Mesa Unified District

To address lost instructional time MPS will be using ESSER III funds to support Summer Academy programming to remediate and enrich student's learning. During the school year, funds will be used to employ math coaches to support teachers in demonstrating quality teaching practices and addressing individual student needs. An On-demand Tutoring platform will be provided for all students in their academic courses that need additional support beyond the classroom setting. Students will be able to access this resource by choice or by assignment as determined by their teacher. Materials and training will be provided for elementary teachers to implement Wilson Fundations Phonics program for all students K- 3 to support and promote literacy. The social emotional needs will be supported by the additional counselors and social workers. The transition programs will support students social emotional needs in helping students orient themselves to their new campus.

The set aside for Mesa Public Schools will address the needs of low income students, students who are behind in credits or standards as seen in benchmark testing and students who exhibit need for social and emotional support as identified by teachers and administrators.
Summer academies will specifically target gaps in learning and the adopted core and supplemental curriculum for core areas will be used to address the needs of each student specifically. Fundations is our program to address the needs of readers and our need to focus on the science of reading. This resource gives our teachers an evidence based tool to better set the foundation of reading skills for our young learners.
Research tells us that one teacher cannot meet the needs of all students alone. We are adding social workers and math coaches to the team in order to better support teachers in supporting students. The social workers will use the standards set forth by educational social workers and the plans we supply our social workers from our office of Opportunity and Achievement to create systems of support for students and families. Students who have their basic needs met are better prepared to be engaged and healthy learners. Math coaches will use the newly adopted math curriculum (spring 2022) to train and support teachers in the implementation of the new resources. Upon adoption of new curriculum, revision to grant will be done to identify.

Revision 1: 3/9/22: School psychologists use their advanced training in human development, behavior, and mental health to help students excel in the school environment. School psychologists work to improve their students' lives across a number of acres, including helping with academic achievement and performance, boosting social skills and functioning, working to resolve behavior issues, and supporting emotional health. They provide important professional learning to teachers in the implementation of systems of intervention (MTSS). While our principals are the instructional leaders of a MTSS we strongly support a system where the school psychologists works in tandem with the principal to develop and deploy school wide systems. Our school psychologists are poised to partner in this critical work to ensure students have access to academic and behavioral support so they may achieve their fullest potential.

Revision 1 3/9/22: S.P.I.R.E to address the needs of our children with disabilities.

SPIKE Prime Lego sets to expand alignment to Mesa's Portrait of a Graduate and address learning loss. SPIKE Prime will engage students in a more authentic problem solving process. While engaging in the robotics curriculum, students will identify the root challenge, establish constraints, determine the root cause of a problem, create various prototypes and evaluate solutions based on the challenge and constraints. This will also allow students to explore a greater range of challenges because students aren't limited to a small number of designs/prototypes. Having more room to design a prototype opens the way for students to identify challenges they would like to solve.