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GREETINGS FROM THE BSAP TEAM!
Greetings,
Welcome to the Black Student Achievement Plan (BSAP) website. Through this website, we will highlight updates, provide reminders, and information specific to Black students.
The Black Student Achievement (BSAP) administrative team works collaboratively with local regional district leadership, school leadership teams, communities, and families. The staff working group is comprised of division points, and the steering committee is comprised of community organizations, labor partners, parents and students to implement and monitor the plan.
The Black Student Achievement team serves to build greater alignment on how to best meet the needs of our students. We are excited about the opportunity to provide support to schools with post secondary preparedness, literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional awareness - to ensure our students are ready for the world. For more detailed information regarding the BSAP support and structure for Priority Schools, please review the IOC - BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN SUPPORT AND STRUCTURE FOR REGIONS AND SCHOOLS, 2023-2024 (Dated July 21, 2023).
We are looking forward to collaborating with you!
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Dr. Robert Whitman, Educational Transformation Officer
Dr. Robert Whitman has been an educator in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for over 20 years. During his career at LAUSD, he has served as a teacher, dean of students, assistant principal, principal, central office administrator, Community of Schools Administrator, and Educational Transformation Officer. Through each of these experiences, he has acquired expertise in several areas of education (e.g., curriculum and instruction, special education, college readiness, school leadership, and education reform) that have enabled him to advocate strongly for underserved student populations. Throughout his career, Dr. Whitman has maintained a philosophy of “leaving it better than he found it,” an attitude that inspires him to embrace challenges and take pride in his work. As a product of public schools, he remains steadfast in his belief that all students can learn and has firsthand experience—as a student and educator—that responsive public schools empower students to recognize their immeasurable potential. Dr. Whitman recognizes the continuous nature of school reform and upholds a reflective attitude that enables him to remain committed to educating all students.
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Dr. Travis Brandy, Senior Director
Dr. Travis D. Brandy is a life-long educator, who has spent the last 20 years working in public education, having served communities across Los Angeles. Dr. Brandy began his career as a mathematics special education teacher at Washington Preparatory High School before serving as an administrator in the Division of Special Education. Since, he has been a High School Assistant Principal, served as both middle and high school Principal, Director of Secondary Instruction, Administrator of the Hollywood Community of Schools, and is now excited to take on this new role as the Senior Director of the Black Student Achievement Plan.
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Dr. Charles D. Smith, Administrator of Instruction
Dr. Charles D. Smith has served the students, families, and community of the Los Angeles Unified School District for more than 20 years. He has served in a variety of professional leadership capacities including Classroom Teacher, Title 1 Programs Coordinator, Assistant Principal, Elementary Principal, TK-12 Span Pilot School Principal, the MacArthur Park Community of School Administrator, and most recently, Regional Director in Region South supporting the HEET Washington Prep Community of Schools. Throughout his educational career, Dr. Smith has led the implementation of several instructional initiatives targeted at improving historically underserved schools and specialized programs, which has advanced the academic success of students, families and school communities. In his new role as the Administrator of Instruction, Dr. Smith is looking forward to taking a research-based systematic approach to supporting teaching and learning to bring equitable outcomes and opportunities supporting the Educational Transformation Office (ETO) and LAUSD’s Black Student Achievement Plan.
