State of the Union 2018 - alisal.org · The State of the “Union” (The Alisal Union School District, that is) Dr. Héctor Rico, Superintendent Presented to the Board of Trustees

The State of the “Union”(The Alisal Union School District, that is)

Dr. Héctor Rico, SuperintendentPresented to the Board of Trustees

April 25, 2018

CAASP Results

CAASP Results

(Met/Exceeded)

ELA 2016 ELA 2017 ELA % Change

Math 2016

Math 2017

Math % Change

All 24% 28% +4% 18% 21% +3%3rd-4th Cohort 20% 28% +8% 25% 22% -3%4th-5th Cohort 19% 28% +9% 16% 16% +0%5th-6th Cohort 28% 33% +5% 15% 17% +2%EO 37 39 +2% 25 29 +4%EL 10 17 +7% 11 15 +4%RFEP 54 65 +11% 34 42 +8%SWD 6 7 +1% 7 6 -1%

Positive growth in 13 of the 16 CAASP categories displayed

CELDT Results

CELDT Results 2015-16 2016-17 % Change

Met CELDT Criterion

All 24% 28% +4%Progress on CELDT Levels

Advanced 4% 6% +2%Early Advanced 21% 24% +3%Early Intermediate 20% 19% -1%Begining 17% 15% -2%

Positive growth in both, a) the % of English learners who met the CELDT criterion, and in b) reducing the % at bottom two levels while increasing the % at top two.

CA Schools Dashboard

CA SchoolDashboard

% EL progress towards English proficiency

ELA Math

All N/A +3.9 pts +2.5 ptsEO N/A -0.2 pts -1.1 ptsEL +7% +11.2 pts +6.8 pts

RFEP N/A +7.5 pts +6.6 ptsSWD N/A +2.3 pts -11.2 ptsSWD-Alternate Assessment

N/A L3=0%L2=73%L1=27%

L3=5%L2=59%L1=36%

Positive growth in 8 of the 11 Dashboard categories shown above. The majority of the 22 SWD who took the Alternate Assessment scored at level 2 in both ELA & math

* Welcome Back Convocation for all staff at Sherwood Hall on August 14, 2017* Theme: The Whole Child* Positive environment to meet, welcome & support staff* Trustees, Mayor, MCOE Supt., councilmember in attendance

* Smooth start of school for students on August 16, 2017* New 2-story classroom facility at Fremont* Fully staffed classrooms

Great Start of the School Year

* Just some of the new hires:* Asst. Supt. Educational Services* Director of Special Education & Health Services* Program Manager, Special Education (new position)* Public Information Officer/Grant Writer* VRB Asst. Principal * Staff for 2 new Family Resource Centers, including 3 new

bilingual Parent Education Specialists* Plus additional 54 Certificated & 42 Classified

* New ATA President

Welcomed New Members to AUSD Family

* First Annual AUSD Recruitment Fair on 3-1-18 * Annual Districtwide Classified Professional Development Day in

October (Keynote: Author Victor Villaseñor) * On-going Job Alike Training* CPR Training and Certification* Anti-Harassment Training* Mandated Reported Training* Forklift Training and Certification * Concluded Negotiations with ATA * Monthly meetings with CSEA* Fully staffed classrooms to start the school year* Fully staffed two new AFRC satellite campuses

Human Resources

* Cohort 3 (MLK, Frank Paul, Monte Bella, Loya) joined in June 2017* Cohort 1 Schools (Alisal, Chávez, Sánchez, Steinbeck) in 2015-16* Cohort 2 Schools (Bardin, Creekside, Fremont, VRB) in 2016-17

* Asked to present at CA LMI Conference* Hosted two CA LMI/CEC PD sessions for Bay Area Cohort districts

(will host 3rd session in May)* Steering Committee and CEC have visited with each school’s SLT* Restructured DLT composition to now include all schools and

central office divisions

Alisal Labor-Management Accord(ALMA)

* Applied to and successfully received SUMS Grant for Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Network & PD to help improve our capacity to meet needs of the whole child* 12-16 staff (cert., class, admin) attending 8-day PD series

* Successfully started a districtwide Dual Immersion program at Monte Bella with two K classes for the 2017/18 (each year it will expand to the next grade).

* Added two full-day Head Start programs (Frank Paul, Fremont) * Expanding professional development by systemizing Visible Learning

across all schools as well as increasing district-wide Impact training* First 5 Launched Year 1 of a new grant cycle with First 5 of Monterey

County which enhanced services offered to our 0-5 student and family population.

Key Initiatives

* Successfully transitioned from OARS (Red Schoolhouse Software) to Illuminate© as the district’s warehouse for data and information on all state and local assessments

* Successfully transitioning from CELDT to ELPAC February-May, 2018

* One-way/Developmental Bilingual Program Design at Frank Paul & Loya at K this year (each year one grade added)

Key Initiatives

* Bardin volunteered to be part of a MCOE grant-funded pilot Professional Learning Network to receive intensive support, planning & networking for schools that received a red score on the spring 2017 CA School Dashboard

* Alisal CS was recognized by Bright Futures for having standout scores in specific areas and making a positive impact in students’ lives

* Loya was recognized by MCOE for PBIS work, as was Bardin AP, Mr. Ulises Gonzalez

* Olweus Anti-Bullying program at Monte Bella* Steinbeck performance at Steinbeck Center* Monte Bella students represented at Student Film Festival

Schools at Work

* Just some of the efforts:* In collaboration with the county, hosted a “Know Your

Immigration Rights” Forum with CA Attorney and others on 4-10-17

* In collaboration with the city, hosted an Alisal Community Resource Fair on 11-5-17

* In collaboration with Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, hosted a free community flue clinic on 12-2-17; 450 folks served

Support for our Community

* Just some of the efforts:* Our Mobile Dental Clinic stationed at the Alisal FRC serves

over 1,000 (up to around 1,500) patients annually* Working with the Salinas Valley Memorial Health System

to provide us in the near future a Mobile Medical Clinic (estimated annual value of around $350,000

* Expansion of Family Resource Centers (3 total) and services to our families and community

Support for our Community

* City of Salinas* Salinas Police Department* Panetta Institute* Hartnell College* CSUMB, Naval Post

Graduate School* The First Tee of Monterey* Neighboring school

districts* Alisal Rotary

Fostering Partnerships

* Harmony at Home* County of Monterey,

Monterey County Health Department

* Building Healthy Communities

* United Way of Monterey* First 5 of Monterey

* Board adopted Safe Schools Resolution* Leadership receive 4-hr ALICE training in June 2017* 50 staff (classified, certificated, admin) will receive 2-day ALICE

trainer-of-trainers* The 4 Salinas area school district superintendents, hosted a

School Safety press conference at MCOE on 3-5-18 in response to state & national gun/school safety concerns & demonstrations. The Mayor, police, sheriff & fire departments participated.

* School safety plans updated and submitted to MCOE

Safety

* Total meals served daily: * Morning Breakfast: 1085* Second Breakfast: 3898* Lunch 8275* Snack 180 * Supper 1200* Total 14,638

* Fresh fruit and Vegetable Grant: Served three time per week at morning recess at 6 School sites.

* Student Wellness for the Whole Child, Phase II-Implementation at school site level by June 30

Student Nutrition

* Continuing to refine PBIS training at all sites, extending strategies based on Tier standing, and required supports

* Initiated implementation of Check-In/Check-Out (CICO) process at all sites

* Supported Virginia Rocca Barton, one of the four schools in the county participating in the Integrated Systems Framework, with initial implementation of Mindfulness strategies as part of their Tier 3 PBIS Action Plan.

* Increased scores on District Capacity Assessment based on implementation of PBIS

Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS)

* Completed the WestEd Special Education Study* WestEd & AUSD staff presented Study results to the Board at a Special

Board Study Session on 5-25-17, including identifying priorities of need for improvement

* Successfully providing IEP and instructional services and support for over 1000 students identified with disabilities

* Implemented several recommendations from WestEd, thus far, and continue to plan for additional recommendations

* Successfully transferred (“took back”) from MCOE two regional Life Skills classes at Fremont which serves mostly AUSD students, but also other districts

* Bardin’s SpEd ECE “Light it Up Blue" Day (RE: Autism) on 4-4-18

Special Education

* District Internet Bandwidth has been upgraded from 500MB to 1 Gig to the internet.

* 5 Schools, thus far, school have Wireless Access Points in each classroom and new switches that are Capable of 10 Gig bandwidth.

* District switched from Microsoft exchange to Gmail* New online enrollment process with support to parents,

including , Kiosk desks at each site

Education Technology & IT

* Roll-out of 1-1 devices continues* Rolling out districtwide 2nd-6th one-to-one digital device (approx.

2500 units)* K-1st one-to-one is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 2018

* Effectively elevating digital professional development to reach all staff via * 3rd Annual Alisal Tech Conference* K2CanToo (primary grade tech conference)* One-on-one EdTech coaching opportunities* Rodeo Alisal Online PD platform

Educational Technology & IT

* The ASES After School Program is at an all-time high in over a decade with 10 schools in 2017-2018 fully funded (as opposed to only 4 schools fully funded in 2013-2014; this resulted in increased revenue for the District that significantly reduced the need for LCAP contribution by $376,645 over the past 4years)

* Migrant Ed Spring MESA during spring break * Our NASA STEM Academy and Intro to Coder Dojo continues strong!* Launched our folklórico partnership with Tonatiuh Danzantes del Quinto

Sol at three sites (Sánchez, MLK and Monte Bella)* Our All-Star Drumline continues to gain recognition throughout the state

with increased performance opportunities* Our Sports program continues to provide athletic opportunities all school

year* Our Migrant Mariachi program has gotten off the ground!

Extended Learning/Sports

* Successful financing of 1st issuance of Measure M Bond financing of $37.9M closed on 5-2-17

* Secured a 3.6%, $10M, 20-yr loan for our energy efficiency projects (anticipate closing date of 5-4-18). The savings from the solar systems are calculated to more than pay (by $3.3M) for the total cost of the loan.

* Secured $300K grant from CHISPA for proposed new Early Learning Center; working with Partners to raise $3.6M-$4.3M

Show Me The Money!

* Increasing STRS/PERS costs, among other issues, put a strain on all districts’ base funding, however, due to our high unduplicated count for LCFF, we have a healthy LCFF Supplemental & Concentration budget

* Positive Certification by MCOE on each interim budget* Received an "A" in grading. For our recent audit (of 2016-17)

* Governor Brown approved fully funding "LCFF" in 2018/19 school year (two years early than had originally been planned)

* The district revenues are 107.8 Million or just over $12,200 per student.

Show Me The Money!

* New 2-story classroom building at Fremont; Open for beginning of2018/19 school year

* 2 new AFRCs (at Frank Paul and MLK); 9-22-17 Grand Opening* New District Office (155 Bardin Rd.); 4-16-18 Grand Opening* Plans for full renovation of Alisal CS & Fremont are underway* Plans for construction of solar panels at most district sites are

underway* Stakeholder input and fundraising for proposed Early Learning

Center is in progress

New Facilities

* Successfully online CDE Federal Program Monitoring review (only 3 NC items)

* Successful MCOE Williams reviews* Successful CDE Special Education Program review* Successful Fiscal Audit review

Meeting Compliance Requirements

* ALMA* New AUSD website* Twitter: @AlisalUSD, @SuptRico, #AlisalStrong, #AlisalFuerte* Facebook: @AlisalUnionSchoolDistrict* Soup’s Scoop Newsletter/Updates* Two teachers received KION Classroom Makeover Award* Alisal CS recognized by Bright Futures* Significant positive newspaper, T.V. News, and online coverage* Education Trust-West may include AUSD in study to document best practices in

districts demonstrating promising outcomes for students of color, low-income, & English Learners (based on our CA School Dashboard data)

* Recognition of years of service at Welcome Back Convocation* MCOE Teacher and Classified Staff of year recognition* Recognition of retirees at Board meetings* AEF Staff Recognition Dinner

Positivity, Trust, Recognition: Communication & PR

* Efficient & positive board meetings* Trustees-Supt. attendance:* CSBA Annual Conference* Masters in Governance Series* MCSBA Annual Dinner & Organizational Meeting* Monterey County Educational Leadership Summit

* Trustee participation in ALMA* Board adoption of Whole Child/MTSS, World-Class/Multilingual

Education, Safe Schools, & Adequate State Funding Resolutions

Board-Supt. Efficacy

…much more to come!

Thank you, Gracias, Merci, Xièxiè