June 2014 ACCS Meeting Agenda - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education)

June 2014 ACCS Meeting Agenda - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education):



ACCS Live Meeting Webcast

Meeting Notice

Advisory Commission on Charter Schools
An advisory body to the State Board of Education

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
9:30 a.m. ± – 12:30 p.m. ±

California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Room 1101
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901
916-322-6029

Commission Members

• Brian Bauer
• Gary Davis
• Ari Engelberg
• Mick Founts
• John Porter
• Julie Russell 1
• Mark Ryan
• Christopher Thomsen
• Curtis L. Washington

Liaisons from the State Board of Education

• Bruce Holaday
• Trish Williams

AGENDA

• Call to Order
• Salute to the Flag
• Welcome and Introductions
• Review and Adoption of Meeting Notes
• Charter Division Update
• Review/Reordering of the Meeting Agenda
• Public Comment 2

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Item 1 (DOC)

Type of Action: Action/Information

Subject: Petition for the Establishment of a Charter School Under the Oversight of the State Board of Education: Consideration of the Thrive Public School which was denied by the San Diego Unified School District and the San Diego County Office of Education.

• Item 1 Attachment 1 - California Department of Education Charter School Petition Review Form: Thrive Public School(DOC)
• Item 1 Attachment 2 - Thrive Public School Data Tables (XLS)
• Item 1 Attachment 3 - Thrive Public School Appeal Petition (PDF)
• Item 1 Attachment 4 - Thrive Public School Budget and Financial Projections (PDF)
• Item 1 Attachment 5 - Thrive Public School Appendices and Attachments
  (**This Attachment is not available on the web, please contact the Charter Schools Division at 916-322-6029 orCharters@cde.ca.gov for a copy**)
• Item 1 Attachment 6 - Letter Describing Changes to Petition Necessary to Reflect the State Board of Education as the Authorizing Entity (PDF)
• Item 1 Attachment 7 - San Diego Unified School District and San Diego Office of Education Findings for Denial and Petitioner’s Responses (PDF; 1MB)

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Item 2 (DOC)

Type of Action: Action/Information

Subject: Petition for Establishment of a Charter School Under the Oversight of the State Board of Education: Consideration of the Rosamond Community Charter Elementary School, which was denied by the Southern Kern Unified School District and the Kern County Board of Education. 

• Item 2 Attachment 1 - California Department of Education Charter School Petition Review Form: Rosamond Community Charter Elementary School (DOC)
• Item 2 Attachment 2 - Rosamond Community Charter Elementary School Data Tables (XLS)
• Item 2 Attachment 3 - Rosamond Community Charter Elementary School Appeal Petition (PDF; 1MB)
• Item 2 Attachment 4 - Rosamond Community Charter Elementary School Budget and Financial Projections (PDF; 2MB)
• Item 2 Attachment 5 - Rosamond Community Charter Elementary School Appendices and Attachments
  (**This Attachment is not available on the web, please contact the Charter Schools Division at 916-322-6029 orCharters@cde.ca.gov for a copy**)
• Item 2 Attachment 6 - Letter Describing Changes to Petition Necessary to Reflect the State Board of Education as the Authorizing Entity (PDF)
• Item 2 Attachment 7 - Southern Kern Unified School District and Kern County Office of Education Findings for Denial and Petitioner’s Responses (PDF; 6MB)

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In addition to the above, the ACCS hereby provides notice that it reserves the right to consider and make recommendations at this meeting concerning other areas of the State Board of Education’s authority with respect to charter schools, which include but are not limited to:

• Taking appropriate action, including, but not limited to, revocation with respect to State Board-granted and locally granted charters under specific circumstances set forth in statute.
• Jointly with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, approving district-wide charter petitions when those petitions are determined to be satisfactory.
• Developing and adopting regulations to implement various provisions of the Charter Schools Act of 1992 (Part 26.8 of the California Education Code, commencing with Section 47600). Approving or denying requests to waive otherwise applicable provisions of law based upon requests submitted by charter schools and other local education agencies.
• Assigning numbers to charter school petitions to ensure that the statutory cap on the number of charter schools is not exceeded.

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THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.

REASONABLE LIMITATIONS MAY BE PLACED ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY

The presiding officer of the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) reserves the right to impose reasonable time limits on public testimony to ensure that the agenda is completed.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS MAY BE MADE

Consistent with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, notice is hereby given that special presentations not mentioned in the agenda may be made at this meeting. However, any such presentation will be for information only.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY

Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting of the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) may request assistance by contacting the Charter Schools Division at:

Charter Schools Division
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 5401
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901
Phone: 916-322-6029
Fax: 916-322-1465

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information concerning this agenda, or to join the ACCS specialized e-mail distribution list, please contact:

Tina Simonoff
Charter Schools Division
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 5401
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901
Phone: 916-322-6029
Fax: 916-322-1465
csimonoff@cde.ca.gov

This notice appears on the California Department of Education's ACCS Web page.

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1 Represents the State Superintendent of Public Instruction

2 Time(s) will be set aside for public comment at this meeting. Depending on the situation, and at the direction of the presiding officer, public comment may be entertained as appropriate at the beginning of, during, and/or at the end of the meeting. Reasonable limits will be placed on the amount of time allowed for individual comments.

5 Ways To Influence Change | Connected Principals

5 Ways To Influence Change | Connected Principals:

5 Ways To Influence Change

by George Couros • May 30, 2014 • 0 Comments

“At the end of the day, what qualifies people to be called ‘leaders’ is their capacity to influence others to change their behavior in order to achieve important results.” Joseph Grenny

In a time where the only constant in education is change, people involved with education need to become “change agents” more now than ever. You can understand pedagogy inside out, but if you are unable to define “why” someone should do something different in their practice, all of that knowledge can be ultimately wasted.  People will take a “known good” over an “unknown better” in most cases; your role is to help make the unknown visible and show why it is better for kids.

Look at the debate over “new math” right now.  Many people, including educators, are pushing back over the new curriculum based on the idea that math was taught in a much better way when we were kids.  Simply explaining the process and the way we teach and learn math is not enough.  It has to go deeper.  Ultimately, you want people to feel that this is so much better than they were kids, and that their children are better off.  Innately, people want what is better for kids.  Tap into that, and people are more likely to move forward.

“To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources—not to deprive that person, but to leave him better off in the end.” Daniel Pink

So how does this happen?  Below are some things that I have seen effective leaders to have not people only accept change, but embrace it as an opportunity to do something better for kids.

1. Model the change that they want to see.  Although this might seem extremely “cliche”, it is the most imperative step for any leader in leading the “change effort”.  Many organizations talk about the idea that people need to be “risk-takers”, yet they are not willing to model it themselves.  Until that happens, people will not feel comfortable doing something different.  It is also the difference between talking from a “theoretical” to “practical” viewpoint.  Have you ever seen a PowerPoint on “21st Century Change” from an administrator who does not exhibit any of the learning that is being discussed in the presentation? Me too.  People will feel more comfortable taking a journey to an unknown place if they know that the first steps have been taken by someone else.  Although I believe in the idea of distributed leadership, the idea of “leaders” is that they are also ahead; they have done things that have not been done before.  Chris Kennedy has shared the idea that leaders need to be “elbow deep in learning” with others, not only to show they are willing to embrace the change that they speak about, but to also be able to talk from a place of experience.
2. Show that you understand the value that already exists. The word “change” is terrifying to some because it makes them feel that everything that they are doing is totally irrelevant.  Rarely is that the case.  I have seen speakers talk to an audience for an hour and people walk out feeling like they were just scolded for 90 minutes on how everything that they are doing is wrong.  It is great to share new ideas, but you have to tap into what exists5 Ways To Influence Change | Connected Principals: 

5-30-14 Schools Matter -: Doug Martin's Letter to the Anderson Herald Bulletin

Schools Matter: Doug Martin's Letter to the Anderson Herald Bulletin:

Doug Martin's Letter to the Anderson Herald Bulletin

http://www.hoosierschoolheist.com/

(The following is Doug Martin's letter to the editors of the Anderson, Indiana, Herald Bulletin. If you would like to contact that newspaper, you can at letters@heraldbulletin.com) 

I find it highly depressing and even insulting that your newspaper did not cover May 28’s Rise Above the Mark movie event at Anderson High School in support of public education. 

After the screening, I was a member of the panel which consisted of Dr. Rocky Killion, the supt. of West Lafayette Community Schools, state representative Terri Austin, Daleville teacher and House candidate Melanie Wright, and educator and radio host Justin Oakley.

Since the audience included two newspapers from Muncie and one from Indianapolis, the Herald Bulletin’s refusal to cover the event tells me it must not care that Anderson public schools are taking a financial beating because so-called school reform, as I point out in my bookHoosierSchool Heist, is a hoax funded by out-of-state billionaires that is meant to wipe out public education entirely and funnel taxpayer money to religious schools and Republican campaign donors and acquaintances who profit from charter schools.  

The Herald Bulletin’s editors should also know that I told those in the audience that night that people must boycott every paper in this state that uses the talking points of the billionaires, is too lazy or clueless to do investigative reporting, and refuses to aggressively support public education. Being a no-show, the Herald Bulletin is guilty of treason against the public. Therefore, teachers and parents should find their news elsewhere.  

Dr. Doug Martin, Author of Hoosier School Heist

As Pearson Tag Teams with Microsoft for Common Core Curriculum in Urban America, Weingarten Attacks Conservatives for Attacking the Common Core

Randi Weingarten has arrived at the most delusional and convoluted logic yet to deflect from her continuing supporter of CorpEd's centerpiece strategy for more lucrative testing, corporate professional development, and corporate canned curriculum.  Weingarten has this quote in the New York Times today in a puff piece on Common Core resistance: “The Tea Party is using the frustration with the i

by Jim Horn / 18min 

5-29-14 Schools Matter -

Schools Matter: Legislators File Open Records Request for Huffman Decision Trail to Delay State Test ResultsOn the day that TCAP scores were to be released in Tennessee, Kevin Huffman's team of TFA lawyers in Nashville called a quick "put down your pencils" timeout just before reporters were ready to write about this year's state test results.  In a scurry to make sure that "post-te

by mike simpson / 23h 

Jeb “Common Core” Bush is unloading new data – about himself. | Reclaim Reform

Jeb “Common Core” Bush is unloading new data – about himself. | Reclaim Reform:

Jeb “Common Core” Bush is unloading new data – about himself.

Posted on May 30, 2014by Ken Previti

Well, get ready.
Jeb “Common Core” Bush is unloading new data – about himself.

(Important: This is NOT about democrats or republicans. This is about rebranding and the dismantling of public education and other public services for private control and profit.)

Jeb tells us how smart he himself is and how different he and his brother, George W, are.
Even their policies differ because Jeb’s policies are.
Are what?
Better. New. Improved.
Says who?
Jeb himself.

Salon Magazine describes the new and improved Jeb and his policies – according to Jeb and his handlers. “It may be the most comically obvious attempt we’ve seen yet in the 2016 proto-campaign from Jeb’s handlers to show that he’s not an idiot like his elder brother, the former President Bush. The piece is filled with effusive quotes about how bookish and wonky and smart Jeb Bush is. Rarely is an image-crafting piece so indiscreetly dropped by a politician’s handlers.” Read the entire article HERE.

The article goes on to add the following. “The questions he grapples with most frequently, and enthusiastically, revolve around improving the effectiveness of government in areas like education, immigration and criminal justice.”

Uh-oh!

Corporate Education Reform for Profit. Monetizing children, expensive high stakes testing, taking public education tax money away from public schools while handing it over Jeb “Common Core” Bush is unloading new data – about himself. | Reclaim Reform:

This Week In Education: Thompson: Michelle Obama, Meanwitchs and Stinkburgers

This Week In Education: Thompson: Michelle Obama, Meanwitchs and Stinkburgers:

Thompson: Michelle Obama, Meanwitchs and Stinkburgers

 I love Michelle Obama as much as I remain loyal to her husband, despite his awful test and punish education policy. When the First Lady is attacked, I am angered almost as much as when the Obama administration assaults public education.

The issues underlying both Michelle Obama's Let's Move healthy schools campaign, and President Obama's corporate school reform are equally complicated.

Time Magazine's Jay Newton-Small, in Michelle Obama Bites Back at Critics of Her Healthy School Lunch Standards, reports that a million fewer students ate school lunches in the first year of the program. The bigger problem is anecdotes and twitter photo campaigns featuring students who want their junk food back.

In light of the House Republicans' assault on anti-obesity efforts, Burkhard Bilger's 2006 New Yorker article, The Lunch Room Rebellion, should now be reread. As the First Lady explains, the "stakes couldn't be higher" in the battle to improve children's health, so the fight is worth it. But, given the difficulty Bilger described in providing nutritious meals in the affluent Berkeley, California schools, we must prepare for a long, frustrating struggle.  

Bilger told how a "haute cuisine chef," Ann Cooper, got schooled when she brought nutritious meals that were a hit in a progressive private school to a public system. Cooper's biggest problem was that children's food tastes (not unlike some of their learning habits) are established before they enter school. But, a seemingly absurd combination of political and institutional dynamics created unforeseen complications, even in a system where only 40% of students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

In some ways, Cooper's approach to healthy meals resembled the methods of accountability-driven reformers, who disastrously intruded into education policy. But, she also developed some very different methods. 

On one hand, the newcomer to public schools sought to rapidly scale up policies without having a commensurate increase in funding. In doing so, she inevitably annoyed lunch room employees This Week In Education: Thompson: Michelle Obama, Meanwitchs and Stinkburgers:

NYC Educator: Top 10 Reasons You May Be a "Master Teacher"

NYC Educator: Top 10 Reasons You May Be a "Master Teacher":

Top 10 Reasons You May Be a "Master Teacher"

Will You Be One of the Chosen Few in NYC to Get that $20,000 Bonus?  

You Might Be Able to Guess That You're a Master Teacher:

10.  when you continue to give Common-Core aligned tests even though 70% of your class hasn't a prayer to pass.

9.  when you've considered giving up your union rights just to work in a charter where starving artists are really appreciated.

8.  when, taking inspiration from the D.C. merit-pay-based, seeming test-erasure scandal, you'd be willing to give a $10,000 kickback for the $20,000 position.

7.  when you plan all your observations in advance with your supervisor so you can plan student-centered activities in which you roll out lap tops that you will not be using on any other days of the year.

6.  when you wonder how people ever taught before there was technology, but when the technology crashes you stare into the back window of those same people.

5.  when students doodle on their desks in NYC Educator: Top 10 Reasons You May Be a "Master Teacher":

#EduElection: How Grassroots Voices Shaped NYC's Mayoral Election | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity

#EduElection: How Grassroots Voices Shaped NYC's Mayoral Election | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity:

#EduElection: How Grassroots Voices Shaped NYC's Mayoral Election

Posted on: Friday May 30th, 2014

It seems the tide might finally be turning in the fight for public education. 

A wonderful new issue of the The Annenberg's Institute's Voices in Urban Education chronicles how grassroots organizers in New York City championed a new vision for education reform and shaped the mayoral election that put Mayor Bill de Blasio in office. De Blasio's election was "a huge moment for proponents of student-centered, equity-driven public education," and it just might signal the beginning of a new era in public education.

So how do you make an election all about education? More importantly,how do you win? 

At the center of NYC's "education election" were the state-wideAlliance for Quality Education (AQE) and the city-wide Coalition for Educational Justice(CEJ) and Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC), the leading grassroots parent and student groups. In this issue of Voices in Urban Education, leaders from AQE, CEJ and UYC explain how they turned their partnership into a potent political force.

From the introduction:

"As the articles in this issue describe, the groups took on a two-pronged strategy to address this challenge. The first advanced a key set of “wedge issues,” which were shared strategically with candidates for mayor and others. Candidates were asked to take public positions on these issues and thus to share their views on controversial issues such as testing, school improvement, closings and co-locations, and school discipline and safety.

The second pushed the trio of long-standing education organizing coalitions into a listening posture: staff and member leaders from CEJ, UYC, AQE, and their constituent organizations drew dozens of other groups and institutions into an effort to bring these key questions and others to New Yorkers across the city and engage them in creating a comprehensive vision for reform."

The issue includes articles from AQE Executive Director Billy Easton and Advocacy Director Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari, CEJ's Ocynthia Williams, UYC's Maria Fernandez, NYU professor Pedro Noguera and many others. Check out the full issue here.

An Inspiring Year of Student Organizing in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Student Union, an OTL Campaign ally, has had an eventful school year organizing for educational justice in Philly and nationwide. Check out this recap of their great work this past year! The following post originally appeared on the Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) website and is reposted here with permission. PSU is an OTL Campaign ally. read more

by jocelyn / 1h 

Judith Browne Dianis Talks School Closures on Melissa Harris-Perry Show

Publication Date:  Fri, 2014-05-30 This May marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, but nationwide many students of color are still held back by an inequitable education system. In particularly, they are dispropotionately affected by the mass school closures that are taking place in cities across the country. On a recent episode of the Melissa Har

by jocelyn / 5min 

Philly Student Dies With No Nurse on Duty. Organizers Call for Officials to Resign

For the second time this school year, a Philadelphia student died after falling ill at school. Due to budget cuts, neither school had a nurse on duty. Organizers in Philadelphia are calling for the resignation of city officials unless they can provide the full school funding necessary to put a nurse in every school. Jackson Elementary parents give statement to the press. Photo via

by jocelyn / 7d 

MAY 22

Newark Students Occupy School Board Meeting

Members of the Newark Student Union shut down a school board meeting this week by holding a sit-in and refusing to leave the district building. They are demanding that the district adopt the Newark Promise plan that would support all students with additional school resources. Newark, NJ, is a city at a crossroads. For the past several years under the direction of state-appointed Super

by jocelyn / 7d 

MAY 21

Death by a Thousand Cuts: Racism, School Closures, and Public School Sabotage

A new report from the Journey for Justice Alliance details how pervasive underfunding of public schools and policies like mass school closures and charter expansion are harming students in low-income communities of color – and what we can do instead to support all students. Earlier this month at a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court honoring the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of

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MAY 20

Recap of the #Brownat60 National Week of Action

This past Saturday was the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Parents, students and educators nationwide marked the anniversary with a National Week of Action to demand our country renew its commitment to Brown's vision of equity and opportunity in education. Now THAT is what you call a National Week of Action! Recap, pictures and video from #Brownat60 nationwide events

by jocelyn / 9d 

Back 2 Basics: Everything that’s wrong with urban education reform in a single, bitter-tasting story | EduShyster

Back 2 Basics | EduShyster:

Back 2 Basics

 Everything that’s wrong with urban education reform in a single, bitter-tasting story

Reader: I feel that I must address the elephant in the room. I’m talking, of course, about history—the sore subject that is absolutely not being eliminated from the Boston Public Schools. And irregardless of what you may have heard, there is no truth at all to the rumor that students in the city’s schools will now receive their daily dose of history and social studies only at lunchtime, served up from the schools’ fallow salad bars by historical impersonators. I’m happy to report that a growing number of students in Boston can look forward to a rich and nutritious curriculum, if by rich and nutritious you mean *two squares* of math and English. 

Boston Ed Talks
A glimpse of the menu that awaits Boston’s students, especially those of the low-income variety—which is to say most of them—was on vivid display recently at an event called Boston Ed Talks. Held at the Boston Foundation, Ed Talks featured seven teachers representing a mix of public, charter and Catholic schools. And since food metaphors are the order of the day, I will use another here: the teachers who made it through the rigorous and highly competitive Ed Talks selection process represent the cream of the crop. [Note: the following sentence was typed in a spirit of the utmost Back 2 Basics | EduShyster:

What is a SCOE and What They Do for Education

SCOE | About:

About SCOE

The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) is one of 58 county offices located throughout the state. Approximately 650 regular and more than 950 temporary and substitute SCOE staff work year-round providing services which complement and supplement those offered by public school districts in Sacramento County.

SCOE plays a leadership role in the delivery of quality education to the students in Sacramento County. SCOE directly educates more than 30,000 children and adults, and provides support services to over 235,000 students in 13 school districts. In addition, SCOE is considered a leader of the Capital Service Region, a 10-county area consisting of Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba Counties. Many SCOE services are available to schools, districts and other county offices of education within the Capital Service Region.

Whether it's a Professional Development activity, websites for educators, or information for familiesand our community, SCOE provides many programs and services.

• Why We Exist
• School Accountability Report Cards
• Local Educational Agency (LEA) Plan
• Education History in Sacramento County
• Employee Directory—find a SCOE Employee

• County Superintendent of Schools
• Sacramento County Board of Education—learn about the seven Board members, get the latest meeting schedule, and review the topics planned for discussion
• Personnel Commission—information about the Sacramento County Office of Education Personnel Commission
• SCOE Technology Plan for Student Programs
• Public Records Requests

• Sacramento County Regional Occupational Program—job training provided through SCOE
• Sly Park Environmental Education Center—SCOE's acclaimed outdoor education program
• Culinary Arts Café—current menu for SCOE's student-operated restaurant
• Operation Recognition—WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War veterans, and people interned in WWII Japanese American relocation camps, can now receive high school diplomas

Location

The Sacramento County Office of Education's administration and conference center is headquartered on the former Mather Air Force Base, approximately one mile from the Mather Field exit off Highway 50. SCOE is approximately 15 miles from Downtown Sacramento and 25-30 minutes from the Sacramento International Airport. Get maps and directions.

Alphabetical List of SCOE Programs and Services

 AB 922 Countywide Plan for Expelled Youth
AB 922 educational services plan for expelled and high risk students... 

 After School Programs (Capital Service Region/Region 3)
The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) is the after school technical assistance lead for the Capital Service Region (Region... 

 AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) / College Readiness System
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is an elective and schoolwide system that promotes increased college eligibility and access to rigorous...

 BTSA Teacher Credentialing Program
The BTSA Teacher Credentialing Program provides two years of sequenced support and assessment that leads to a Clear Multiple Subject... 

 Business Services
SCOE's Business Services department consists of two units: District Fiscal Services and Financial Services. The District Fiscal Services unit provides... 

 California Academic Content Standards Commission
The 2010 Senate Bill X5 1 (Steinberg) called for California's academic content standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics to... 

 California English Language Development (ELD) Standards
Per Assembly Bill 124, the California Department of Education (CDE) was required to update, revise, and align the state's 1999... 

 California High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE)
This program provides individuals an opportunity to take a voluntary test that allows them to earn the legal equivalent of... 

 California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN)
The California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN) provides high quality professional development for preschool administrators and teachers that highlights current research... 

 California Private School Services
Under contract with the California Department of Education (CDE), and in partnership with the California Private School Advisory Committee (CPSAC... 

 California State Seal of Biliteracy
Assembly Bill 815 (effective 1/1/12) established the State Seal of Biliteracy for eligible high school seniors in California's public schools... 

 Communications Office
The Communications Office provides communication services to support the Sacramento County Office of Education's programs and services. It assists school... 

 Community Schools
As mandated by the California Education Code, the Sacramento County Board of Education established Community Schools to provide... 

 Computer, Network & Telecommunication Support (CNTS)
The Computer, Network & Telecommunication Support (CNTS) department provides computer and telecommunication technical support and a variety of training opportunities... 

 County Committee on School District Organization
The primary responsibilities of the Sacramento County Committee on School District Organization are the reorganization of school districts (through territory... 

 Credential Services
The Credentials Unit provides licensing expertise to the 13 school districts, as well as regional occupational programs, in Sacramento County... 

 CSU Early Assessment Program (English-Language Arts, Expository Reading and Writing Course)
The Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) is a twenty-hour course that was developed by the CSU in collaboration... 

 CSU Early Assessment Program: Strengthening Mathematics Instruction (SMI)
The Strengthening Mathematics Instruction (SMI) provides professional development for Secondary School or District Math Departments. The focus of the training... 

 Culinary Arts Program/Culinary Café
Students are the driving force behind SCOE's Culinary Arts Program. Participants, from Leo A. Palmiter and Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr...

 Direct Support Professional Training (DSP)
The Direct Support Professional Training Program certifies individuals who are currently work with clients with a developmental disability and live... 

 Early Head Start (EHS)
Early Head Start (EHS) is a federally funded community-based program for low-income families with infants and toddlers and... 

 English Learner Coordinators Network (ELCN)
The Sacramento County Office of Education hosts quarterly meetings for Coordinators of English Learner programs in Sacramento County. Administrators from... 

 English-Language Arts (K-12)
K-12 English-language arts is part of the K-12 Curriculum and Instruction Department. We offer high-quality professional... 

 Expulsion Appeals
Please contact us for information about expulsion appeals... 

 Foster Youth Services (FYS)
The Sacramento Foster Youth Services (FYS) Program is part of a statewide system of programs designed to meet the unique... 

 Friday Night Live (FNL) and Club Live (CL)
The Friday Night Live and Club Live programs are designed to build leadership skills, provide opportunities for community service, and...

 Gordon D. Schaber Mock Trial/Moot Court Competition
Held each spring, the annual Sacramento County Gordon D. Schaber (GDS) Competition is a model law program that helps high... 

 History/Social Studies (K-12)
The K-12 History/Social Studies Department provides resources to schools, districts, students and parents with respect to history/Social... 

 Infant Development Program
The program serves infants and toddlers, birth to 36 months of age, whose progress is delayed in one or more...

 Instructional Technology & Learning Resource Center (IT&LR)
Teachers and administrators may receive technology training, review curriculum materials and acquaint themselves with teaching resources through SCOE's Educational Technology... 

 Interdistrict Transfers and Appeals
Please contact us for information about interdistrict transfers and appeals... 

 Internet and Media Services (IMS)
SCOE's Internet and Media Services (IMS) department provides assistance to educational organizations, government, and nonprofit agencies who need specialized technology... 

 Internet Connectivity and Support for Schools and Districts
The Sacramento County Office of Education administers one of California's largest Internet connectivity networks for schools. This network enables districts... 

 Juvenile Court Schools
Students incarcerated in the county youth facility receive instruction from Sacramento County Office of Education teachers. The Sacramento Juvenile Court... 

 K-12 Curriculum and Instruction Services
The K-12 Curriculum and Instruction department provides high quality professional development, instructional coaching, expert technical assistance, and strong leadership... 

 Leadership Institute
The Leadership Institute prepares and supports leaders in the Sacramento County region. Levels of focus range from providing Preliminary Administrative... 

 Learning Resources Display Center (LRDC)
The Learning Resources Display Center (LRDC) is open to educators and community members to facilitate State adopted textbook review, selection... 

 Legal Office
The Legal Office provides legal advice and representation to the Sacramento County Board of Education, the Sacramento County Superintendent of... 

 LINKS
LINKS is a groundbreaking Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) academic and career technical education model aimed at helping high...

 Local Child Care and Development Planning Council
The Sacramento County Local Child Care and Development Planning Council is responsible for coordinating issues related to quality child care... 

 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
The California 2013-14 Budget Act and related legislation (Assembly Bill 97 and Senate Bills 97 and 91) made... 

 MOVE (Mobility Opportunities Via Education)
MOVE (Mobility Opportunities Via Education) is a research-based program shown to improve functional mobility skills and empower children and...

 Operation Recognition
Operation Recognition was adopted unanimously in October 2001 by the Sacramento County Board of Education to honor individuals whose secondary... 

 Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN)
The Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) was created in December 1989, as a critical component of the implementation of... 

 Payroll
The Payroll Department provides a variety of compensation and benefit related services to approximately 650 regular and more than 950... 

 Peer Assistance and Review (PAR)
The Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Program promotes excellence in education by investing in educators. PAR is funded by the... 

 Preschool Bridging Model (PBM) Plus
Sacramento County Office of Education has been funded by First 5 Sacramento to implement the Preschool Bridging Model (PBM) since... 

 Preschools SHINE
The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) is implementing a statewide initiative, Preschools SHINE (Shaping Healthy Impressions through Nutrition and... 

 Prevention & Student Services Department (PASS)
The Prevention & Student Services (PASS) Department provides programs, services and professional development opportunities addressing a variety of youth development... 

 Prevention Education Materials
Prevention & Student Services has produced a variety of prevention education materials, including curricula, and resource guides. Some materials are... 

 Program Improvement
Under No Child Left Behind, the California Department of Education (CDE) and each local educational agency must identify any school... 

 Project SAVE (Safe Alternatives and Violence Education)
Project SAVE is a program for adolescent first-time offenders, ages 10 to 17, who have been involved in violence... 

 Project Screening, Outreach, and Referral Services (SOARS)
Through funding from First 5 Sacramento, Project SOARS provides outreach and direct family support to increase awareness and access to... 

 Project TEACH
Project TEACH began in 1990 to help meet the challenges of educating children experiencing homelessness in Sacramento County. Project TEACH... 

 Public Records Requests
The California Public Records Act, while protecting individuals' rights to privacy, provides that access to information concerning the conduct of... 

 Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) Monitor
The QEIA Monitor provides technical assistance to Sacramento County schools and districts that participate in QEIA. Assistance is available for... 

 Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC)
California was one of nine states to win a federal Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant (RTT-ELC... 

 Regional Occupational Program (ROP)
The Regional Occupational Program (ROP), also known as Career Technical Education (CTE), offers tuition-free career preparation training in 138... 

 Regional System of District and School Support (RSDSS), Capital Region
The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act requires all states to provide a statewide system of sustained support for... 

 Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services
The Center for Student Assessment and Program Accountability (C-SAPA) has skills and experience in applied research and program evaluation... 

 Response to Intervention (RtI)
Response to Intervention (RtI) is an approach to stave off academic failure of students by affording them with appropriate interventions... 

 Sacramento Cal-SOAP Consortium
SCOE has been the recipient of a California Student Opportunity and Access Program (Cal-SOAP) grant (from the California Student... 

 Sacramento Community Based Coalition (SCBC)
The Sacramento Community Based Coalition is a collaborative effort between the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) and the California... 

 Sacramento County Academic Bowl
The Sacramento County Academic Bowl is an academic competition held each year for Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) schools...

 Sacramento County Academic Decathlon
The Sacramento County Academic Decathlon, held the first Saturday in February of each year, is an academic competition open to...

 Sacramento County Board of Education
The County Board of Education consists of seven elected members who serve four-year terms. The County Superintendent serves as... 

 Sacramento County History Day (SCHD)
The Sacramento County History Day (SCHD) is a year-long educational program that encourages 4th-12th grade students to explore...

 Sacramento County Office of Education Personnel Commission
The Personnel Commission of the Sacramento County Office of Education was established in December 1967 to administer the Merit System... 

 Sacramento County Preschool and Transitional Kindergarten Collaboration
The Sacramento County Office of Education has emerged as a lead agency in the planning and development of increased quality... 

 Sacramento County Quality Child Care Collaborative (QCCC)
The Sacramento County Quality Child Care Collaborative is a partnership of community agencies and educational and governmental institutions which is... 

 Sacramento County Teachers of the Year
The Sacramento County Teachers of the Year program recognizes excellence in teaching within the county's schools. Participating districts nominate individual...

 Safe Schools Regional Training
Prevention & Student Services provides technical assistance and training opportunities for educators and community members interested in creating safe school... 

 SB 472 Mathematics and Reading Professional Development Program
While SB 472 is no longer a reimbursement program offered by the California Department of Education (CDE), it remains an... 

 School District Superintendents' Council
The Superintendents' Council is comprised of the superintendents from each of Sacramento County's 13 school districts. The council is chaired... 

 School District Trustee and Bond Measure Elections
The County Superintendent, as provided in the Education Code, is responsible for calling an election, upon the action of any... 

 School Readiness Department
The School Readiness Department provides services to early learning program directors and leaders from county offices of education, school districts... 

 Science (K-12)
The K-12 Science Department assists districts, teachers, parents, and students with science curriculum and instruction. This department helps students... 

 Sly Park Conservation & Environmental Education Center
Sly Park Conservation and Environmental Education Center is a residential environmental education school in the Eldorado National Forest, operated by...

 Special Education Department
The Special Education Department provides special education related services to the 13 school districts within Sacramento County for students from... 

 Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA)
The goal of the Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) is to deliver high quality special education programs and services... 

 State and Federal Program Directors
The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) hosts monthly meetings for State and Federal Program Directors in Sacramento County. Directors... 

 Success Center
The Success Center, part of SCOE's LINKS program and located on the Leo A. Palmiter campus, is a place where... 

 Supplemental Educational Services (SES)
Students from low-income homes who have approved free or reduced lunch applications and attend El Centro, Gerber, Hickey, Morgan, or... 

 Supporting Early Education Delivery Systems (SEEDS) Project
The mission of the SEEDS Project is to assist the California Department of Education (CDE) in providing technical assistance to...

 Teacher Intern Program (TIP)
Intern teaching is an alternative to the traditional fifth year teacher credentialing program. SCOE will offer an intern single subject... 

 Teacher Make & Take Center
The Teacher Make & Take Center has Ellison die-cuts, a laminator, a spiral-binding machine, and other tools available... 

 Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE)
Prevention & Student Services provides technical assistance and training opportunities for educators and community members interested in preventing tobacco use... 

 Transportation (IDP/CBI)
The Sacramento County Office of Education Transportation Department schedules transportation for infants (ages birth to three years) and their families... 

 Truancy Reduction Activities/School Attendance Review Board (SARB)
School districts use a variety of approaches to reduce truancy. The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) provides assistance to... 

 Visual and Performing Arts
The Sacramento County Office of Education is committed to supporting Arts Learning Leadership in the disciplines of Dance, Music, Theatre...