Santa Ana Partnership

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Santa Ana Partnership Alex Ayala, Assistant
Superintendent, Secondary Education Dawn Miller,
Director of Secondary Student Achievement Board
of Education José Alfredo Hernández, J.D.,
President Rob Richardson, Vice President Audrey
Yamagata-Noji, Ph.D., Clerk John Palacio,
Member Roman Reyna, Member Jane A. Russo,
Superintendent
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SAUSD Secondary Goals

• Students will increase knowledge and skills of
  ELA/Math standards evident by the increase of
  student CST scores and the increase of the number
  of A-C letter grades
• To provide a comprehensive college/career program
  in grades 6-12 in order to prepare all students
  to be successful in higher learning beyond high
  school
• Identified focus
• 1) Impact all students
• Student Engagement 2) Focuses the mind
• 3) On what students should learn
• College/Career Plan (Developed Spring 2009)
• Walkthroughs, data chats, development of
  instructional leadership skills

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• Tonights presentation is focused on the support
  the Santa Ana Partnership has been providing
  SAUSD to meet identified goals
• Programs/Grants
• Personnel
• Data/Statistics

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The Santa Ana Partnership Structure
Cabinet The Partnerships Leadership
Team Administrators from SAC, SAUSD, CSUF, UCI
Evaluation Team Evaluators - SAC, SAUSD, UCI
Achieving College SAUSD, SAC, CSUF UCI
Student Promotores Academic Tutors SAC, CSUF,
UCI
The Santa Ana Partnership Santa Ana Unified
School District, Santa Ana College, California
State University, Fullerton, the University of
California at Irvine, CBOs and Business Partners
Padres Promotores Promotores Partnership
Staff MEETS MONTHLY
Feeder Pattern School Site Administrative Team
Meetings School Site Team Staff

• Special Initiatives
• Middle College High School
• The Saturday Academy of Law
• The Career Academy Scholars Program
• The Santa Ana Math Academy
• GEAR UP Santa Ana
• Talent Search-Upward Bound- TRIO Programs
• More!

Higher Education Centers (HEC) HEC Counselors
and Partnership Staff
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GEAR UP

• Goals Increase the mathematics and ELA
  achievement and preparation for secondary
  education (6 year Federal Grant)
• Gear Up 3 (238,157) 10th/11th graders
  Valley and Century High Schools
• Gear Up 4 (282,340) 7th graders McFadden
  (Saddleback), and Carr (Valley)
• Site by site needs assessment plan
• Training on identified strategies/engagement
  activities
• Curriculum/resource training
• Materials/resources (i.e. College Ed, Homework
  for College, manipulatives)
• Release time for collaboration (CCP, course
  alike, programs)
• Personnel Funding (50 for four curriculum
  specialists used at all sites)
• Working with site leadership to assess and
  provide training
• Facilitate outside training (i.e. UCI Math
  Project)
• Participate in site collaborations
• Participate in data chats/walkthroughs
• Provide training/support to instructional
  leaders

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Saturday Academy of Math

• Program Goals
• Increase students CST scores in pre-algebra by
  5
• 70 of 7th graders pre-algebra students will
  transition to algebra in 8th
• grade
• Program Overview
• 8 week program offered at all intermediate
  schools on Saturday mornings
• Interactive curriculum utilizing manipulatives
  and inquiry based instruction
• 7th grade pre-algebra and 8th grade algebra
  students involved

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Saturday Academy of Law

• Program Goals
• To develop the critical reading/writing and
  speaking skills that prepare students for higher
  education and professional success to create
  excitement and knowledge about the field of law
• Program Overview
• Six week program for 9th grade SAUSD students
  held at Santa Ana
• College
• Students must have a minimum 2.5 GPA and
  enrolled in algebra or higher
• level math
• 85 students currently participating from all
  comprehensive high schools as
• well as Middle College

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TRIO PROGRAMS

• Goal
• Expanding college preparation and access for
  students from economically disadvantaged
  backgrounds and/or first generation college
  attendees
• Academic Talent Search
• Santa Ana College Program
• º Serves 700 high school students from Century,
  Saddleback, Valley, Santa Ana
• º Serves 200 intermediate students from Sierra,
  Willard, Spurgeon, McFadden
• High School Services/Focus Academic Progress
• º Progress towards meeting a-g requirements
• º Provides a college visit
• º Application, scholarship and financial aid
  assistance
• Intermediate Focus
• º College Readiness
• º Self concept building activities
• º A-G awareness
• Upward Bound
• Santa Ana College serves 75 students from
  Saddleback, Valley, Santa Ana High Schools, and
• CSUF serves 68 students from Century,
  Saddleback, Valley, Santa Ana High Schools

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OUTREACH PROGRAMS

• GOAL
• Work with high school students and in
  cooperation with higher education coordinators to
  assist in the completion for successful
  application to the colleges and universities of
  their choice
• CSUF Titan Choice
• UCI EAOP (Early Academic Opportunity
  Program)
• SAC Early Decision Program
• Components
• º Classroom Presentations (October - December)
• º Financial Aid Applications Workshops
  (November - February)
• º Weekly Outreach Specialist Visitations
  (November - May)
• º Placement Testing (March, April, May)
• º Orientation, Admissions and Registration
  (April - May)
• º Follow up by SAC staff (May - August)

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ACHIEVING COLLEGE

• PURPOSE
• To provide coordination and collaboration of
  planned activities with SAUSD, SAC, UCI, and CSUF
  which will assist high school students to
  successfully apply and gain admittance to college
• ACTIVITIES PLANNED
• Camino de Amistad
• Senior Push
• Junior Day / Night
• Frosh / Soph Night
• Family Financial Aid Family Kick Off / Nights
  
• Counselor Professional Development Days
• RESOURCES/PERSONNEL
• Higher Education Coordinators
• Counselors
• Administrators
• Professional staff from SAC, UCI, CSUF

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The College-Going Rate (College/University) in
SAUSD is currently 78, significantly higher than
Californias overall rate of 51 (for all
students)
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SAUSD doubled the number of students completing
required college prep over 5 years
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SANTA ANA PARTNERSHIP
The People Who Help Us Make it Happen!

• UCI
• Dr. Stephanie Reyes-Tuccio, Director, Center
  for Educational Partnership
• Santana Ruiz, Associate Director, Center for
  Educational Partnership
• Viviana Ramos, Saturday Academy of Math Lead
• Karina Hamilton, Director, Saturday Academy of
  Law
• Geneva Lopez, Gear Up
• Julie Lindo, Gear Up
• Rudy Santacruz, EAOP
• CSUF
• Mark Kamimura-Jimenez, Vice President, Student
  Affairs
• Brenda Estrada, University Outreach
• Delia Tijerina, University Outreach
• Janet Perez-Molina, Upward Bound
• Hortencia Cuevas, Upward Bound
• Brandi Lincoln, Titan Choice Outreach

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SANTA ANA PARTNERSHIP (cont.)
The People Who Help Us Make it Happen!

• Santa Ana College
• Dr. Erlinda J. Martinez, President
• Dr. Sara Lundquist, Vice President of Student
  Services
• Dr. Lilia Tanakeyowma, Dean of Student Affairs
• Micki Bryant, Dean of Counseling
• Aurora Kamimura, Director of Educational
  Opportunity Program Services
• Martha Vargas, Counselor, Transfer Center
• Romelia Madrigal, Coordinator, Upward Bound
• John Vu, Coordinator, Gear Up
• Maria Sanchez-Mendez, Gear Up Site Coordinator
• Marco Ramirez, Coordinator, Talent Search
• Veronica Hurtado, Talent Search
• Elizabeth Lomeli, Talent Search
• Leo Pastrana, Talent Search
• Trevor Walker, Talent Search
• Luis Dorado, Outreach Coordinator
• Paula Garcia, Outreach Specialist
• Victor Castro, Outreach Specialist
• Luisa Ruiz, Outreach Specialist

• Santa Ana College
• Dr. Erlinda J. Martinez, President
• Dr. Sara Lundquist, Vice President of Student
  Services
• Dr. Lilia Tanakeyowma, Dean of Student Affairs
• Micki Bryant, Dean of Counseling
• Aurora Kamimura, Director of Educational
  Opportunity Program Services
• Martha Vargas, Counselor, Transfer Center
• Romelia Madrigal, Coordinator, Upward Bound
• John Vu, Coordinator, Gear Up
• Maria Sanchez-Mendez, Gear Up Site Coordinator
• Marco Ramirez, Coordinator, Talent Search
• Veronica Hurtado, Talent Search
• Elizabeth Lomeli, Talent Search
• Leo Pastrana, Talent Search
• Trevor Walker, Talent Search
• Luis Dorado, Outreach Coordinator
• Paula Garcia, Outreach Specialist
• Victor Castro, Outreach Specialist
• Luisa Ruiz, Outreach Specialist