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Widening
the Sphere of
  Success
  2020- 21
Widening the Sphere of Success 2020- 21 - BoardDocs
Widening the Sphere of Success
Our work is about widening the sphere of success by    Beginning with the
engineering equitable learning conditions for all     2020-21 school year,
students. We believe classrooms can be places of      we continue to refine
hope where teachers and students imagine the kind         and align our
of society we could live in and where educators           supports and
design meaningful and inclusive educational            resources to widen
experiences in order for students to be agents of         the sphere of
                                                            success.
change and make this hope a reality. In order to
achieve our work, we must continue to refine and
align our supports and resources.
Widening the Sphere of Success 2020- 21 - BoardDocs
“
    Special Education is a support to
    general education; however, we have
    consistently treated this support as a
    separate entity. Beginning with
    the 2020-21 school year, the
    Special Education Division
    will be integrated across
    departments.
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The comprehensive approach

 An Integrated
                                                         integrates supports provided to
                                                         students and schools across
                                                         departments.

 Support Model
Student impact:               Teacher Growth:
 ○   Serves the whole child    ○   Builds capacity
 ○   Enables student agency        through job-
 ○   Supports the diverse          embedded
     learning needs of all         coaching and PD
     learners                  ○   Calibrates services
                                   and supports
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Integrated Support Reporting Changes- All Means All

    ○   Integrated Youth Services
          i.   Mental Health Services
          ii. ADA and 504
    ○   Physical Education & Athletics                For the 2020-21 school year, we
          i. Adapted Physical Education               will be integrating the special
    ○   Area Superintendents (supported by A.         education division into
        Vinson)                                       departments.
          i. Riley
          ii. Marcy/New Dawn
          iii. Whittier
          iv. TRACE
    ○   Leadership & Learning
          i. High School Support and Adult learning
               (A. Vinson)
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School level change- NPS Student IEP
Oversight and Support
Schools will collaborate with the NPS     How will NPS consultation affect the school
department to provide IEP oversight to    site?
students enrolled in NPS program.            ● Teachers may have 1-2 students
                                                annually and each requires
This will help to integrate the school          approximately 10 hours per student.
teams and the non-public teams.              ● The schools with the highest number of
  1.  Support services being provided in        students attending NPS are TRACE and
      NPS to address the diverse need to        Henry High School. Henry has 12 ed
      our students                              specialists and 9 students attending NPS.
  2. Alignment of services when they            This means each Ed Specialist would
      transition between NPS and home           have 0-1 students IEPs to oversee per
      schools.                                  year.
  3. Partnership with families of            ●  Currently 67 schools do not have anyone
      students that are in our community.       at their school attending a NPS.
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School level change- School
Psychologists

   Site administrators will directly support
   School Psychologists; this will allow these
   staff members to be an integral member of
   the site.
   They will be able to work in alignment with
   expectations with the school’s mission and
   can coordinate the access to supports for
   students.
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How this integration supports
your school

   Each area superintendent will be collaborating with an
   integrated team that includes a program manager,
   instructional coordinators and teams of Behavior Support
   Specialists and Special Education Behavior Technicians
   who will assist school teams to pinpoint the root causes of
   site specific situations and provide the necessary
   supports.
Leadership and Learning
Special Education
Division
  Sarah Ott                  Executive
  Director (m/s)
  Ed Baisley                 Director, SELPA
  Kristin Makena    Low Incidence, OT/PT, SLP,

            Infant/Toddler
                                      Psych
  support
  Kim Shapazian     Compliance, STARS, NPS,
                                    PPPSS
New Early Childhood Education Legislation
     Building Continuity Across The
       Early Learning Continuum

    Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year,
    the district is authorized to comingle and
    enroll four year old students, at selected
    elementary sites, within the TK classrooms
    to include, but not limited to, students who
    previously attended Pre-K for All preschool
    classrooms.
●   Adams Elementary              ●   Hawthorne Elementary
●   Alcott Elementary             ●   Horton Elementary         ●    Rolando Park Elementary
●   Audubon K-8                   ●   Ibarra Elementary         ●    Rosa Parks Elementary
●   Baker Elementary              ●   Jefferson Elementary      ●    Rowan Elementary
●   Balboa Elementary             ●   Johnson Elementary        ●    Sherman Elementary
●   Burbank Elementary            ●   Joyner Elementary         ●    Toler Elementary
●   Cabrillo Elementary           ●   Kimbrough Elementary      ●    Valencia Park Elementary
●   Carson Elementary             ●   Linda Vista Elementary    ●    Walker Elementary
●   Chavez Elementary             ●   Lindbergh/Schweitzer      ●    Washington Elementary
●   Cherokee Point Elementary         Elem                      ●    Webster Elementary
●   Chollas/ Mead Elementary      ●   Marshall Elementary       ●    Whitman Elementary
●   Crown Point Elementary        ●   Mason Elementary          ●    Wegeforth Elementary
●   Edison Elementary             ●   Normal Heights
●   Emerson/ Bandini Elementary       Elementary
    Encanto Elementary            ●   Oak Park Elementary       ●    Central Elementary (2)
●   Ericson Elementary            ●   Ocean Beach               ●    Garfield High
●   Euclid Elementary                 Elementary                ●    Twain High
●   Fay Elementary                ●   Pacific View Leadership   ●    Logan Memorial Education
●   Field Elementary                  Elem                           Campus
●   Fletcher Elementary           ●   Paradise Hills
●   Florence Elementary               Elementary
●   Fulton K-8                    ●   Perkins K-8                   Early Learning 2020-2021
●   Garfield Elementary           ●   Porter Elementary
●   Golden Hill K-8               ●   Rodriguez Elementary
●   Hamilton Elementary
Early Learning
Program Locations
How were Early Learning program locations selected for                         Link to the Early
the 2020-2021 school year?                                                     Learning Program
 1. Existing preschool program with 3 year old children                        Locations for the
    projected to promote into 4/TK program                                     2020-2021 school
 2. Analysis of past enrollment data
 3. High percentage of students who are income eligible
                                                                               year
 4. Facility space to support continuum of services
 5. Schools eligible under the Community Eligibility
    Provision (defined as a public elementary school where at least
      80% of the enrolled students are eligible for the free & reduced-price
      meal program)
Three-year old
                                                       Blended & ECSE Locations*:
                                                          1.  Adams Elementary
                                                          2.  Alcott Elementary
                                                          3.  Cabrillo Elementary

programs
                                                          4.  Cherokee Point Elementary
                                                          5.  Chollas Mead Elementary
                                                          6.  Emerson Bandini Elementary
                                                          7.  Johnson Elementary
                                                          8.  Kimbrough Elementary
                                                          9.  Lindbergh/ Schweitzer
         Pre K for All preschool programs will            10. Linda Vista Elementary
         continue to enroll three-year old children       11. Oak Park Elementary
                                                          12. Paradise Hills Elementary
         at selected sites in am/pm part-day              13. Porter Elementary
         blended settings.                                14. Rosa Parks Elementary
                                                          15. Sherman Elementary
                                                          16. Walker Elementary
                                                          17. Webster Elementary
         Sites identified for the part day preschool
         programs will also house multiple ECSE        *There is more than one classroom
                                                       located at the 17 blended and/ or
         mod/severe separate settings for our          ECSE locations listed above. Students
         earliest learners to ensure inclusion and     with moderate to severe disabilities
         offer a continuum of support, as              currently served in separate settings
                                                       in this age group will be served at
         appropriate.                                  these ECSE locations.
Four- year old TK
                                                This means our earliest
        ○   Four year old students will be      learners will benefit from
            eligible to be enrolled in our TK   the knowledge and skills of
            classrooms at identified sites.     a fully credentialed
        ○   Improved opportunity for            teacher and an early
            children to work with highly
                                                learning specialist (ECE
            qualified staff.
                                                teacher).
How schools benefit
                                           This creates an
                                        Interdependent Early
○ Alignment to School Calendar & Bell
                                         Learning System to
  Schedule                                 ensure positive
○ Minimum Day to Allow for Strong         outcomes for the
  Collaboration                              whole child
○ Credentialed Teacher
○ Minimized Compliance Paperwork
○ Site-Based Enrollment
○ Robust Data Sharing
○ Full Day Program
○ Maximized Expertise
The Early Learning
Continuum
○   Families whose children begin as 3 year olds would have
    access up to 3 years of high quality programs on an early
    learning continuum before entering kindergarten.
○   Parents in our school communities may enroll their children in
    a free, full day educational program taught by a fully
    credentialed teacher, with additional experience in early
    childhood education, aligned to the school’s schedule and
    calendar.
○   Expert early learning staff will be assigned to these schools to
    support instructional learning, continuous improvement, and
    collaborative partnerships to impact positive student
    outcomes.
Early Learning
Instructional Staff                                                                          Research shows students
                                                                                             with disabilities educated
                                                                                             in general education
ECSE Mod/Sev            Blended -           TK/ Co-mingled                Traditional TK/K
                                                                                             classrooms do better
(separate setting)      Preschool for All   4/TK staffing*                staffing*
                                                                                             academically and
1- ECSE Teacher         1- ECSE Teacher     1- Multiple Subject           1- Multiple        socially compared to
                                            Teacher                       Subject Teacher    students in non-inclusion
2- SETs (minimum        1- ECE Teacher
depending on                                1- ECE Teacher                                   settings regardless of
                        2- Child Dev.
student need)                                                                                type of disability or grade
                        Center Attendants
                                             * Education Specialists and paraeducator        level.
Note: CDCs will close
                        2- SETs              support will be assigned depending on           (Villa, Thousand)
                                             student need
6.30.2020
Training &
Professional Development

                   Preschool & TK Classroom Staff
 ○   Paid summer professional development opportunities for teachers
     and paraeducators focused on co-teaching models and teaming.
 ○   Throughout the school year, ongoing professional development
     during minimum days at school sites and monthly release days for
     part day blended classrooms.
 ○   Continuous principal coaching for early learning instructional
     strategies and compliance items.
 ○   Compliance training for credentialed TK teachers per Education
     Code 48000(g).
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