Local District 5 Principals Meeting

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Local District 5 PrincipalsMeeting

• April 18, 2007

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Discussion Items

• District Update
• Local District Issues

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District Update

• Five Year Strategic Plan
• Williams Legislation
• Big Sunday 07
• SB 1133
• Physical Education Teacher Incentive Grant
• Student Protests

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Local District Issues

• Customer Survey
• Articulation Plan
• School Calendars for 07-08
• API Update

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• District Update

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LAUSD Five Year Strategic Plan

• Vision All students will achieve to their
  fullest potential and become productive members
  of society.
• Mission Los Angeles Unified School District
  will provide high quality instruction and
  coherent and rigorous curriculum in every
  classroom to facilitate student learning and
  achievement.

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Continuous Improvement Goals

• Improve our use of research and evaluation to
  hold us accountable to an improvement cycle.
• Improve the capacity and performance of adults on
  a continuous basis.
• Improve the use of innovation to drive change.

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• Improve our engagement of parents and community
  in the work of teaching and caring of our
  children.
• Improve the physical and emotional safety of the
  learning environment to enhance achievement.

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Williams Legislation

• Participating Schools
• 4 LD5 schools have been eliminated
• 8 LD5 schools have been added to list
• Schools should be prepared for visitations
  starting the second week in July
• Textbook issues remains as a high stake
  accountability factor

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Big Sunday 07

• April 28th and 29th
• 2nd Annual Day of Service sponsored by Mayor
  Villaraigosa
• Identify needed school projects
• Local District Facilities personnel will be
  available to provide needed support

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SB 1133

• 93 LAUSD schools will receive state funds to
  reduce class size, hire teachers and counselors
  and expand professional development opportunities
• List of schools to be announced on May 2nd
• Approval by California Board of Education
  expected on May 9th
• Funding available for the new school year

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Physical Education Teacher Incentive Grant

• Information and application material in
  principals packets
• 35,000 available for individual schools
• For elementary and middle schools
• Plans are due April 25th to the Office of Middle
  School Programs

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Student Protests

• March 30th Protest
• May 1st Potential Protest
• Anticipate high level of participation

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• Local District Issues

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Customer Survey

• Asking for honest and candid input from
  principals
• Input will be looked at very carefully and
  responded to
• Take time now to complete the survey and submit
  it to MaryLou H. by the end of the day

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• Articulation Plan

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Articulation Timeline
Updated
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Visitation Schedule
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Visitation Schedule
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Articulation Ad Hoc Committee
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School Calendars for 07-08

• Changing calendars to single track
• 4th Street PC
• 4th Street ES
• Amanecer PC
• Belvedere ES
• Harrison ES
• Rowan ES

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Principal Meetings 07-08

• August 8th
• September 11th and 12th
• October 10th
• November 14th
• December 12th
• January 16th
• February 13th
• March 12th
• April 9th
• May 14th
• June 11th

Tentative Schedule
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• API Update

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Change in Median Base API Scores from 1999 to 2006
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Percentage of Elementary Schools by API State
Rank from 1999 to 2006
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Percentage of Middle Schools by API State Rank
from 1999 to 2006
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Percentage of Senior High Schools by API State
Rank from 1999 to 2006
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Local District 5 Schools with 2006 API Scores of
800 or Higher

• Perez (Alphonso B.) Special Ed. Center 805
• Solano Avenue Elementary 865
• Bravo (Francisco) Medical Magnet High 807

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• Congratulations

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Congratulations

• Teresita Saracho de Palma and Farmdale Elementary
  for receiving the Early Mental Health Initiative
  Grant and their effective implementation of this
  grant. On February 27th, staff, students and
  guests visited their Amigos Playroom for
  refreshments and to donate toys for the program.

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Congratulations

• Vince Carbino and the students from the Santee
  Education Complex. The school has been chosen by
  the LAPD to be in the first pilot program of its
  type in the city and possibly national history to
  have students serve on the police commission
  advisory panels. Five students have been
  selected to serve on the LA Police Commission
  Community Policing Advisory Panel.

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Congratulations

• Jose Cantu and the staff at Hammel El for hosting
  their Family Literacy Night on March 20th.
  Through a variety of workshops parents learned
  how to help their child at home to develop
  language arts skills. It was a fun educational
  evening for all parents, students and staff.

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Congratulations

• Maricela Sanchez-Robles and the staff at
  Humphreys Elementary for hosting their Hooked on
  Books Literacy Night to motivate family
  participation in reading and writing. Families
  participated in read-alouds, story telling, book
  making, and literature motivated cooking. Family
  and student authored books and stories were
  showcased schoolwide.

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Congratulations

• Maricela Sanchez-Robles from Humphreys Elementary
  School for motivating students to read. At
  Humphreys students met the challenge of reading
  20,000 minutes. Captain Sanchez kept her promise
  and walked the plank.

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Congratulations

• Rigoberto Rodriguez and his HEP Coordinator,
  Lorraine Meléndez, from Brooklyn Elementary
  School for their successful Jump Rope for Heart
  Event held on March 9th.

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Congratulations

• Pat Castro and the Utah Street staff, students
  and parents for their outstanding presentation,
  Creating a Collaborative Learning Community, to
  the Board of Education on Tuesday, March 29th.
  The presentation described their highly
  successful collaborative learning community.

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Utah Street School
Creating A Collaborative Learning Community
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Collaborative Learning Community

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Building Capacity for Teachers
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Professional Development
ELD
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Building Capacity for Students
Literacy
Society Of Students
Intervention
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Literacy

• Million Word Challenge
• Reading is Fundamental
• Book of The Month

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Congratulations

• Armando Ramirez and the staff from San Pedro
  Elementary School for a successful visit from
  Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack
  OConnell, who visited the school on March 26th
  for its outstanding after school programs.

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Congratulations

• Jose Torres and the staff from Hollenbeck MS for
  their first annual Math Family Night held on
  March 28th. Stations were set up where parents
  and students played various math games for
  prizes. The event was coordinated by Randy
  Romero, Coordinator.

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Congratulations

• Vince Carbino and Manuel Diaz whose schools
  (Santee HS and Nightingale MS) were selected by
  Superintendent Brewer to be visited on March 29th
  as part of his Composite Assessment Team.

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Congratulations

• Manuel Diaz and the staff from Nightingale MS for
  their 18th Annual 5K Run held on Saturday, April
  14th. Over 400 students, teachers, parents,
  alumni and community members participated in this
  annual event which promotes fitness and health.

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Congratulations

• Omar del Cueto and his Academic Decathlon Team at
  Garfield High School.The team ranked 10th in the
  state finals, and student Ian Ynda-Hummel who was
  the TOP scorer in the competition. Fantastic!

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