Local District 5 Principals Meeting

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Local District 5 Principals Meeting

• May 9, 2007

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Outcomes

• District Updates
• Local District Updates

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• District Updates

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District Updates

• Five Guiding Principles
• Budget Update
• Communication with Board Members
• SB 1133
• High Point Evaluation Study
• Field Trips
• Changing Grades
• High School Workers
• CAHSEE Update

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Five Guiding Principles

• Create a system driven by research and evaluation
  that holds us accountable to an improvement cycle
• Build the capacity of adults in the system to
  improve the quality of their work effort on a
  continual basis
• Use internally and externally derived innovations
  to push the system to change
• Actively engage parents and the community in the
  work of teaching and caring for children
• Provide a physically and emotionally safe
  environment for adults and children

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Budget Update

• 137-142 million shortfall
• Units asked to create four scenarios 5, 10,
  15, 20 reductions
• Continued support for coaches
• Proposed Title I cuts
• Proposed Title V cuts

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Communication with Board Members

• Importance of having ongoing communication with
  Board Members
• Superintendent is asking that all communication
  with Board Members go through Chief of Staff

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SB 1133

• 131 schools funded in 14 districts
• 88 LAUSD schools funded
• 22 LD5 schools funded
• Five high schools
• Nine middle schools
• Eight elementary schools

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• SB 1133, continued
• Timeline
• May 11th - Planning Meeting
• May 17th - Schools return budget planning
  worksheets to local district for review and
  signatures
• May 22nd - Signed copy of budget planning
  worksheet is forwarded to the Budget Services
  Branch
• June 11th - Local District submits approved
  budget planning worksheet and the justification
  to the SB1X office

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LD5 SB 1133 Schools
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High Point Evaluation Study

• Year 3 Report for 2005-06
• Implementation Criteria included number of
  lessons taught, number of objectives taught,
  materials used, students on task
• Level of implementation
• Very low implementation 9
• Moderate implementation 40
• High implementation 51

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• Year 3 Report, continued
• Student Placement
• Lack of progress in high implementation
  classrooms due to inappropriate student placement
• Students who got an F in ESL class are at
  greater risk of being misplaced
• Inappropriate ESL placement may result in poor
  performance regardless of implementation

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• Year 3 Report, continued
• Summary
• Students in classrooms were High Point was fully
  implemented were more likely to perform at the
  Basic or higher levels
• Inappropriate student placement seemed to be the
  major cause of poor student performance
• 40 of students who got an F in their class
  have been misplaced into either too advanced or
  too easy ESL classes

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Field Trips

• Two types of field trips
• Routine approved by the site administrator
• Non-routine (not on master list or overnight
  trip) approved by the site administrator and
  the local district
• Review REF-2111.0

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Changing Grades

• Follow procedures as outlined in district
  bulletin
• Appeals are ultimately heard at the central level
  with the chiefs of instruction
• Review BUL-1926.0 for more specific information

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High School Workers

• Partnership with Mayor Villaraigosa
• Impact of student employment on student
  achievement and drop out and attendance rates
• Principals are encouraged to employ student
  workers
• Incentive-based employment opportunities include
  internships, credit earning, community college
  credit

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• CAHSEE Update

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Class of 2007Current 12th Graders
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Class of 2006 and Class of 2007Previous v.
Current 12th Graders
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Class of 2008Current 11th Graders
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Class of 2006 Update
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Class of 2006 Cumulative CAHSEE(ELA and
Math)Pass Rates
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Class of 2006 Cumulative CAHSEE (ELA and Math)
Pass Rates
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Class of 2006 Cumulative CAHSEE (ELA and Math)
Pass Rates
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Class of 2007 Cumulative CAHSEE(ELA and
Math)Pass Rates
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Class of 2007 Cumulative CAHSEE (ELA and Math)
Pass Rates
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Class of 2007 Cumulative CAHSEE (ELA and Math)
Pass Rates
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Class of 2008 Cumulative CAHSEE(ELA and
Math)Pass Rates
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Class of 2008 Cumulative CAHSEE (ELA and Math)
Pass Rates
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Class of 2008 Cumulative CAHSEE (ELA and Math)
Pass Rates
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• Local District Updates

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Local District Updates

• Customer Survey
• Redesignation Update

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Customer Survey

• Thank you for submitting your customer surveys
• Communication issues
• E-mails and faxes
• Voice mails
• Returning phone calls in a timely manner

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• Reclassification Findings

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Review of Reclassification
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• Congratulations and LD5 Happenings

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Congratulations

• Peggy Just and the community from West Vernon
  Elementary School for their successful
  beautification day held on April 14th.
  Approximately 150 parents, students and staff
  volunteered to plant flowers, weed tree wells,
  and paint and decorate bathrooms!

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Congratulations

• Lorraine Abner and Latona Elementary for their A
  Legacy of Peace exhibit which took place the
  week of April 16th. The exhibit chronicles the
  lives of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr.
  and Daisaku Ikeda, three men who have helped
  improve the lives of others. The students focused
  on the concepts of courage, peace and kindness.

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Congratulations

• Maria Torres Flores and Teacher Sherrie Salgado
  from Bravo Magnet for the outstanding Math
  Carnival held on April 19th. Thirty math booths
  were set up and these challenged students from
  the math classes with various games like
  Pythagorean Magic, Around the Circumference in 80
  Seconds, etc.

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Congratulations

• Cecilia Quemada and the Global and Performing
  Arts Small Learning Communities from Roosevelt HS
  for their successful Community Arts Festival held
  on April 21st. The event showcased student art
  work and film projects. Approximately 450 guests
  were treated to musical and dance performances by
  the students from Roosevelt High School as well
  as from Belvedere and Stevenson Middle Schools.

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Congratulations

• To all the 4th, 5th and 6th grade students who
  participated in the Third LD5 Field Day held on
  April 21st. The excellent event was coordinated
  by Elizabeth Bernal and attracted hundreds of
  students, parents, teachers and volunteers to the
  event. And the winners are

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Math Field Day Winners

• 4th Grade Multnomah ES
• 5th Grade Multnomah ES
• 6th Grade Glen Alta ES

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Congratulations

• To all the schools who participated in Infotech
  2007 held on April 21st. The event featured
  student showcases, workshops and student
  competitions. Thank you to John Rivera who
  played a significant role in the events success.

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Thank You

• To all the CHS and CDS principals who hosted
  their colleagues on April 23rd as part of our
  local districts articulation efforts for a
  seamless instructional program for all students.

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Metropolitan
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Jefferson New CHS
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Pueblo
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Ramona
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Congratulations

• Olga Garcia and the Euclid Magnet 3rd Grade
  students for sponsoring Sam Renick, author of
  Its a Habit Sammy Rabbit, as a culmination to
  the OCR Unit on Money. The author provided the
  students the opportunity to learn the value and
  importance of saving for the future and
  connection between literacy and finances.

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Congratulations

• Joe Caldera and Griffith Middle Schools Reading
  Club for their outstanding culmination in
  sponsoring author Gary Soto on April 27th .
  Author Soto worked with students on the benefits
  of writing, poetry and being good readers.

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Congratulations

• Beth Castillo and the students, staff and parents
  from 20th Street School. On April 28th,
  students, staff and community members were joined
  by Mayor Villaraigosa and Board Member Monica
  Garcia at their Big Sunday school
  beautification event.

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Congratulations

• Five LD5 principals and their schools for their
  accomplishment as Title 1 Academic Achievement
  Award Schools. The principals, one student and
  one parent were honored at LAUSDs 2nd Annual
  Awards Breakfast on May 3rd.

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Congratulations

• All the LD5 high schools who procured the
  Pirates of the Caribbean assembly to motivate
  students to do their best on the CAHSEE and CST
  exams. A special thanks to Michael Katzman who
  developed the computer program and served as a
  resource to the high school principals.

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• Positive emotions are not trivial luxuries, but
  instead may be critical necessities for optimal
  functioning.
• Barbara Frederickson, Director of the Positive
  Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory,
  University of Michigan