- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS)
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Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS)
Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) is a program for middle schools. Accepted schools are provided the following:
- 1:1 Devices for all students and teachers
- 2-year Program
- 24-hour Connectivity
- Professional Development (face-face and virtual)
- A full-time VILS Coach focused on supporting teaching and learning for the program.
- Opportunities to collaborate with a national network of Middle Schools, High Schools, and ITI Practitioner Schools.
- Opportunities from Verizon partners to bring more STEM into schools.
For more information about the VILS Program, please email: ITI@lausd.net
VILS CONNECT 2021-2022
The VILS hotspot model provides mobile hotspots with data access for students who need access to the Internet, as well as professional learning for educators.
Participating Schools:
- Bethune Middle School
- Carver Middle School
- Charles R. Drew Middle School
- James Madison Middle School
- Marina del Rey Middle School
- Maywood Center for Enriched Studies (MaCES) Magnet
VILS Cohort 7 2020-2021
Digital Promise collaborates with Verizon to equip every student and teacher at select middle schools across America with a device and up to a four-year data plan. In addition to free technology and access, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive extensive teacher training, support, and the opportunity to engage in a unique, immersive curriculum to leverage technology in their classrooms.
Participating Schools:
- Berendo Middle School
- Holmes Middle School
- Maclay Middle School
- Northridge Middle School
- Orchard Academies 2c
- Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School College & Career Preparatory
- South Gate Middle School
- Sylmar Leadership Academy
- Utah Street Elementary (K-8)
VILS Cohort 6 2019-2020
Digital Promise collaborates with Verizon to equip every student and teacher at select middle schools across America with a device and up to a four-year data plan. In addition to free technology and access, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive extensive teacher training, support, and the opportunity to engage in a unique, immersive curriculum to leverage technology in their classrooms.
Participating Schools:
- Christopher Columbus Middle School
- El Sereno Middle School
- John Burroughs Middle School
- Thomas Star King Middle School
- Webster Middle School
VILS Cohort 5 2018-2019
Digital Promise collaborates with Verizon to equip every student and teacher at select middle schools across America with a device and up to a four-year data plan. In addition to free technology and access, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive extensive teacher training, support, and the opportunity to engage in a unique, immersive curriculum to leverage technology in their classrooms.
Participating Schools:
- Samuel Gompers Middle School
- Sutter Middle School
- Thomas A. Edison Middle School
VILS Demonstration Schools
Participating Schools:
- Sutter Middle School
Verizon Innovative Learning Lab Schools
In partnership with Heart of America and Arizona State University, the Verizon Innovative Learning Lab combines technology with innovative project-based curriculum and real-world problem-solving in a custom-designed, state-of-the-art school-based Innovation Lab.
Participating Schools:
- Christopher Columbus Middle School
- El Sereno Middle School
- Holmes Middle School
- Samuel Gompers Middle School
- Sutter Middle School
- Thomas A. Edison Middle School
- Thomas Starr King Middle School