a little bit more on campus , my
25:45	husband had to learn canvas as a parent without this
25:49	advantage of getting it early . And so I saw
25:52	him um struggle a little with navigating , but it
25:55	only took maybe a day or two . And once
25:58	he found the connection between our kindergarten and our first
26:01	grade students and it was very easy that they were
26:05	able to log in . He was able to direct
26:07	them or redirect them if maybe they lost their space
26:09	, which really happened . Um And after the live
26:13	zoom was over , we were able to go together
26:15	, walk through that learning plan , click through the
26:17	lessons , complete the activities and it was just so
26:21	streamlined . It was fairly simple to the point where
26:24	and by um september our six year old in our
26:27	five year old , we're doing it a lot on
26:29	their own . Um One of the greatest stories I
26:32	have and I would say the most exciting thing about
26:36	canvas for me with my personal student , my own
26:39	child in first grade , he got to a point
26:42	where he was asked to do a studio recording of
26:46	a reading . And as you know , first grade
26:48	is the beginning of that building those reading skills and
26:52	he was a reluctant reader . So um , the
26:55	assignment was to read this passage , but do it
26:57	on studio recordings , which was a video recording .
27:00	And then he'd have to hold the paper up ,
27:03	read his passage and then push play and submit the
27:06	assignment . Well when he pushed play , he would
27:08	watch himself read and he didn't like it if he
27:10	made a mistake or if he hesitated . And so
27:13	he edited himself , he would redo it until he
27:16	got a good recording to submit to his teacher .
27:19	And that as a former english teacher who knows the
27:21	importance of editing is probably the biggest gift that I
27:25	have personally seen in my family for the with the
27:28	canvas platform . It was beautiful and then it was
27:30	wonderful to hear from the teachers to when they watched
27:33	the studio recordings . They felt more connected to their
27:36	students , which was really missing at the beginning of
27:38	the school year . Um It was very easy to
27:40	upload files to this . The students pages , it's
27:44	very simple to go to the file folder in the
27:48	computer and simply upload it while you're in campus .
27:51	And then some parents were able to set up a
27:54	personal accounts um where they could directly communicate with their
27:57	teachers . They could monitor their students usage . Um
28:00	They could check their students assignments to see if it
28:02	was submitted or not at all or if it was
28:04	submitted on time and it was very easy for them
28:07	to monitor their students as well , um , with
28:10	a separate account , we're not having to log in
28:12	as the student , but as a parent , so
28:14	that was great , too . Shit . Uh ,
28:17	so as a teacher , um , I actually got
28:20	started with canvas a little early , um , when
28:24	the current county superintendent of schools was creating content back
28:27	in the spring of 2020 . Uh , so that
28:29	allowed me a chance to get on an experiment with
28:32	, in particular creating content in the Quiz feature ,
28:36	which has a math teacher . Uh really allowed me
28:39	to see how you can creatively use those quiz features
28:43	and assess student learning in some kind of creative ways
28:46	. But once we started to fall , um ,
28:49	with my actual school , my actual students , I
28:52	realized that there was a huge learning curve uh ,
28:54	to implementing it daily and that's where relying on the
28:58	templates that were made , made it so much easier
29:01	to focus exclusively on the content . As a teacher
29:05	, we have a lot of expertise in how to
29:08	how to create understanding with our students and having that
29:12	resource where I could take my content that I had
29:15	already created and use the quiz feature allowed me to
29:20	focus more on student learning unless on creating the class
29:24	itself . Um The teachers that I was working with
29:28	um we found that as we went through the school
29:30	year we really built our capacity um because when we
29:35	started the school year were mostly having students upload pictures
29:38	or videos or files . Um And throughout all the
29:41	P . D . That the district was able to
29:42	provide . We added on more and more tools allowing
29:46	more and more authentic engagement and more variety in how
29:51	students could demonstrate their knowledge which online is huge .
29:56	Um it does take some creative planning . So that's
29:59	where the collaboration uh was really , really important .
30:02	Uh trying to do everything all at once . Uh
30:07	it would be really challenging . So taking the next
30:10	upcoming weeks and dividing the work among a team made
30:13	it so that we were able to create that rich
30:15	content that was near the standard that we would expect
30:19	normally while also maintain all of our other responsibilities .
30:23	And so without that collaboration , uh we would have
30:26	really struggled , but we were all in it together
30:29	and it was much more successful than I was anticipating
30:33	. It was wonderful if I could jump in .
30:37	I'm sorry , I know this wasn't planned , but
30:39	I had teachers at my site who are continuing to
30:41	use canvas to this day and we are in person
30:44	learning . These are in person learning teachers because of
30:46	the comments , They love the lessons that are in
30:49	there and they continue to utilize them in their classrooms
30:52	during live instructor or in person instruction . It's been
30:55	great . Uh that's important to say Stephanie because the
31:04	question is now that we do have all of our
31:06	students are back in person , are we going to
31:08	continue to utilize canvas ? And when that question was
31:11	posed to our staff overwhelmingly , they said yes ,
31:14	please don't take it away . We like it and
31:16	we want to continue to use it because when parents
31:19	need access at home , it's so nice to have
31:21	everything the same . Whether you have a t care
31:23	or an eighth grader , you're able to access that
31:26	platform . So we are keeping it in our district
31:29	. So thank you for mentioning that . Talking about
31:32	mitigating learning last , we recognized that no matter what
31:35	, the closure of schools and having students outside of
31:38	our touch created learning loss . And so we knew
31:42	that we needed this even more as we continue to
31:45	distance learn when we came back . So if you
31:48	take a look at the next slide , you can
31:50	see some of our data which is powerful , that
31:53	last year , you can see that the green is
31:55	the previous school year and the blue is this school
31:57	year . And so these students in Kinder last year
32:00	made great gains and we were so excited and we
32:03	didn't get to get our end of the year data
32:05	unfortunately , because we close schools , but I imagine
32:08	it would have been beautiful . However , if you
32:11	look at the next slide , um this is very
32:14	telling that now the blue students were the green students
32:18	on the last slide and we clearly had learning loss
32:21	from kindergarten to first grade when we started assessing those
32:24	students . Now remember those were done via the Internet
32:27	through zoom online , But you can still see that
32:31	we were able to mitigate some of that learning loss
32:33	and they were making great gains on the next side
32:37	. This is a little bit of data just from
32:38	this school year . We don't have our end of
32:40	the year data yet or it would be wonderful to
32:42	see . But you can see that our goal is
32:44	to have the red shrink in the green grow and
32:47	kindergarten . That's a little more difficult to do through
32:49	a computer . First grade , we made gains .
32:51	Second grade , we made gains and then I believe
32:55	the next slide has some seventh grade data . Just
32:58	giving you a taste of what's going on . We
33:00	even did our local assessments with our 7th and 8th
33:03	grade students and we recognized a significant amount of need
33:07	in our junior high . So we were able to
33:09	address those as well . So canvas does have an
33:14	impact to our fall next year . And uh ,
33:17	is this still me , jennifer ? Are you taking
33:19	over this life ? Forgive me consistency while in distance
33:22	learning to start the year . So next year we
33:26	are going to , we're going to be keeping it
33:28	like I said again , teachers have voiced the desire
33:30	to keep canvas , but throughout the year it's important
33:34	to note that canvas was our only consistency when we
33:37	had to close because we did , we , we
33:39	opened our campuses fairly quickly for our county . We
33:42	were still in the red and seeing rises and spikes
33:46	. But we opened for most of our students in
33:49	the fall through october and november , but we recognized
33:53	that there were going to be some hiccups and so
33:55	we did have classroom closures and those classrooms just transferred
33:58	right into distance learning very easily because they had already
34:02	used canvas . So canvas continued and it was ,
34:05	it was a godsend for us to be able to
34:07	have that available as we close those classrooms for those
34:10	10 quarantine days and then brought them right back and
34:12	they did not miss a B in their instruction and
34:20	that that's our presentation . So this is us .
34:22	If any of you want to contact us , we'll
34:25	be happy to answer your questions or share anything with
34:27	you . But we're grateful to have had a moment
34:29	to share our journey . You guys , here's the
34:32	deal . Don't say learning loss around these ladies because
34:36	that entire presentation was nothing but strategic leadership . Hold
34:44	on just a second , let me do something real
34:46	quick , take a screen shot and then just photoshopped
34:49	me out at this point . Because what is happening
34:53	there at Fruitvale uh is pretty special . Not only
34:58	was that a strategic role out in the middle of
34:59	a pandemic , but also doing it in a way
35:03	that created the greater the greatest impact for your learners
35:07	. And then now thinking , okay , pandemic is
35:09	, you know , probably wrapping up shortly . Hopefully
35:12	we have our fingers crossed , we never know what's
35:14	going to happen , but knowing that canvas isn't gonna
35:17	go away , that this is a tool that we
35:19	can use to enhance learning beyond virtual or remote options
35:25	. Again , the screenshot should be happening now these
35:28	are the leaders , not only in California but globally
35:32	for for strategic stuff . So let's go ahead and
35:34	throw this back up because I know they're going to
35:36	be people that are like how in the world do
35:37	I get a hold of these folks ? Um they
35:39	just became canvas celebrities in the canvas world , which
35:42	is fantastic . Um , right here , if you've
35:45	got to get a hold of them hear their contact
35:47	information . Fantastic . Obviously we're promoting the canvas ,
35:50	the California campus collaborative . So we're really excited to
35:53	uh , to showcase that as well . Keep watching
35:57	today . We have a number of sessions coming up
35:59	. Um , ladies there in Fruitvale , thank you
36:01	so much for doing like , this is fantastic .
36:04	Thank you so much for being a part of the
36:05	live stream today . We will continue the last session
36:12	of the day for the , for the California canvas
36:14	collaborative . It's a favorite of mine . I'm not
36:17	gonna lie to you canvas studio . I love the
36:20	mention earlier Stephanie was that you , that mentioned canvas
36:22	to whom I've been a lifelong fan of canvas studio
36:27	since the beginning and I can't wait to talk more
36:30	. The next session coming up at the top of
36:32	the hour will be our last session of the day
36:35	. So stay tuned as always . Canvas family appreciate
36:38	you joining us . If you have any questions ,
36:40	reach out to the ladies here . Um , and
36:42	we appreciate you joining us . We'll see you again
36:44	at the top of the hour . Mm

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