Case Study: Napa Valley Unified School District builds a connected teacher development system with KickUp

Napa Valley Unified School District builds teacher growth system for 793 teachers with KickUp

Napa Valley Unified School District, a school district in California, faced a significant challenge with its legacy teacher evaluation platform, which functioned like a disconnected "file drawer" and hindered efforts to create a meaningful system for professional growth. The Director of Professional Development, Kate Gauger, sought a solution that could transform evaluation from a compliance task into an engine for development and turned to the vendor KickUp for its specialized platform.

By implementing KickUp, the district gained a platform built specifically for educator development, enabling a continuous cycle where evaluation data drives professional learning and observations. The intuitive tool allowed for easy customization and was supported by a responsive partnership with the KickUp team. The results include a shift in mindset towards teacher ownership of growth, operational efficiency for principals, and the foundational data needed to build a complete, district-wide system for teacher support from induction through late career.

Napa Valley Unified School District