A Landscape Analysis is a process a district team engages in to better understand the conditions around the adoption and/or implementation of instructional materials. A landscape analysis helps district leaders highlight areas of success, understand challenges, and make decisions, informed by a human-centered data collection process, to support teaching and learning from instructional materials that center Black students and multilingual learners.
Hear about the Landscape Analysis Process
Hear from the team in South San Francisco about how this process has impacted their work.
Coming Soon!
Throughout our work piloting and testing the Landscape Analysis process, we have heard three key pieces of feedback from our partners. First, a need for tools to support district leaders while they engage in this process. Second, this process can be conducted both prior to adopting new materials, but also after new materials have been implemented, as a tool to take stock of how the implementation work is going. Finally, we’ve heard that the ideal conditions for successful adoption do not account for joyful learning, an essential component of providing equitable and empowering learning experiences for Black students and multilingual learners. Our team is excited to announce that we are developing additional tools and resources to support the integration of these ideas into the Landscape Analysis process! Keep an eye on this page for revisions to the process in order to incorporate this feedback!
Contributors: English Learner Success Forum, Instruction Partners, Dionne Aminata, Estefania Lujan, Jessica Ramos, Kendra Miller, Nicole Hamilton, Regina Biggers, and Roxana Enriquez
District Cohort Partners: Bettendorf Community School District, Evanston-Skokie District 65, Girls Athletic Leadership School LA, Lancaster School District, Milwaukee Public Schools, and the Philadelphia Public Schools.
Pilot Partners: South San Francisco Unified School District
About the Author:
Jennie (she/her/hers) is a Math Deputy Chief Program Officer at Student Achievement Partners, where she leads collaborative, human-centered, and data-informed initiatives to ensure the high-quality design and delivery of SAP’s products and services in partnership with educators, leaders, and organizations nationwide. She is a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) in Early Adolescent Mathematics and holds a bachelor’s degree in K–8 Education from Washington State University, a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley University, and a graduate Certificate of Teacher Leadership from the University of Washington.
With over 20 years of experience as a classroom teacher of grades 3–8, a K–8 math instructional coach, and a designer and facilitator of professional learning for districts, states, and national organizations, Jennie is deeply committed to humanizing mathematics instruction, centering and amplifying the voices, experiences, and knowledge of students and educators in all aspects of her work. Jennie lives on a small island in the Puget Sound, about 80 miles north of Seattle, where she enjoys life with her husband, three children, and their fluffy dog, Junior.
Kadiatou (she/her/hers) is an Associate Director of Project Management at Student Achievement Partners, where she works on developing and scaling the overall organizational project management approach and leads the execution of the project team’s work across content areas by ensuring collaboration and alignment with partners in the educational landscape to create better outcomes for students. She holds a B.A. in international studies from the City College of New York and is a certified project manager professional.
With almost a decade in project management, a multilingual background, and a passion for learning, Kadiatou believes that education is liberation. A native of Mali who grew up in Gabon, she currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and mischievous cat Jiji. Kadiatou enjoys reading comics and fantasy fiction, watching anime, painting, cosplaying, and traveling.
Katie (she/her/hers) is a Literacy Director at Student Achievement Partners, where she works to support educators in designing literacy instruction that helps prepare students, particularly teenagers, to lead choice-filled lives. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Illinois and a master's in reading science from Mount. St. Joseph University, where she is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in reading science. Her research interests include teacher preparation to teach reading and supporting middle and high school striving readers.
With experience as a middle and high school teacher and assessment design and developer, Katie believes in the power of words (and English classrooms!) to transform lives. She and her husband spend their time chasing around their three amazing kids.
