Solution Tree recognized Mountain Vista Elementary as a Promising Practices Professional Learning Community for its success in raising student achievement. The district’s commitment to implementing the Professional Learning Community process has been a major contributing factor in making a visible, positive impact on student learning.
Responding to news of the recognition, Fillmore Unified School District Superintendent Christine Schieferle expressed gratitude to all staff at Mountain Vista for their commitment to raising student achievement and creating a positive school culture. Mountain Vista School is working as a collaborative team and focusing on student learning. We look forward to continued growth and student success.
Professional Learning Communities are schools and districts in which educators recognize that the key to improved learning for students is ongoing, job-embedded learning for the adults who serve those students. The three big ideas of a Professional Learning Community call upon educators to focus on learning, build a collaborative culture, and create a results orientation.
Promising Practices schools are recognized for building a strong foundation based on the Professional Learning Community concepts, implementation of these concepts for at least one to two years, and clear evidence of improved student learning over that period. Once measurable results can be seen, the school must explain its practices, structures, and culture, and submit its application for consideration by the Professional Learning Community Review Committee.