By fall 1996, professional development in reading and literature was included. Teachers as the unit of change . After the first year, Lynwood USD funded a similar program for reading and literature. In addition to workshops held in the district and at UCLA, teachers were funded to attend statewide professional conferences in their disciplines. Schools as the unit of change .
Consultants endeavor to meet the needs of the individual schools.
Some of the consultants are working with new teachers, others with teachers at a specific grade level, and still others with the school leadership teams. The EMI teachers lead workshops for teachers and Family Math programs for parents. This work strengthens the efforts of each school to reach its own goals which are also based upon district goals. District as the unit of change . Although the consultants assigned to the individual schools focus on their school's specific needs, all of them are built upon the district's mathematics and reading programs.