Action Step/ Strategy

Means to assess progress

Person Responsible

Resources

Timeline

Report of Progress

1.1

Continue Jane Schaffer implementation across departments in grades 9 – 10 (and reinforced through grades 11-12) including professional development as a refresher from 2004 and a complete training for new staff

Review samples of writing once per semester at faculty mtngs

Faculty

Jane Schaffer

Eng Dept

Site Council

SBC Days

Faculty mtngs

Re-structured days

Year 1

Post work samples on website

IC

Site Council

Ship to Shore newsletter

1.2

Phase 2 of Jane Schaffer training with our own Eng dept members visiting other depts. to provide training.

Dept minutes

Training materials

Faculty

 

Year 1-2 visit Soc St

IC

Site Council

Ship to Shore newsletter

1.3

Articulate vertically between English dept and  community college and jr high/elem schools and internally between courses and teachers.

Review HSEE scores

Minutes of artic mtngs

Guidance Dept

Dept Chairs

Eng Dept

HSAC committee

North Zone principals mtngs

Site Council funding

District funding

Years 1, 2

IC

Site Council

1.4

Explore the design of dept specific formats using Jane Schaffer components as a basis:  ie:  lab write ups, annotated bibliographies, current events, term papers, critical response

Review dept samples

HSEE scores

Departments

All depts

Year 1 - 3

Post dept samples/templates on website

1.13

Translate Jane Schaffer materials into Spanish for SDAIE/ELL/ and handbook.

Posters, Mariner Manual

Admin

Bi-lingual stipend staff

Year 1

IC

2.1

Maintain master schedule design that allows complete access despite shrinking numbers of ELL

# of schedule change requests

Admin

IC

BRT

District staffing

Year 1 (begin Spring 2006)

IC

Site Council

2.2

Investigate alternatives to SDAIE courses delivery to remedy isolation and de-facto “tracking” due to no academic role modeling (ie:  “sprinkling”, continued dedicated SDAIE courses, pull-out program, newcomer program, ELL support/case mgr model as in RSP and ALC, AVID-type elective, SDAIE designated tutorials)

Mtng minutes

Admin

IC

BRT

Faculty

SBC Days

Faculty mtngs

Re-structured days

Year 1

IC

Site Council

2.3

Publicize translation resources to staff (list of people and resources available and how to use those people and resources) available for teacher to parent (Eng to Sp) conversations and bi-lingual teacher voice-mail greetings

Mariner Notes

Written list distributed to staff

BRT

Migrant Counselor

Admin

Guidance

Bi-lingual stipend positions

Boosters

Site Council

Auto-dialer

Year 1

IC

Site Council

2.4

Increase ELL parent outreach –off-campus, closer to home meetings (church, community halls, child care avail) or provide transportation options to school-based events or continue use of auto-dialer in Spanish

#s of parents attending

BRT

Migrant Counselor

Admin

Guidance

ELAC

Migrant Parent Assoc.

Year 1

Ship to Shore Spanish edition

2.5

Evaluate pilot HSEE interventions (dedicated 2nd semester tutorial, extended learning, on-line instruction) (computer program Practice to Achieve by Pacific Metrics)

Non-grad rate due to HSEE

AP of testing

HSEE tutorial teachers

Counselors

Data specialist

Year 1

(started spring 2006)

IC

Site Council

Ship to Shore newsletter

District

2.6

Continue effective pilot HSEE interventions with seniors and extend to juniors

Non-grad rate due to HSEE

AP of testing

Faculty

Site Discretionary Budget

Year 2

IC

Site Council

2.7

Evaluate effectiveness of current out-reach to ELL of interventions and programs (Ext Lrng, Link Crew, PASS program, tutorials)

Attendance sheets

Student GPAs

HSEE, CSTs

Grad rates

Admin

BRT

Migrant Counselor

Guidance

Data specialist

Year 1

IC

Site Council

DELAC

2.8

Continue to make available sports forms in Spanish. Expand outreach regarding sports try-outs, particularly in the summer, game attendance to ELL

Athletic rosters

Auto-dialer msgs and rosters

Athletic Director

Boosters

Bi-lingual stipend positions

Year 1

IC

Site Council

DELAC

2.12 

Expand library resources geared toward ELL students

AR tests, book lists appropriate to ELL and varied reading levels

Library website with basics provided in Eng and Spanish

Library Techs BRT

Migrant Counselor

SDAIE tchrs

LEP

Site Council

Ext Learning

Year 1

IC

Site Council

Ship to Shore newsletter

DELAC

3.1

Investigate why and which students are failing Alg 1 at high rate (ie: preparedness level, hmwrk completion rate, test scores, participation, grade level factors, total GPAs, CSTs, HSEE pass rate, etc.)

 

Admin liaison to math

Math Dept

Data specialist

Year 1

(started spring 2006)

IC

Site Council

3.2

Continue to align pacing calendar between all Alg 1 teachers so that students enrolled in Alg 1 support class and receiving math credits have a higher passage rate

Pacing calendar

AP Math liaison

Math Dept

Site Council substitute fund

Re-structured days

Year 1

(started spring 2006)

IC

Site Council

3.3

Refine and then articulate identification of kids needing support class (are the right kids in the right class with enough support sections?)

# of course change forms

class rosters

teacher reports

Math Dept

Guidance

AP of master sched

Data specialist

Jr High counselor

Year 1

(started spring 2006)

IC

Site Council

3.4

Review Alg I course GPAs on quarterly basis

SASI report

Admin

 

Year 1

IC

3.5

Evaluate current Alg 1 and pilot support class curriculum with students with multiple teachers within the dept (to avoid a tracked low-level Alg 1 class) and a separate support class teacher

Teacher report

Math Dept

AP Math liaison

Data Specialist

Year 1 (begin spring/summer of 06)

IC

Site Council

3.7

Identify and provide staff dev opportunities for Alg 1 teachers

Conf reg brochures and training agendas

POs

Admin

Math Dept

Site Budget

Site Council

COE Math Specialist

District Staff Develop office

Year 1, 2,3,4

IC

Site Council

3.11

Articulate between math and science depts. to identify Alg 1 skills needed for upper level science courses

Mtng agendas

Sample tests prepared by both depts.

Math/Science depts.

Re-structured days

SBC days

Year 1

IC

Site Council

3.12

Investigate use of CPU programs to engage, assess, and identify areas of growth for use in math lab, library, extended learning, and Alg 1 support class (Ex:  CHSEE website)

POs

Mtng minutes

Math Dept

Admin

Tech committee

Site Council

Re-structured Days

Carl Perkins Funding

Year 1

IC

Site Council

3.13

Explore use of peer tutors during class time (college-prep, support class, and resource Alg 1).

Course description

Math Dept

IC

Admin

 

Year 1

IC

Site Council

Ship to Shore newsletter

4.0

a

Continue to monitor curriculum to ensure that the state content standards are forming the foundation of the curriculum

Dept goals

Course syllabi

CST achievement

IC

Faculty

Tech Admin

State standards and frameworks

Year 1 – 6

IC minutes

Syllabi binder

Webpages

4.0b

Continue to review pacing calendars to promote consistency between same courses taught by different teachers

Dept goals

Pacing calendars

IC

Faculty

State standards and frameworks

Faculty mtngs

Re-structured days

SBC days

Year 1 – 2

IC minutes

Dept calendars

Re-structured Day minutes

4.0

c

Continue to review grading practices among teachers of common courses to ensure that classroom grades provide a meaningful measure of standards achievement

Shared standards-based assessments/activities in common courses

IC

Faculty

State standards and frameworks

Faculty mtngs

Re-structured days

SBC days

Year 1-2

IC minutes

Re-structured Day minutes

4.0d

Expand development and use of site-developed, common, standards-based assessments (both formative and summative) for courses.

Shared standards-based assessments/activities in common courses. 

IC

Faculty

State standards and frameworks

Faculty mtngs

Re-structured days

SBC days

Year 1-2

IC minutes

Re-structured Day minutes

4.1

Implement career survey within a course (used to be World History, possibly end of first semester 9th gr year, prior to registration)

Mtng agendas and minutes

IC

Site Council CHOICES

Grove Grant

Year 1

IC

Site Council

Ship to Shore newsletter

4.2

Extend/identify community service projects and define monitoring system for graduation requirement beginning with Class of 2008 (such as peer tutors, tech assts, use of tutorial and after school)

IC agendas and minutes

community service logs

IC

Health, Eng 2,

US History,

Sr tutorial tchrs

Faculty mtngs

Re-structured days

SBC days

Year 1

IC

Site Council

Ship to Shore newsletter

4.3

Promote use of library, re-establish library orientation

Attendance rosters

Library sign-up calendars

IC

Faculty

Library techs

Library techs

Site Council

Year 1

IC

4.11

Explore and implement incentives for clean-campus (ie:  litter, graffiti, vandalism) such as lunch-time rewards

Mtng minutes

Mariner Notes

Daily bulletin

Maintenance

SRO

Admin

ASB

Clean Schools Grant

Pack Your Trash Campaign Grant

Year 1

ASB

IC

Ship to Shore newsletter

4.12

Refine Career Day formats, job descriptions, hiring assessments, job shadowing options, and other school to work events

IC agendas and minutes

Program/event agendas

Faculty

Admin

Chamber of Commerce

YFIOB

 

Year 1

ASB

IC

Ship to Shore newsletter

4.13

Explore and implement student incentives for improved testing and student achievement (added to current Renaissance recognition)

IC agendas and minutes

Program/event agendas

ASB

Activity dir

Faculty

 

Year 1

ASB

IC

Ship to Shore newsletter

4.14

Explore and implement strategies to tie-in cultural events with curriculum and campus-wide assemblies and activities (Dia de los muertos, MLK Jr b-day, New Years, World Week)

IC agendas and minutes

Program/event agendas

Master calendar

ASB

Activity dir

Faculty

 

Year 1

ASB

IC

Ship to Shore newsletter

4.15

Continue to support the Tech Committee to align funding and use of technology (software and hardware) for improved instruction, communication, and student achievement

Tech mtng agendas and minutes

POs

Tech Committee

Admin

IC

 

Year 1- 6

IC

4.16

Identify a single administrator to provide meaningful disaggregated data to staff (data coordinator)

 

Principal

Asst prin

 

Year 1

IC