Working for Extera

Working for Extera

Extera Public Schools values collaboration and innovation, while providing opportunities for staff to contribute to the development and growth of the school's vision with the implementation of ideas and skills. 

• We utilize a 21st Century learning model with one-to-one technology for all students K-8
• We expand our learning outside the classroom through exploratory field trips and project based learning 
• We take a holistic approach to education, ensuring that academic, social and emotional needs are met
• Our collaborative teaching model provide teachers and staff leadership opportunities to support and mentor their peers
• Extera encourages innovation in its classrooms; teachers have creative liberty to supplement curriculum with external resources to support differentiated learning
• Extera celebrates the community of Boyle Heights and the families which it serves with community based partnerships, and studying the history of Boyle Heights as project based learning project annually