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Chair Alexander: Second Meeting will discuss Internal Progress Monitoring, December 8th. Asks a closing question? Did this meeting further my understanding of progress monitoring framework? ALL thumbs up. Alexander shared the Third meeting in January 2026: Board Process and Questions.
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Chair Alexander: Second Meeting will discuss Internal Progress Monitoring, December 8th. Asks a closing question? Did this meeting further my understanding of progress monitoring framework? ALL thumbs up. Alexander shared the Third meeting in January 2026: Board Process and Questions.
Huling: Wants to invite Paul Garner to this ad-hoc committee meeting. AJ Cabill would not recommend dictating sources they get, staff reach out to community for expertise.
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Huling: Wants to invite Paul Garner to this ad-hoc committee meeting. AJ Cabill would not recommend dictating sources they get, staff reach out to community for expertise.
Staff: Share organizational culture is where we have the most work to do. Feel high degree of discomfort to discuss with colleagues in other divisions. If this is an opportunity for reset, want to do that in a way that brings people in.
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Staff: Share organizational culture is where we have the most work to do. Feel high degree of discomfort to discuss with colleagues in other divisions. If this is an opportunity for reset, want to do that in a way that brings people in.
Staff: Share organizational culture is where we have the most work to do. Feel high degree of discomfort to discuss with colleagues in other divisions. If this is an opportunity for reset, want to do that in a way that brings people in.
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Staff: Share organizational culture is where we have the most work to do. Feel high degree of discomfort to discuss with colleagues in other divisions. If this is an opportunity for reset, want to do that in a way that brings people in.
AJ Cabill: Offers an aspect around culture, during the monitoring report this is a strategy and the teachers are not implementing. Supt. gets email from Union they felt thrown under the bus. Cabill further shared their are multiple ways Supt. can communicate the exact same thing.
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
AJ Cabill: Offers an aspect around culture, during the monitoring report this is a strategy and the teachers are not implementing. Supt. gets email from Union they felt thrown under the bus. Cabill further shared their are multiple ways Supt. can communicate the exact same thing.
AJ Cabill: Shares ways to tighten up monitoring calendar.
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
AJ Cabill: Shares ways to tighten up monitoring calendar.
Supt: How do school district do this? AJ Cabill: Staff prioritize quality over time if that means quality of analysis is stronger. If teams need more time, more stale data with powerful analysis. Alexander should be driven by the staff cycle of improvement.
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Supt: How do school district do this? AJ Cabill: Staff prioritize quality over time if that means quality of analysis is stronger. If teams need more time, more stale data with powerful analysis. Alexander should be driven by the staff cycle of improvement.
AJ Cabill: Look at partners for example Council of Great City Schools, University and Community like substack person.
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
AJ Cabill: Look at partners for example Council of Great City Schools, University and Community like substack person.
Commissioner Alexander: Under the constraints SFUSD has how do we make the best of what we have.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Commissioner Alexander: Under the constraints SFUSD has how do we make the best of what we have.
Fear stemming from us in ways that are not positive. Data quality not great. Solo files, not in consistent ways to be used.Supt. shared with the her team.https://sfeducation.substack.com/
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Fear stemming from us in ways that are not positive. Data quality not great. Solo files, not in consistent ways to be used.Supt. shared with the her team.https://sfeducation.substack.com/
Staff: Shares Culture of Improvement Weak and Fear of Accountability is real. Comes out of ways in collecting data, Schools choosing not to be identified, academic research publications perhaps because results are not that great.
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Staff: Shares Culture of Improvement Weak and Fear of Accountability is real. Comes out of ways in collecting data, Schools choosing not to be identified, academic research publications perhaps because results are not that great.
Commissioner Ray: Asking about staff looking at sources like SFEDup. To what extent do they use that time of sources? AJ Cabill discourages getting invested in certain resource in reports. SFEDup here: sfeducation.substack.com
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November 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Commissioner Ray: Asking about staff looking at sources like SFEDup. To what extent do they use that time of sources? AJ Cabill discourages getting invested in certain resource in reports. SFEDup here: sfeducation.substack.com
AJ Cabill: Operations vs Instruction. Real human weakness lean on areas of strength. reality is that Supt. has to do both. Not acceptable for Supt. not to speak to operations or instructional. To Staff If Supt. cant stand and deliver. Make sure set up for success.
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
AJ Cabill: Operations vs Instruction. Real human weakness lean on areas of strength. reality is that Supt. has to do both. Not acceptable for Supt. not to speak to operations or instructional. To Staff If Supt. cant stand and deliver. Make sure set up for success.
Commissioner Ray: Should we be expecting Supt to attend meeting to talk about strategies rather than having staff present? AJ Cabill shares every Supt. has greater and less expertise.
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Commissioner Ray: Should we be expecting Supt to attend meeting to talk about strategies rather than having staff present? AJ Cabill shares every Supt. has greater and less expertise.
Lean into SPEDUP for a different perspective.
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Lean into SPEDUP for a different perspective.
AJ Cabill: If Supt. says we need to double down on this group of students but all strategies are district wide. Supt. should present data that tells a story about what is the strategy she is deploying. Supt. should drive that questions vs. Board.
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
AJ Cabill: If Supt. says we need to double down on this group of students but all strategies are district wide. Supt. should present data that tells a story about what is the strategy she is deploying. Supt. should drive that questions vs. Board.
VP Huling: Do you feel focused monitoring is something the board should direct?
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
VP Huling: Do you feel focused monitoring is something the board should direct?
AJ Cabill: Board should make decision. Do we want to see data by schools?
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
AJ Cabill: Board should make decision. Do we want to see data by schools?
Vice President Huling: Seems strange to have conversation anonymously. AJ Cabill shares naming schools can give an appearance of shaming particular campus. Finds district wide data for student group.
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Vice President Huling: Seems strange to have conversation anonymously. AJ Cabill shares naming schools can give an appearance of shaming particular campus. Finds district wide data for student group.
AJ Cabill: For example best teachers to teach in most struggling schools to teach only and stipend adjustment. Reduce Librarians.
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
AJ Cabill: For example best teachers to teach in most struggling schools to teach only and stipend adjustment. Reduce Librarians.
AJ Cabill: For example best teachers to teach in most struggling schools to teach only and stipend adjustment. Reduce Librarians.
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
AJ Cabill: For example best teachers to teach in most struggling schools to teach only and stipend adjustment. Reduce Librarians.
AJ Cabill: For example best teachers to teach in most struggling schools to teach only and stipend adjustment. Reduce Librarians.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
AJ Cabill: For example best teachers to teach in most struggling schools to teach only and stipend adjustment. Reduce Librarians.
AJ Cabill: Provides "Extreme" example: 90% Graduate High School with Associates Degree. To accomplish had to re-allocate resources. Supt. cancelled football. (District Example from West Texas). Strategy deployment and monitoring has to coincide with resource allocation.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
AJ Cabill: Provides "Extreme" example: 90% Graduate High School with Associates Degree. To accomplish had to re-allocate resources. Supt. cancelled football. (District Example from West Texas). Strategy deployment and monitoring has to coincide with resource allocation.
Supt: Silo'ing in district and areas trying to move the needle ver problematic. How do we us progress monitoring to break down the silo's? Having more real time experience based feedback can breakdown silo's. She reports that the conversation about direct cnnections.
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Supt: Silo'ing in district and areas trying to move the needle ver problematic. How do we us progress monitoring to break down the silo's? Having more real time experience based feedback can breakdown silo's. She reports that the conversation about direct cnnections.
AJ Cabill: Commissioner Alexanders example is a managerial problem and consistent across the country.
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
AJ Cabill: Commissioner Alexanders example is a managerial problem and consistent across the country.