Los Angeles Urban Systemic Program

LA-USP建立在基础设施和改善学生成果的基础上，这些成果来自美国国家科学基金会城市系统倡议项目的前期资助，重点是提高整个系统的能力，特别是教学队伍的能力，以支持所有学生学习和掌握基于标准的数学和科学，使其达到足以成功进入大学或劳动力市场的水平。在LA-USI的成就基础上，LAUSD提出了与USP征求目标一致的具体目标，并举例说明了所有人成功的核心愿景。通过LA-USP， LAUSD打算：(1)提高该地区的能力，为学生提供最高质量的数学和科学教学；(2)大幅提高所有学生在数学、科学和技术领域的成绩、通过率、进入大学的机会和就业机会，特别关注代表性不足的少数族裔；(3)通过差异化专业发展（DPD），扩大对所有学生实施基于标准的课程、教学法和评估；(4)将数学和科学教学结合起来，使适合年级的内容和过程逐步为所有学生提供更高水平的科学和数学；(5)通过增加大学先修课程（AP）数学和科学课程的入学人数，增加符合大学入学条件的学生人数和主修数学和科学的人数；(6)通过与大学合作，开发适当的数学和科学的职前和在职课程，提高教学队伍的质量；(7)与大学和地区合作伙伴合作，将教师在职专业发展与基于标准的学生期望联系起来；(8)让家长参与高等数学课程的宣传和行动角色，并促进家长与职前教师的互动，以鼓励未来教师与家庭的互动；(9)有效地利用内部和外部的研究和评估来评估所有学生的进步，并确定促进当前收益的互动因素，作为增加未来收益的基础。为了实现这些目标，LA-USP的工作人员将(A)使用差异化专业发展（DPD），这是一个在职平台，可以根据教师的需求制定课程；(B)增加向社区传播项目信息；（三）加快与高等教育机构的合作，使教师毕业生具备多语言、多文化、多民族招生所需的新技能；(D)重组教学服务，以配合LAUSD行政结构的重组，以满足系统对DPD和学生成绩问责制的需要。实施USP的核心是扩展MST中心和相应的资源教师，为最近形成的11个当地学区提供服务，这些学区组成了洛杉矶联合学区。

The LA-USP, building upon the infrastructure and improved student outcomes emanating from previous funding under the National Science Foundation's Urban Systemic Initiative effort, focuses on enhancing the capacity of the system as a whole, and the instructional workforce in particular, in order to support all students in learning and mastering standards-based mathematics and science at a level sufficient for successful matriculation to university or the workforce. Building upon the accomplishments of the LA-USI, LAUSD proposes specific goals that are congruent with the USP solicitation goals and exemplify a core vision of success for all. Through the LA-USP, LAUSD intends to: (1) raise the district's capacity to bring the highest quality of mathematics and science instruction to students; (2) substantially increase all students' achievement, pass rates, access to college and careers in mathematics, science, and technology, with special attention to underrepresented minorities; (3) scale-up implementation of standards-based curricula, pedagogy, and assessment for all students through Differentiated Professional Development (DPD); (4) align mathematics and science instruction so that grade-appropriate content and processes lead progressively to higher level science and mathematics for all students; (5) increase the number of college-eligible students and the number majoring in mathematics and science by increasing enrollment in Advanced Placement (AP) mathematics and science courses; (6) improve instructional workforce quality in collaboration with universities by developing appropriate pre- and in-service courses in mathematics and science; (7) work with university and district partners to connect teachers' in-service professional development to the standard-based student expectations; (8) engage parents in advocacy and action roles related to enrollment in advanced mathematics courses, as well as promote parental interactions with preservice teachers in order to encourage such interactions with families by teachers in the future; and (9) effectively use internal and external research and evaluation to assess progress for all students, and to identify interactive factors that foster present gains as foundational for increased future gains. In order to accomplish these goals, the LA-USP staff will (A) use Differentiated Professional Development (DPD), a platform for in-service, that shapes sessions to fit teacher needs; (B) increase dissemination of program information to the community; (C) accelerate collaboration with higher education to equip teacher graduates with new skills needed for LAUSD's multilingual, multicultural, multiethnic enrollment; and (D) restructure instructional services to fit the reorganization of the LAUSD's administrative structure in order to meet the system's need for DPD and accountability for student achievement. Central to the implementation of the USP is the expansion of the MST Centers and attendant Resource Teachers to serve all of the recently formulated eleven (11) local school districts that comprise the united district that is the Los Angeles Unified School District.