State Administrators Community and Staff Forum

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State Administrators Community and Staff Forum
Vallejo City Unified School District

• Widenmann School Library
• October 10, 2006
• 530 pm 700 pm

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Purposes of the Forums

• To provide the community and staff with
  information on key issues
• To provide an opportunity for questions, answers,
  and input

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Tonights Forum

• Student Achievement
• School Climate
• Promotion and Retention Policy
• Answering your questions

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Your Questions/Comments

• Please use an input form to write down your
  question or provide your input in order to give
  everyone a chance
• Provide your form to one of my staff members who
  will read the question or comment for us all to
  hear

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District Goals

• Goal 1 Improving student achievement for
  all students
• Goal 2 Improving the achievement of
  underperforming groups of students
• Goal 3 Improving student behavior and
  school climate
• Goal 4 Implementing a Fiscal Recovery plan
  and returning the District to local governance
• Goal 5 Building the capacity of the School
  District to sustain improvements

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Student Achievement Results
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Student Achievement Results for Goal 1improved
results for all students
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Student Achievement Results for Goal 2improved
achievement for underperforming groups of students
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State and Federal Reports

• Academic Performance Index
• Adequate Yearly Progress

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Schools with API greater than 700
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Met API Targets 2006
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School Climate
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A Little Background

• Goal 3Improved school climate
• Committee appointed last spring
• Committee chargeto review the data on school
  climate and make 3-4 recommendations of
  impactful actions which could be implemented
  this year
• Committee processreview of data, focus groups,
  recommendations
• State Administrator determines actions to be
  taken

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Lets Look at Some of the Data the School
Climate Committee Reviewed
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Behavior ReferralsDistrictwideSecondary Schools

• Incidences 9209 referrals
• Involving 2386 individual students
• Who this represents 25.78 of total enroll.
• Occurring 56.15 average reported
  incidents each day

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DISTRICTWIDE SECONDARY REPORTED BEHAVIOR
INCIDENTS AND REFERRAL TOTALS
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STATE ADMINISTRATORS ACTIONS K-5 SCHOOL CLIMATE
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION Action 1
Implement a Core School Wide Discipline Program
at All K-5 Schools
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6-9 SCHOOL CLIMATE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACTION
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Implement a Core School Wide Discipline Program
Discipline Grades 6 through 9
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SCHOOL CLIMATE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACTION 3

• Restructure Campus Supervisor positions and
  introduce new position/s with redefined roles.
  The restructuring will result in
• District Supervisor of Campus Safety and Security
• Lead Campus Security and Safety Officer at each
  Campus
• Campus Security and Safety Officers

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SCHOOL CLIMATE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACTION 4
Part I Data Analysis, Monitoring and Intervention

• Build a Monitoring System to Regularly Analyze
  Student, Classroom and School Wide Behavior
• Design a Classroom Management Course to support
  classroom teachers in need of assistance
• Classroom Management Class will be offered two or
  three times a year. Teachers identified to need
  assistance in this area will be encouraged to
  take the class. Teachers wanting to pursue
  additional training in the area of classroom
  management can enroll in the class.

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SCHOOL CLIMATE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACTION 4
Part II Improve Consistency of Implementation

• Revise behavior guidelines to give greater
  specificity to the consequences for inappropriate
  behavior to ensure that discipline is
  administered fairly and consistently across the
  District
• Effective immediately all classroom suspensions
  will require, pursuant to State law, documented
  attempts to contact the parent/guardian about the
  classroom suspension and a request to attend a
  parent teacher conference to develop a behavior
  improvement plan

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ACTION 5 IMPROVE PARENT UNDERSTANDING AND
INCREASE PARENT INVOLVEMENT

• Increase communications with the home regarding
  student behavior
• Offer parent training and support

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Promotion and Retention Policy
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Guiding Principles for Revision of VCUSD Policy

• To provide equal access for every student to be
  successful
• To focus resources on improving student learning
  and supporting students who are at risk of
  failure
• To use retention as a strategy only when it is in
  the best interest of the child and has promise of
  success for the student,

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• To develop a policy, administrative regulation,
  and procedures which are easily implemented and
  can be systematically and consistently followed
  across the School District
• To align the policy, administrative regulations,
  and procedures with the key District strategies
  already in place in our reform work

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• To provide for early identification and
  notification so that interventions and other
  assistance can be put in place and so that
  parents/guardians have an opportunity to know
• To be congruent with the specific requirements of
  the Education Code concerning retention and the
  use of data

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Summary of VCUSD Policy Provisions

• Early Identification of Students
• Parent Notification after Early Identification
• Provision of Interventions and other supplemental
  instruction
• Final Decisions to Retain
• Notification of Parents/Guardians of Final
  Decision to Retain
• Appeal Rights

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Upcoming Community and Staff Forums

• Tuesday, November 14, 2006 530-700 pm, Cave
  School
• Topics Budget Update
• Parent Involvement
• Thursday, January 25, 2006 530-700 pm, Beverly
  Hills School
• Monday, March 12, 2006 530-700 pm, Jesse Bethel
  High School

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Your questions

• Please use an input form to write down your
  question or provide your input in order to give
  everyone a chance
• Provide your form to one of my staff members who
  will read the question or comment for us all to
  hear