EQUITABLE ACCELERATED LEARNING
Literacies and math for oregon's k-8 students
The COVID-19 pandemic created widespread disruptions in the public school system and required teachers and parents to pivot quickly to remote / online learning. While challenging for most, the pandemic impacted students, teachers, and families in very different ways based on resources within their communities, schools, and homes.
A new partnership between Oregon State University’s College of Education and Oregon Department of Education will attempt to mitigate these impacts. The Equitable Accelerated Learning Project will support hundreds of teachers and teacher leaders as they spearhead efforts to identify and help to reverse inequities on the state’s educational systems which were exacerbated by the pandemic. Participants will identify problems of practice and co-design practical solutions to support teaching and learning for all students.
Starting in Winter 2023, the program sought out educational leaders and teachers across Oregon to participate in working groups. The response was overwhelmingly positive with hundreds of applications and proposals submitted. Working group are currently being established and starting in Summer 2023 will co-design practical solutions aligned to regional and local needs to support teaching and learning for all students.
This project is funded through the American Rescue Plan (ESSER III).
Video: A Unique Partnership: Equitable Accelerated Learning K-8
Frequently Asked Questions
Working group leaders and members have to be Oregon educators serving content literacies (English, mathematics, and other subject areas), multilingual learners, students experiencing disabilities, and all Oregon students.
Financial compensation is available for teachers and teacher leaders and can continue through September 2024. This compensation includes incentives/stipends for participants and professional learning.
Working group members will determine the time commitments for each group. Members will make a commitment to the working group in co-designing solutions across the 2023-2024 school year and culminating in a statewide summit in Summer 2024. At this summit, working group leaders and members will share their newly created resources, processes, and innovations for mitigating educational inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is our goal to have at least 700 educators and educational leaders from across Oregon attend the summit.
Travel is determined by the working group. We anticipate some working groups will be online and others in face-to-face meetings. In addition, we expect representatives from all the working groups to participate in the Summer 2024 summit.
The Equitable Accelerated Learning Program will wrap-up in Summer 2024 with the statewide summit.
Updates will be posted to this website or via the College of Education’s social media platforms. Follow the hashtag #LitMathforOregon or #ALK8 for more.
Oregon has invested $9 million of the State Set-Aside Emergency and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER III) to support Oregon educators in addressing unfinished learning, specifically in literacy and mathematics. Through this partnership with OSU, ODE will invest funds to strengthen instructional leadership throughout the state, develop educator resources to accelerate student learning and create professional learning opportunities. Learn more about this and other ESSER III-funded initiatives on the ODE website. #ESSERImpactOR
The following Oregon school districts participate in the ALK-8 Project:
SDs in italics are represented by employees of Educational Service Districts serving on working groups. (See list of ESD participants at the bottom.)
Ashland SD
Ashwood SD
Arlington SD
Astoria SD
Athena-Weston SD
Beaverton SD
Bethel SD
Bend-LaPine Schools (17,059)
Blachly SD
Black Butte SD
Butte Falls SD
Burnt River SD
Catlin SD
Central SD
Central Point SD
Condon SD
Corvallis SD
Cove SD
Creswell SD
Crow-Applegate-Lorane SD
Culver SD
David Douglas SD
Dufur SD
Echo SD
Eagle Point SD
Elgin SD
Eugene SD
Fern Ridge SD
Fossil SD
Gaston SD
Grants Pass SD
Gresham-Barlow SD
Helix SD
Hillsboro SD
Hood River SD
Imbler SD
Ione SD
Jefferson County SD
Junction City SD
Klamath County SD
Klamath Falls SD
La Grande SD
Lane SD
Lowell SD
Mapleton SD
Marcola SD
McKenzie SD
Medford SD
Milton-Freewater SD
Mitchell SD
Morrow County SD
Nixyaawii Community School
North Powder SD
North Wasco
Oakridge SD
OR Episcopal School
Pendleton SD
Phoenix-Talent SD
Pilot Rock SD
Pinehurst SD
Pleasant Hill SD
Portland PS
Prospect SD
Redmond SD
Rogue River SD
Roseburg PS
Salem-Keizer SD
Sherwood SD
Sherman County SD
Silver Falls SD
Siuslaw SD
South Lane SD
South Wasco
Spray SD
Springfield SD
Stanfield SD
Three Rivers SD
Ukiah SD
Umatilla SD
Union SD
West Linn Wilsonville SD
Woodburn SD
ESDs participants
North Central ESD (6 SD)
Columbia Gorge ESD (4 SD)
Intermountain ESD (19 SD)
Jefferson ESD (4SD)
Lane ESD (WG64)
Southern Oregon ESD (WG101)