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HANDBOOK 2015
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HANDBOOK 2015
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CISC General Information .............................................................................................. 3 • CISC Mission Statement, Purpose, and Goals ………………………………. 4 • CISC Executive Committee, Regional Leads, Liaisons, Subcommittees
and Rapid Response Teams ……………………………………………………5 CISC Operations ............................................................................................................. 6
• CISC Executive Committee Members, Conference Schedule, and Meeting Dates ………………………………………………………………….. 7
• CISC Regional Lead and Liaisons ……………..………………………..…… 8 • CISC Subcommittee Leads, Co-Lead and Conference Call Schedule …… 9 • CISC General Membership Meeting Schedule ………………………….…. 10 • CISC Membership Roster …………………………………………………….. 11 • CISC Rapid Response Team (RRT) Protocol ……………………………… 15 • CISC Bylaws …………………………………………………………………… 16
CCSESA General Information ........................................................................................ 21
• About the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) ……………………………………………………….. 22
• CCSESA Organization Chart ………………………………………………… 23 • California Educational Services Regions …………………………………… 24
CCSESA Operations ………………………………………………………………………….. 25
• CCSESA Board of Directors 2015, Region Chairs, Standing Chairs and Steering Committee Chairs ……………………………………………... 26
• CCSESA 2015 Calendar of Meetings ………………………………………. 31 • County Superintendents 2015 ……………………………………….………. 32 • CCSESA Classification of Counties ………………………………………… 35 • CCSESA Steering Committees- CISC, BASC, PASSCO, SPSSC
and TTSC ……………………………………………………………………… 37 • CCSESA 2015 Steering Committee Meeting Schedule ………………….. 43 • Using the CCSESA Website ………………………………………………… 44
CCSESA Protocols ......................................................................................................... 45
• CCSESA Leadership Focus …………………………………………………. 46 I. Service Delivery Protocol …………………………………………………. 48 II. Funding Opportunities Protocol ………………………………………….. 51 III.State and Federal Legislative Committee Protocol …………………….. 52
• Advocacy Protocol ………………………………………………. 54 IV.Steering Committee Protocol …………………………………………….. 56 V. Protocol for Reviewing Business Partnerships ………………………… 59 VI.Protocol for Business Partnerships between CCSESA and COEs …... 60
Appendix ......................................................................................................................... 62
• History of the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee ................ 63 • History of CISC Chairpersons ……………………………………………..... 109
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General Information CISC
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MISSION
Through the recognized regional structure of the County Offices of Education (COE), the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee (CISC) initiates and promotes collaborative leadership with school districts, the California Department of Education (CDE), State Board of Education (SBE), Governor’s Office, and other partners to ensure high quality programs, practices, and services that support sustainable and improved success for all students. CORE PURPOSE
Strengthen county office of education service and leadership capacity to improve and sustain academic achievement for all students, to prepare them with the capacities and skills required for 21st century citizenship, and to close the existing achievement gap. GOALS
The goals of the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee (CISC) are to provide leadership and high quality services to school districts by: 1. Supporting academic achievement and program improvement, with a focus on closing the
achievement gap: Strengthen county office of education capacity to support districts, schools, and county programs in fully implementing Common Core State Standards and preparing for SBAC assessments in order to improve student achievement, with particular focus on underserved student populations, English learners, early learning, and college and career readiness.
2. Developing collaborative leadership approaches that are future-focused, and responsive to
changing conditions: Take steps to build strong working relationships with CDE and state leaders, with CCSESA Steering Committees, COE superintendents, and leaders in districts; seek collaborative approaches that support districts in their improvement efforts while continually building CISC's internal leadership capacity.
3. Addressing national initiatives: Provide leadership that supports California in developing and
implementing plans to address federal initiatives, including Common Core Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and ESEA reauthorization.
4. Providing leadership for California initiatives impacting instruction and student achievement: Work
in collaboration with other key stakeholders and CCSESA steering committees to provide leadership in the areas of key statewide initiatives such as implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula, Local Control Accountability Plans, the Quality Schooling Framework, and other statewide initiatives.
5. Providing leadership for technology-based curriculum and instruction approaches: Work in
coordination with other key stakeholders and CCSESA steering committees to provide leadership in areas related to technology and innovation including virtual schools and courses, online professional development resources and tools, electronic textbooks, and other technology-based areas that influence teaching and learning.
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CISC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, REGIONAL LEADS, LIAISONS, SUBCOMMITTEES, AND RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS
In order to assure accomplishment of the CISC mission, purpose, and goals, CISC Chairs, Officers, and Executive Committee provide guidance for overall activities of CISC, and work with CISC Regional Leads, Liaisons, Subcommittees, and Rapid Response Teams.
Chair, Officers, and Executive Committee The CISC Chair, working with the Executive Committee, is responsible for general supervision and direction for CISC. CISC officers are the Chair, Chair Elect, Past Chair, and Treasurer. The CISC Executive Committee meets regularly to provide guidance and direction for CISC work and operations. Regional Leads Regional Leads are selected annually by the eleven regions. Regional Leads are responsible for facilitating communication, information distribution, accomplishment of CISC tasks or responsibilities within the region, and for notifying the CISC Chair of any changes in COE representatives to CISC. Liaisons Liaisons represent CISC with various agencies, organizations, and programs. Liaisons are responsible for identifying current trends, activities, and materials in key areas, recommending guests for presentations or discussions at CISC, and for providing an electronic report for each of the CISC meetings. Subcommittees Subcommittees address curriculum and instruction, professional development, accountability, and other areas directly related to CISC goals. Subcommittee Leads and Co-leads work with the regional representatives to the subcommittees appointed by each region. Subcommittee Leads are responsible for providing direction for subcommittee work; assuring that regional representatives sign a sign-in sheet for every meeting; keeping minutes for each subcommittee meeting; preparing an electronic report for each of the CISC meetings; preparing and submitting a budget consistent with guidance and parameters set by the Executive Committee; and for seeking approaches that reduce travel and meeting expense. Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) Rapid Response Teams (RRT) are ad hoc work groups called to action in response to immediate needs that require a response or plan of action within a short time. Issues addressed by RRTs have fiscal, programmatic, and/or service implications for COEs. RRT Leads are responsible for developing an action plan to address an immediate issue within a specified timeframe.
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CISC Operations
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2015 CISC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chair: Valerie Chrisman, Ventura County Office of Education Chair-Elect: Kitty Catania, Fresno County Office of Education Past Chair: Gary Waddell, San Mateo County Office of Education Treasurer: Diana Asseier, Riverside County Office of Education At-Large: Shirley Diaz, Glenn County Office of Education At-Large: Mickey Porter, Sonoma County Office of Education At-Large: Renee Regacho-Anaclerio, Placer County Office of Education At-Large: Raynette Sanchez, Los Angeles County Office of Education At-Large: Sue Stickel, Sacramento County Office of Education Leadership Symposium Lead 2015: Mickey Porter, Sonoma County Office of Education Leadership Symposium Lead 2016: Angelica Ramsey, Santa Clara County Office of Education CCSESA Executive Director: Peter Birdsall, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association CCSESA Policy Director of Educational Services: Efrain Mercado CDE Representative: Keric Ashley, California Department of Education CDE Representative: Lupita Cortez-Alcala, California Department of Education
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONFERENCE CALL SCHEDULE Executive Committee conference calls are scheduled from 2:00 – 4:00 PM on the first Wednesday of each month unless otherwise indicated*.
January 7, 2015 July 1, 2015 February 4, 2015 August 5, 2015 March 4, 2015 September 9, 2015* April 1, 2015 October 7, 2015 May 6, 2015 November 4, 2015 June 3, 2015 December 2, 2015
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING DATES The Executive Committee will meet from 5:00 – 7:00 PM on Wednesday evening prior to CISC meetings. January 21, 2015 September 16, 2015 March 18, 2015 November 18, 2015 May 13, 2015
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2015 CISC Regional Leads
Lead Region County Office Email
Paul Joens-Poulton 1 Mendocino [email protected]
Susan Hukkanen 2 Butte [email protected]
Shirley Diaz 2 Glenn [email protected]
Bobbi Abold 3 Yuba [email protected]
Raquel Rose 4 Marin [email protected]
Lisette Estrella-Henderson 4 Solano [email protected]
Angelica Ramsey 5 Santa Clara [email protected] Rick Bartkowski 6 Stanislaus [email protected]
Kathy Pon 7 Merced [email protected]
Lisa Gilbert 8 Kern [email protected]
Jean Madden-Cazares 9 Orange [email protected] Tammy Bennett-Nguyen 10 Mono [email protected] Raynette Sanchez 11 Los Angeles [email protected]
2015 CISC Liaisons
Liaison Name Region County Email
After School Dorothy Griffin 3 Sutter [email protected]
Business Partnerships (CISC Liaison to CCSESA) Kitty Catania 7 Fresno [email protected]
Charter Schools Ed Manansala 3 El Dorado [email protected]
Distinguished Schools Mary Anne James 5 Santa Cruz [email protected]
Language Policy Angelica Ramsey 5 Santa Clara [email protected]
Legislative Committee (CISC Liaison to CCSESA) Gary Waddell 4 San
Mateo [email protected]
RSDSS Cyndy Dolph 7 Madera [email protected]
RSDSS Renee Regacho-Anaclerio 3 Lake [email protected]
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Subcommittee conference calls are scheduled from 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month unless otherwise indicated*. January 7, 2015 July 1, 2015 February 4, 2015 August 5, 2015 March 4, 2015 September 9, 2015* April 1, 2015 October 7, 2015 May 6, 2015 November 4, 2015 June 3, 2015 December 2, 2015
2015 CISC Subcommittee Leads, Co-Leads
Subcommittee Name Lead Co-Lead Region County Email
Accountability Sue Stickel X 3 Sacramento [email protected] Career Technical Ronda Adams X 3 Yolo [email protected] History
Ed Manansala X 3 El Dorado [email protected] Jean Madden-Cazares X 9 San Diego [email protected]
Leadership Judy Flores X 2 Shasta [email protected] Susan Hukkanen X 2 Butte [email protected]
Mathematics Rick Bartkowski X 6 Stanislaus [email protected]
Ellen Barger X 8 Santa Barbara [email protected]
Digital Learning Shirley Diaz X 2 Glenn [email protected] Jon Corippo X 7 Mariposa [email protected]
RAN Beth Higbee X 10 San
Bernardino [email protected]
Kathi Felder X 7 Kings [email protected]
ELA/ELD Raynette Sanchez X 11 Los Angeles [email protected] Patti Thurman X 2 Lassen [email protected]
School Readiness
Angelica Ramsey X 5 Santa Clara [email protected] Natalie Woods Andrews & Nancy Herota
X 3 Sacramento [email protected] [email protected]
Science Jane Steinkamp X 6 San Joaquin [email protected] Kathy Pon X 7 Merced [email protected]
Teacher Development
Mark Vigario X 3 Sacramento [email protected] Tammy-Bennett- Nguyen X 10 Mono [email protected]
VAPA Kitty Catania X 7 Fresno [email protected]
Pam Ables X 8 San Luis Obispo [email protected]
CISC Symposium 2015 Mickey Porter X 1 Sonoma [email protected]
CISC Symposium 2016 Angelica Ramsey X 5 Santa Clara [email protected]
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2015 CISC General Membership
Meeting Dates
Sacramento County Office of Education 10474 Mather Boulevard, Mather, CA
Meeting Dates Meeting Location
January 22 and 23, 2015 CISC General Membership Meeting
February 11-13, 2015 Leadership Symposium Hyatt Regency, Garden Grove
March 19-20, 2015 CISC General Membership Meeting
May 14 and 15, 2015 May 14 – CISC/CDE Joint Meeting
May 15 – CISC General Membership Meeting
September 17 and 18, 2015 CISC General Membership Meeting
November 19 and 20, 2015 November 19 – CISC/CDE Joint Meeting
November 20 – CISC General Membership Meeting
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2015 CISC Membership Roster
CISC Executive Roster Name Region Position County Phone Fax Address City/State/Zip Email
Valerie Chrisman 08 Chair Ventura 805-383-1903 805-964-2641 5100 Adolfo Road Ventura, CA 93012 [email protected]
Kitty Catania *07 Chair-Elect Fresno 559.265.3070 559.265.3056 1111 Van Ness Ave. Fresno, CA 93721 [email protected]
Gary Waddell 04 Chair-Past San Mateo 650-802-5310 650-802-5322 101 Twin Dolphin Dr. Redwood City, CA 94065 [email protected]
Judy Flores 02 Executive-At-Large Shasta 530-225-0211 530-225-0216 1644 Magnolia Ave. Redding, CA 96001 [email protected]
Diana Asseier 10 Treasurer Riverside 951-826-6648 915-826-6199 3939 13th Street PO Box 868 Riverside, CA 92502 [email protected]
Mickey Porter 01 Leadership Symposium – Lead 2015 Exec. at Large Sonoma 707-524-2786 707-758-0483 5340 Skylane Blvd. Santa Rosa, CA 95403 [email protected]
Angelica Ramsey 05 Leadership Symposium – Lead 2016 Santa Clara 408-453-6508 408-453-3668 1290 Ridder Park Dr. San Jose, CA 95131 [email protected]
Shirley Diaz 02 Northeastern Glenn 530-865-1267 Ext. 2100 530-934-6576 676 E. Walker Street Orland, CA 95963 [email protected]
Renee Regacho-Anaclerio 03 Capital Placer 530-889-5940 530-745-1415 360 Nevada Street Auburn, CA 95603-3720 [email protected]
Raynette Sanchez 11 Executive-At-Large Los Angeles 562-922-6319 562-922-6291 9300 Imperial Hwy, Ed Center West Downey, CA 90242 [email protected]
Sue Stickel 03 Executive-At-Large Sacramento 916-228-2633 916-228-2403 10474 Mather Blvd. PO Box 269003 Sacramento, CA 95826 [email protected]
Peter Birdsall CCSESA Exec. Director Sacramento 916-446-3095 916-448-7801 1121 L Street, St. 510 Sacramento, CA 95814 [email protected]
Efrain Mercado CCSESA Director Sacramento 916-446-3095 916-448-7801 1121 L Street, St. 510 Sacramento, CA 95814 [email protected]
Lupita Alcala CDE Deputy Superintendent Sacramento 916-319-0700 916-319 1430 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814 [email protected]
Keric Ashley CDE Interim Deputy Superintendent Sacramento 916-319-0812 916-319-0109 1430 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814 [email protected]
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CISC General Membership Roster Name Region Region
Area County Phone Fax Address City/State/Zip Email
Steve Godla 01 North Coast Del Norte 707-464-0203 925-464-0221 301 W. Washington Blvd. Crescent City, CA 95531 [email protected]
Jon Sapper 01 North Coast Humboldt 707-445-7166 707-445-7143 901 Myrtle Ave. Eureka, CA 95501 [email protected]
Tim Gill 01 North Coast Lake 707-262-4152 707-263-0197 1152 So. Main Lakeport, CA 95453-5517 [email protected]
Paul Joens-Poulton *01 North Coast Mendocino 707-467-5102 707-467-6020 2240 Old River Road Ukiah, CA 95482 [email protected]
Susan Hukkanen *02 Northeastern Butte 530-532-5789 530-532-5762 1859 Bird Street Oroville, CA 95965 [email protected]
Patti Thurman 02 Northeastern Lassen 530-257-7214 530-257-2518 472-013 Johnstonville Rd-North Susanville, CA 96130 [email protected]
Mike Martin 02 Northeastern Modoc 530-233-7127 530-233-5531 139 Henderson Alturas, CA 96101 [email protected]
Ed Thompson 02 Northeastern Plumas 530-283-6500 530-283-6509 50 Church Street Quincy, CA 95971 [email protected]
Martie Hagarty 02 Northeastern Siskiyou 530-842-8415 530-842-8436 609 Gold Street Yreka, CA 96097 [email protected]
Rich DuVarney 02 Northeastern Tehama 530-528-7341 530-529-4120 1135 Lincoln Street P.O. Box 689 Red Bluff, CA 96080 [email protected]
Sarah Supahan 02 Northeastern Trinity 530-623-2861 530-623-4489 201 Memorial Drive, PO Box 1256 Weaverville, CA 96093 [email protected]
Patrick Traynor 03 Capital Alpine 530-694-2230 530-694-2379 43 Hawkside Drive Markleeville, CA 96120 [email protected]
Mike West 03 Capital Colusa 530-473-1350 530-473-1343 101 Marguerite St., Ste. B Williams, CA 95987 [email protected]
Ed Manansala 03 Capital El Dorado 530-295-2271 530-621-2543 6767 Green Valley Rd. Placerville, CA 95667 [email protected]
Shar Johns 03 Capital Nevada 530-478-6400 Ext. 205 112 Nevada City Highway Nevada City, CA 95959 [email protected]
Mark Vigario 03 Capital Sacramento 916-228-2672 916-228-2403 10474 Mather Blvd. PO Box 269003 Sacramento, CA 95826 [email protected]
Dorothy Griffin 03 Capital Sutter 530-822-2933 530-822-3085 970 Klamath Lane Yuba City, CA 95993 [email protected]
Ronda Adams 03 Capital Yolo 530-668-3754 530-668-3850 1280 Santa Anita Ct., #100 Woodland, CA 95776-6127 [email protected]
Bobbi Abold *03 Capital Yuba 530-749-4872 530-741-6500 935 14th Street Marysville, CA 95901 [email protected]
Ingrid Roberson 04 Bay Area Alameda 510-670-4244 510-670-4208 313 W. Winton Ave. Hayward, CA 94544 [email protected]
Pamela Comfort 04 Bay Area Contra Costa 925-942-3358 925-942-5319 77 Santa Barbara Rd. Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 [email protected]
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CISC General Membership Roster Name Region Region
Area County Phone Fax Address City/State/Zip Email
Raquel Rose *04 Bay Area Marin 415-499-5891 415-491-6621 1111 Las Gallinas Avenue San Rafael, CA 94903 [email protected]
Jan Sabo 04 Bay Area Napa 707-253-6971 707-259-5918 2121 Imola Avenue Napa, CA 94559 [email protected]
Luis Valentino 04 Bay Area San Francisco 415-379-7798 Ext. 1198 415-750-8686 750 25th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94121 [email protected]
Lisette Estrella-Henderson *04 Bay Area Solano 707-399-4432 707-863-4174 5100 Business Center
Drive Fairfield, CA 94534 [email protected]
Paula Motley 05 South Bay Monterey 831-755-0388 831-755-0367 901 Blanco Circle Salinas, CA 93912 [email protected]
Christopher Rizzuto 05 South Bay San Benito 831-637-5393 Ext. 129 831-637-0140 460 Fifth Street Hollister, CA 95023 [email protected]
Mary Anne James 05 South Bay Santa Cruz 831-466-5890 831-466-5846 400 Encinal Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 [email protected]
Elizabeth Chapin-Pinotti 06 Delta Sierra Amador 209-223-1750 209-257-5360 217 Rex Avenue Jackson, CA 95642 [email protected]
Kathy Northington 06 Delta Sierra Calaveras 209-736-6008 209-736-2138 185 South Main St. PO Box 760 Angels Camp, CA 95221 [email protected]
Jane Steinkamp 06 Delta Sierra San Joaquin 209-468-9027 209-468-9232 2707 Transworld Dr. PO Box 213030 Stockton, CA 95213 [email protected]
Rick Bartkowski *06 Delta Sierra Stanislaus 209-238-1331 209-238-4236 1100 H Street Modesto, CA 95350 [email protected] Cathy Parker 06 Delta Sierra Tuolumne 209-536-2073 209-536-1391 175 South Fairview Lane Sonora, CA 95370-4809 [email protected]
Kathi Felder 07 Central Valley Kings 559-589-7046 559-589-7006 876 E. D Street Lemoore, CA 93245 [email protected]
Cyndy Dolph 07 Central Valley Madera 559-662-3871 559-673-5569 1105 S. Madera Ave. Madera, CA 93637 [email protected]
Jon Corippo 07 Central Valley Mariposa 209-742-0215 209-966-4549 PO Box 8 Mariposa, CA 95338 [email protected]
Kathy Pon *07 Central Valley Merced 209-381-6634 209-381-6773 632 W. 13th Street Merced, CA 95341 [email protected]
Charlene Stringham 07 Central Valley Tulare 559-651-3031 559-651-0571 7000 Doe Ave., Ste. A Visalia, CA 93291 [email protected]
Lisa Gilbert *08 Costa Del Sur Kern 661-636-4631 661-636-4135 1300 17th Street Bakersfield, CA 93301-4533 [email protected]
Pam Ables 08 Costa Del Sur San Luis Obispo 805-782-7260 805-594-0739 3350 Education Drive San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 [email protected]
Ellen Barger 08 Costa Del Sur Santa Barbara 805-964-4710 Ext. 5066 805-964-2641 4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd.
PO Box 6307 Santa Barbara, CA 93160 [email protected]
Elena Castro 09 Southern Imperial 760-312-6433 760-573-2664 1398 Sperber Rd. El Centro, CA 92243 [email protected]
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CISC General Membership Roster Name Region Region
Area County Phone Fax Address City/State/Zip Email
Christine Olmstead *09 Southern Orange 714-966-4448 714-662-3148 200 Kalmus Dr. PO Box 9050 Costa Mesa, CA 92628 [email protected]
Jean Madden-Cazares 09 Southern San Diego 858-569-5446 6401 Linda Vista Rd. San Diego, CA 92111 [email protected]
Beth Higbee 10 RIMS San Bernardino
909-386-2600 909-386-2996 601 North E Street San Bernardino, CA 92410 [email protected]
Pamela Jones 10 RIMS Inyo 760-873-3262 Ext. 406 760-873-3324 166 Grandview Dr. Bishop, CA 93514 [email protected]
Tammy Bennett-Nguyen *10 RIMS Mono 760-934-0031 Ext. 104 760-934-1443 451 Sierra Park Road
PO Box 130 Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 [email protected]
Yolanda Benitez 11 Los Angeles Los Angeles 562-922-6129 562-922-6678 9300 Imperial Hwy. Downey, CA 90242 [email protected]
Sacramento & Ventura Staff Support Name Region County Phone Fax Address City/State/Zip Email Lisa Bork Administrative Assistant Ventura 805-383-1904 805-383-1908 5189 Verdugo Way Camarillo, CA 93012 [email protected]
Parrish Chavez Tech Assistant Sacramento 916-228-2574 10474 Mather Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95826 [email protected]
* Indicates Regional Lead 63 Members • 57 Counties Participating
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CISC Rapid Response Team (RRT) Protocol
What is the CISC RRT? The CISC RRT is a small, nimble, ad hoc team of specially selected CISC members who develop a fast action response plan of action within a short timeframe. How are RRT action issues identified? An RRT issue must have at least fiscal, programmatic, and/or significant service implications for COEs. RRT issues are directed to the CISC Chair. They may come from and are not limited to the CDE, CCSESA, CISC, SBE, the Governor, or USDE. Who identifies RRT members? The RRT members (3-5 members) are identified by the CISC Chair, Chair Elect, and Past Chair and based on the specific issue and the required knowledge and experience needed to address the issue. The RRT members identify the RRT Lead. What does the CISC RRT do? The RRT develops, within a specified timeframe, an action plan to address an immediate issue. The plan is given to the CISC Chair who reviews it with the Chair Elect and Past Chair. It is then reviewed by the CISC Executive Committee and disseminated to CISC members.
Critical Issue, Initiative, Program Identified by CISC Chair
CISC Chair, Chair Elect, Past Chair Identify Ad Hoc RRT Members
Ad Hoc CISC RRT Formed is Convened (3-5 Members)
Plan of Action is Developed
CISC Chair, Chair Elect, Past Chair Review Plan of Action
CISC Executive Committee Review Plan of Action
Plan of Action Disseminated to CISC Membership
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THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION STEERING COMMITTEE A Committee of the
California County Superintendents Educational Services Association
BYLAWS ARTICLE 1: Committee Name, Purpose and Mission
A. Committee Name Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee
B. Purpose Strengthen County Office of Education (COE) service and leadership capacity to improve and
sustain the academic achievement for all students, to prepare them with the capacities and skills required for 21st century citizenship, and to close the existing achievement gap.
C. Mission Through the recognized regional structure of the California County Superintendents Educational
Services Association (CCSESA), the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee (CISC) initiates and promotes collaborative leadership with school districts, the California Department of Education (CDE), State Board of Education (SBE), Governor’s Office, and other partners to ensure high quality programs, practices, and services that support sustainable and improved success for all students.
ARTICLE 2: Officers
A. Officers 1. CISC officers shall include: Chair, Chair Elect, Past Chair, and Treasurer (The Chair shall
be appointed in accordance with the CCSESA Bylaws (Article IX, Section 3). 2. The Treasurer shall be nominated by the Executive Committee and shall be presented to
the CCSESA Board of Directors for approval and given authority to manage the finances of the Committee in accordance with the CCSESA protocols. All terms are for one calendar year except the Treasurer who shall serve a two-year term.
B. Officer Responsibilities 1. The Chair shall be the Chief Executive Officer of CISC, and shall, subject to the control of
CISC, provide general supervision, direction, and control of the business and officers of CISC. a. The Chair shall preside at all CISC meetings. The Chair shall be an ex-officio member
of all standing committees, if any, and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of an organization and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the CISC or the CCSESA Bylaws.
b. The Chair shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all CISC meetings. c. The Chair shall serve as secretary and maintain records in accordance with these and
the CCSESA Bylaws. These records shall be kept on file by the Chair and retained as records of the Association for a period of at least four (4) years. The Chair shall appoint a committee, to be chaired by the Treasurer, to study and recommend a budget to CISC membership and to the CCSESA Board of Directors. The budget should include the cost of carrying out secretarial responsibilities, postage, telephone and other necessary costs accrued by the Chair.
Approved December 6, 2010 by the CCSESA Board of Directors
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d. The Chair shall annually direct a revision of the CISC Handbook. Planned revisions will be shared with the CISC membership at their November meeting (see Article 10).
e. The Chair will prepare a written report of the major activities and achievements of CISC during the year. This report will be submitted to the Executive Committee for review.
f. No later than December of each year, the Chair Elect shall appoint subcommittee chairs, liaisons and representatives to other CCSESA Steering Committees and CCSESA Standing Committees. The Executive Committee shall approve these appointments. Each subcommittee chair, liaison or committee representatives will serve for the next calendar year.
g. The Chair shall be responsible for monitoring the operations of each subcommittee. 2. The Chair Elect shall fulfill all duties and responsibilities of the Chair in the event the Chair
is not able to fulfill those duties and responsibilities. The Chair Elect shall support the subcommittee appointed by the Executive Committee to plan the annual Leadership Symposium.
3. A Past Chair shall serve as a member of CISC for a minimum of two years after the year he/she served as Chair.
4. The Treasurer shall: maintain accurate records of income and expenditures of the Committee; present financial reports at each CISC meeting for approval by the membership; and approve and process financial transactions related to the CISC and related subcommittees in accordance with CCSESA Steering Committee protocols.
C. Executive Committee 1. Membership
a. Members of the CISC Executive Committee will be: the Chair, the Chair Elect, Past Chair, Treasurer, President of CCSESA Board of Directors or his/her CCSESA staff representative, the CDE representative to CISC (non-voting member), the Leadership Symposium Subcommittee Lead, and five to seven At-large members as appointed by the CISC Chair, Chair Elect, and Past Chair. The five to seven At-large members shall include representation from northern, central, and southern areas of the state, and CISC members chosen for their background in work with initiatives related to CISC goals. At-large members serve a two-year term. During a year in which a two-year Treasurer term concludes at the end of a fiscal year, a treasurer shall be nominated by the Chair, and, upon confirmation by the CCSESA Board of Directors, shall serve as Treasurer Elect on the Executive Committee until taking office July 1. The outgoing Treasurer shall continue to serve on the Executive Committee from July 1 until December 31 to ensure a smooth transition of duties.
2. Executive Committee Responsibilities a. The Executive Committee will serve and function in an advisory capacity to the CISC
Chair and meet as requested by the CISC Chair. Typically this is a monthly conference call and a meeting before the regularly scheduled CISC meetings. The Chair serves as a member of the CCSESA Board of Directors and is responsible for assuring efficient planning and operations.
b. The Executive Committee shall serve as the nominating committee for the CISC Chair Elect and the CCSESA “Star Award.”
c. The Executive Committee shall serve as the decision-making entity on any Requests for Proposals or Request for Applications that are released by the Committee. The Executive Committee shall present its recommendation to the CCSESA Board of Directors for approval.
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3. Nomination of Chair
a. The Past Chair shall serve as the chairperson of the nominating committee. At the May Executive Committee the Past Chair should request nominations. This selection should be based on rotating the Chair between the North, Central, and Southern service regions of CCSESA.
b. At the September Executive Committee meeting the Executive Committee shall make their selection.
c. The current Chair Elect will contact the Superintendent from the perspective Chair’s county to inquire as to the availability of the nominated person.
d. Once the Superintendent agrees, then the current Chair Elect will contact the nominee to inquire as to his/her availability.
e. The Executive Committee shall present its recommendation for Chair to the CCSESA Executive Director by the date set by CCSESA.
f. The final appointment of the Chair will be made in accordance with the CCSESA Bylaws.
ARTICLE 3: Membership A. Membership
1. CISC members must be current COE employees in educational services. 2. Each COE may appoint one representative to CISC, except Los Angeles COE, who may
appoint up to three members. 3. Each CCSESA region shall select one COE to serve as the Regional Lead to facilitate
communication and information distribution. Regional Lead terms shall expire on December 31. Each region determines the process to be used for selection of a Regional Lead.
4. Special or at-large members who the Committee feels would assist in CISC’s work may be appointed by the Chair.
5. New Regional Leads begin service at the first CISC meeting of the calendar year, or in the event of mid-term vacancies, at the next regular meeting of the year. Participation as a Regional Lead should be approved by the service region representative’s superintendent including permission to attend all regular meetings and to carry out assigned tasks.
6. Regional Leads shall notify the CISC Chair of any changes in COE representatives to CISC.
7. COE superintendents may attend meetings as non-voting members of CISC. 8. There shall be one member from CDE with responsibility for curriculum and instruction,
professional development, and/or regional projects that is a non-voting ex-officio member of CISC.
9. The CCSESA Executive Director or designee shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member.
ARTICLE 4: Voting
A. Voting The presence of the members at any regular or special meeting of CISC shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the members present must vote on all revisions of the Bylaws and on the election of officers. 1. A majority vote of the quorum shall be sufficient to approve a measure voted upon. 2. Voting members are considered to be one representative from each COE, except Los
Angeles County, which may have three (3).
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ARTICLE 5: Meetings
A. Meetings 1. Five regular CISC meetings are held each year during January, March, May,
September, and November. 2. Special meetings may be called by the Chair.
ARTICLE 6: Liaisons A. Liaisons
1. A CISC member shall be appointed by the Chair to be responsible for a specific liaison assignment. The liaison will represent CISC with various agencies, organizations, and programs. The liaison will identify current trends, activities, and materials in the assigned area. The liaison will recommend to the Chair appropriate guests for presentations or discussions at CISC. The liaison will provide a written electronic report for each of the CISC meetings.
2. CISC liaisons will be determined annually, and can be added or deleted by the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE 7: Subcommittees
A. Subcommittees
1. The Executive Committee may establish subcommittees directly linked to the work of CISC. Subcommittees are to operate in accordance with CCSESA and CISC Bylaws and protocols and all financial operations must be centrally reported and accounted for as directed by the CCSESA Board of Directors.
2. Subcommittees are responsible for accomplishing work on curriculum and instruction, professional development, accountability, and other issues directly related to CISC goals.
3. CISC subcommittees will be determined annually, and can be added or deleted by the Executive Committee.
4. The CISC Chair shall appoint CISC Committee members to serve as Lead and Co-lead of each subcommittee.
5. Subcommittee Leads and Co-leads will work with regional representatives appointed by the CCSESA regions, and provide guidance for the work and operations of each subcommittee.
6. Subcommittee Leads are responsible for: providing an electronic report for each of the CISC meetings; preparing and submitting a budget consistent with guidance and parameters set by the Executive Committee; and for seeking approaches that reduce travel and meeting expense, consistent with CCSESA guidance to minimize costs and utilize technology as an alternative to face-to-face meetings, whenever possible.
ARTICLE 8: Rapid Response Teams
A. Rapid Response Teams 1. The Executive Committee may establish ad hoc Rapid Response Teams (RRT) in
response to specific issues and immediate needs that require a response or plan of action within a short time. Issues addressed by RRTs must have fiscal, programmatic, and/or service implications for COEs in areas related to CISC goals.
2. The RRT Lead and members are selected by the CISC Chair, Chair Elect, and Past Chair, and are selected with consideration of the knowledge and experience required to address the RRT issue.
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3. The RRT Lead is responsible for developing, within a specified timeframe, an action plan to address an immediate issue. The action plan developed by the RRT shall be given to the CISC Chair, who reviews it with the Chair Elect and Past Chair. It is then reviewed by the CISC Executive Committee and disseminated to CISC members.
4. RRTs are to operate in accordance with CCSESA and CISC Bylaws and protocols and all financial operations must be centrally reported and accounted for as directed by the CCSESA Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 9: Operations
A. Operations 1. CISC shall operate in accordance with all CCSESA Bylaws and operating protocols. 2. The Chair shall be responsible for maintaining written records of the CISC meetings.
Archives of the records may be kept on the CCSESA website or in accordance with the CCSESA protocols.
3. CISC records shall, during normal business hours, be subject to inspection by any member or designee of CCSESA.
4. The strength of the CISC depends on the regular attendance and active participation of each representative. Members should attend the meetings regularly.
ARTICLE 10: Legal Instruments A. Legal Instruments
1. The CCSESA Board of Directors shall have the power to designate the Officers and Agents who shall have authority to execute any contract or other legal instrument on behalf of the Association.
ARTICLE 11: Amendments A. Amendments
1. These Bylaws may be amended, altered or added to, or repealed by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members present and entitled to vote at any regular or special meeting of the members called for such purpose. Any amendments shall be submitted to the CCSESA Board of Directors for approval.
B. Handbook 1. The Chair shall annually direct a review of the CISC Handbook. The Chair Elect may chair
this committee during the months of May-October. 2. This review shall be completed in time for a report containing possible revisions at the CISC
November meeting. 3. Requests for amending the CISC Handbook may be initiated at any time by a member of
CISC. Requests shall be submitted in writing to the CISC Chair. 4. CCSESA may request consideration for a change in this Handbook through a request in
writing to the CISC Chair.
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CCSESA General Information
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About the
California County Superintendents Educational Services Association
(CCSESA)
California’s 58 County Superintendents of Schools and their respective county offices of education support the financial and academic stability of every district and school in the state. The primary aim of County Superintendents is to work collaboratively with school districts to ensure that every student benefits from a quality educational experience, regardless of their circumstances. CCSESA provides the organizational mechanism for county superintendents to design and implement statewide programs, carry out and lead significant policy initiatives, legislative mandates, etc. to ensure consistent statewide application and standards. CCSESA’s mission is to strengthen the service and leadership capabilities of California’s 58 County Superintendents in support of students, schools, districts and communities.
Mission Statement
CCSESA’s mission is to strengthen the service and leadership capabilities of California’s 58 County Superintendents in support of students, schools, districts and communities. CCSESA’s Goals:
Provide enhanced services and resources to districts to support continuous improvement in student achievement with particular focus on closing the achievement gap.
Advocate for effective policies and adequate resources for public education through involvement in federal and state legislative processes.
Acting in a preventive, proactive manner to ensure the academic and fiscal stability of school districts.
© CCSESA 1996-2013 CCSESA Executive Office: 1121 L Street, Suite 510, Sacramento, CA 95814 – Tel: (916) 446-3095 Fax: (916) 448-7801
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CCSESA Operations
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California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA)
Board of Directors – 2015
Executive Committee Mr. Gary L. Jones, Superintendent President Modoc County Office of Education 139 Henderson Street Alturas, CA 96101 Tel: (530) 233-7101 Fax: (530) 233-5531 E-mail: [email protected] Ms. Christine Lizardi Frazier, Superintendent President-Elect Kern County Superintendent of Schools 1300 17th Street – City Centre Bakersfield, CA 93301-4533 Tel: (661) 636-4624 Fax: (661) 636-4130 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Stanley C. Mantooth, Superintendent Past President Ventura County Office of Education 5189 Verdugo Way Camarillo, CA 93012 Tel: (805) 383-1901 Fax: (805) 383-1908 E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Al Mijares, Superintendent Treasurer Orange County Office of Education 200 Kalmus Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Tel: (714) 966-4001 Fax: (714) 432-1916 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Kenn Young, Superintendent State & Federal Riverside County Office of Education Legislative Committee 3939 Thirteenth Street Riverside, California 92501 Tel: (951) 826-6530 Fax: (951) 826-6199 E-mail: [email protected]
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Region Chairs Dr. Steven Herrington, Superintendent North Coast (Region 1) Sonoma County Office of Education 5340 Skylane Blvd. Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Tel: (707) 524-2603 Fax: (707) 578-0483 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Kermith Walters, Superintendent Northeastern (Region 2) Siskiyou County 609 South Gold Street Yreka CA 96097 Tel: (530) 842-8400 Fax: (530) 842-8436 Email: [email protected] Ms. Holly Hermansen, Superintendent Capital (Region 3) Nevada County Superintendent of Schools 112 Nevada City Highway Nevada City, CA 95959 Tel: (530) 478-6400 Fax: (530) 478-6410 E-mail: [email protected] Ms. Anne Campbell, Superintendent Bay (Region 4) San Mateo County Office of Education 101 Twin Dolphin Drive Redwood City, CA 94065 Tel: (650) 802-5554 Fax: (650) 802-5564 E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Jon Gundry, Superintendent South Bay (Region 5) Santa Clara County Office of Education 1290 Ridder Park Dr., MC201 San Jose, CA 95131 Tel: (408) 453-6511 Fax: (408) 453-6601 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Richard Glock, Superintendent Delta Sierra (Region 6) Amador County Office of Education 217 Rex Avenue, Ste. 7 Jackson, CA 95642 Tel: (209) 257-5332 Fax: (209) 257-5360 E-mail: [email protected]
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Mr. Jim Vidak, Superintendent Central Valley (Reg. 7) Tulare County Office of Education 2637 W. Burrel; P.O. Box 5091 Visalia, CA 93278 Tel: (559) 733-6301 Fax: (559) 627-5219 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Jim Brescia, Superintendent Costa Del Sur (Region 8) San Luis Obispo County Office of Education 3350 Education Drive San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 Tel: (805) 782-7201 Fax: (805) 541-2605 E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Randy Ward, Superintendent Southern (Region 9) San Diego County Department of Education 6401 Linda Vista Road San Diego, CA 92111 Tel: (858) 292-3514 Fax: (858) 268-5864 E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Stacey Adler, Superintendent RIMS (Region 10) Mono County Office of Education 451 Sierra Park; P.O. Box 130 Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 Tel: (760) 934-0031 Fax: (760) 934-1443 E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Arturo Delgado, Superintendent Los Angeles (Region 11) Los Angeles County Office of Education 9300 Imperial Highway Downey, CA 90242 Tel: (562) 922-6127 Fax: (562) 922-6678 E-mail: [email protected]
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Standing Committee Chairs Mr. David W. Gordon, Superintendent State & Federal Sacramento County Office of Education Legislative Committee 10474 Mather Blvd.; P.O. Box 269003 Sacramento, CA 95826-9003 Tel: (916) 228-2410 Fax: (916) 228-2403 E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Vicki L. Barber, Superintendent Business Partnerships El Dorado County Office of Education Standing Committee 6767 Green Valley Road Placerville, CA 95667-9357 Tel: (530) 295-2229 Fax: (530) 642-1832 E-mail: [email protected] Steering Committee Chairs – Ex-officio Non-Voting Members
Mr. Joshua Schultz, Chief Business Official Business & Administration Napa County Office of Education Steering Committee (BASC) 2121 Imola Avenue Napa, CA 94559 Tel: (707) 253-6819 Fax: (707) 253-6970 Email: [email protected] Dr. Valerie Chrisman, Associate Superintendent Curriculum & Instruction Ventura County Office of Education Steering Committee (CISC) 5189 Verdugo Way Committee Camarillo, CA 93012 Tel: (805) 383-1903 Fax: (805) 383-1908 [email protected] Ms. Eva Chavez, Assistant Superintendent Personnel & Administrative Services Merced County Office of Education Steering Committee (PASSCo) 632 West 13th Street Merced, CA 95341 Tel: (209) 381-6627 Fax: (209) 381-6650 [email protected]
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Ms. Janet Hunt, Director Student Programs & Services Mono County Office of Education Steering Committee (SPSSC) 37 Emigrant St. Bridgeport, CA 93517 Tel: (760) 934-0031 Fax: (760) 934-1443 [email protected]
Mr. Dane Lancaster, Senior Director Technology & Telecommunications Marin County Office of Education Steering Committee (TTSC) 1111 Las Gallinas Avenue San Rafael, CA 94903 Tel: (415) 499-5847 Fax: (415) Email: [email protected]
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California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA)
2015 Calendar of Meetings
Date Meeting Location January 26, 2015 Board of Directors Intercontinental January 27-28, 2015 General Membership Monterey County March 9, 2015 Board of Directors SELF or Videoconference April 26, 2015 Board of Directors Sir Francis Drake April 27-28, 2015 General Membership San Francisco County May 18, 2015 Board of Directors SELF or Videoconference June 28, 2015 Board of Directors Westin Pasadena June 29-30, 2015 General Membership Los Angeles County
August 3, 2015 Board of Directors SELF Building* 1531 I Street, Sacramento
September 14, 2015 Board of Directors SELF or Videoconference October 4, 2015 Board of Directors Silverado October 5-6, 2015 General Membership Napa County December 7, 2015 Board of Directors Sacramento
*Board of Directors meetings in Sacramento are held from 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
**All videoconferences are held from 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. - in the event that the meeting is not necessary, Board members will be given at least 2 weeks’ notice.
Contact the CCSESA office with any questions at (916) 446-3095.
Approved by the Board: 3/10/2014 Approved by the Membership: 1/28/2014
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Index of California County Superintendents of Schools - 2015 Alphabetical by Last Name
A Dr. Stacey Adler Mono County Office of Education Mr. Ted Alejandre San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Mr. Charles Allen Tehama County Office of Education Mr. Tom Armelino Shasta County Office of Education Dr. Jorge Ayala Yolo County Office of Education
B Ms. Bettina Blackwell Trinity County Office of Education Mr. Tim Bowers Kings County Office of Education Mr. Jim Brescia San Luis Obispo County Office of Education Ms. Margie Bulkin Tuolumne County Office of Education Ms. Mary Jane Burke Marin County Office of Education
C Ms. Anne Campbell San Mateo County Office of Education Mr. Richard Carranza San Francisco Unified School District Mr. Tom Changnon Stanislaus County Office of Education Mr. William Cirone Santa Barbara County Education Office
D Dr. Arturo Delgado Los Angeles County Office of Education Ms. Patricia Gunderson Lassen County Office of Education
E Dr. Garry Eagles Humboldt County Office of Education
F Dr. Mick Founts San Joaquin County Office of Education Dr. Christine Lizardi Frazier Kern County Superintendent of Schools
G Mr. Warren Galletti Mendocino County Office of Education Ms. Gayle Garbolino-Mojica Placer County Office of Education Mr. Richard Glock Amador County Office of Education Mr. Steven Gomes Merced County Office of Education Mr. David Gordon Sacramento County Office of Education Dr. Merrill Grant Sierra County Office of Education Ms. Dorothy Griffin Sutter County Superintendent of Schools Mr. Jon Gundy Santa Clara County Office of Education
H Ms. Holly Hermansen Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Steven Herrington Sonoma County Office of Education Mr. Wally Holbrook Lake County Office of Education Ms. Robin Hopper Mariposa County Office of Education
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K Dr. Nancy Kotowski Monterey County Office of Education
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Ms. Anne Mallory Imperial County Office of Education Mr. Stanley Mantooth Ventura County Office of Education Dr. Cecilia Massetti Madera County Office of Education Dr. Terence McAteer Inyo County Office of Education Mr. Jeremy Meyers El Dorado County Office of Education Ms. Micheline Miglis Plumas County Office of Education Dr. Al Mijares Orange County Department of Education Ms. L. Karen Monroe Alameda County Office of Education
N Dr. Barbara Nemko Napa County Office of Education Ms. Kathy Northington Calaveras County Office of Education
O Mr. Don Olson Del Norte County Unified School District
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Mr. Tracey Quarne Glenn County Office of Education R S
Ms. Karen Sakata Contra Costa County Office of Education Mr. Mike Sanchez San Benito County Office of Education Dr. Scotia Holmes Sanchez Yuba County Office of Education Mr. Jay Speck Solano County Office of Education Ms. Kay Spurgeon Colusa County Office of Education
T Mr. Tim Taylor Butte County Office of Education Dr. Patrick Traynor Alpine County Superintendent of Schools
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Mr. Jim Vidak Tulare County Office of Education W
Mr. Kermith Walters Siskiyou County Office of Education Dr. Randolph E. Ward San Diego County Office of Education Mr. Michael Watkins Santa Cruz County Office of Education
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Mr. Kenneth M. Young Riverside County Office of Education Mr. Jim Yovino Fresno County Office of Education Z
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County Name Alameda County Office of Education Ms. L. Karen Monroe Alpine County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Patrick Traynor Amador County Office of Education Mr. Richard Glock Butte County Office of Education Mr. Tim Taylor Calaveras County Office of Education Ms. Kathy Northington Colusa County Office of Education Ms. Kay Spurgeon Contra Costa County Office of Education Ms. Karen Sakata Del Norte County Unified School District Mr. Don Olson El Dorado County Office of Education Mr. Jeremy Meyers Fresno County Office of Education Mr. Jim Yovino Glenn County Office of Education Mr. Tracey Quarne Humboldt County Office of Education Dr. Garry Eagles Imperial County Office of Education Ms. Anne Mallory Inyo County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Terence McAteer Kern County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christine Lizardi Frazier Kings County Office of Education Mr. Tim Bowers Lake County Office of Education Mr. Wally Holbrook Lassen County Office of Education Ms. Patricia Gunderson Los Angeles County Office of Education Dr. Arturo Delgado Madera County Office of Education Dr. Cecilia Massetti Marin County Office of Education Ms. Mary Jane Burke Mariposa County Office of Education Ms. Robin Hopper Mendocino County Office of Education Mr. Warren Galletti Merced County Office of Education Mr. Steven Gomes Modoc County Office of Education Mr. Gary Jones Mono County Office of Education Dr. Stacey Adler Monterey County Office of Education Dr. Nancy Kotowski Napa County Office of Education Dr. Barbara Nemko Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Ms. Holly Hermansen Orange County Department of Education Dr. Al Mijares Placer County Office of Education Ms. Gayle Garbolino-Mojica Plumas County Office of Education Ms. Micheline Miglis Riverside County Office of Education Mr. Kenneth Young Sacramento County Office of Education Mr. David Gordon San Benito County Office of Education Mr. Mike Sanchez San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Mr. Ted Alejandre San Diego County Office of Education Dr. Randolph Ward San Francisco Unified School District Mr. Richard Carranza San Joaquin County Office of Education Dr. Mick Founts San Luis Obispo County Office of Education Mr. Jim Brescia San Mateo County Office of Education Ms. Anne Campbell Santa Barbara County Education Office Mr. William Cirone Santa Clara County Office of Education Mr. Jon Gundy Santa Cruz County Office of Education Mr. Michael Watkins Shasta County Office of Education Mr. Tom Armelino Sierra County Office of Education Dr. Merrill Grant Siskiyou County Office of Education Mr. Kermith Walters Solano County Office of Education Mr. Jay Speck Sonoma County Office of Education Dr. Steven Herrington Stanislaus County Office of Education Mr. Tom Changnon Sutter County Superintendent of Schools Ms. Dorothy Griffin Tehama County Department of Education Mr. Charles Allen Trinity County Office of Education Ms. Bettina A. Blackwell Tulare County Office of Education Mr. Jim Vidak Tuolumne County Department of Education Ms. Margie Bulkin Ventura County Office of Education Mr. Stanley Mantooth Yolo County Office of Education Dr. Jorge Ayala Yuba County Office of Education Dr. Scotia Holmes Sanchez
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California County Superintendents Educational
Services Association (CCSESA)
Classification of Counties 2014
County 2012-13 P2 ADA % of ADA Statewide CLASS I (Over 750,000 ADA) Los Angeles 1,499,734 25.19%
CLASS II (140,000 -749,999 ADA) Alameda 210,565 3.54% Contra Costa 164,845 2.77% Fresno 186,478 3.13% Kern 169,533 2.85o/o Orange 486,773 8.18% Riverside 404,185 6.79% Sacramento 226,368 3.80% San Bernardino 395,322 6.64% San Diego 477,090 8.01% Santa Clara 263,271 4.42%
CLASS Ill (60,000- 139,999 ADA)
Monterey 69,777 1.17% Placer 67,230 1.13% San Joaquin 132,663 2.23% San Mateo 90,600 1.52% Santa Barbara 63,845 1.07% Solano 60,769 1.02% Sonoma 67,414 1.13% Stanislaus 101,223 1.70% Tulare 95,558 1.61o/o Ventura 135,835 2.28%
CLASS IV (30,000- 59,999 ADA)
Imperial 34,830 0.59% Merced 53,483 0.90% San Francisco 55,309 0.93% San Luis Obispo 32,774 0.55% Santa Cruz 38,308 0.64% CLASS V (15,000 – 29,999) ADA)
Butte 29,581 0.50% El Dorado 26,166 0.44% Humboldt 16,937 0.28% Kings 27,312 0.46% Madera 28,979 0.49% Marin 30,596 0.51% Napa 19,854 0.33% Shasta 25,643 0.43% Sutter 20,238 0.34% Yolo 27,829 0.47%
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County 2012-13 P2 ADA % of ADA CLASS VI (7,000 – 14,999 ADA)
Lake 8,436 0.14% Mendocino 12,167 0.20% Nevada 11,370 0.19% San Benito 10,693 0.18% Tehama 10,029 0.17% Yuba 13,138 0.22%
CLASS VII (1,000 – 6,999 ADA) Amador 4,035 0.07% Calaveras 5,480 0.09% Colusa 4,289 0.07% Del Norte 3,845 0.06% Glenn 5,248 0.09% Inyo 2,650 0.04% Lassen 4,392 0.07% Mariposa 1,772 0.03% Modoc 1,360 0.02% Mono 1,512 0.03% Plumas 2,014 0.03% Siskiyou 5,534 0.09% Trinity 1,521 0.03% Tuolumne 6,028 0.10%
CLASS VIII (Under 1,000 ADA)
Alpine 142 0.00% Sierra 382 0.01o/o
TOTAL ADA 5,952,954
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CCSESA Steering Committees
CISC Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee
BASC Business and Administration Steering Committee
PASSCo
Personnel Administrative Services Steering Committee
SPSSC
Student Programs and Services Steering Committee
TTSC
Technology and Telecommunications Steering Committee
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Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee (CISC) – 2014 Mission and Goals
MISSION
Through the recognized regional structure of the County Offices of Education (COE), the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee (CISC) initiates and promotes collaborative leadership with school districts, the California Department of Education (CDE), State Board of Education (SBE), Governor’s Office, and other partners to ensure high quality programs, practices, and services that support sustainable and improved success for all students. CORE PURPOSE
Strengthen county office of education service and leadership capacity to improve and sustain academic achievement for all students, to prepare them with the capacities and skills required for 21st century citizenship, and to close the existing achievement gap. GOALS The goals of the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee (CISC) are to provide leadership and high quality services to school districts by:
1. Supporting academic achievement and program improvement, with a focus on closing the achievement gap: Strengthen county office of education capacity to support districts, schools, and county programs in fully implementing Common Core State Standards and preparing for SBAC assessments in order to improve student achievement, with particular focus on underserved student populations, English learners, early learning, and college and career readiness.
2. Developing collaborative leadership approaches that are future-focused, and responsive to changing conditions: Take steps to build strong working relationships with CDE and state leaders, with CCSESA Steering Committees, COE superintendents, and leaders in districts; seek collaborative approaches that support districts in their improvement efforts while continually building CISC's internal leadership capacity.
3. Addressing national initiatives: Provide leadership that supports California in developing and implementing plans to address federal initiatives, including Common Core Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and ESEA reauthorization.
4. Providing leadership for California initiatives impacting instruction and student achievement: Work in collaboration with other key stakeholders and CCSESA steering committees to provide leadership in the areas of key statewide initiatives such as implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula, Local Control Accountability Plans, the Quality Schooling Framework, and other statewide initiatives.
5. Providing leadership for technology-based curriculum and instruction approaches: Work in coordination with other key stakeholders and CCSESA steering committees to provide leadership in areas related to technology and innovation including virtual schools and courses, online professional development resources and tools, electronic textbooks, and other technology-based areas that influence teaching and learning.
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Business and Administration Steering Committee
2014 Mission Statement Core Purpose and Goals
Mission Statement and Core Purpose:
The Business and Administration Steering Committee (BASC), is an organizational unit of the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association established to promote business support to local school districts and to county offices of education. Business support services are designed to enhance classroom education by providing leadership and expertise to local educational agencies in developing and implementing effective and sound business and management practices that strengthen financial accountability, program operations and administrative support services.
BASC Goals for 2014:
1. Advise, inform, and seek direction from County Superintendents.
2. Provide leadership by offering a forum for discussion of opportunities and challenges facing education and by crafting recommendations for use by all county offices of education.
3. Support the efforts of BASC subcommittees including COFS, ESSCO, and FSCO by providing feedback and guidance to their membership.
4. Analyze complicated technical fiscal policies and procedures and provide input to CDE and FCMAT on their impact to the field.
5. Support the work of CCSESA and other Steering Committees by providing timely policy guidance on education issues.
6. Promote continuing excellence in school finance statewide by supporting a variety of high quality training opportunities for new and prospective CBOs and directors.
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PASSCo Mission & Goals
2014
MISSION
Promote purposeful, effective, and efficient personnel and employee relations practices for California’s 58 County Offices of Education in support of superintendents, school districts, students, staff, parents, and communities. CORE PURPOSE a. Provide leadership, guidance, and support for effective, efficient, and meaningful personnel and employee
relations programs for all California County Offices of Education (COE) and school districts; b. Provide professional enhancement for County Office Administrators of Personnel and Employee Relations and
their staffs; c. Facilitate the linkage between the California Department of Education (“CDE”), Commission on Teacher
Credentialing (“CTC”), California Department of Justice (“DOJ”), County Offices of Education (“COE”), and local school districts;
d. Actively participate as a major stakeholder of CTC by providing input through various means to influence policy and regulations related to credentials.
e. Provide a forum for the deliberation about personnel and employee relations legislation and/or the establishment of positions on issues/concerns related to personnel and employee relations matters.
GOALS 1. Professional Development. Coordinate timely, relevant presentations by expert guest speakers for PASSCo
and its Credentials Networking Sub-committee (CNS) to take place at each quarterly meeting. 2. Assist CCSESA. Encourage PASSCo members to actively engage in one of the five Focus Groups established in
2012: 1) Credentialing; 2) Educational Initiatives; 3) Finance; 4) Legislation; and 5) Technology. Guide each group to develop a “deliverable” that will benefit PASSCo and assist CCSESA. Example: Technology Focus Group to develop an on-line survey that will gather critical data state-wide.
3. Serve as a Resource. Support, assist, and train COE Human Resources personnel for providing assistance to
school districts and COE programs. 4. Strengthen Partnerships. Continue to cultivate relations with critical agency groups, such as the Commission
on Teacher Credentialing, ACSA, CODESP, and CASBO. Invite agency leaders to quarterly PASSCo and CNS meetings to provide updates on key issues.
5. Collaborate. Consistently communicate with other CCSESA Steering Committees on emerging issues. Arrange
joint activities with other Steering Committees to strategize on common priorities. Example: BASC on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Share knowledge and expertise amongst members.
6. Outreach. Explore ways that Human Resources administrators who are retiring or changing positions can
continue to contribute and support current or prospective Human Resources administrators. Organize networking activities during the quarterly meetings and commit to contacting new members in-between the general session meetings to inspire regular attendance.
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STUDENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES STEERING COMMITTEE
A Committee of the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association
MISSION
It is the mission of the Student Programs and Services Steering Committee (SPSSC) to advocate for students served by county offices of education (COE). To accomplish this, SPSSC advises the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) on policies and legislation affecting county operated educational programs and facilitates communication among the association’s steering committees and CCSESA. SPSSC partners with the California Department of Education and other agencies to improve educational outcomes for all students served by county offices.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the SPSSC is to recommend positions that will support student programs and services offered by county offices of education to CCSESA, serve as the primary resource for information, activities, and decisions relating to student programs and services of the county superintendents, and collect feedback from county office staff in order to develop positive proactive recommendations for improvement.
2014 GOALS
Goal 1 - Improving Student Achievement Identify, highlight, promote, and showcase the tools, services, projects and/or best practices to improve student achievement grades P-12 through professional development, standards aligned curriculum, evidence based instructional practices, and appropriate assessment models in partnership with CCSESA steering committees and SPSSC’s association committees. SPSSC will continue to keep our focus on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) as they relate to the diverse populations we serve. Goal 2 - Networking Provide an organization and meeting structure that promotes networking among county offices on issues surrounding student programs and services for students’ birth to age 22. Continue to develop effective communication and networking strategies emphasizing the effective use of technology. Continue to work through the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and its impact on our COE’s, Districts, and communities. Goal 3 - Advocacy Advocate for legislation and policies that address and support the unique needs of COE’s and the students and families they serve. Be a strong partner and voice for coordinated, adequately funded birth to age 22 programs. Coordinate with other steering committees, associations, partners, and state agencies in advocating for various legislative issues. Goal 4 - Measuring Program Effectiveness Identify and implement appropriate assessment models to measure the effectiveness of COE programs and services, while being mindful of the uniqueness of COE programs. Continued work on Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) as it relates to COE’s and Alternative Education programs.
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TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS STEERING COMMITTEE
2014 MISSION STATEMENT AND GOALS
MISSION The Technology and Telecommunications Steering Committee (TTSC) exists to develop, maintain, coordinate and support cost-effective technology delivery systems, services, curricula and other educational and administrative resources by providing statewide leadership, planning, coordination and evaluation in order to equip California’s students with the literacy needed to compete in the 21st century economy. CORE PURPOSE To strengthen county office service and support to schools and districts while promoting academic achievement and effective use of technology to improve education at all levels. GOALS The 2014 goals for the Technology and Telecommunications Steering Committee are:
• To be more task driven by using task force units to study current issues and trends and to recommend appropriate action in support of the immediate needs faced by County Superintendents, as they provide guidance to their own constituents of district superintendents. The major tasks to be undertaken in 2014are: SBAC: to develop documents that includes best practices for SBAC implementation. These will
include technical, staff support and professional development recommendations. Technology Planning Support and Approvals: to develop a recommendation to the County
Superintendents for support of, and an approval strategy covering educational technology plans that are currently required for various funding sources (i.e. E-Rate, Title 1, etc.).
SETS Projects: to develop a recommendation related to the provisions of the services currently provides via the SETS projects. This recommendation will include the resources that each program supports, and the possible funding structure for on-going support.
Common Core: to develop a thorough report on the technology and support requirements that will accompany implementation of the Common Core.
Business Continuity: to deliver a white paper and templates for COEs to use in constructing /enhancing their Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Planning and to also offer a workshop to better train COE staff in this area.
• Highlight best practices, information resources and expand awareness and understanding of existing and
emerging technologies appropriate for enhancing and extending student learning and assessment, as well as enhancing and extending resources and infrastructure utilized by educational leaders, instructional staff, business staff and support staff in California’s public K-12 institutions.
• Create professional development activities on current topics related to leadership, information technology and instructional technology as utilized in educational organizations.
• Communicate and partner with other CCSESA Steering Committees, through collaboration on relevant policies and initiatives to improve services to county offices, districts, and schools through articulation of shared programs and opportunities.
• Regularly communicate the TTSC’s activities, shared information and resources with all 58 California county offices of education
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CALIFORNIA COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION (CCSESA) 2015 Steering Committee Meeting Schedules
Business & Administration Steering
Committee (BASC)
Curriculum & Instruction Steering Committee (CISC)
Personnel & Administrative
Services Steering Committee (PASSCo)
Student Programs & Services Steering
Committee (SPSSC)
Technology & Telecommunications Steering Committee
(TTSC)
January 16, 2015
February 6, 2015
March 6, 2015
April 10, 2015
May 15, 2015
June 12, 2015
July 10, 2015
August 7, 2015
September 11, 2015
October 9, 2015
December 4, 2015
January 22-23, 2015
March 19-20, 2015
May 14-15, 2015
September 17-18, 2015
November 19-20, 2015 • All meetings held at the
Sacramento County Office of Education
February 5-6, 2015 May 7-8, 2015 August 27-28, 2015 October 12-13, 2015 • All meetings will be held
from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Thursdays and 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. on Fridays at the Yolo County Office of Education
January 8-9, 2015
March 5-6, 2015
May 7-8, 2015
September 3-4, 2015
November 5-6, 2015 • All meetings will be held
from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays and 8:00 a.m. – 12 p.m. on Fridays at the Sacramento County Office of Education
January 23, 2015 Sacramento COE
March 27, 2015 Autodesk HQ San Francisco May 22, 2015 Orange COE
July 24, 2015 Videoconference only
September 25, 2015 Orange COE
November 13, 2015 Santa Clara COE • Conferencing will also be
available for individuals not able to attend in person.
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Using the CCSESA Website
www.ccsesa.org
The CCSESA website is a valuable resource for committee members to access important information such as agendas, minutes, meeting handouts, and other resources. The website is designed with a members’ section that is password protected. The Chair of CISC must request a password for new members and will do so by contacting the CCSESA office directly. Only county office of education employees who are members of CISC may receive a user password. To access the members’ website with your password:
1. Go to www.ccsesa.org
2. Click on the “MEMBER SIGN IN” button
3. Enter your email address in the “Username” box
4. Enter your unique password in the “Password” box
5. Click on Log In
6. If you forgot your password, click on “Lost Password”
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CCSESA Protocols
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County Superintendents’ Leadership Focus Academic and Fiscal Assistance, Support and Accountability
California's County Superintendents of Schools reaffirm their core mission of service and leadership promoting improved achievement for every student. The 58 county superintendents of schools have organized themselves into a collaborative network in order to work together for efficient and effective implementation of a variety of programs and to advocate at the state and federal levels for policies that are consistent with a results driven and fully accountable public education system that is responsive to the public and focused on teaching and learning. This “network” is known as the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA). The position of County Superintendent of Schools, established in the California State Constitution, has existed for over 150 years. Although the programs and responsibilities of the County Superintendent have evolved to meet the changing needs of the state and its students, the primary role of County Superintendents as the intermediate link between state government and local communities has remained constant. In this role, county superintendents provide direct and regional support to school districts, instructional services to low-incidence populations, and serve as the primary implementation arm of the California Department of Education (CDE) for a myriad of state programs. In addition to direct instruction and regional services, county superintendents provide leadership in two areas of paramount importance – academic assistance and fiscal accountability. The areas noted below will be particularly important over the next several years, given state and federal academic accountability requirement and state and local budget challenges. As county superintendents work with local school district and with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Governor, and the state Legislature, CCSESA and county superintendents support these leadership focus areas and operating principles to guide policy development and implementation discussions. Academic Assistance and Oversight:
• Providing services and resources to districts to support continuous improvement in student achievement through Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs) and other county and regional assistance efforts, with particular focus on closing the achievement gap. To the extent necessary, providing professional development and other assistance to school districts in developing as well as oversight in approving these plans.
• Facilitating school districts’ training of administrative and teaching staff in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and providing capacity and guidance with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC).
CCSESA’s MISSION STATEMENT:
To strengthen the service and leadership capabilities of California’s 58 County Superintendents in support of students, schools, districts and communities.
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• Advocating for and assisting in the implementation of early childhood and after school programs.
• Articulating a clear, consistent message on the continuing development and implementation of the academic accountability system to opinion leaders and policymakers.
• Assisting with the design and implementation of statewide data systems for students, teachers and schools, and helping the public and education communities in effectively using that data.
• Operating teacher recruitment and development programs to ensure well-qualified teachers are available for every classroom and that teachers have opportunities to participate regularly in high quality, standards-based professional development.
• Carrying out statutorily required oversight functions for the Williams and Valenzuela lawsuit settlements related to teacher qualifications, availability of instructional materials, facilities conditions and intensive instructional support for students who have not passed the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).
• Ensuring that districts participating in the Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) receive technical assistance to implement the program and implementing the statutory oversight requirements related to academic improvement in school that receive funding under QEIA.
Fiscal Assistance, Support and Accountability:
• Consistent with statutory oversight requirements, acting in a preventive, proactive manner to ensure the fiscal solvency of school districts and county offices of education.
• Assisting school districts in their understanding and implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).
• Supporting measures to assist county superintendents to intervene early in fulfilling their statutory obligations related to fiscal oversight of school districts.
• Assisting districts in conducting comprehensive multi-year fiscal analyses, particularly as they relate to collective bargaining agreements and long-term financial liabilities such as life-time health benefits.
Reviewed by the Executive Committee- January 16, 2008 Approved by the General Membership- January 29, 2008 Revisions approved by the Board of Directors- August 9, 2010 Revisions approved by the General Membership – September 2, 2014
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California County Superintendents Educational Services Association 1121 L Street, Suite 510 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 446-3095 www.ccsesa.org
California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA)
Protocols
The CCSESA Board of Directors and General Membership have adopted several protocols that guide the operation of the Association and its members. The following protocols are current as of December 2010. Contents:
I. Service Delivery Protocol (pg. 1) II. Funding Opportunities Protocol (pg. 5)
III. State & Federal Legislative Committee Protocol (pg. 7) IV. Steering Committee Protocol (pg. 11) V. Protocol for Reviewing Business Partnerships (pg. 15)
VI. Protocol for Business Partnerships between CCSESA and COEs (pg. 17) I. Service Delivery Protocol Purpose: County Superintendents strive to ensure that all school districts and other clients have available quality, timely, and resource-rich services, including online resources, responsive to the needs of the clients. County Superintendents, and their respective county offices, will proactively seek to deliver the services needed by their school districts and other clients through:
• direct delivery of services; • collaborative delivery of services involving school districts, county offices, or other entities; • brokering services developed on a regional or statewide or national basis, potentially
including public, non-profit and for-profit entities; and, • regional services through a designated regional lead
County Superintendents will ensure that services provided through regional lead counties meet high standards of quality, address the capacity building needs of individual counties and school districts, and are evaluated regularly. County Superintendents will proactively select regional lead counties based on clear, agreed-upon criteria, establish high expectations for the delivery of services, and embed quality assurance measures for regular feedback and evaluation. This protocol describes county-to-county and regional communication and processes to ensure collaborative working relationships among County Superintendents on a regional basis and throughout the state. Ultimately, the goal of this policy is to support and enhance the services offered by counties while providing the best possible options for delivery of services, including digital learning resources, to school districts and schools across the state. This protocol applies to services provided to school districts by County Superintendents serving as state or federally approved statewide vendors of services. Note: This protocol does not apply if an individual (or district on behalf of an individual) enrolls in an in-person or online professional development workshop or if the professional development activities are part of a state-funded grant directed by a single County Superintendent. In the aforementioned cases, the County Superintendent from the county offering the professional development service need not consult with the resident County Superintendent prior to accepting the out of county enrollment.
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This protocol does apply if a County Superintendent wishes to advertise services or send promotional materials to districts or schools in other counties. This protocol does not apply to on-line advertising of COE services. *This protocol combines two existing protocols: Protocol for Selecting Regional Lead County Offices and Protocol for County-to-County and Out-of-County Service Provision. Protocol: In recognition of constitutional and statutory responsibilities, the resident County Superintendent (where an interested school district or other entity is located) chooses to meet the needs of the districts in his/her county through one of several models:
(1) Direct Service: The resident County Superintendent provides the service. (2) Collaborative Model: The resident County Superintendent collaborates on the provision of services. Counties are encouraged to enhance their county-provided services by partnering with other counties that have developed resources and services, thereby supporting and benefiting by another county’s resources and expertise. For example, in the case of digital learning, the resident County Superintendent might provide face-to-face facilitation to enhance online professional development offered by another county. (3) Brokering of Service: The resident County Superintendent decides to broker the service to the district or other entity by engaging in an agreement with another County Superintendent provider. This provides the resident County Superintendent the opportunity to be identified in some manner as the service provider. This would mean in most cases that an agreement would be reached between the two County Superintendents to share recognition and service delivery responsibilities.
Any County Superintendent seeking to provide services in another county will consult with the resident County Superintendent prior to marketing in that county and prior to contracting with a district for services. This notification should include a dialogue between the resident County Superintendent and the County Superintendent seeking to provide services that considers the impact that the potential contract of services will have on the resident County Superintendent and/or on the school districts in the county, including an awareness of timelines such as employee notifications. In instances where CCSESA plans to provide services to districts, the Executive Director shall consult the County Superintendent where the district(s) is/are located prior to entering into any agreement with the district(s). (4) Statewide Network of Regional Services: Federal, state, or private grant programs may establish a statewide network of services. Regional collaborations are valued for their collective contributions to social, financial and organizational impact in supporting district needs across the region. CCSESA’s statewide network of County Superintendents has organized into regional hubs for provision of services and coordinated efforts statewide. Historically, these regional hubs are typically configured by the 11 CCSESA geographic regions but have, in some instances, been configured on another basis. In some instances, a statewide role is vested with a single County Superintendent and requires the coordination of data collection and deliverables for the network.
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Each region will prepare and approve written protocols for delivery of regional services based on the four key elements described below. As state, federal, or grant opportunities become available, the specific deliverables and operational requirements should be incorporated into the approved regional protocol.
A. Selection of a Regional Lead County–Selection of a lead County Superintendent and
his/her staff should be based on specific criteria established within the region, including, but not limited to:
a. Demonstrated experience, expertise, and ability to undertake the roles and responsibilities associated with the regional opportunity in meeting the expectations for regional work.
b. Ability to manage and hire, as needed, staff that is qualified to assume the role of regional lead, irrespective of the size of the county to enable a County Superintendent to build local capacity throughout the region.
c. Geographic location of school districts that will receive services. d. Consensus of the County Superintendents within a region.
B. Expectations for Regional Work –Expectations for regional work are based on
specific criteria established within the region, including, but not limited to: a. Quality indicators for services. b. Data reporting requirements. c. Regular reporting on the quality and quantity of services provided throughout the
region, including feedback from school districts as clients of services. d. Use of technology for data collection where feasible. e. Clear, formal guidelines for regional decision making which involve broad
regional participation and a system for communication of decisions.
C. Delivery of Services - A clear plan of action for delivering regional services is developed by the lead County Superintendent and confirmed by the region’s County Superintendents through consensus. The plan includes, but is not limited to:
a. Priorities for equitable services across the region including coordination and integration across programs, counties, and regions.
b. Identification of resources for building staff capacity aligned to service goals and maximized across the region.
c. How services will be marketed and how services will evolve to meet emerging district needs.
d. How services will leverage or support other initiatives within the region, if possible.
e. How the regional services that are marketed and delivered to school districts will be communicated to the resident County Superintendent.
D. Ongoing Feedback and Evaluation Within the Region–Analysis of feedback and evaluation of needs, services, and priorities are based on specific criteria established within the region, including, but not limited to:
a. Clear, formal systems for data collection in relevant areas b. Data reviewed regularly to: support planning and improvements in meeting
regional needs and state, federal, or grant requirements; for the purpose of evaluating needs, quality and quantity of services provided; and for assessing the degree to which project goals were met and measuring impact of services.
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c. Periodic assessment of regional needs of school districts and counties and reprioritization of delivery of services, based on an agreed-upon schedule of evaluation.
d. Regular discussions among County Superintendents regarding progress on goals and services provided.
e. Annual review by the County Superintendents in the region of needs, priorities, and quality of services provided.
Regions are encouraged to compile an annual inventory of services available within the region for the dual purpose of (1) reducing redundancy of services and products already available and (2) maximizing services and products available to school districts. Adopted by the CCSESA Board of Directors on June 27, 2010 Adopted by the CCSESA General Membership on June 28, 2010 II. Funding Opportunities Protocol PURPOSE The network of 58 county superintendents and their county offices of education have witnessed the expansion of their responsibilities for fiscal and academic accountability. The State Department of Education and the Legislature are engaging county superintendents increasingly in systemic statewide efforts. As a result, a number of groups, including state and federal agencies and organizations as well as foundations and private organizations, are becoming more interested in county superintendents’ ability to operate a coordinated support system that reaches every school district in the state. As opportunities arise, CCSESA, on behalf of the county superintendents, will pursue relationships with these groups and foundations in order to further the mission and goals of the county superintendents. To keep the CCSESA Executive Committee involved in proposals as they unfold, the following protocol will be followed. PROTOCOL 1. Developing Proposals As opportunities arise, the Executive Director will initiate development of proposals that are compatible with the work of CCSESA and its county superintendents and CCSESA’s mission and goals. The Executive Director will inform the President, typically once a draft proposal or concept paper has been developed. 2. Vetting with Executive Committee The Executive Director will inform Executive Committee about a pending proposal once a proposal is positively received by the organization or foundation and has reached a level of discussion with the entity such that funding appears probable. Copies of proposals will be available if Executive Committee members request a copy. Information regarding draft proposals is confidential. 3. Informing the Board The Executive Director will inform the Board and share an executive summary of a proposal once it has been approved and funded. The Board will be asked to ratify the proposal.
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4. Involving Steering Committees Appropriate steering committees may be involved in the development of proposals as needed. Upon successful approval of a proposal, appropriate steering committees will be engaged as needed based on the nature of the proposal. 5. Supporting Initiatives Consistent with the Financial Services Committee recommendations approved by the General Membership on October 18, 2004, as the state, federal government, or other entity or foundation funds a statewide service or program through regions, specified county offices, or all county offices (such as the Williams settlement), a portion/percentage of the money received by the county offices may be earmarked and returned to CCSESA for common activities and support. Upon approval of the Board of Directors, the availability of these funds will be taken into account in the development of the annual budget which is approved by the Board of Directors and General Membership. Approved by the CCSESA Board of Directors on February 27, 2006 Approved by the General Membership on March 20, 2006 III. State & Federal Legislative Committee Protocol I. Committee Meetings
A. Schedule 1) The schedule of State & Federal Legislative Committee meetings for the following year
shall be approved by the Committee chair-elect no later than the December Board of Directors meeting of the year prior. (a) It is recommended that the committee meet once during the months of January,
February, March, April, June and October (January, March, June and October will coincide with the quarterly meetings).
(b) Meetings may be in person, via telephone, or via video conference as deemed appropriate by the Committee chair.
(c) The committee shall convene for “special” telephone conferences as deemed necessary by the chair and director of governmental relations.
B. Appropriate Meeting Notice 1) The agenda and list of bills to be discussed at the meeting shall be distributed via email,
fax or mail no later than five (5) days prior to the meeting to all members of the Committee and the executive committee.
C. Minutes 1) The positions taken at Committee meetings will serve as minutes and will be distributed
by staff via email, fax or mail (after review by the legislative committee chair) within one week following the meeting.
II. Bill Positions/Referrals
A. The director of governmental relations, working with the committee chair and vice chair (as appropriate), shall refer appropriate bills to the Committee for discussion at scheduled meetings.
B. The director of governmental relations shall recommend positions on bills referred to the Committee and/or steering committees.
C. The Committee shall be responsible for taking positions on legislation, which in turn gives direction to the director of governmental relations.
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1) Should the Committee need more information prior to taking a position, the bill may be referred to a steering committee and added to the agenda of the next Committee meeting, to be discussed as “old business.”
D. Positions on legislation may be revisited by the Committee as circumstances deem necessary.
E. The director of governmental relations, in consultation with the legislative chair, may refer bills to appropriate steering committees for review and comment in order to benefit from their expertise. 1) Steering committees, via their chair and/or legislative committee liaison, may receive
bills specifically referred to them prior to the Committee meeting to review and comment on the position recommended by the Director of Governmental Relations.
F. Should another organization such as ACSA or CSBA approach CCSESA to support or oppose a bill that does not directly affect county offices, the Committee may opt to do so. 1) Similarly, CCSESA may approach other organizations for their support or opposition on
a high priority bill. III. Interim Bill Positions (Urgent need)
A. Should the director of governmental relations (in consultation with the executive director) and chair of the Committee determine an urgent need for a position on a new or amended bill, the Executive Committee shall have the option of adopting an interim position. 1) Interim positions will be on the agenda at the next Committee meeting for discussion,
position confirmation or other action. IV. Bill Position Definitions
A. The following definitions of positions outline the actions to be taken on a bill.
Support – the Committee supports the content of the bill and feels it reflects the high priorities of the association. The director of governmental relations will write letters of support and actively testify in support of the bill. Support if Amended – the Committee supports portions of the bill and decides to request an amendment that would allow for a support position to be taken. The director of governmental relations will write letters stating the committee’s concerns and request an amendment. Should a suitable amendment be made, the position may be upgraded. Watch – the Committee feels that the bill is of low priority. The director of governmental relations will track the bill’s progress and if amendments are made that may be critical to the association, the committee may reevaluate. Oppose – the Committee opposes the bill because of its impact on county offices/programs operated by county offices of education, on public education in general. The director of governmental relations will write letters of opposition and actively testify against the bill. Oppose unless amended – the Committee opposes the bill’s content. However if the bill is amended to address the committee’s concerns, the position may change. The director of governmental relations will write letters specifying the committee’s concerns and closely monitor the bill’s progress.
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V. Requests for Bill Positions A. Should a CCSESA member have concerns about a specific bill not discussed by the
Committee, that person may make a request to the chair of the Committee or director of governmental relations. 1) The concerns will be taken to the Committee for consideration.
VI. Sponsored Legislation
A. CCSESA may choose to sponsor legislation. The time and effort involved in sponsoring legislation inherently limits sponsorship to those issues of highest priority to the association. 1) Requests to sponsor legislation may be initiated by an individual CCSESA member, a
CCSESA committee, or the association’s Board of Directors. 2) To be considered as sponsored legislation, requests must be in alignment with
CCSESA’s legislative principles and annual legislative priorities as established by the Board of Directors.
3) Requests to sponsor legislation must be presented to the legislative chair and chair-elect for review prior to any action. The legislative chair will consult with the director of governmental relations to determine if the proposal is in alignment with association legislative principles and priorities. If the proposal is aligned, the chair will present it to the Committee for consideration.
4) The Committee may: a) Refer the request to the appropriate Steering Committee(s) for analysis and
recommendation to the Committee; or b) Recommend sponsorship of the legislation to the Executive Committee.
5) Prior to any recommendation being sent to the Executive Committee for action, it will be submitted to BASC in order to determine any fiscal impacts of the proposal.
6) The Executive Committee will make the determination of sponsorship. 7) If sponsorship is approved, the president will direct the executive director and the
director of governmental relations to proceed with pursuing legislation. CCSESA will actively support and work the legislation.
8) This process is not intended to hinder any county office of education from seeking its own specific legislation.
VII. Information Dissemination
A. The Board of Directors and General Membership will be notified on a regular basis of bill positions adopted, including any “urgent” positions taken.
Adopted by Board of Directors 11/18/02 Revised January 2004
Advocacy Protocol
Guiding Principles To coordinate an effective, targeted legislative advocacy strategy on behalf of County Superintendents and CCSESA, and consistent with legislative priorities adopted annually be the Association, we recommend adoption of the following guiding principles:
• Work all issues through the relevant CCSESA Steering Committees; e.g. CTAP through TTSC, MAA/LECs through SPSSC
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• Steering committees bring issues forward through the Legislative Committee
• Legislative Committee brings issues/recommendations forward to the Board of Directors
and to the General Membership, as appropriate
• County Superintendents develop/communicate local COE advocacy protocol within their respective county offices; e.g. who can send letters/e-mails, level of sign-off required.
Approved by CCSESA Board of Directors: May 17, 2004 Approved by the CCSESA General Membership: June 22, 2004 CCSESA Advocacy Protocol before the State Board of Education History CCSESA recognizes that the State Board of Education (SBE) is a key policy body in the California public education system. Therefore, as a matter of practice and protocol, the CCSESA Executive Director and/or staff will endeavor to establish and maintain a relationship with the SBE Executive Director and staff, as well as the State Board President and members of the Board. Purpose To track, to the degree possible, emerging policy issues and to influence, where appropriate, the policy setting process. The “influence” CCSESA exerts will primarily be in the form of information, policy clarification, and general advice. CCSESA may advocate on behalf of specific issues or to clarify or explain policy implications. Protocol CCSESA members with issues to bring forward to the SBE may make a request to the CCSESA President or Executive Director. The issues may be taken to the appropriate Steering Committee or Executive Committee for consideration to determine if the issue has statewide implications for multiple county offices. At the formal State Board of Education meetings, the CCSESA President, member of the Executive Committee, Chair of the relevant Steering Committee, or the Executive Director (or his or her staff), may speak in areas that CCSESA has taken a position on or to articulate a policy implication consistent with the direction and policy stance of the Association. CCSESA’s practice is not to testify on any issue that is brought forward by a single county office or that pertains to one county office of education. On those rare occasions when an agenda item before the SBE has implications for multiple county offices, any Steering Committee Chair (representing the Committee) or any county superintendent can request that the CCSESA State and Federal Legislative Committee analyze and consider taking a position. (Note: The CCSESA bylaws empower the Executive Committee to take urgent action on an issue if deemed necessary.) Approved Executive Committee – 1/6/06 Board of Directors – 1/23/06 General Membership – 1/24/06
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IV. Steering Committee Protocol (Revised December 2012) PURPOSE
Each Steering Committee* plays an integral role in carrying out the business of the statewide county superintendents’ network. CCSESA is legally and financially responsible for the acts of each steering committee (per Fekete legal opinion dated 8/29/05). Therefore, Committees and their subcommittees are expected to operate in a manner consistent with CCSESA’s protocols and procedures. CCSESA developed the following protocols to provide clarity and direction for the Steering Committees in the areas of financial management and reporting, communication with the CCSESA Board of Directors & General Membership, general conduct, business partnerships, and website maintenance.
I. Financial Management & Reporting A. Financial Procedures
1. Steering Committee treasuries shall be managed by the CCSESA staff under the same internal controls as the core CCSESA finances.
2. Committees shall adhere to all financial management procedures established by CCSESA.
3. Committees shall not maintain other bank, credit, or loan accounts outside of CCSESA staff control.
4. Committee members shall not have authority to sign legal instruments (checks, bank documents, contracts) on behalf of CCSESA or a committee.
5. Committees shall not purchase major assets (computer equipment, mobile devices, furniture, etc.) without approval from the CCSESA Executive Director.
6. The CCSESA Board of Directors may establish a fee for services to be paid by individual committees to cover staff time and costs for providing financial and operational support services for the committees.
B. Treasurer Responsibilities 1. Each Steering Committee shall appoint a Treasurer to serve a two-year term. The
Treasurer shall be submitted for approval by the CCSESA Board of Directors which will authorize the Treasurer to develop the committee budget, monitor the finances of the committee, and authorize transactions in accordance with CCSESA procedures.
2. Treasurers shall present the annual budget and any revisions throughout the year to the committee membership for approval prior to submitting them to the CCSESA staff.
3. Treasurers shall present current financial reports for approval at each regular meeting of the committee.
4. Treasurers shall monitor the finances of all subcommittees created under the Steering Committee and ensure that the subcommittee adheres to all CCSESA financial and operational protocols and procedures.
C. Budget and Financial Reports 1. The CCSESA Finance Committee shall review and recommend approval of the
committee budgets and budget revisions to the CCSESA Board of Directors. 2. The CCSESA Board of Directors shall approve the committee budgets as a part of the
annual CCSESA budget approval process. 3. The CCSESA Board shall review Committee financial reports at each regular meeting
as a part of the CCSESA financial report.
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D. Revenue Sharing 1. Committees shall share revenue earned at conferences, for royalties related to
professional development publications, and any other event or product as deemed appropriate by the Executive Director with CCSESA as a means of offsetting Association costs. The following criteria for establishing a revenue sharing mechanism applies: (a) Conferences (at which, registration is collected) – 10% of total registration collected (b) Professional Development publications – 15% of royalties (c) Other – to be determined on an individual basis
E. Contracts
1. All committee related events and activities are considered CCSESA events. As such, only the CCSESA Executive Director, or others designated by the CCSESA Board of Directors, shall have the authority to sign legal instruments on behalf of the Association.
2. Committees may request approval of contracts in accordance with the procedures established by CCSESA.
3. Committee members may not commit CCSESA funds or services without the consent of the CCSESA Executive Director.
II. Communication A. Board & General Membership Meetings
1. Steering Committee Chairs shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the CCSESA Board of Directors.
2. At each meeting, chairs shall present a brief written report that discusses critical and emerging issues that the county superintendents should be aware of and/or take action on. All written reports shall be submitted to CCSESA staff by the deadline for agenda items to be printed in the agenda booklet.
3. Oral reports at the meeting should briefly summarize the 2-3 most critical emerging issues.
4. Specific agenda items that require review or action should be requested as a separate agenda item.
5. At each January Quarterly meeting, the committee chairs shall present a written and verbal annual report of the committee’s major accomplishments from the prior year.
B. Committees 1. The five CCSESA Steering Committees are encouraged to collaborate on common
issues. In addition, the CCSESA Board of Directors may request that Committees work together on pertinent issues on behalf of the county superintendents.
2. Committee Chairs shall meet regularly with CCSESA staff to discuss common issues and protocol.
C. Staff Liaisons 1. CCSESA staff may be assigned to serve as liaisons to individual committees. Staff will
keep the committees informed of CCSESA priorities, advise the committee as necessary and keep the Executive Director apprised of pertinent issues.
III. General Conduct
A. Bylaws 1. The Steering Committees shall adhere to the CCSESA Bylaws and shall not maintain
or operate under separate committee bylaws.
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2. In accordance with the CCSESA Bylaws, Article VI, Section 3 (e), each committee shall abide by the Board established protocols governing all committees.
3. Steering Committees may adopt additional protocols not inconsistent with the Board established protocols. Committee protocols shall be submitted to the CCSESA Executive Director for approval.
B. Committee Meetings 1. Steering Committees operate as the “cabinet” of CCSESA. As such, committees
spend time on 1) analyzing and implementing high priority issues for the county superintendents, and 2) sharing and collaborating on issues of mutual concern. (a) To add to the depth of the policy discussion, individuals not employed by a county
office of education who have specific expertise may be invited for portions of committee meetings. The key is on an “as needed basis” and for specific times of the meeting.
(b) Please note: Even with these “practices” noted above, prior experience has shown that sometimes non-county office staff attending meetings use information gleaned for purposes other than what the county superintendents intend. Therefore, care must be taken and judgment exercised.
(c) Steering Committee meetings should, as a standard practice, be scheduled at locations that are the most cost effective and are reflective of fiscally responsible public agencies. Committees are encouraged to use technology options (e.g. videoconferencing, webinars, etc.) to conduct meetings to save on travel costs. If in-person meetings are held, they should be scheduled at county offices of education and/or comparable low cost venues, unless it is not feasible due to size or other programmatic limitations.
C. Advocacy Protocol 1. Steering Committee members must abide by the CCSESA Advocacy Protocol adopted
by the Board of Directors on May 17, 2004. 2. Steering Committees shall bring all advocacy issues to the State & Federal Legislative
Committee before any action is taken. (a) Steering Committees shall not take action on legislation or any issue on behalf of all
county offices or CCSESA without communicating with the Executive Director first.
IV. Business Partnerships A. Steering Committee chairs shall appoint a representative to serve on the Business
Partnerships Standing Committee (BPSC) as a non-voting member. B. Each Steering Committee is expected to follow its own protocol for highlighting and
discussing business partnerships, consistent with the protocol and expectations for Steering Committees relative to CCSESA Business Partnerships.
V. Website Maintenance
A. Steering Committees and subcommittee (as desired) shall have a presence on the CCSESA website.
B. Because each committee is an entity of CCSESA, separate websites are not permitted. C. Only county office staff shall have access to the members’ only website. Liaisons and
other representatives from other agencies/entities do not have access to members’ only information.
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V. Protocol for Reviewing Business Partnerships The following are the protocols for reviewing any business partnership opportunity presented to CCSESA: 1. Value: Public/private partnerships can and should be important to further the goals of public
education and of meeting the needs of school districts and the greater communities. 2. Focus: All partnership concepts should be focused on improving the public education system
– by bringing more efficiency and/or knowledge to the table, so that educators can improve their craft. The goal is always to be “needs focused.”
3. Rationale: CCSESA’s interest is in delivering tools and services to every county office to further the quality of services provided to districts and communities.
4. Accountability: All efforts will be evaluated against the goal of improving quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of school administrators, teachers, and/or other school staff. In addition, each potential business partnership opportunity should be evaluated with respect to due diligence to ensure that the business entity is fiscally sound, provides a quality service/product, is an ethical entity, and generally meets the standards established for doing business with public education.
5. Competition: While business partnerships are by necessity “competitive” in a business sense, it is the desire of CCSESA to always support individual county offices of education in their efforts to deliver new tools or services first within their own counties, then on a regional basis, and finally statewide. It is understood that any given service or product may duplicate an offering of a single or few county offices, but the goal is to make these tools available statewide. Consideration should be given to the impact of a potential business partnership with CCSESA on individual county offices that may be delivering a similar or equivalent service or product. In addition, the BPSC should try to assess whether any potential competition would result whether CCSESA entered into a partnership with the entity or not.
6. Voluntary Participation: CCSESA desires to offer services and products such that County Superintendents/Offices have flexible use in their application. Indeed, every offering would be left to the discretion of the individual county superintendent as to utility and value.
7. Ethical Standards: Every member of CCSESA will conduct themselves with the highest degree of integrity. This means that BPSC members, as well as staff, will need to disclose any business dealings with any potential partners, and/or any potential conflicts of interest.
8. Financial Interest: It is understood that businesses desire to make money and therefore profit for the business interests is not an insurmountable hurdle. CCSESA’s interest is value added. It is further understood that in most instances, CCSESA is expected to also financially benefit from the business partnership. It is also understood that CCSESA, as a network of the 58 County Superintendents, cannot facilitate the work of the Superintendents with a budget solely based on “dues” and that the CCSESA budget should be augmented through strategic business partnerships. It is important to examine the benefit to be derived to CCSESA and how does that benefit stand against the resources needed to make the partnership effective. Resources in this instance include staff time, as well as financial resources. Another way of assessing this issue is to determine the return on investment that the partnership is expected to yield.
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VI. Protocol for Business Partnerships between CCSESA and COEs The California County Superintendents recognize that public and private partnerships can result in the development and availability of valuable tools, both services and products that can benefit California’s public schools and various communities. To that end, the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (herein after referred to as CCSESA) has developed protocols for such business partners that advance these tools while respecting the independent nature of each county office of education. Consistent with the Financial Services Committee recommendations approved by the CCSESA General Membership on October 18, 2004, a small percentage of such business partnership revenue is returned to CCSESA as “approved” by the Business Partnerships Committee. It is also recognized that each of California’s 58 county offices can and do develop useful services and products that could benefit other county offices and schools and districts across the state and nation. To bring such products and services “to scale” requires that the network of county offices facilitate the awareness of such tools to their districts and communities. To facilitate the marketing of such products and services, CCSESA has proposed to adopt the following protocols to guide the development and marketing of such “individual county based” products and services. (Note: Marketing means that CCSESA, and to an extent on a voluntary basis, county superintendents and their statewide steering committees, will make such tools known and available statewide and across the country—through such avenues as the Association of Educational Services Agencies (AESA).) Partnerships with county offices of education presented to the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) are subject to the Protocol for Reviewing Business Partnerships. Financial Interest: It is understood that county offices of education often create products and/or services for their own constituents, and that these products and services may be of value to other county offices of education around the state. It is reasonable to assume that county offices of education providing the products and services may need to (and in most cases should) charge fees to recover development and ongoing costs. It is further understood that CCSESA is expected to receive some financial benefit from partnerships with county offices of education, consistent with the Financial Services Committee recommendations approved by the General Membership on October 18, 2004. The amount or percentage of “revenue sharing” to individual county offices and to CCSESA will be dependent on the amount of ‘front work’ necessary to make the product or service known and available, and the involvement of staff to monitor and support such partnership. Please note the following essential understandings:
1. CCSESA does not endorse any product or service. 2. As county superintendents are elected and attempt to be non-partisan in approach,
CCSESA does not enter into exclusive business partnerships without the expressed approval of the Board of Directors.
Process:
1. When a county superintendent desires to enter into a business partnership with CCSESA, such request will be considered by the Business Partnerships Committee. (Note: each
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statewide steering committee is represented on the Committee.) The request will include, at a minimum, the following components:
a. Description of product or service (an actual ‘mock up’ is helpful); b. Business plan that includes price schedules and revenue sharing (both for individual
county offices and to CCSESA); c. Copyright/ ownership documentation; and d. Hold harmless language for CCSESA.
2. When the Business Partnerships Committee agrees that such product or service is (1) valuable, (2) has clear pricing structures, and (3) is ready for ‘scalability’, the Committee can direct the CCSESA staff to sign a business partnership agreement. The Committee can also, at their discretion, see that such product or service is presented to the CCSESA Board of Directors or General Membership for information and/or demonstration consistent with marketing and general knowledge. It is clearly understood that such product or service is completely voluntary. Consistent with the Steering Committee Protocol relative to business partnerships, Committees are encouraged/expected to make such partnerships known and available to their memberships.
Approved by the Business Partnerships Standing Committee on October 17, 2006 Approved by the Board of Directors on October 17, 2006
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Appendix
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HISTORY OF THE CURRICULUM AND
INSTRUCTION STEERING COMMITTEE … a committee of the California County Superintendents
Educational Services Association THE FIFTIES 1957 …The formation of the “Joint” State Steering Committee of the County Superintendents of Schools dates back to the Asilomar Conference of March 1956, when Dr. Russell Timpany, Santa Clara Superintendent of Schools, was instructed to call together a committee to set up a publication plan which would help eliminate duplication of publication efforts in the various offices. As a result of several meetings with Dr. Jay Connor, State Department of Education, recommendations for the formation and functions of a standing Publications Committee were made at the annual conference in Sacramento on December 3, 1957. The then California Association of County Superintendents of Schools approved the formation of the Committee as outlined in the recommendations. 1958 …The first joint project undertaken was the publication of the “Catalog of Scholarships and College Entrance Requirements” by Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties an distributed on a subscription basis in the fall of 1958. 1959 …It was recognized from the start that the success of the Committee would depend on “grass roots” participation in the various areas of the state. In southern California representative from the county offices in Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties were meeting frequently to coordinate their efforts. In the Bay Area, the county superintendents and their immediate assistants in business and instruction were holding regular monthly meetings. Realizing the need for involving the assistant superintendents in charge instruction in the county offices, the Publications Committee, with the approval of the Association of County Superintendents, arranged for a meeting in the spring of 1959 in Sacramento. Discussion led to the recommendation that a Steering Committee be made up of assistant superintendents in charge of curriculum to officially work with and be part of the Publications Committee of the California Association of County Superintendents of Schools. The steering committee, as selected, represented five geographical areas and consisted of Leonard Grinstaff, Elcy McGovern, Lloyd Garrison, Harry Wandling, and George Rusteika, who was selected as Chairperson. This committee evolved to include the five assistant superintendents, Dr. Jay Connor, and the Chairperson of the County Superintendents Publications Committee, Dr. Russell Timpany. THE SIXTIES 1960 …The annual Asilomar Conference, March 16-18, 1960, gave a great deal of emphasis to the instructional responsibilities of the county office and the activities of the Publications and Curriculum Committee in particular. 1961 …During 1961, the State Steering Committee held four meetings and made further strides in working out ways of coordinating information regarding forthcoming publications. Although the efforts of the Committee were directed toward cutting down the duplication effort in producing materials, progress was made in the cooperative development of publications among counties and districts. About this time, a third function began to emerge from the Committee deliberations—that of helping to identify statewide or regional curriculum concerns and to lend any assistance possible. Three county superintendents were also added to the Committee. The Committee’s name was changed from the State Steering Committee on Publications” to the “State Steering Committee on Curriculum Development and Publications.” 1962 …Later, in 1962, county superintendent representation was increased to six, with a county superintendent representing each of the six geographical areas of the California Association of County Superintendents of Schools. As new priorities developed and new statewide curriculum concerns were identified, the functioning of the Committee changed. Very early in the development of the Committee’s role, it was determined that a network of Curriculum Depositories needed to be provided to assure that curriculum-related publications would be available to
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individual teachers and school districts throughout the state. Until March 1974, twenty-one of these depositories were maintained in county offices or in college and university libraries. Dulcie Blum of Alameda County provided leadership in the organization of the Curriculum Depositories. 1968 …Another function that requires statewide coordination is the implementation of all newly adopted subject matter frameworks. A cooperative effort to accomplish this task was first developed between the State Department of Education and the State Steering Committee during the 1968-69 school year for the implementation of the English Teacher Specialist Program. Harley Hillsen of San Bernardino County and George Nemetz of the State Department of Education served as leaders in this project. Similar cooperative planning has been initiated for each framework that has been approved by the California State Board of Education since that date. THE SEVENTIES 1974 …At the March 7-8, 1974 meeting of the Sate Steering Committee, a decision was made that this need for Curriculum Depositories could be met in the future by maintaining one depository in cooperation with the San Mateo Educational Resources Center (SMERC). Two copies of all curriculum publications developed in the state were housed in that facility and were available to school district, county offices, and individual teachers on microfilm or in hard copy for a minimum fee. Frank Mattas of the San Mateo County Office of Education served as the organizer and leader of SMERC. One of the most significant cooperative publication efforts of the Committee has been the development of the Basic Course of Study. For a number of years, various groups of counties had developed cooperative courses of study, and in 1974, the State Steering Committee determined that the needs of most counties could best be met, and a great deal of duplication could be avoided, if one basic document could be developed for statewide use. The Alameda County Superintendent of Schools Office coordinated the production of this publication. The content is prepared by subject matter committees and is based on the state framework for each subject area. The late Mary DuFort of the Alameda County Office provided the original leadership for this project. Subsequent leadership was provided by Belle Ruth Witkin, and upon her retirement, Nat Pearson, both of the Alameda County Office. 1975… During the 1975-76 school year, an ad hoc committee of the State Steering Committee worked with a comparable committee from the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission in order to prepare a total plan for dealing with frameworks. The joint effort of these two committees resulted in the publication “California Curriculum Frameworks: A Handbook for Production, Implementation and Evaluation Activities.” The California State Board of Education approved this publication on November 12, 1976. Grant Thayer of Los Angeles County provided leadership in this activity. With the advent in 1975 of new legislation concerning the selection of instructional materials, the Committee assumed responsibility for another major curriculum function. County offices of education have always played a major role in the textbook selection process and in the providing of a new textbook display; but with the increased amount of materials for review would be easily accessible to all districts in the state. The Sate Steering Committee assumed a major role in the review of materials, the development of the buyers’ guides, and the management of display centers. Bob Howe of the State Department of Education coordinated statewide efforts in these areas. Another need that was identified in 1975 was that of providing statewide communication about exemplary curriculum programs and events. The State Steering Committee initiated a quarterly curriculum newsletter in order to meet this need. 1976 …The first edition of this newsletter, “California Curriculum Update,” was published in January 1976. The first editor was Roger J. Schulte, Assistant Superintendent, Alameda County; and in the fall of 1976, Viola Owen, Assistant Superintendent, Santa Clara County, replaced him as editor. The name of this publication was changed to "California Curriculum News Report" in October 1976.
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THE EIGHTIES 1981 …Another instructional and curriculum need that was identified by the Committee was that of providing proper activities for implementing subject matter frameworks after their adoption by the State Board of Education. In the fall of 1981, three statewide conferences for implementing the new “History/Social Science Framework” were planned and held under the auspices of the Committee. These three conferences were held in Redding, California on October 7-8; Palm Springs, California on October 22-23; and in Santa Clara, California on October 29-30, 1981. Margaret Branson of Kern County and Bob Watanabe of Contra Costa County provided the major leadership for planning and holding these conferences. This series of conferences was enthusiastically received and points to the direction for probable involvement of the Committee in future years. In May 1981, the State Steering Committee requested that the County Superintendents establish a separate fund earmarked to be used as seed money for conferences that related to the implementation of frameworks, the Course of Study, and related activities. At its October 6, 1981 meeting, the County Superintendents approved a $5,000 revolving fund in Santa Barbara County for this purpose. Due to the increased number of State Steering Committee activities, a separate fund was established in 1982; the fund is called the State Steering Committee Fund Number 1. 1982 …To assist California educators to improve the quality of instruction, four series of subject matter conferences were held around the state during the school year 1982-83. These conferences were held in northern California, the Bay Area, central California, and southern California, and featured fine arts and math in October and November, science in February and March, and language arts in April. 1983 …A series emphasizing history was planned in the same areas of the state during October 1983. John Hunt of the San Diego County Office of Education served as the general overall coordinator of these series of conferences. Brought about by a series of strong leaders, 1983-84 seemed to be the year that the Joint State Steering Committee was broadly recognized as being a viable resource for strengthening the curriculum of public education throughout the state. Bill Fisher from Imperial County Office appointed key individuals form the Joint State Steering Committee to serve on a number of task forces initiated by the State Department of Education in areas of curriculum which helped eliminate some of the technical problems regarding implementation of state-directed program; having representation at the Education Roundtable and being able to provide input to discussions where representatives of private colleges, community colleges, State Department of Education were working toward improved relationships and increased understanding of the continuity of the educational systems in the State of California and through the appointment of a representative to serve on the Articulation Council, to articulate the flow of students from one educational level to another. 1984 …During 9184-85, the major activities of the Joint State Steering Committee addressed the need to clarify the functions as well as the structure of the Committee where necessary. Beginning in July 1984, Bob Watanabe of the Contra Costa County Office appointed a subcommittee to review the “Joint State Steering Committee Handbook” and identify areas requiring change. Through this process some of the major outcomes were: • Clarification of the structure and responsibilities of the County Course of Study Editorial Board • Clarification of the Joint State Steering Committee’s relationship with the California Association of County
Superintendents of Schools’ Board of Directors • Clarification of Joint State Steering Committee membership • Clarification of Joint State Steering Committee membership • Clarification and strengthening of working relationship with the State Department of Education • Organization of Joint State Steering Committee subcommittees and assignment of responsibilities of individual
members • Initiation of study of other functions and organizational needs of the Joint State Steering Committee, which was
completed in the 1985-86 school year. • Clarification and strengthening of working relationship with the State Department of Education
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• Organization of Joint State Steering Committee subcommittees and assignment of responsibilities of individual members
• Initiation of study of other functions and organizational needs of the Joint State Steering Committee, which was completed in the 1985-86 school year.
The Joint State Steering Committee worked with the State Department of Education and county offices of education to plan and implement various elements of SB 813. The chief activity among these SB 813 related topics was the co-sponsorship with the State Department of Education of Model Curriculum Standards Awareness workshops. Also, the mathematics and science framework regional conferences were planned and implemented through Joint State Steering Committee leadership. Other curriculum and staff development projects initiated in 1984-85 were projected for completion during the 1985-86 school year. At its June 3-5, 1984 State Steering Committee meeting, it was recommended to increase the membership on the committee to provide for better continuity within the areas and because of the increased workload responsibilities. The recommendation was submitted to and approved by the County Superintendents to increase the membership in each of the six areas to fourteen area representatives plus the chairperson and vice-chairperson, two immediate past chairperson, two State Department of Education representatives, and one county superintendent from each areas, to become effective in the 1985-86 school year. 1985 …In 1985-86, the official name of the Committee was changed to “County/State Steering Committee.” Also, during the 1985-86 school year, two subcommittees of the Joint State Steering Committee were instrumental in supporting the year’s objective and the theme of “Partnership.” Jon Scharer of San Bernardino County Schools assigned each State Steering Committee member to either a Staff Development or a Curriculum Development Task Force. These task forces, under the direction of their chairs, provided the necessary leadership to help with the development, implementation, and the evaluation of curriculum and staff development programs. Their activities focused on planning and collaboration between county offices of education and the State Department of Education. Partnership accomplishments included: • California Curriculum News Report publication • Area Planning document • Handbook Bylaws revision • Asilomar Conference—“Staff Development and Curriculum: A Partnership” • Cooperative County course of Study Math and Science Advisories • County/State Steering Committee brochure • Mathematics Framework conferences • National and State School Recognition programs • Conference Planning Guide revision • Model Curriculum Standards Implementation • ASCD Conference Presentation • TECC Handbook revision • County/State Steering Logo revision and committee name change to County/State Steering Committee
1986 …In 1986-87 John Hendrickson of Stanislaus County brought the new dimension of Area Planning too the County/Sate Steering Committee. Working with the Far West Regional Laboratory, the Committee developed Area Planning Training for county office assistance teams. This training will provide the key linkage to district support and other agency collaboration so necessary at this time. The Staff Development and Curriculum Task Forces were continued with focus on major conferences and the addition of the English/Language Arts Advisory to the County Course of Study. The partnership between the State Department of Education and the county offices continued to grow stronger through the activities listed below: • Language Arts Framework conference • District Effectiveness/Effective Schools • Area Planning Implementation
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• School Recognition Program Implementation • California Curriculum News Report publication • Handbook/Bylaws revision • Statewide Committee representation • County Master Contact Support • Curriculum Guide implementation • Curriculum dissemination • Other staff development conferences/workshops
1987 …During the 1987-88 school year, the County/State partnership effort was refined to a specific activity plan with budget, time, and staff allocations. As this plan unfolded, the committee developed many in-depth new products to support the English/Language Arts Framework. These products were distributed through individual county offices and varied in format from videotape training sessions to practical units to be used by classroom teachers. Total staff development effort has been linked to the new Seven-Year Adoption Cycle. Under the leadership of Lyn Perino, Ventura County, additional partnership activities for 1987-88 occurred: • Developed and implemented budget to support priority activities • Area Planning Training implementation • Updated Handbook and Bylaws • Established communications with IHE’s (California State University) • Held three All County Assistant Superintendents meetings with State Department of Education • Framework conferences-History/Social Science • Process—continued to develop and implement a plan • Handbook implementation and support of task force work • Implemented Model Curriculum Guides K-8 1988 …For the 1988-90 school year, the planning processes initiated during the terms of John Hendrickson and Lyn Perino were continued. Some, but not all of the State Department/County Office partnership activities for the year ahead were as follows: • Conduct framework conferences including History/Social Science, Visual and Performing Arts, and Foreign
Language • Conduct Curriculum Leadership Conferences focus on History/Social Science • Support efforts to secure funded support for staff development and to develop regional plans • Promote activities serving “at-risk” youth • Review, streamline, and strengthen the California School Recognition Program • Initiate activities relating to the Comprehensive Health Initiative, Middle Schools and satellite Communications • Districts, and other appropriate agencies and activities • Enhance functioning of area committees as necessary and appropriate In addition, a number of activities were initiated during the year with the leadership of Marv Locke, Tehama County. These included: • The organization and initial programming of the Educational Telecommunications Network (ETN) • A primary substance abuse prevention program provided through county offices to target population of 406
grade students under the auspices of the Office of Criminal Justice Planning • A program with Grand Lodge of Freemasons whereby monies were made available for special substance abuse
prevention activities • Intensive pre-planning for the implementation of the regional portion of SB 1882 legislation relating to staff
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1989 …Under the leadership of Jean Holbrook, San Mateo County, these are some of the major activities undertaken by County/State Steering Committee in 1989-1990: • SB 1882 resulted in the funding of nine of the ten County Superintendent Regions as SB 1882 Professional
Development Resources Consortia • Comprehensive Health Initiative—CSSC worked with the Office of Criminal Justice Planning in planning and
implementing CADPE (Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug Prevention Education) • CSSC presented a proposal to the California Department of Education for County Superintendent Regions to
become the Healthy Kids Regional Centers • Assessment Conferences • Science Framework Conferences—six regional conferences were conducted • Staff Development and Curriculum Leadership Conferences implementing the Foreign Language and Visual and
Performing Arts Frameworks • Curriculum and Instruction Conference for County Office personnel • Middle Grades Reform produced a Middle Grades Casebook • School Accountability Report Cards (SARCs) • County offices of education served as downlink sites and facilitators for several major CDE teleconferences THE NINETIES 1990 …In January 1990, the County Superintendents completed their service areas restructuring to ten regions. CSSC focused many of their efforts on establishing effective regional structures and implementing plans via the regions. Chairperson Charles Humbert, San Joaquin County guided this reorganization of CSSC. 1991 …CSSC activities in 1991-92 under the leadership of Sally Bakke, Tulare County: Assisted with the selection of teachers and principals for the California Educator Awards Conducted the Institute “Many Tongues, One Heart: Sheltering Instruction for Access to the Content Areas” Assisted with the SB 1274 restructuring school plans, supported the Healthy Kids Regional centers, and the regional SB 1882 Staff Development Centers Spotlighted “It’s Elementary” the task force report on elementary schools, at region meetings Co-sponsored with CDE regional “kick-offs” for Second to None, the report of the High School Task Force 1992 …Through December 1993 was a year of change to a new calendar year for terms of office and a new name for CSSC. CSSC became the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee or CISC. This year and a half term was led by Carol Pugmire, San Diego County. • Asilomar Conference supported the implementation of the Mathematics Framework • Launched “It’s Elementary” and reported on follow-up activities • Added Charter Schools to the work plan • Collaborated with regions on support and resources for “Second to None” • Added School Crisis Prevention to work plan as part of CISC’s safe schools • Assisted in planning and scheduling of regional meetings to provide training in the Three R’s • Worked with CDE to establish the new assessment system • Assisted in developing process for selection of Instructional Materials Display Centers throughout California 1994 …Was an active and challenging year for CISC under the direction of Bob Douglas, Tehama County. In January 1994, members of the committee formulated an ambitious work plan for the year. • A Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Framework Leadership Conference for 800 instructional
leaders • CDE and CISC entered into an agreement to jointly fund the development of the following publications:
- Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Model Curriculum Guide - A Parent’s Guide to the new Comprehensive Health and ‘Physical Education Frameworks - A Brochure for Schools promoting Health and Physical Education as subjects for a PQR focus
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• The plans for the 1995 English/Language Arts Framework Symposium - SB 1274 School Restructuring - It’s Elementary Implementation - Middle Grades Implementation - SB 1822 Professional Development Consortia - Second To None High School Collaborative
• Regional trainings in the Rights, Responsibilities, and Respect Curriculum • Network were maintained between the ten regions and CDE in each of the follow key areas:
- Middle Grades Implementation - SB 1822 Professional Development Consortia - Second To None High School Collaborative
• Del Alberti was hired as the State CLAS lead to communicate on state assessment issues • Co-sponsorship with the California Subject Matter Projects, a Symposium on Student Assessment • Organized sites where members of the public could review the 1994 CLAS items • Five multi-region workshops disseminated information on the WASC/PQR process • Published a training module on School Crisis Response Teams • Supported the process for Goals 2000 funds 1995 …Delaine Eastin became Superintendent of Public Instruction and reorganized the Department of Education. As CISC Chair, John Brophy, Calaveras County, helped refine the CISC work plan and mission to ensure close communication with the Department. Some challenges and highlights from 1995 were: • The English/Language Arts Symposium at Asilomar • Producing a statewide teleconference via ETN regarding the Mathematics Framework • Encouraging in-depth regional trainings in early literacy instruction • Assisting county offices in upgrading and standardizing technology hardware and software by providing
leadership thorough a technology planning committee • Funding was provided each region for a California Technology Assistance Project • Providing leadership in the School To Career and Goals 2000 initiatives • Providing assistance for the Improving America’s Schools Act by establishing regional directors to assist schools
and districts • Serving on the State Superintendent’s Reading and Mathematics Task Forces • Providing an in-depth training on the facilitative Leadership Model • Provided 4-day regional trainings on the California 3Rs Project: Rights, Responsibilities and Respect 1996 …Under the leadership of Cheryl Hightower, Alameda County, some of the major activities undertaken by the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee were: • January - became 11 regions • February – Asilomar: Visual and Performing arts • System of School-Wide Support • Curriculum Audits • Reading 1997 …Under the leadership of Cecilia Massetti, Madera County, some of the major activities were: • To update and publish the CISC Handbook incorporating the recommendations of the CCSESA Frazier
Commission • To focus attention on six work areas: Reading/Literacy, Technology, Mathematics, Standards and assessment,
Class Size Reduction, and Curriculum Audits • To support a statewide reading academy for county office staff through participation in “The Reading Academy” • To complete the Reading Symposia bringing current thinkers and researches to three areas of the state • To facilitate the Goals 2000 professional development K-3 grants and re-service grants
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• To work with Dr. Louisa Moats to develop a publication called “A Blue Print for Teachers of Early Reading Instruction”
• To focus on the “So What” of technology assisting with student performance. Presentations were made to CCSESA, the SCORE sites continued their development of instructional resources, and a fifth CCSESA steering committee was created for Technology: the Telecommunications/Technology Steering Committee (TSC)
• To convene a mathematics subcommittee to assess current resources and capacities within COE’s and prepare for upcoming emphasis in the area
• To offer a successful 1997 Asilomar Conference on History Social Sciences: Literacy, Democracy, Diversity, Issues in an Information Age
• To plan for the 1998 Asilomar Symposium with a focus on Standards and Assessment: Mathematics and Reading/Language Arts
• To facilitate the sharing of information resources and regional grants for class size reduction • To serve on the Governance Council and partner with ACSA in the creation of the California Curriculum Audit.
Trainings were provided and a joint audit was conducted with FCMAT 1998 …The year began under the leadership of Jane Smith, San Bernardino County, and concluded under the leadership
of Carol Pugmire. • Asilomar Symposium “Standards and Assessments: Mathematics and Reading/Language Arts” • Statewide Reading Rollouts and staff development (AB 1086) • Partnered with Standards Commission to conduct public hearings on history and science standards • Organized the first joint Curriculum Audit and FCMAT Studies in Sausalito and Compton School Districts • Actively involved in shaping accountability model • Moved from primarily infrastructure issues regarding technology into more professional development and
curriculum issues • Began work on aligning a new Course of Study with standards • Partnered with State Board of Education on Reading Workshops for Administrators and Board Members • Worked directly with California Department of Education, school districts, and Harcourt Brace on assessment
issues • Produced a social promotion/retention resource packet • Hosted assessment workshops
1999 …With his inauguration speech, newly elected Governor Davis declared himself the “Education Governor” and
called a special legislative session to improve public education in California. The session concluded with four major reform laws being signed – AB 1X California Peer Assistance and Review Program, AB 2X Reading Instruction and Professional Development SB 1X Education Accountability, and SB 2X High School Exit Exam. Under the leadership of Gary F. Dei Rossi, San Joaquin County, these laws became the major focus driving CISC’s work for 1999. Some of the major accomplishments by the committee were: • After School Programs regional technical assistance workshops • The annual Asilomar Symposium “Systems for Student Success” was a success with over 800 educators
attending • Position Papers-Under the leadership of Cecilia Massetti (Madera), a Reading/English Language Arts Course of
Study was developed and published • The County Course of Study was entitled “A Guide for Implementing the English-Language Arts Content
Standards for California Public Schools K-12” • COE’s conduct the site visits for Distinguished Schools • Two pamphlets on “Social Promotion and Retention” and The New Laws from the 1999 Special Legislative
Session” • Conducted 11 regional framework rollouts for the new math and reading/language arts frameworks with 1600
people in attendance
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• Math (AB 1331)-Under the leadership of first, Jeannie Murphy (Los Angeles), and then, Don Russell (Kings), CISC developed mathematics content training modules for teachers. “The Winning Equation Program,” was approved by the State Board of Education
• The executive committee established ongoing meetings with the Governor’s staff regarding educational issues • Academic liaisons for the purpose of convening various county office specialists to discuss and provide
materials in the four academic core areas – reading/language arts, science, history, and math • The committee continued to revise the curriculum and instruction sections of the Menu of Services • A three-day institute “Supporting the Implementation of Standards-Based Practice Across the System,” under
the leadership of Paul Cordeiro (Santa Barbara), was held in San Diego • WestEd and the Southern California Comprehensive Assistance Center, built the capacity of professional
development systems partners to support the implementation of standards-based practices • Under the leadership of Rich Foley (San Mateo), the assessment leads provided input to many education
institutions, local districts and counties to understand the complex state system of assessment and accountability
• CISC collaborated with ACSA, CTA, CFT, and the Governor’s Office in providing initial awareness workshops on Peer Assistance and Review
THE NEW CENTURY 2000 …This year was characterized by an emphasis on implementing any of the governor’s initiatives related to standards, assessment and accountability. Under the leadership of Rich Foley, San Mateo County, major activities contributed to the statewide effort of improving student achievement. Some of the major accomplishments were: • Asilomar Symposium-Under the leadership of Susan Magnone (Contra Costa) “ Accountability – Holding
Ourselves Responsible” • University of California Office of the President developed an informational partnership between CCSESA and
UCOP in support of the Professional Development Institutes • Under the leadership of Cecilia Massetti (Madera) published and distributed “ The Mathematics County Course
of Study” • Under the leadership of David Moorhouse (Los Angeles) expanded the number of certified trainers and training
opportunities for teachers • The executive committee met regularly with the Secretary for Education (Gary Hart, Sue Burr and John Mockler) • Under the leadership of Gordon Stallings (Merced) coordinated AP expansion informational workshops • Continued collaborative efforts with the CDE, with COE’s conducting site visits • Menu of Services –Under the leadership of Gordon Stallings (Merced), developed descriptors for the Curriculum
and Instruction section • Coordinated and conducted regional rollouts of two new elementary documents • Provided leadership and coordination for regional secondary reading grants • The History/Social Science committee, under the leadership of Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin), initiated the
development of literature lists correlated to the state standard • Under the leadership of Susan Magnone (Contra Costa), each region provided input to the CDE and the
Education Coalition, disseminated accurate and timely information on the development and implementation of the state assessment system
• Ensured inclusion of migrants funds in regional S4 program allocations • Collaborated with partners (CDE, CSLA, ACSA, SCCAC, NCCAC, AVID, S4) on major events including: External
Evaluator Forums, High School Exit Examination Workshops and a High Performance, High Poverty Schools Symposium
• CISC with the CDE and SCCAC, published a document of recommendations for improving the external evaluation process
• Under the leadership of Nancy Giberson (San Diego) developed a brochure providing information on the county offices of education leadership and delivery system for high quality professional development
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• Developed concept papers proposing a UCOP-CCSESA Partnership on secondary literacy, coaching to support the California Professional Development Institutes and mathematics
2001 … • Under the leadership of Nancy Giberson, (San Diego), provided Training for COE staff to utilize CISC-acquired
Teaching Reading in Every Classroom, Grades 4-8 • Under the leadership of Nancy Giberson (San Diego) and Tim McClure (Butte), and in collaboration with the
Telecommunications/Technology Steering committee, developed a joint proposal to provide online professional development and support to assist in implementing the Governor’s Mathematics Professional Development Initiative
• Under the leadership of Pat Alexander (Kern), conducted the 2001 Asilomar Symposium • Led by Nancy Kotowski (Monterey) and Tim McClure (Butte), and with the able assistance of COE staff from all
eleven regions, planned the 2002 Asilomar Symposium titled “Implementing California’s Standards: Using Classroom Assessment to Improve Instructional Practice”
• The leadership of Tim McClure (Butte), assisted in the implementation of the Digital California Project, by providing direction for instructional content
• Rich Foley (San Mateo), serving as the CISC facilitator, worked with CCSESA to develop and a formal partnership with the University of California Office of the President to provide support for the Governor’s professional development institutes
• The leadership of Gary Dei Rossi, (San Joaquin), created, published and distributed a History/Social Science literature list, “Pages of the Past”
• Under the supervision of Cecilia Cassette (Madera), developed published and distributed a new History/Social Science Course of Study
• Led by David Moorhouse (Los Angeles), the CISC Mathematics Committee assisted the University of California in developing content modules for the Governor’s Mathematics Professional Development Institutes
• The direction of Barbara Clarence (Riverside) created a Science Support Document, which will be distributed statewide.
• In collaboration with the CDE and other partners, developed a plan for the implementation of three new pieces of educational legislation: AB 75 (Principal’s Training Act), AB 466 (Professional Development) and AB 961 (High Priority Schools Grant Program).
• The leadership of David Moorhouse (Los Angeles) and Joyce Wright (Sacramento), assisted in planning and conducting Secondary Reading Summits
• Identified County regional leads and formulating teams to be trained to provide regional “Taking Center Stage” trainings and support
• Identified leads to conduct regional “Aiming High” and “Taking Center Stage” rollout activities • Under the leadership of John Brophy (Calaveras) and staff from Alameda and Kern, put the County Curriculum
News Report (CCNR) online • Identified County Office and district personnel to serve on the Code’s Scholastic Audit Teams 2002 …On behalf of CCSESA during the year 2002, CISC played a significant role in California’s effort to build a coherent system for school reform based on professional development for teachers and administrators focused on adopted instructional programs and targeted assistance to low performing schools. Each of the five CISC and two state Curriculum and Instruction meetings, the five publications, the statewide conference, the five issues of the newsletter, the five major professional development initiative, the 14 curricular facilitators committees, the ten organizational liaisons, the response to the new federal education act, the three major responses to new California law, and the collaboration with CCSESA and the other steering committees, all focus on CISC’s goal for 2002: Building county office capacity to improve academic achievement of all students. Publications in 2002:
• At a Glance, describes AB 466, AB 75, and AB 961 (Stallings, Merced) • Science: County Course of Study. Assists with content standard implementation (Massetti, Madera)
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• Strategic Science Teaching K-12: A Sampler of Lessons Connecting Literature with California Standards helps incorporate literature in instruction. (Clarence, Riverside)
• California Curriculum News Report focuses on timely issues. (Foley, San Mateo/Stallings, Merced) • Professional Development in 2002 • Curriculum and Instructional Leadership Program, Asilomar 2002, premiere statewide conference for
curriculum (Kotowski, Monterey) • Secondary Literacy Conference, collaborative effort with partners for 6-12 schools (Wright,
Sacramento/Kings, Stanislaus) • Reading in Secondary Education, promoting San Diego COE online product. (Giberson, San Diego) • California High School Exit Examination Mathematics Project, mapping Algebra content standards aligned to
textbooks with model lessons. Rollout in all 11 regions. (Moorhouse, Los Angeles) • Improving Student Achievement: The County Office Role, resources and strategies for assisting low
performing schools. (Kings, Stanislaus/Plummer, Santa Clara) • Fast Forward with the Digital California Project, joint project with TTSC at the San Diego COE to promote
use of high-bandwidth network to improve student achievement. (Giberson, San Diego) • Special Projects in 2002 • No Child Left Behind, comprehensive analysis, section-by-section, of opportunities for county offices of
education, featured in recent meetings. (Johansen, Santa Barbara) • AB 75 Principal Training, 46 county offices formed partnerships with California Leadership Academy and
California Technology Assistance Project to receive provider status for Modules 2 and 3; in collaboration with Santa Barbara and Stanislaus, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, county office are currently preparing to submit proposals for Module 1 provider status. (Dei Rossi, San Joaquin)
• AB 466 Professional Development in reading and Mathematics, in partnership with the University of California, Office of the President created seven Reading Implementation Centers to provide professional development based on adopted instructional programs in reading. Currently establishing the Leadership and Accountability Team in collaboration with the Reading Development Center to provide direction to existing RICs, expand to the total of 13 RICs, and to implement the federal Reading First program.
• Assistance to Low Performing Schools, established multi-county task force to create “Tool Kit” of resources, and to conduct a two-day conference to help county offices provide assistance to district with low performing schools. (Kings, Stanislaus/Plummer, Santa Clara)
• CCSESA Regional Support System, wrote concept paper to advocate for central role of county offices of education in administering regional programs, and to strengthen regional collaboration among county offices in the 11 CCSESA regions. (Alexander, Kern)
2003 … Regional Planning and Accountability The committee provided leadership in the development of regional plans for service and support to High Priority schools and districts in their efforts to improve student achievement. The planning process involved the Curriculum and Instruction leadership from county offices, regional service providers (CTAP, RSDSS, AVID, etc.) and other regional partners. The focus for these regional plans was to provide a comprehensive and coordinated system of accountability for the delivery of regional services and to ensure the equity and quality of service to county offices, districts and schools. To date, each of the eleven regions is engaged in an ongoing process of planning and accountability. CISC initiated and completed activities to support this effort: A portion of each regular meeting was set aside for discussion, sharing regional efforts, and developing accountability models.
• A full day was dedicated to “building and Implementing Regional Plans.” The 150 participants were CISC members, county office C& I leadership, regional service providers, CCSESA members and staff, and CDE leadership and staff. The topics covered were Criteria for Regional Plans, Building Regional Structures, Accountability Components for Regional Plans, and Building Capacity – County Offices, Districts, and Schools.
• This day was planned by the Low-Performing Schools Subcommittee and Co-chaired by Bonnie Plummer, Santa Clara COE and Chris King, Stanislaus COE
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• The first Regional Accountability Report was delivered to the CCSESA General Membership in October 2003. This effort was led by the Chair of the Assessment Subcommittee, Susan Magnone, Contra Costa COE.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) • The Committee appointed a liaison on this topic to keep the membership up to date on the development of the
state plan for implementation. Carol Johansen, Santa Barbara COE, served as the liaison. • NCLB is the focus for the five issues of the California Curriculum News Report beginning with the October 2003
issue. It will also be the focus for the Curriculum and Instruction Leadership Symposium in February 2004. • Through a collaborative effort between CCSESA, CISC, and CDE, every region implemented an Adequate • Yearly Progress (AYP) rollout in July/august to assist district with the first AYP Report required by NCLB. • Through CISC, county offices received information and support on the development of the first LEA Plan effort
required of very district and county office. All county offices and regions offered assistance to districts in the development of the plans.
High Priority Schools • CISC published five issues of the Curriculum and Instruction News Report. All issues highlighted the work of
county offices and regions and their efforts to serve and support high priority schools and districts. Gordon Stallings, Merced COE is past chair and Tim McClure, Butte COE is the current of the editorial committee for this publication.
• CISC published “Tales of Time;” the grade 6-8 literature aligned to the history/social science content standards. This publication was developed by the History/Social Science Subcommittee, led by Chair, Gary Dei Rossi, and San Joaquin COE.
• The English Language Arts County Course of Study is in draft form and will be introduced at the Secondary Literacy Summit in March. This publication replaces the earlier edition and aligns the course of study with the ELA content standards, the ELA framework, AB 466, and the SBE approved instructional materials. Sue Stickel, CDE, is assisting CISC with a video to present this publication. This publication is a combined effort of The ELA Subcommittee led, by Joyce Wright Sacramento COE and the chair of the CISC Course of Study project, Larry Champion, Tehama COE.
Symposia/Conferences • The 2003 Curriculum and Instruction Leadership Symposium was held February 19-21. The theme was
“Leadership for a Standards-based System.” Despite the budget concerns regarding conferences and travel, the symposium was well attended and evaluated as highly effective by the participants. The chair of the planning committee was Chris King, Stanislaus COE.
• CISC has participated in the planning and implementation of the Secondary Literacy Summit for the past two years. For the 2004 summit, CISC was asked to take the leadership of the planning committee. The ELA Subcommittee under the leadership of Joyce Wright, Sacramento COE, has taken on this responsibility for CISC.
Mathematics • The CISC Math Subcommittee, in collaboration with University of California Office of the President, completed
the development of “Mathematics Support Modules – Enhancing AB 466 Mathematics Professional Development.” This document was printed by the San Diego COE and has been distributed to all county offices. This effort was led by the Math Subcommittee Chair, Nancy Giberson, San Diego COE, past chair David Moorhouse, LACOE, and facilitator Tony Spears, San Diego COE
Technology • In an effort to build county office and district capacity in the effective use of technology and the DCP, CISC
hosted three COE technology presentations at the March 2003 meeting: - A Model to Deliver Digital Content and Student Performance Data To California Schools: K-12
Educational Resources Portal – San Luis Obispo COE. - Santa Clara School Plan – Santa Clara COE - IP Videoconferencing: A cost-effective model – Imperial COE
Nancy Giberson, San Diego COE, is the CISC Liaison for Technology and arranged these presentations.
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AB 75 Principal Training • Through the CISC network of county offices, partnerships were formed to involve numerous county offices in
delivering AB 75 Principal Training. With the Stanislaus COE, Santa Barbara COE, CAP, and ACSA working on the three modules, all regions have access to approved AB 75 providers and training.
Reading Technical Assistance Centers (R-TAC) • Through a cooperative effort with the California Technical Assistance Center (C-TAC), CCSESA and CISC,
eight county offices, serving as Regional LEAs, currently support an R-TAC. These centers provide technical assistance and support to Reading First districts.
Reading in Secondary Education (RISE) • RISE is the online professional development series produced for secondary teachers by San Diego COE in
collaboration with Orange COE and imperial COE. CISC partnered with these county offices to provide all county offices with access to the two-day RISE trainings of trainers for COE instructional leaders who will be working with schools to achieve state and district reading goals.
California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) • CISC, through the Mathematics and English Language Arts Subcommittees, has developed and distributed
materials to assist teachers and students in passing the CAHSEE in the math content area and on the writing portion of the test.
Civic Education • Through the leadership of Gary Dei Rossi, San Joaquin COE, and the History/Social Science Subcommittee,
CISC and CCSESA were acknowledged for their support and endorsement of the new document published by the Center for Civic Education – Education for Democracy: California Civic Education Scope and Sequence. This document was sent to every principal, district superintendent and county superintendent in the state. Each region is currently involved in the roll out of this document. Many of our county office instructional leaders helped write and direct this project.
2004 …In 2004, county offices of education were asked to support many initiatives sponsored by department of education and the state board. We did have a bit of a scare when Governor Schwarzenegger’s commission on governmental reform suggested that county offices should be eliminated – from the CISC perspective—Williams, SATI, NCLB Program Improvement Schools and AB 2066 Program Improvement Districts took care of that! (At least for this year.) Under the leadership of Chris King (Stanislaus County Office), CISC initiated and contributed to several major statewide efforts to provide support to administrators, teachers, schools and districts to find ways to improve student achievement. In fact because of the increasing requests for CISC involvement in statewide initiatives, the CISC Executive Committee felt it was important to have ore county offices represented on CISC. This year our bylaws were changed to allow each region to send 3 regional representatives to CISC. The following is a brief overview of CISC’s work in 2004:
• Carol Johansen (Santa Barbara) led our Asilomar Symposium efforts. The theme was “Rising to the Challenge and Discovering the Opportunities of No Child Left Behind.” Dr. Michael Fullan’s keynote message was well aligned to the work of county office curriculum and instruction experts – leaders need to concentrate on student learning as the central focus of reform and strive to focus energy t and achieve a greater alignment within the system.
• Under the leadership of Linda Menvielle Imperial), the Mathematics Subcommittee brought together county office mathematics leaders to write the 466 modules for the many State Board approved K-8 instructional programs. This was a monumental effort that will support and be a springboard for ongoing quality mathematics professional development for the next several years.
• Joyce Wright (Sacramento), David Moorhouse (Los Angeles) and Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin) began a project with CDE to convene and impact the statewide infrastructure for School Readiness with a major goal of infusing a consistent academic skills experience for all prekindergarten children.
• Larry Champion (Tehama County) working with Joyce Wright, Language Arts subcommittee chair, developed the highly Language Arts Course of Study that is considered an augmentation to the Language Arts Framework. The Language Arts Subcommittee, again with ACSA, WestEd and CAC partners, sponsored the very successful Secondary Literacy Summit.
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• Building on the work of Past Chair Pat Alexander (Kern), Susan Magnone (Contra Costa) lead CISC members
through the process to produce a regional accountability report. This report is a way for county offices to determine if they are supporting their most needy schools as well as providing data for counties to use in the political realm. Dr. Magnon also again chaired the Regional Assessment Leads that is one of our most active and long standing CISC subcommittees.
• Working with CDE, Chris King and Pat Alexander helped to support AB 2066 through the legislative process that included a $10 million augmentation for regional RSDSS (S4) programs. CISC with CCSESA approval developed a RSDSS Augmentation protocol that will now allow those county offices that have high priority schools to access a portion of any augmentation to RSDSS funding. In this way, more and more county offices will have resources to work cooperatively with their RSDSS LEA to support their schools through the program improvement process (or better yet, to stay out of the PI process).
Through the facilitation of Glen Thomas (CCSESA Direct), CISC formed a partnership with the CSU Chancellor’s Office to support the Early Assessment Project (EAP). CSU needed help in disseminating the message about EAP to high schools and came to CCSESA/CISC because of our capability to impact the entire state through our regional structure. This year the focus was implementing a standards-based English Language Arts 12th grade course. Next year they will focus on Mathematics. Through the leadership of Linda MacDonell (Orange) and David Moorhouse (Los Angeles), the CISC High/Middle School Subcommittee supported Superintendent O’Connell’s High School Summit. The Subcommittee is also facilitating regional high school learning communities, which will continue the high school reform agenda. Through the leadership of first Barbara Clarence (Riverside) who retired this year now Diana Blackledge (Riverside), the CISC Science subcommittee has worked to inform the science instructional materials adoption process.
As the CISC year was coming to an end, the Williams Settlement appeared on the CISC agenda. CISC working with the other CCSESA Steering Committees is developing a consistent process for all county offices to utilize as they monitor their 2003 Decile 1-3 schools in the areas in instructional materials, facilities and teacher assignments. During 2004, the following CISC members took on liaison roles ensuring that CISC was kept up-to-date in the following areas: Pat Alexander (Kern) Legislation; Ronda Adams (Yolo) Career Technical; Mike DeRoss (Siskiyou) Physical Education//Health; Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin) History/Social Sciences; Francisca Sanchez (San Bernardino) Language Policy Issues; Tim McClure (Butte) RIC/R-TAC; Basha Millhollen (Santa Barbara) Elementary Issues; Nancy Giberson (San Diego) Technology and Communications; Brenda Chapman (Tuolumne) Visual and Performing Arts; John Barnhart (San Luis Obispo) Student Services Liaison. Throughout the year, CISC also gave input in the following processes: Distinguished Schools criteria and visitation schedules, CCR Revision, creation of the Program Improvement District Assistance Survey and the writing of the high school AB 75 Module I. In all, 2004 was a very busy year for CISC and the Executive Committee thanks to all the CISC members for the many hours they have contributed to CISC projects! (Executive Committee: Pat Alexander, Tim McClure, Nancy Giberson, David Moorhouse, Barbara Clarence, John Barnhart, Bob Douglas and Wendy Harris (CDE) and Chris King) 2005 …
• Accountability- Lead by Chris King (Stanislaus), the newly formed subcommittee appointed a liaison member to each of the following CDE accountability efforts: IIUSP, SAIT, HP, PI Districts and Schools, 466
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and AB 75/430 and DAIT. The CCSESA Survey was created and disseminated on-line to all 58 counties for compiling service capacity data. Analysis by CCSESA superintendent focus groups will be available for policy discussions, etc.
• Assessment/Regional Assessment Network (RAN)- Lead by Susan Magnone (Contra Costa) and Mike DeRoss (Siskiyou), RAN meetings with the Standards and Assessment Division of the CDE, provided updates and discussion on assessment and accountability issues and feedback from the field to the CDE. The RAN members communicated AYP accountability data in a regional report to superintendents and supported the California Assessment System by hosting 30 ETS STAR workshops for district assessment staff.
• The California Curriculum News Report (CCNR)- Lead by Tim McClure (Butte) and Francisca Sanchez (San Bernardino), CCSESA stopped funding the publication through dues contributions from each of the county offices of education. Four issues were produced, posted on the web, and CISC members were alerted to the posing with an email reminder. The focus for the CCNR will be consistent with the theme selected for the Leadership Symposium. Each issue cost $4,000 ad $20 will be added to the Asilomar Leadership Symposium registration fee to cover the costs. A survey, and the number of hits to web site will be tallied to measure interest in continuing the publication.
• California Preschool Instruction Network (CPIN)- Joyce Wright (Sacramento) and Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin) lead the CPIN that was initiated by the CDE in collaboration with CCSESA, to establish and maintain regional networks of administrators and teachers of early education and school readiness; facilitate and coordinate professional development opportunities and support regional communication and collaboration. The initiative focused on the educational component of preparing children aged three to five years, including those with disabilities and those who are learning English, for success in elementary school and beyond.
• Career Technical Education- Liaison, Ronda Adams (Yolo), worked with the CCSESA task force to enhance focus on Career Technical Education. Larry Champion (Tehama), and Cathy Bean (El Dorado) will join the group.
• Comprehensive Health and Physical Education- Liaison, Mike Dross (Siskiyou) and Merry McCauley (Kern), worked with Diane Wilson-Graham from CDE to prepare reports to keep CISC informed regarding issues of importance and provided input to the CDE collaborative workgroup during their process of creating guidance for school districts and county offices of education for development of local wellness policies.
• Curriculum and Instruction Leadership Symposium: Asilomar- Lead by Francisca Sanchez (San Bernardino), the February 23-25 theme was “Success 50 Years Later – Students, Schools, and Communities Living the Legacy.” The Symposium was organized in four strands: Race & Culture, Language, Special Needs, and Class & Poverty. Sessions addressed how best to close the access and achievement gaps that currently exist between groups of students and offered district-focused “promising paths” sessions regarding how the vision for student success and the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education are being operationalized in local contexts.
• Distinguished Schools- Liaison, Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin), facilitated the first CISC sponsored webcast training for the county coordinators of the California School Recognition Program. In addition, CISC worked with the CDE on recruiting and providing readers for the distinguished school application process; supported, provided personnel, and leadership on the numerous validation visits throughout the state.
• Early Assessment Project (EAP)-The Early Assessment Program identifies high school students who need additional support in their senior year to prepare for the CSU Placement Exams.
- English Language Arts Liaison, Chris King (Stanislaus), facilitated the CSU Chancellor’s Office partnership with CCSESA/CISC to implement a series that introduced senior teachers to a yearlong curriculum that focuses on teaching expository text and rhetorical analysis. The Language Arts Subcommittee Regional Leads coordinated 27 three-day workshops for 690 teachers across all 1 county superintendents’ regions.
- Mathematics Liaison, Tony Spears (San Diego), facilitated the Mathematics Subcommittee Regional Leads collaboration with CSU to develop, preview, pilot and rollout a two-day professional development series for 1200 Algebra II teachers statewide. The training teams consisted of teacher
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leaders, mathematics and math education faculty and County Office of Education mathematics specialists. Over 1,100 teachers participated.
• History-Social Science- Lead by Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin) and Elizabeth Lem (Los Angeles), the subcommittee accomplished the following:
- Worked with Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools - Entered into an agreement with the State of California’s Center for Excellence for the Study of the
Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights and Tolerance (at Chico State) - Developed a brochure containing resources and lessons for Constitution Day - Organized and presented workshops on High School Instruction Materials - Published four California Three Rs (Rights, Responsibilities, and Respect) Bulletins covering: political
expression at schools, the academic study of religion, and perils of role playing religious issues - Worked closely with many other statewide organizations (Constitutional Rights Foundation, The
Center for Civic Education, the CDE, California Council for the Social Studies, the CA History-Social Science Subject Matter Project, and the California Council History Education).
• Language Arts-Lead by Raynette Sanchez (Los Angeles) and Joyce Wright (Sacramento), the subcommittee - Provided support for the Vocabulary Forum - Held regional activities and training on vocabulary in their regions - Participated in planning for the 5th Annual Secondary Literacy Summit - Prepared a set of resource materials to guide and support effective implementation of secondary
language arts programs, with particular focus on assessment and placement of students in intensive intervention/ELD intervention programs
- Participated in planning and presenting the CDE sponsored training for SAIT language arts content leads
- In conjunction with the CSU’s, regional representatives held Early Assessment Program (EAP) Language Arts workshops. (See also, EAP)
• Leadership- Liaison, Nancy Giberson (San Diego), met with ACSA and the CACC to begin conversations for integrating leadership support around the CDE’s core AB 430/75 administrative training. AB 430 has been extended to 2012.
• Mathematics- Lead by Linda Menvielle (Imperial and Francis Basich-Whitney (Santa Cruz), the work revolved around AB 466 submissions of training material for State Board of Education approval, the training of instructors, and conducting workshops throughout the state. This comprehensive initiative involved the creation of a statewide system so that every county office of education could provide the training within their county. Lead County Offices were designated for each of the SBE approved publishers, and an oversight committee established of the Lead County Office Assistant Superintendents. The requirements of the California Academic Program Survey pushed work forward to design AB 75 elementary mathematics training for administrators.
• New Teacher Development- Liaison, Merry McCalley (Kern), provided information concerning the need for high quality teachers in California; the needs, services and legislative issues of the Intern and BTSA Induction programs; and the Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program.
• RIC/RTAC- Liaison, Tim McClure (Butte), working with seven county offices of education in collaboration with the Reading Lions Center/Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), trained over 23,000 participants in AB 466/Reading First Coach Institutes and AB 75 Principal Training Program Sessions. The training focused on State Board of Education adopted instructional programs for reading and language arts, grades K-8. Nine county offices of education, along with the California Technical Assistance Center, Reading Lions Center/SCOE, provided technical assistance to schools participating in the Reading First program.
• Science- Lead by Rob Phillips (Solano) and Co-Leads, Mike Jones (Riverside), and Crickett Kidwell (Trinity), coordinated communications with the CDE and other organizations to support goals related to high school reform and have served as a resource for the revision of Aiming High. The subcommittee produced a Resource List of materials to be used in assisting high school seniors pass the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) and planned the California High School Cyber Conference for developing on-site professional learning communities.
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• Technology: TTSC/HSN- Liaisons, Nancy Giberson (San Diego) and Tim McClure (Butte), have represented CISC working with CCSESA’s TTSC subcommittees and the High School Network (HSN) to build one of the most robust networks in the country. The California Superintendents Forum Series: Connecting to Make a Difference was co-sponsored by CCSESA and the Center for Digital Education. Francisca Sanchez (San Bernardino) facilitated an Organizational Management System review. CISC recommends consideration of this tool by TTSC/HSN as a data collection, analysis and reporting tool to facilitate completion of Regional Accountability Reports.
• Visual and Performing Arts- Liaison, Brenda Chapman, (Tuolumne) has provided consistent reports on the issues surrounding the Visual and Performing Arts. The Framework was rolled to County Arts Leads at their meeting in Sacramento and each Art Lead was given the responsibility of rolling out the framework to teachers in their respective counties. The Visual and Performing Arts Framework will be one of the foci for the Curriculum Leadership Symposium at Asilomar in 2006.
• Williams Case Support- Lead by Chris King, (Stanislaus), CISC members were prepared and participated in the spring pilot and fall implementation reviews of sufficient instructional materials, highly qualified teachers and safe facilities in the lowest performing schools throughout the state.
2006 … The accomplishment of the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee can best be described by work of the committees and liaisons. Additional notable accomplishments include:
• CCSESA Intervention Analysis coordinated by Chris King (Stanislaus) • The partnership and coordinated work with the California Comprehensive Center at WestEd • The continual strengthening of the CISC Regional Network of leads, committee chairs, and liaisons • Pioneering work on the use of technology to deliver conferences like the Middle and High School Cyber
Conference led by Rob Phillips (Solano) and the Visual and Performing Arts Cyber Conference led by Francisca Sanchez (San Bernardino)
• The continued development of tools and materials like the History-Social Science Instructional Materials Adoption Toolkit led by Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin), the Science Adoption Toolkit led by Sharon Twitty (Merced), and the “Student Assessment and Placement in Reading/ Language Arts Programs for Grades 6-12” led by Raynette Sanchez (Los Angeles).
• In 2006, the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee recognized Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin) for the CCSESA STAR Recognition Award for his long-term contribution to CISC. Chris King received the CISC Leadership Award for outstanding service for 2006. The following is a breakdown of accomplishments by subcommittee and liaison.
CISC SUBCOMMITTEES
• Accountability- The CISC Accountability Subcommittee’s purpose is to facilitate timely CISC and CDE conversations on the various programs and services that support the SBE/CDE vision and requirements to support low-performing schools and districts. Led by Chris King (Stanislaus) and Co-Lead Nancy Giberson (San Diego), the committee worked with CDE and CCSESA to select the four pilot DAIT districts and have reviewed the district criteria for the Gates additional 11 pilot districts. They reviewed the San Diego COE Program Improvement Management System (PIMS) and supported their negotiations with WestEd for developing this system as a statewide information tool. The subcommittee also served as an advisory body to CDE as they developed timelines and procedures for the revisions of AB 75 and 466 (now AB 430 and SB 472).
• Assessment/Regional Assessment Network (RAN)- Under the leadership of Susan Magnone (Contra Costa) and Mike DeRoss (Siskiyou), Co-Lead, the Regional Assessment Network met five Times with the Standards and Assessment Division of the CDE in 2006. After each of the meetings, the regional representatives provided assessment updates to other counties and districts in their region. To provide assessment resources and facilitate communication across the state, several of the RAN members are developing training materials that can be used by every county. The materials will focus on the use of state assessment
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to improve curriculum and instruction. Work on developing the materials will continue into 2007 with a completion target date of spring 2007.
• California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN)- Joyce Wright (Sacramento) Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin), and Henry Mothner (Los Angeles), led the CPIN that was initiated by the CDE in collaboration with CCSESA, to establish and maintain regional networks of administrators and teachers of early education and school readiness, facilitate and coordinate professional development opportunities and support regional communication and collaboration. The initiative focused on preparing children aged three to five, including those with disabilities and those who are learning English, for success in elementary school and beyond.
• Course of Study-Under the leadership of Larry Champion (Tehama) and Co-Lead Kathleen Hansen (Sutter), final revision of the Language Arts Course of Study: Creating a System-wide Literacy plan for Student Success is now in progress. This publication will serve as a companion document to the new California Reading/Language Arts Framework. In addition, the CISC Language Arts Committee is in the final review stages of a document entitled: Assessment and Placement in Reading/Language Arts Classes that will become an integral part of the Course of Study. The Course of Study will be showcased at the Curriculum and Instruction Leadership Symposium at Asilomar in February 2007 as well as the Secondary Literacy Summit in March 2007.
• Curriculum and Instruction Leadership Symposium 2006- 739 curriculum leaders from all the CCSESA Regions registered for the Conference entitled: Visionary Leadership for the 21st Century: Closing the Achievement Gaps that Matter Using the Mathematics and Visual and Performing Arts Framework. Chaired by Linda MacDonell (Orange), the conference consisted of three strands including Mathematics, Visual and Performing Arts, and Leadership. The Mathematics and Visual and Performing Arts Frameworks were showcased, as well as effective practices centered on closing achievement gap using the Mathematics and Visual and Performing Arts Frameworks. Evaluations for the conference have been excellent. The conference led the way for the Visual and Performing subcommittee, chaired by Francisca Sanchez, to conduct the VAPA Cyber Conference, which continued to showcase the arts.
• History/Social Science- Under the leadership of Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin) and Co-Lead Cricket Kidwell (Trinity), the CISC History-Social Science Subcommittee developed the School District History-Social Science K-12 Instructional Materials Adoption Toolkit. This helped districts with their selection process of the newly state-adopted history-social science texts. In addition, the committee worked closely with the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, Constitution Day, The California 3Rs Project, and the Secretary of State’s Office on the Student Voting Project.
• Language Arts- Led by Raynette Sanchez (Los Angeles) and Co-Lead Naomi Williams (Alameda), the Language Arts Subcommittee has worked together to plan and coordinate regional activities that support statewide literacy initiatives, such as the Early Assessment Program (EAP) and AB 466 professional development. The Subcommittee has developed the document, Assessment and Placement in Reading/Language Arts Classes that will rollout at the Asilomar Conference and the Secondary Literacy Summit, and will be included in the revised County Course of Study. Special Education issues have been a priority focus for this year and a publication addressing special needs students and reading/language arts is in development.
• Mathematics- Under the leadership of Linda Menvielle (Imperial), and Linda Childress (Riverside) Co-Lead, the Mathematics Subcommittee worked vigorously to train teachers, develop training materials, and partner with other organizations to enhance the quality of instruction and thus student achievement in the area of mathematics. The mathematics Subcommittee and the California Department of Education orchestrated the rollout of the Revised Mathematics Framework. This included producing a CD with Power Points suitable for training administrators, teachers, and community members. Each county office of education was provided with a CD as well as information on how to use it with the various audiences. Also, they continued training teachers throughout the state on the effective use of their instructional materials (AB 466). As the year ends, they will focus on the rewriting of AB 466 training materials to meet the criteria of AB 472 In conjunction with the California State University system, they trained teachers on Algebra II and above to understand and implement rigorous courses. They revised Numeracy materials and trained teachers to implement the Numeracy Program in their classrooms through a Partnership with the CDE, the
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California Comprehensive Assistance Center, and CISC. They began plans for an Algebra Forum to be held in May 2007, which will focus on the research behind the recommendations of the National Mathematics Panel. This Powerful subcommittee continues to seek new opportunities to further instruction in the area of mathematics in the State of California. Changes in the way we teach mathematics is being guided by the revised Mathematics Framework. Next year, they will, among other initiatives, build upon the work of the Science-History/Social Studies Committees to develop a process for textbook selection. New mathematics instructional materials will be available in 2008.
• Science- Under the leadership of Sharon Twitty (Merced) and Ronda Adams (Yolo) Co-lead, the Science Subcommittee developed and published the Science Adoption Toolkit: A Data-Driven Review of Instructional Materials. The toolkit established a data-driven process for the review of instructional materials. The Toolkit uses a data profile to develop a “lens” that assists in the selection of the most appropriate instructional materials for the needs of students and teachers for each district. The toolkit offers a clear process that helps districts focus on critical questions. The toolkit includes an electronic reporting feature that automatically compiles the data according to district priorities. The subcommittee also conducted a statewide rollout and training for the toolkit and worked with CCSESA to submit a successful proposal to Genentech for the development of a statewide science training for teacher leaders. Secondary (High/Middle) Schools- Led by Rob Phillips (Solano) and Co-lead Cricket Kidwell (Trinity), the CISC Secondary Subcommittee has been involved with two very important projects in 2006. On March 1, 2006, the first ever Middle and High School Cyber Summit was broadcast to 34 locations around the state and 1414 individuals participated in this event statewide. As part of the High Performing High Schools Initiative, the CDE and the CISC Secondary Subcommittee are supporting 11 promising high schools to participate in the California Successful Practices Network. This network will be guided by the work of Dr. Willard Daggett’s national Successful Practices Network. The schools, one from each County Superintendents’ region, must work in partnership with their high school network regional lead and be committed to making strides toward providing a more rigorous and relevant curriculum for all students. Successful Practices Network schools are promising models for success, fully engaged in all statewide and Constitution Day, the California 3Rs Project, and the Secretary of State’s Office on the Student Voting Project.
• Visual & Performing Arts- Under the Leadership of Francisca Sanchez (San Bernardino), Lead and Co-lead Brenda Chapman (Tuolumne), the VAPA Subcommittee was fully engaged in planning the first ever Learning in the Arts Cyber Conference, which was held on October 18, 2006, and broadcast live from San Bernardino to 28 sites statewide. Over 500 administrators, arts specialists, lead teachers, and others focused on: 1) the function, purpose, and use of the Visual and Performing Arts Framework; 2) arts education as an integral part of core curriculum for all student in California; 3) diverse models of rigorous, sequential, and comprehensive arts education for K-12; 4) information and updates about new state resources and funding for arts instruction; and 5) the arts as a research-based in low-performing (SAIT/PI) schools and districts.
The morning session featured an introduction to the foundational principles of powerful arts instruction, examples of model programs, and inspiring student learning across the arts; motivating speakers, a leadership panel, and opportunities to respond and reflect, while the afternoon presentations were locally organized sessions that focused on identifying the implications arising from the morning session and on framing a local response in terms of next steps.
CISC LIAISONS
• Career Technical- Ronda Adams (Yolo) Liaison, reports that the California County Superintendents Education Service Association/Association of California School Administrators (ACSA/CCSESA) Career Technical Education Council focused on the following areas in 2006: 1) Support the implementation and marketing of Career Technical Education. 2) Serve as an advisory for the School-to-Career Interagency Partners (Employment Development Department, CDE, the Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, and the Secretary of Education’s Office) and others on CTE issues. 3) Create the CTE Council Pre-conference
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Session at ACSA Conference for November 2006. The pre-conference session, November 1, focused on challenging programs of academic and CTE courses that provide students with preparation for both college and career. 4) Serve as a resource for educators who are implementing CTE programs—discuss challenges, brainstorm solutions and share successes. 5) Created the CTE Matrix on High School Reform.
• Charter Schools- Liaison Cathy Bean (El Dorado) shared electronic information related to current Issues as described by CDE partner Marta Reyes. Such issues were 1) Statewide Benefit Charters – what are they and how do they get approved; 2) a checklist to help COE’s evaluate charter applications that come to them either as county-wide charters or on appeal; and 3) a document that Marta Reyes has put together that describes the roles and responsibilities of county offices of education in their oversight capacity.
• Comprehensive Health/Physical Education-Under the leader of Liaison, Mike Dei Rossi (Siskiyou) information and resources were shared regarding the completion by districts of a Local School Wellness Policy, and progress on the newly published Physical Education Model Content Standards.
• Distinguished Schools/Blue Ribbon Schools- Working with CDE Partner Carol Kennedy, Liaison Pansy Ceballos (Tulare), kept CISC up-to-date with the progress of the distinguished school and blue ribbon programs. A record 377 California public elementary schools were selected as 2006 California Distinguished Schools and 31 public schools and four private schools in California were identified by the U.S. Department of Education as 2006 NCLB-Blue Ribbon Schools. The Distinguished Schools Ceremony was held May 26, 2006, at the Disneyland Hotel and Convention Center. Technical Assistance workshops have been scheduled for schools eligible for the 2007 award.
• Early Assessment Project-Tony Spears, (San Diego) Liaison, coordinated regional rollout of the new EAP mathematics two-day professional development series. All 11 regions participated and over 800 high school mathematics teachers and 42 University faculty attended the trainings. Twenty county offices of education and 18 university campuses hosted and assisted with these successful professional development trainings. A small cadre of county office staff, EAP coordinators, teacher leaders (grade 9-12), and university faculty helped develop and deliver the trainings. The professional development sessions were focused on: 1) EAP mathematics assessment resources; 2) aligning student work; 3) developing good mathematics tasks/problems; 4) the senior year experience; 5) strategies for improving students’ understanding; and 6) new collaborative opportunities and resources. CISC will continue its support for EAP mathematics and language arts during 2006-07 school year. We would like to especially thank the CISC Math Subcommittee and EAP leads for all of their hard work and support for our mathematics teachers statewide.
• Language Policy Issues- Pansy Ceballos (Tulare) Liaison, reports that the SBE adopted ELA/ELD Framework and textbook criteria. Option two included an additional hour of instruction and will be aligned to both ELA and ELD Standards. Performance levels and cut scores were established for CELDT. Leadership Liaison Nancy Giberson (San Diego) and Carol Johansen (Santa Barbara) Co-Liaison, piggybacked on CISC meeting times to facilitate the Integrated Leadership Development Initiative (ILDI). Participants included CISC, CDE, ACSA, and West Ed. ILDI seeks to coordinate statewide principal development efforts in support of AB 430 administrative training and refine the network of leadership support to meet the evolving needs of site and district leaders.
• New Teacher Development- Liaison Merry McCalley (Kern), reports that the work of the new teacher development subcommittee focused on issues that cross our state and impact student learning. The committee monitored legislation, ongoing state and federal requirements for low-performing schools, and the escalation of teacher shortages. The major piece of legislation, the new teacher programs, followed intently was SB 1209, as it will bring about changes to both the intern and induction programs.
• Technology: TTSC/HSN- Nancy Giberson (San Diego) Liaison and Tim McClure (Butte) Co-Liaison, report that information from the Technology Subcommittee (TTSC) and the High Speed Network (HSN) was shared with CISC as well as several demonstrations were presented highlighting available resources. The Program Improvement Management System (PIMS) was reviewed and supported for evaluation.
2007 … Major Focus Areas
The activities of the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee focused on three important areas, which were addressed in our May and November meetings and throughout our subcommittee work.
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• Coordination of Existing and New Initiatives: CISC members worked to coordinate delivery of the array of statewide initiatives that are implemented through county offices of education, which focus on providing professional development for new and veteran teachers and administrators (BTSA, SB 472, AB 430), supporting lower performing districts and schools (RSDSS, DAIT, SAIT, QEIA, Regional Capacity Building for COEs), and providing additional support systems (AVID, CTAP, PMAT, RASTAS, CPIN).
• Coherence of Services Provided to Districts/Schools: CISC members worked to assist districts and schools to approach the various programs, initiatives, and requirements in an integrated manner that is organized around the nine essential components.
• Consistency of Messages and Implementation: Also, it became apparent that it is important to provide consistent statements, guidelines, and suggestions that do not conflict with one another and support the nine essential components.
Recognition
• In 2007, the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee recognized Pat Alexander (Kern County) for the CCSESA STAR Recognition Award for her long-term contributions to CISC.
CISC SUBCOMMITTEES The following is a breakdown of accomplishments by subcommittee and liaison. CISC members spend numerous hours in providing statewide leadership in many areas and positively impacts districts and schools throughout California.
• Accountability The CISC Accountability Subcommittee’s purpose is to facilitate timely CISC and CDE conversations on the various programs and services that support the SBE/CDE vision and requirements to support low-performing schools and districts. Until July, the committee was led by Chris King (Stanislaus) and Co-Lead Nancy Giberson (San Diego). Upon the retirement of Chris King, Sue Stickel (Sacramento) assumed the role of Co-Lead. The committee worked with CDE and CCSESA on various initiatives, including the DAIT pilots, the Regional Capacity Building Project, QUEIA, RSDSS, and Title III. The subcommittee also served as an advisory body to CDE as they developed timelines and procedures for AB430 and SB472.
• Assessment/Regional Assessment Network (RAN) Under the leadership of Susan Magnone, (Contra Costa) the Regional Assessment Network met five times with the Standards and Assessment Division of the CDE in 2007. After each of the meetings, regional representatives provided assessment updates to other counties and districts in their region. To provide assessment resources and facilitate communication across the state, several of the RAN members developed training materials that can be used by every county, “Understanding and Using Assessment and Accountability Data to Support Student Achievement”. The materials focused on the use of state assessment to improve curriculum and instruction. Workshops were conducted during summer and fall 2007 in each of the 11 CCSESA regions.
• California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN) Joyce Wright, (Sacramento), Gary Dei Rossi, (San Joaquin), and Henry Mothner, (Los Angeles), led the CPIN that was initiated by the CDE in collaboration with CCSESA, to establish and maintain regional networks of administrators and teachers of early education and school readiness, facilitate and coordinate professional development opportunities, and support regional communication and collaboration. The initiative focused on preparing children aged three to five, including those with disabilities and those who are learning English, for success in elementary school and beyond. Almost 15,000 preschool administrators and teachers participated in CPIN professional development institutes and workshops, with over 90% of participants expressing high satisfaction with the quality and relevance of the sessions.
• Career Technical Education Larry Champion (Tehama) co-chaired the new subcommittee with Sandy Schnack from the Student Program and Services Steering Committee. Members generated a mission for their work, developed a framework and action steps that were approved by CCSESA. Next steps will focus on implementation of the approved action steps.
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• Course of Study- Under the leadership of Larry Champion, (Tehama) final revision of the Language Arts Course of Study: Creating a System Wide Literacy Plan for Student Success is now in progress. This publication will serve as a companion document to the new California Reading/Language Arts Framework. In addition, the CISC Language Arts Committee produced a document, Assessment and Placement in Reading/Language Arts Classes that become an integral part of the Course of Study. The Course Study was showcased at the Curriculum and Instruction Leadership Symposium at Asilomar in February 2007 as well as the Secondary Literacy Summit in March 2007. Also, the subcommittee produced a draft of a new course of study on Career Technical Education, that was approved by CCSESA and is scheduled for dissemination at the February 2008 Asilomar Conference.
• Curriculum and Instruction Leadership Symposium: Asilomar 2007 Under the leadership of Symposium Chair, Henry Mothner (Los Angeles) The Curriculum and Instruction Leadership Symposium 2007’s theme was Leading the Way: Ensuring Literacy Success for Pre-K – Grade 12 Students. Using the Reading/Language Arts Framework as a catalyst, the Symposium showcased Pre-K, K-3, 4-8 and 9-12 programs making great strides in literacy instruction and outcomes to a full capacity audience. Representing both rural and urban perspectives, scholars, researchers, schools, and districts highlighted ways to provide comprehensive, coherent structures for language arts teaching and learning. These exemplary programs addressed grade spans Pre-K, K-3, 4-8, and 9-12. There was a particular emphasis on meeting the needs of English Language Learners and students with special needs in several sessions. Plans for the 2008 conference featuring science and history/social science were led by Chair, Sharon Twitty (Merced).
• History/Social Science-Under the leadership of Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin) and Co-Lead Cricket Kidwell (Trinity), the CISC History-Social Science Subcommittee developed the School District History-Social Science K-12 Instructional Materials Adoption Toolkit. This helped districts with their selection process of the newly state-adopted history-social science texts. In addition, the committee worked closely with the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, Constitution Day, The California 3Rs Project, and the Secretary of State’s Office on the Student Voting Project.
• Language Arts- Led by Raynette Sanchez (Los Angeles) and Co-Lead Naomi Williams (Alameda), the Language Arts Subcommittee has worked together to plan and coordinate regional activities that support statewide literacy initiatives, such as the Early Assessment Program (EAP) and SB 430 professional development. The Subcommittee has developed the document, Assessment and Placement in Reading/Language Arts Classes that was disseminated at the Asilomar Conference and the Secondary Literacy Summit, and will be included in the revised County Course of Study. Special education issues have been a priority focus for this year and a publication addressing special needs students and reading/language arts in is in development.
• Mathematics- Under the leadership of Linda Menvielle (Imperial), and Pat Duckhorn (Sacramento) Co-Lead, the Mathematics Subcommittee worked vigorously to train teachers, develop training materials, and partner with other organizations to enhance the quality of instruction, and thus student achievement, in the area of mathematics. Also, they continued training teachers throughout the state on the effective use of their instructional materials (SB 472). In preparation for the development of new SB 472 institutes based upon the new instructional materials adopted by the SBE in November, 18 COEs decided to develop materials to submit to CDE for approval. The 18 COEs participated in a videoconference to select their respective publishers and agreed to use a common development template. Furthermore, a SB 472 Leadership Team was formed with two representatives from each of the 11 regions to oversee the development and implementation processes. Linda Menvielle and Joyce Wright will co-chair the Leadership Team.
In conjunction with the California State University system, COE trained teachers on Algebra II and above to understand and implement rigorous courses. They revised Numeracy materials and trained teachers to implement the Numeracy Program in their classrooms through a partnership with the CDE, the California Comprehensive Assistance Center, and CISC. They began plans for a second Algebra Forum to be held in fall 2008, which will focus on the research behind the recommendations of the National Mathematics Panel.
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Additionally, the subcommittee built upon the work of the Science-History/Social Studies Committees and developed a process for textbook selection for the new mathematics instructional materials will be available in 2008.
• Science- Under the leadership of Sharon Twitty (Merced) and Don Russell (Sonoma) Co-lead the Science Subcommittee developed and published the Science Adoption Toolkit: A Data-Driven Review of Instructional Materials. The toolkit established a data-driven process for the review of instructional materials. The Toolkit uses a data profile to develop a “lens” that assists in the selection of the most appropriate instructional material for the needs of students and teachers for each district. The toolkit offers a clear process that helps districts focus on critical questions. The toolkit includes an electronic reporting feature that automatically compiles the data according to district priorities. Subcommittee members developed a statewide science training for teacher leaders supported by a grant from Genentech.
• Secondary (High/Middle) Schools led by Rob Phillips (Solano) and Co-Lead Cricket Kidwell (Trinity), the subcommittee continued to support 11 promising high schools as they participated in the California Successful Practices Network, guided by the work of Dr. Willard Daggett’s national Successful Practices Network. The schools, one from each County Superintendents’ regions, worked in partnership with their high school network regional lead and committed to making strides toward providing a more rigorous and relevant curriculum for all students. The subcommittees also assumed a leadership role in collaborating with CDE on the rollout for the new Taking Center Stage II, scheduled for April 2008. The materials and resources for this initiative will be accessed through an online portal. Additionally, the subcommittee members developed and disseminated resources and materials on Professional Learning Communities (PLC) in partnership with CDE and based on the work of Dr. Richard Du Four.
• Visual and Performing Arts- Under the leadership of Francisca Sanchez (San Bernardino until 11/07 and then San Francisco), Lead and Co-Lead Brenda Chapman (Tuolumne), the VAPA Subcommittee continued advocacy efforts for a comprehensive core curriculum that includes the arts. Each regional arts lead is planning a forum that involves county office and district administrators, curriculum directors, teacher leaders, and parents to discuss ways to strengthen arts education in their schools. These forums will serve as a follow-up to last year’s Learning in the Arts Cyber Conference. Additionally, the subcommittee worked with CDE to promote continued coordination for all arts initiatives, including the new state funds that are focused on supporting arts education leadership and implementation of existing and new initiatives.
CISC LIAISONS
• Charter Schools- Liaison Cathy Bean (El Dorado) shared electronic information related to current issues as described by CDE partner Marta Reyes. Such issues were 1) Statewide Benefit Charters-what are they and how do they get approved; 2) a checklist to help COE’s evaluate charter applications that come to them either as county-wide charters or on appeal; and 3) a document that Marta Reyes has put together that describes the roles and responsibilities of county office of education in their oversight capacity.
• Comprehensive Health/Physical Education- Under the leadership of Liaison, Mike DeRoss (Siskiyou), information and resources were shared regarding the completion by districts of a Local School Wellness Policy, and progress on the newly published Physical Education model Content Standards.
• Distinguished Schools/Blue Ribbon Schools- Working with CDE partner Carol Kennedy, Liaison Naomi Williams (Alameda), kept CISC up-to-date with the progress of the distinguished school and blue ribbon programs. A record number of California public elementary schools were selected as 2007 California Distinguished Schools and many public schools in California were identified by the U.S. Department of Education as 2007 NCLB-Blue Ribbon Schools. The Distinguished Schools Ceremony was held in May at the Disneyland Hotel and Convention Center. Technical assistance workshops were provided for schools eligible for the 2008 award.
• Early Assessment Project- Tony Spears (San Diego) served as the initial Liaison and supported Marsha King (Sacramento) to serve as the next Liaison for Mathematics. Chris King (Stanislaus) served as the Liaison for English/Language Arts, and Frank Smith (Stanislaus) will continue this work. They coordinated regional rollouts for the new EAP mathematics two-day professional development series. All 11 regions participated
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and over 800 high school mathematics teachers and 42 University faculty attended the trainings. Twenty county offices of education and 18 university campuses university campuses hosted and assisted with these successful professional development trainings. A small cadre of county office staff, EAP coordinators, teacher leaders (grades 9-12), and university faculty helped to develop and deliver the trainings. The professional development sessions were focused on: 1) EAP mathematics assessment resources; 2) aligning student work; 3) developing good mathematics tasks/problems; 4) the senior year experience; 5) strategies for improving students’ understanding; and 6) new collaborative opportunities and resources. CISC will continue its support for EAP mathematics and language arts during the 2007/08 school year. The English/Language Arts program will continue in the same format, while the mathematics program is in a period of transition to an online model of professional development.
• Language Policy Issues Liaison Pansey Ceballos (Tulare) provided current information that was relevant to meeting the needs of all students who are learning English.
• Liaison Nancy Giberson (San Diego) and Sue Stickel (Sacramento) Co- Liaison facilitated the Integrated Leadership Development Initiative (ILDI). Participants included CISC, CDE, ACSA, and WestEd, ILDI seeks to coordinate statewide principal development efforts in support of AB 430 administrative training and refine the network of leadership support to meet the evolving needs to site and district leaders.
• New Teacher Development- Liaison Merry McCalley (Kern) reported that the work of the new teacher development subcommittee focused on issues that cross our state and impact student learning. The committee monitored legislation, ongoing state and federal requirements for low-performing schools, and the escalation of teacher shortages. The major piece of legislation followed intently was SB 1209 the new teacher programs, as it will bring about changes to both the intern and induction programs.
• Technology: TTSC/HSN- Nancy Giberson (San Diego) Liaison and Tim McClure (Butte) Co-Liaison report that information from the Technology Subcommittee (TTSC) and the High Speed Network (HSN) was shared with CISC as well as several demonstrations were presented highlighting available resources.
2008 …was an extraordinarily productive year for CISC and its subcommittees. The major accomplishments for 2008 include, but are not limited to:
• CISC – interactive “hot topic” sessions designed to “mine the talent” of the members; Completion of the RFP process for the 2010 Asilomar Coordinator (Tehama) & the ELA Web-Based Toolkit Development (San Diego); represented CCSESA at various state-level commissions and stakeholders meetings.
• Accountability – Interfaced with CDE leadership regarding major statewide initiatives. • Assessment/RAN – Conducted five meetings to facilitate communication about the California Assessment
and Accountability systems between the CDE, county offices of education, and districts. Two biggest issues were the implementation of the California Modified Assessment and the SBE decision to make Algebra I the 8th grade math assessment.
• History/Social Science – MY VOTE program; 2008 History-Social Science Asilomar Symposium; History-Social Science Framework Revision; Civic Mission of Schools Campaign.
• Language Arts – Development of the ELA Adoption Toolkit; statewide training on the use of the ELA Adoption Toolkit; began work on the ELA Adoption Web-Based Toolkit; developed a process for equitable access to the 2008 ELA Adoption 472 Materials Development Materials Development.
• Leadership Symposium: Asilomar 2008 – A joint activity of the CISC Science and the CISC History-Social Science Subcommittees that feature both content areas as the focus of the symposium.
• Leadership Symposium: Asilomar 2009 – The focus for the 2009 Symposium will be Leadership. It is designed to address the needs for DAIT and other systemic reform work at the district level.
• Mathematics – 29 K-12 and one 9-12 SB 472 training programs were developed, submitted, and SBE approved; provided SB 472 Mathematics training to over 7,000 teachers during the summer of 2008; co-planned and presented the Algebra Forum; initiated the Mathematics Course of Study.
• School Readiness – Facilitated the California Preschool Learning Foundations Roll-Out; CPIN provided training to over 13,000 preschool educators statewide.
• Science – A CCSESA grant from Genentech supported It’s All About The Electron, a physical science content training for 4th and 5th grade teachers; co-planned the 2008 Asilomar Symposium.
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• Secondary – Provide Taking Center Stage II Roll-Out & Facilitation to Middle Schools, Districts, and Educators, the Successful Practices Network for Secondary Schools, and Career-Tech Education Framework Roll Out.
• Visual & Performing Arts – CCSESA Arts Initiative developed a portfolio of classroom-based tools show-cased at the November CISC Meeting.
2009… CISC and its subcommittees found 2009 to be a busy and productive year. The major accomplishments include, but are not limited to: CISC- GENERAL We continued the interactive ‘hot topics’ sessions designed to support colleagues’ knowledge and expertise. Topics focused on the revised accountability tools, Response to Instruction and Intervention, leadership practices during financial crisis, equity and access.
• Going Green: CISC Handbook, agendas, and meeting minutes are now posted on the CCSESA website. Distribution of paper is very limited
• Expanded use of technology included ‘Skype’ link for attendees and use of technology tools to enhance presentations and prepare for digital textbooks release.
• Major time and effort was contributed to the transition of fiduciary responsibilities to Marin COE • Revised bylaws and expanded CISC membership to include representation from all 58 county offices • Established two new subcommittees: Leadership and Career Technical Education
SUBCOMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS
Accountability-Valerie Chrisman, Sue Stickel • Provided feedback and training for the DAIT provider toolkit and needs assessment tools • Supported communication and collaboration between CDE and Regional System of District and School
Support (RSDSS) • Collaborated with CDE to develop a guide for RtI2 resources Career Technical Education-Ronda Adams, Jon Sapper • Revised and prepared an online/digital Course of Study; rollout Asilomar 2010 History/Social Science-Gary Dei Rossi, Cricket Kidwell • Revised History Social Science Framework • Reviewing digital textbooks for CLRN website Leadership Symposium: Asilomar – Don Holder • 2009 ‘Visionary Leadership in Challenging Times’-SOLD OUT, 675+ attendees Mathematics- Linda Menvielle, Jeanne Herrick • Developed ‘modular’ options to provide districts with Instructional Materials Professional Development • Prepared a Course of Study document; roll out at Asilomar 2010 • Continued support for Algebra Forum Initiative, hosting statewide and regional events • Designed and rolled out: Numeracy Project professional development Reading Language Arts- Raynette Sanchez • Prepared and delivered the Reading Language Arts Adoption Toolkit • Posted Reading Language Arts adoption toolkit online resources • Developed ‘modular’ options to provide districts with Instructional Materials Professional Development • Merged the Reading Implementation Center and Reading Technical Assistance Center and ELA
subcommittee meetings • Co-sponsored a successful Literacy Summit School Readiness- Joyce Wright, Gary Dei Rossi, Henry Mothner • Ready for K with ESEA: The ABC’s of How to Use Title I ESEA Funds for Preschool in California. A resource
for administrators of public school districts and county offices of education that receive Title I funds. The
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document was produced by the Sacramento COE for CCSESA with financial support provided by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation.
• Provided Early Learning Foundations Training Science-Brad Shultz, Don Russell • Submitted a proposal to Genentech Foundation for additional funding for Grade 4/5 science training • Supported Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) Units; developed a professional development Secondary- Cricket Kidwell, Rob Phillips • Developed a Secondary High School Crosswalk Tool that highlights elements of various reform and best
practices models • Provided additional support for the rollout of Taking Center Stage II Visual and Performing Arts- Francisca Sanchez • Hosted Arts Symposium • Secured additional funding to support Packard Arts Grant Initiatives-Tool Kit/Resources Secondary- Cricket Kidwell, Rob Phillips • Developed a Secondary High School Crosswalk Tool that highlights elements of various ‘reform’ and best
practices models • Provided additional support for the rollout of Taking Center Stage II Visual and Performing Arts- Francisca Sanchez • Hosted Arts Symposium • Secured additional funding to support Packard Arts Grant Initiatives-Tool Kit/Resources Other Collaborations • Developed an RFA and awarded CDE funds to support ‘Leadership for Student Success through After School
Programs’ • Supported Digital Textbook Initiative • Provided extensive support in the development and delivery of professional development in the use of the
state district and schools needs assessment tools 2010...Under the leadership of Sharon Twitty, Merced County, CISC initiated multiple operational changes related to leadership, budget, planning, and collaboration, and CISC subcommittees produced an outstanding portfolio of products, services, and plans. Major accomplishments for the year are as follows:
CISC Operational Changes • Revised CISC goals, aligned 2011 work and work processes around goals; restructured CISC Executive
Committee terms, composition, and assignments; utilized processes to enhance leadership recruitment; developed multi-year budgets; and revised bylaws to enhance transparency.
• Changes are designed to more purposefully align work to CCSESA/CISC priorities, and to enhance CISC leadership and responsiveness to a changing educational environment and context.
Accountability - Sue Stickel, Valerie Chrisman • Provided feedback and support for professional development modules being written by county offices of
education, CDE, and the California Comprehensive Assistance Center. The complete modules will be for use by county offices to train district and county DAIT Leads and/or teams. Modules will be available early in 2011.
• Supported communication and collaboration between CDE and the Regional System of District and School Support.
Career Technical Education - Ronda Adams, Jon Sapper • Completed and distributed Online/digital Course of Study at Asilomar 2010 Symposium and Education for
Careers State Conference. Several regional and district rollouts were conducted. • Partnered with CDE to develop a CTE Leadership Development Institute with Butte COE serving as lead in
this effort. • Collaborated with WASC to revise the WASC rubric to include CTE standards and programs of study
integrated into the self-evaluation tool.
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Reading Language Arts - Naomi Eason, Carolyn Olsen • Developed the publication: Student Assessment and Placement in Reading Language Arts Programs for
Grades 6-12 and 4-8 Intensive Intervention. • Coordinated the Common Core standards crosswalks with countywide professional development needs. Leadership Symposium, Asilomar – Theresa Rouse • The upcoming 2011 ‘Leadership Through Change’ is SOLD OUT with 682 participants, including fourteen
county superintendents. Leadership - Sue Stickel, Henry Mothner • Compiled and posted a leadership repository on the CCSESA web site. • Provided support and coordination on the Integrated Leadership Development Initiative. Mathematics - Sue Stickel, Jeanne Herrick • Organized SB472 binders into shorter modules for county office use in supporting school districts’
professional development needs. • Facilitated the development of AB430 binders for both elementary and secondary levels. • Provided support for Algebra Forum Initiative, hosting statewide and regional events. • Designed and rolled out Numeracy Project professional development.
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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION STEERING COMMITTEE (CISC) CISC 2011 FINAL REPORT
Submitted by Raynette Sanchez (Los Angeles), CISC Chair 2011
CORE PURPOSE Strengthen county office of education service and leadership capacity to improve and sustain academic achievement for all students, to prepare them with the capacities and skills required for 21st century citizenship, and to close the existing achievement gap. CISC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Increased CISC membership, with 55 COEs currently participating in CISC. • Held five two-day CISC meetings during 2011. During the first day of the May and November CISC meetings,
held joint CISC/CDE joint meetings in which more than one hundred CISC members and COE guests participated in both joint meetings.
• Provided leadership for ongoing CISC work through the CISC Executive Committee, with focus on the six major CISC goal areas identified for 2011 and 2012.
• Utilized eleven CISC regional leads to coordinate CISC activities regionally. • Provided leadership and product development for high priority subjects and initiatives through CISC
subcommittee work. Each CISC subcommittee is led by a lead and co-lead, and includes representatives from each of the eleven CCSESA regions. There are CISC subcommittees for: Accountability, CISC Leadership Symposium (Asilomar), Career-Technical Education, History-Social Science, Leadership, Mathematics, Reading-Language Arts, School Readiness, Science, and Visual and Performing Arts. Accomplishments by CISC subcommittees are summarized subsequently in this report.
• Provided coordination, communication, planning, and problem-solving in key areas through CISC liaisons for After School Programs, Charter Schools, Comprehensive Health and Physical Education, Distinguished Schools, Language Policy, RSDSS, Teacher Development, and Technology. CISC representatives also served on the CCSESA Business and State and Federal Legislative Committees.
• Provided leadership for Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Transitional Kindergarten (TK) initiatives across the state. During 2011, CISC developed extensive resources, conducted surveys to inform continued work, provided feedback and input to key stakeholders, and provided training and technical assistance within regions. CCSS and TK have been areas of major focus for CISC, and are a standing agenda topic at every CISC meeting.
• With the Technology and Telecommunications Steering Committee, and a Digital Commons Work Group including representatives from Butte, El Dorado, Imperial, Kings, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Sacramento, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and Stanislaus COEs, led development of the CCSESA California E-Learning Framework and related training materials; held a joint TTSC and CISC meeting to roll-out California E-Learning Framework; and identified possible next steps for ongoing work.
• Held the CISC Leadership Symposium at Asilomar on February 23 - 25, 2011. This Symposium was completely sold out, and received excellent reviews from participants. Michael Fullan, Doug Reeves, and five featured districts examined the importance of district leadership in guiding systemic change. Fourteen COE superintendents were able to participate in this Symposium. Theresa Rouse (Santa Cruz) provided excellent leadership for this Symposium.
• Developed three-year CISC budget plans that result in a balanced budget and phased resource development to support ongoing CCSS and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium assessment implementation over that same time period.
• Under the leadership of Sue Stickel (Sacramento) 2012 CISC meetings will be held at the Sacramento COE, and one of our two-day face-to face meetings will be replaced with a one-day videoconference meeting.
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Ongoing activities from CISC 2011 will smoothly transition into next year, providing the foundation for CISC accomplishments in 2012.
CISC SUBCOMMITTEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Accountability 2011 - Sue Stickel (Sacramento), Valerie Chrisman (Ventura)
• Provided feedback and support for professional development modules written by county offices of education, CDE, and the California Comprehensive Assistance Center. The complete modules were delivered by CDE and representatives of county offices of education in Sacramento and Orange County during the fall of 2011. Modules are now available for use by county offices of education as they work with districts on their Local Educational Agency Plans.
• Worked collaboratively with CDE to identify common support practices for districts that are aligned to each goal of the Regional System of District and School Support. This work is scheduled to conclude in early spring 2012.
CISC Leadership Symposium 2012 - Cyndy Dolph (Madera) • The 2012 CISC Leadership Symposium, Reinventing Leadership in Times of Transition, has filled its
registration slots, including twelve county superintendents. • The Committee successfully and collaboratively planned the Symposium utilizing two face-to-face meetings
and 10 online meetings using Adobe Connect. • The Committee successfully secured four sponsors for the Leadership Symposium.
CISC Leadership Symposium 2011 – Theresa Rouse (Santa Cruz) • The 2012 CISC Leadership Symposium was completely sold out and generated a profit. • Michael Fullan, Doug Reeves, and five featured districts examined the importance of district leadership in
guiding systemic change. • 96% of participants rated themselves as somewhat to highly ready to implement the critical elements of
their learning in their current roles. • Key learnings from participants regarding the Symposium included many such as the following: "Do the
right thing, and relationships matter..." "Capacity building is key to the sustainability of any endeavor." "Less is more! Focus on implementation." "The need to build a culture that can embrace change but be flexible enough to sustain effective practices; and the need to build teams at all levels of the organization." "The importance of moral purpose/imperative in this work." "Even in challenging economic times, it is still all about the kids."
History-Social Science - Cricket Kidwell (Trinity), Lissette Estrella-Henderson (Solano) • Produced monthly CISC History-Social Science News updates. • Supported communication and collaboration of a statewide history-social science network of projects,
programs, and professional development. • Developed the first draft of the historical literacy document for the ELA Common Core Standards Toolkit
(target release date: February 2012). • Provided input for state initiatives in history-social science instruction including 21st Century Skills and
minority group inclusiveness. • Provided support and feedback on the Preparing Students for College, Career and CITIZENSHIP: A California
Guide to Align Civic Education and the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects (LACOE) document.
Career Technical Education - Ronda Adams (Yolo), Jon Sapper (Humboldt) • Incorporated CTE Course of Study into Leadership Development Institute curriculum. • Completed the CTE Accountability Matrix in partnership with CDE and CAROCP Accountability Committee. • Partnered with CDE and Butte County in delivery of the CTE Leadership Development Institute. • Partnered with CDE on defining Career and College Readiness and how the Common Core Standards align
with CTE. • A WASC Board presentation to submit the revised WASC Rubric resulted in the WASC Board approving the
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Leadership – Judy Flores (Shasta), Henry Mothner (Los Angeles), Nancy Brownell (Sonoma) • Development of the Tier II Administrative Guidelines Template to assist COEs in writing Tier II
Administrative Guidelines Programs. • Monthly videoconferences in Fall 2011 to support county offices writing to the Tier II Administrative
Guidelines Program. Mathematics - Gary Waddell (San Mateo), Jeanne Herrick (Monterey)
• Collaborated with the Reading-Language Arts Subcommittee to draft the Common Core State Standards Implementation Guide.
• Collaborated with the Reading-Language Arts and the School Readiness Subcommittees to contribute mathematics content to the TK/2 Year K Guide.
• Provided support for the Algebra Forum Initiative. • Collaborated with CDE, California Mathematics Council, California Mathematics Project, and California
Mathematics Teacher Educators on web-based resource materials supporting four key mathematical concepts/practices in the Common Core State Standards.
Reading-Language Arts - Naomi Eason (Alameda), Beth Higbee (San Bernardino), Carolyn Olsen (Butte) • Developed the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Toolkit (still in draft form pending CCSESA approval),
working in collaboration with the CISC Mathematics Subcommittee. • Provided recommendations regarding the Trainer of Trainers approaches for county offices as they prepare
to roll out the CCSS toolkit. • Met regularly with CDE staff regarding CCSS, legislation and CDE action in regard to CCSS instructional
materials, providing county and district perspectives. • Provided support for the Striving Readers Grant, the Expository Reading and Writing Course, and the
Secondary Literacy Summit. Regional Assessment Network (RAN) – Beth Higbee (San Bernardino), Sue Rich (Stanislaus)
• Provided regional/county reports on tests coming on line, STAR modifications, CALPADS information; served as region/county-wide information sources for districts on assessment issues.
• Participated in the August 23rd Statewide Assessment Colloquium as CDE prepared to work with SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium.
• Interviewed teachers statewide and worked with CDE on the USDE-required Consequential Validity Study on the impact of testing.
• RAN Subcommittee members served as volunteers at North and South Assessment meetings and shared information locally.
School Readiness - Joyce Wright (Sacramento), Gary Dei Rossi (San Joaquin) • Wrote, produced, and disseminated a document to assist school districts with implementation of SB 1381,
“Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Planning Guide”. • Presented the TK Guide at the statewide TK Summit in November. • Planned and presented resources for county offices to use to support school districts on SB1381 School
Readiness Act of 2010 at the May and November Joint CISC and CDE meetings. • Facilitated presentations of Transitional Kindergarten summits hosted by county offices of education to
assist districts with planning for implementation of SB 1381. • Conducted a survey and reported results of school districts’ plans to implement SB 1381. • Conducted a survey of technical assistance by county offices of education to support school districts’
planning for implementation of SB 1381. Science - Brad Schultz (San Luis Obispo), Susan Salcido (Santa Barbara)
• Presented Strategic Science Teaching workshops throughout the state. • Presented four Strategic Science Teaching sessions at the CSTA Conference in Pasadena. • Began the development of a Web-based version of Strategic Science Teaching. • Continued with the development of a Web-based Science Safety Toolkit. • Began awareness activities regarding the Literacy Standards for Science, History/SS and Technical Subjects.
Visual and Performing Arts – Pamela Comfort (Contra Costa), Tim Gill (Lake), Francisca Sanchez (San Francisco)
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working with Sarah Anderberg (CCSESA) • Offered the professional development leadership series Inspiring Voice: Engaging and Motivating Students
through Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Arts Education in partnership with San Francisco Unified School District which culminated in a statewide arts learning colloquium in Sacramento on May 17-18, 2011 involving educators from across California.
• VAPA regional leads offered 89 professional development events to 535 sites in 152 districts involving 4,428 participants (January 1, 2011 to November 4, 2011) and provided 778 consultations to 10,033 participants in 71 districts (OMS Data). Each region offered a regional arts forum which engaged administrators, teachers, parents, school board members, and artists.
• Co-hosted the Reinvigorating Arts Learning for 21st Century Success luncheon with the California State PTA in celebration of March as Arts Education Month on March 15th at the Sierra Health Foundation in Sacramento. The event drew 72 attendees representing state, regional, county, and local educational leaders, parent leaders, and legislative staff.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION Don Holder (Fresno) was nominated for the CCSESA STAR Award. Don has provided exemplary service to CCSESA and CISC for many years, and has served as CISC Treasurer from 2009-2011, CISC Asilomar Leadership Symposium Chair in 2009, and as CISC Executive Committee member for many years. His leadership, wisdom, and knowledge have greatly enriched our organization. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANK YOU! It has been my pleasure to serve as CISC Chair in 2011. Many thanks to county superintendents for the talented and dedicated curriculum and instruction leaders that you send to CISC, and for your leadership in coordinating county office of education initiatives!! Thank you to the CCSESA staff for your leadership, and for your support for CCSESA steering committee work.
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Submitted by Sue Stickel (Sacramento) CISC Chair 2012 CORE PURPOSE Strengthen county office of education service and leadership capacity to improve and sustain academic Achievement for all students, to prepare them with the capacities and skills required for 21st century citizenship, and to close the existing achievement gap. CISC ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Held four two-day CISC meetings during 2012. During the first day of the May and November CISC meetings,
held joint CISC/CDE meetings in which more than one hundred CISC members and COE guests participated in both joint meetings. For the first time a videoconference meeting was held in March.
• Provided leadership for ongoing CISC work through the CISC Executive Committee, with focus on the six major CISC goal areas identified for 2012.
• Utilized eleven CISC regional leads to coordinate CISC activities regionally. • Provided leadership and product development for high priority subjects and initiatives through CISC
subcommittee work. Each CISC subcommittee is led by a lead and co-lead, and includes representatives from each of the eleven CCSESA regions. There are CISC subcommittees for: Accountability, CISC Leadership Symposium, Career-Technical Education, History-Social Science, Leadership, Mathematics, Reading-Language Arts, School Readiness, Science, Teacher Development, Online Learning, Visual and Performing Arts, and RAN. Accomplishments by CISC subcommittees are summarized subsequently in this report.
• Provided coordination, communication, planning, and problem-solving in key areas through CISC liaisons for After School Programs, Distinguished Schools, Language Policy, RSDSS, and Technology. CISC representatives also served on the CCSESA Business and State and Federal Legislative Committees.
• Provided leadership for Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), and Transitional Kindergarten (TK) initiatives across the state. During 2012, CISC developed extensive resources, conducted surveys to inform continued work, provided feedback and input to key stakeholders, and provided training and technical assistance within regions. CCSS, SBAC, and TK have been areas of major focus for CISC, and are a standing agenda topic at most CISC meetings.
• Held the CISC Leadership Symposium at Asilomar on February 22-24, 2012. This Symposium was completely sold out and received excellent reviews from participants. Several COE superintendents were able to participate in this Symposium. Cyndy Dolph (Madera) provided excellent leadership for this Symposium.
• An On-line Learning Subcommittee was launched. It is a cooperative venture between CISC and TTSC. Shirley Diaz (Glenn County) is one of the co-chairs.
• Developed three-year CISC budget plans that result in a balanced budget and phased resource development to support ongoing CCSS and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium assessment implementation over that same time period.
• Under the leadership of Judy Flores (Shasta) 2013 CISC meetings will be held at the Sacramento COE, and one of our two-day face-to-face meetings will once again be replaced with a one-day videoconference meeting. Ongoing activities from CISC 2012 will smoothly transition into next year, providing the foundation for the CISC accomplishments in 2013.
• Moved the 2013 Leadership Symposium to the Monterey Convention Center. CISC SUBCOMMITTEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Accountability 2012 – Valerie Chrisman (Ventura) • The focus of 2012 was to identify the foundation services all Program Improvement districts and schools could
expect to receive from RSDSS. This collaborative work involved CDE, CISC Accountability Committee members and RSDSS Liaisons and the RSDSS Directors. In January and February, the Accountability Chair shared various drafts with the four groups and by March 20, the final collaboratively crafted draft was presented to the RSDSS
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Directors at their meeting for any additional changes. The document was shared with all CISC members in May and became part of the RSDSS work plans for 2012-13.
CISC Leadership Symposium 2012 – Cyndy Dolph (Madera) • The 2012 CISC Leadership Symposium, Reinventing Leadership in Times of Transition, was completely sold out
and generated a profit. • The evaluations for the event were overwhelmingly positive. CISC Leadership Symposium 2013 – Kitty Catania (Fresno) • The Leadership Symposium will change venues and will be held at the Monterey Convention Center. • The Symposium, already a sell-out, will accommodate over 900 participants. • The featured speakers are Daniel Pink and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. • CCSESA’s new CVENT system is being used for registration. • Ventura County is providing the technical support. History – Social Science – Cricket Kidwell (Trinity), Lissette Estrella-Henderson (Solano) • Maintained a state-wide network of California history-social science leaders through face-to-face and email
communications in promoting, organizing, and planning state-wide and regional programs, projects, professional development, and resource development.
• Provided a monthly synopsis of history-social science news, events, professional development opportunities, and resources which was distributed to a very large majority of schools and districts in California through email.
• Coordinated and supported county office of education-developed materials on history-social science and the Common Core State Standards including PowerPoint presentations, documents, and materials.
• Collaborated with the California 3Rs Project to provide resources, professional development, and advisories to schools, districts, and county offices of education on rights, responsibility, and respect in relation to education and religion.
• Supported and advised the coordination of history-social science content and skills to state and national initiatives such as literacy, 21st century skills, Common Core Standards, integrated career and college-readiness, etc.
Career Technical Education – Ronda Adams (Yolo) • Partnered with CDE and Butte County in delivery of the CTE Leadership Development Institute. • Aligned WASC FOL Career Technical Education Criteria Crosswalk with the State CTE System based on the 11
Elements of a High Quality CTE Program that will be presented to WASC. • Completed response to the Weighted Student Formula and its Impact on CTE Delivery Systems. • Convened a subcommittee to lead in the development of a training model for the collaboration of CTE and core
academic instructors in support of the mastery of CCSS. Leadership – Judy Flores (Shasta), Susan Salcido (Santa Barbara) • Discussed components of the Tier II Administrative Guidelines-Based Programs as counties/regions worked to
develop and write programs. • Developed a “Tip Sheet” to explain changes in administrative credentialing in 2012-13 and beyond for districts
and potential administrators. • Reviewed articles and research on principal evaluation. • Shared Common Core implementation resources that various counties/regions are using with district and
school leaders. • Gathered data from county offices across the state in relation to the following areas:
1. CISC – COE Leadership Offerings – This document shows what is happening currently by county in the area of Leadership training and support.
2. Tier II Admin Programs Submission – This document provided a summary of counties that are applying to CTC to provide the Tier II Administrative Credential Guidelines-Based Programs.
3. CISC Administrator Training Survey – This document identifies which counties are offering administrator training programs this school year (ATP, Tier II, other).
• Provided feedback to CTC on the preliminary administrative credential components, the CPSELS, and the induction model for administrators.
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Mathematics – Gary Waddell (San Mateo), Paul Joens-Poulton (Mendocino) • Produced and rolled out “CISC Common Core State Standards Toolkit.” Presented three (North, Central, South)
Training of Trainer sessions for COE content specialists. The following number of COE staff were trained at each respective Training of Trainer sessions: March 5, 2012 – Fresno = 79 participants March 8, 2012 – Orange County = 62 participants March 12, 2012 – San Mateo County = 114 participants
This resource, a collaborative effort with the Reading/Language Arts Subcommittee, provided materials sufficient for two days of Professional Development for teachers around the CCSS. • In conjunction with WestEd and CDE, planned and conducted the “Algebra Forum IV,” May 21-23 at the Santa
Clara County Office of Education. All 11 regions were represented at this year’s Forum, which focused on the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Based on evaluation results, over 95 percent of the respondents agreed or strongly agreed that Algebra Forum IV provided relevant research and materials that they would use to increase the effectiveness of their work and that was relevant to their work, that they would share the research and materials with others, and that the Algebra Forum IV was of high quality.
Reading-Language Arts – Raynette Sanchez (Los Angeles), Patti Thurman (Lassen) • Delivered CCSS Toolkit awareness training to schools and districts within each region. • Completed Training of Trainers for CCSS Toolkit awareness training. • Engaged in dialogue and planning with CDE staff in areas including CCSS, implementation of new legislation and
initiatives, instructional materials, and Professional Learning Modules. • Worked closely with CSU on the Expository Reading and Writing Course initiative and related training. Science – Brad Schultz (San Luis Obispo), Susan Salcido (Santa Barbara) • Completed the Strategic Science Teaching on-line project that is available free of charge to teachers throughout
California. • Committee members are part of a collaborative team writing CCSS Science Literacy Module. • Assisted CDE with the development of the Next Generation Science Standards action plan. Teacher Development – Rick Bartkowski (Stanislaus) • Established the Subcommittee as an entity: communication with regional leads about “who” would be a good
fit for the committee and running down leads for this new subcommittee, establishing protocols for phone conversations, meeting face-to-face, and coalescing as a group.
• Gathered information that allowed for the creation of a PowerPoint to inform CISC membership at-large about: 1. The role that COEs play in regard to teacher preparations and development: as LEAs of paraprofessional
programs, intern programs, and induction programs – both general education and special education (BTSA). 2. The innovations possible across programs of size (typically COE programs) due to flexible funding that
allows district and county needs to be met in new and creative ways. • Shared valuable resources across COE programs. • Began advocacy for COE programs through: the informing of CISC, preparation of county superintendents for
CCSESA conversations to ensure that they are fully informed about the programs housed in the LEAs, and discussion about impending issues and implications for programs (for example, student-weighted formula, etc.).
Online Learning Collaborative – Shirley Diaz (Glenn) • At the request of CCSESA, formed the Online Learning Collaborative Subcommittee out of joint membership of
CISC/TTSC. • Convened members to discuss existing resources, gaps, resource creation, and priorities. • Created a work plan for 2012-13 to include a final product of an interactive website for CCSESA to use for
Online Learning resources. • Presented the OLSC goals and work plan at CCSESA membership meeting. • Planned for a March 2013 Online Learning Symposium for COEs
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Visual and Performing Arts – Pamela Comfort (Contra Costa), Tim Gill (Lake) • Hosted regional forums in all eleven service regions focused on various topics related to arts learning. • Offered 118 professional development offerings to 806 sites in 152 districts involving 2,389 participants
(January 1, 2012 to December 3, 2012) and provided 370 consultations to 4,895 participants in 489 schools and districts. Data report provided by OMS.
• Co-hosted the Celebrating Arts Learning in California Schools luncheon with the California State PTA in celebration of March as Arts Education Month on March 14th at the Sierra Health Foundation in Sacramento. Craig Cheslog, Principal Advisor to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and Craig Watson, Executive Director of the California Arts Council were keynote speakers. The event drew 65 attendees representing state, regional, county, and local educational leaders, parent leaders, and legislative staff.
• Developed professional development module for the Middle Grades Arts Content and Delivery Guide developed by Shasta County Office of Education.
Regional Assessment Network 2011-2012 – Beth Higbee (San Bernardino) • Provided regional reports on new developments for current tests coming on line, modifications in the STAR
program, and explanations to districts in relation to CALPADS. • Provided an assessment perspective to CDE representatives in accountability and curriculum and instruction as
CDE staff started to work with the CCSS and the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). • Completed interviews with teachers across the state, and worked with CDE to examine findings of the
statewide Consequential Validity Study that is part of the requirements for implementing the STAR testing program.
• Provided updates on assessment issues to each region’s county counterparts and often served as a region-wide information source for districts on assessment issues, running network meetings, sending out newsletters and minutes from meetings, and sending “news flashes” regarding timelines and calendars for assessment implementation.
• Provided feedback and recommendations to CDE staff in the area of assessment before CISC presentations and in regard to information sharing at North and South Accountability meetings. Also served as volunteers at North and South Assessment meetings.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Joyce Wright (Sacramento) was nominated for the CCSESA/CSIC STAR Award. Joyce has provided exemplary service to CCSESA and CISC for many years. She has served as the CISC Chair in 2007, has served as the School Readiness Chair, and been a member of the CISC Executive Committee for many years. Her leadership and knowledge have greatly improved our organization.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANK YOU! It has been my pleasure to serve as CISC Chair in 2012. Many thanks to county superintendents for the talented and dedicated curriculum and instruction leaders that you send to CISC and for your leadership in coordinating county office of education initiatives! Thank you to the CCSESA staff for your leadership and for your support of CCSESA steering committee work.
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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION STEERING COMMITTEE (CISC) CISC 2013 FINAL REPORT
Submitted by Judy Flores (Shasta) CISC Chair 2013
Core Purpose Strengthen county office of education service and leadership capacity to improve and sustain academic achievement for all students, to prepare them with the capacities and skills required for 21st century citizenship, and to close the existing achievement gap.
Accomplishments Increased CISC membership, with 57 of 58 COEs currently participating in CISC. A concerted effort was underway in 2013 to involve as many of our CISC members as possible in some aspect of
leadership. We had leadership positions including our Executive Committee, Subcommittee Leads or Co-Leads, Liaisons to various groups/entities, Regional Leads, mentors to new members, or Subcommittee Members for the region. We had 75% of our members involved in leading the work in one or more of these areas.
Provided leadership for Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), assessment and accountability legislation, and Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAP).
Held five meetings during 2013: January 24-25 March 22: videoconference with CISC members gathered by region May 16*-17 September 19-20 November 14*-15
*Joint meetings with CDE in which each CISC member is invited to bring a guest The Executive Committee provided leadership and direction for CISC, through regular investments of time (16
times over the course of the year), focused on our six goal areas and responding to the needs of CCSESA and legislative proposals.
Utilized eleven CISC Regional Leads to coordinate regional representatives and activities. Provided leadership for Common Core State Standards across the state, as documented in the SBE Presentation
in July 2013 and in the products developed (which are summarized later in the report). Completed two surveys: CCSS COE support and training offered to districts, schools, teachers, and administrators in 2012-13 school
year and summer 2013 – data presented to SBE in July 2013. CCSS Survey of Districts – Surveyed approximately 820 districts in the state (over 80% response rate) in
regard to Common Core implementation – data and next steps presented to SBE in November 2013. Under the leadership of Gary Waddell (San Mateo) 2014 CISC meetings will be held at the Sacramento COE, using
the same model of meetings as was used in 2013.
CISC Subcommittee Highlights 2013 Leadership Symposium: “Shifting Tides” [Symposium Planning Chair: Kitty Catania, Fresno] Participants rated the positive significance the Symposium had on their work and knowledge as a 3.34 on a scale
of 1-4, with 4 being very significant Successfully moved the Symposium from Asilomar Conference Grounds to Monterey Conference Center Sold out at 900 participants, which added 150 more participants than previous venue, increasing revenue for the
CCSESA and CISC budgets. Accountability Subcommittee [Lead: Valerie Chrisman, Ventura; Co-Lead: Sue Stickel, Sacramento]
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Worked with CDE to understand and provide feedback about the Quality School Framework. Continued to work with CDE concerning the Foundational Work for RSDSS. Participated in some initial conversations about LCFF and LCAP. Career Technical Education Subcommittee [Lead: Ronda Adams, Yolo; Co-Lead: Susan Hukkanen, Butte] 1. CDE Model Curriculum Standards (MCS) Professional Development Workgroup created four MCS PD Train the
Trainer modules and conducted five trainings throughout the state for CDE. CCSESA CISC CTE subcommittee members served as an advisory to the MCS Professional Development Workgroup and several members participated on the workgroup to develop the CDE training materials.
2. Served as an advisory committee to the CDE Leadership Development Institute for the new cohort of leadership candidates.
3. Examined the Linked Learning Pilot Programs requirements and will be following implementation outcomes. 4. Completed final edits to the WASC CTE Crosswalk and submitted to WASC (awaiting WASC Board approval). 5. Maintained a dialogue regarding the Local Control Funding Formula and Local Control Accountability Plan and
how they affect the transition of ROP/CTE to College and Career Readiness. 6. Developed recommendations and provided guidance on how COEs will support districts in the delivery and
maintenance of high quality CTE. History Subcommittee [Lead: Lisette Estrella-Henderson, Solano; Co-Lead: Pam Comfort, Contra Costa] Developed and disseminated a History-Social Science Survey to each county office of education related to their
plans for supporting integration of the CCCSS with a focus on History-Social Science content and literacy. Leadership Subcommittee [Lead: Susan Salcido, Santa Barbara; Co-Lead: Beth Higbee, San Bernardino] Invitation to work with CTC to contribute to changing CPSELS and to better inform our work with Tier 1 and Tier 2
programs Many new Tier 2 programs launched by county offices this year. Sharing documents and resources on leadership in the Common Core Mathematics Subcommittee [Lead: Gary Waddell, San Mateo; Co-Lead: Paul Joens-Poulton, Mendocino] Facilitated of Regional Focus Groups on Mathematics Framework Co-sponsored the California Mathematics Network Forum (with WestEd and CDE) Supported Regional Dissemination of Learning Progressions Modules Built on Relationships with Partner Organizations and Department Staff Supported Regional Events and Work of the CA Mathematics Network Supported COE work around secondary mathematics pathways Online Learning Collaborative [CISC Lead: Shirley Diaz, Glenn; CISC Co-Lead: Kathi Felder, Kings] Completed the revisions for the updated eLearning framework Presented at CISC Lead eLearning Symposium – Santa Cruz COE Organized the Tech Preconference – Leadership Symposium Great collaborative committee with outstanding members from CISC/TTSC Regional Assessment Network [Lead: Beth Higbee, San Bernardino; Co-Lead: Elena Castro, Imperial] Carried ongoing information about SBAC and the surrounding testing issues, and administration issues, back to
their regional and county networks. Provided feedback to CDE from the field in regard to SBAC. Used the CISC Rapid Response Model to complete a proposal for an Statewide Assessment System to CCSESA for
potential inclusion in legislation or to provide alternatives or ideas to support recommendations to be made as 484 was being crafted and finally approved.
Reading Language Arts Subcommittee [Lead: Raynette Sanchez, Los Angeles; Co-Lead: Patti Thurman, Lassen] Identified attributes of effective CCSS Reading/Language Arts lessons and units Reviewed Reading/Language Arts content connections for new TK implementation modules, and provided
feedback for revision/refinement Developing a process for coordinated study and review of draft ELA/ELD Framework. Established an Edmodo site for stranded discussion on these and other topics
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School Readiness Subcommittee [Lead: Angelica Ramsey, Santa Clara; Co-Leads: Natalie Woods Andrews & Nancy Herota, Sacramento] Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Professional Development Modules: Design, Development and Dissemination Completed and available for the following content areas Modules will be officially unveiled at the November 5th Northern California TK Conference TK modules will also be made publically available via various websites, including but not limited to, CCSESA,
Various COE partner websites, TK California TK Statewide Capacity Survey: Design, Data Collection and Analysis Initial survey was conducted and data was aggregated a statewide, CCSESA region, and county levels. Follow-up survey in development to obtain more information on “full implementation” COE’s to begin to
develop an infrastructure of support among County Offices of Education TK Webcast for Administrators of 58 County Offices of Education – November 6, 2013 Organized a Webcast for COE administrators to share highlights of new resources to support the
implementation of TK: o Transitional Kindergarten Implementation Guide and companion videos published by the California
Department of Education o TK professional development modules
Science Subcommittee [Leads: Brad Schultz, San Luis Obispo & Jane Steinkamp, San Joaquin; Co-Lead: Susan Salcido, Santa Barbara] Online Strategic Science Teaching website created and aligned to CCSS ELA standards Ongoing support to CDE as NGSS Professional Learning modules are rolled out Teacher Development Subcommittee [Lead: Rick Bartkowski, Stanislaus; Co-Lead: Sherry Opacic, Orange] Impact of LCFF on Teacher Induction programs (BTSA) Alignment of the Teacher Induction formative assessment tools with Common Core Alignment of the Teacher Induction formative assessment tools with the needs of English Learners Visual and Performing Arts Subcommittee [Lead: Kitty Catania, Fresno; Co-Lead: Desiree Von Flue, Kern] In 2013, through a partnership with the Hewlett Foundation the VAPA Regional Leads were able to develop
trainings and facilitate sharing of best practices towards integration of the arts in California K-12 schools. At the February CISC Symposium in Monterey all the VAPA Regional Leads coordinated four presentations on CA
Common Core and arts integration to the 900 attendees. The VAPA Regional Leads in conjunction with CCSESA partnered with the California State PTA to host the
Celebrating Arts Learning in California Schools Luncheon on March 12 at The California Museum in Sacramento. Over 70 district, county, and state leaders attended. Workshops were hosted that shared how districts and county offices were integrating the arts in classrooms throughout California.
An Arts Leadership Colloquium was held on May 14, 2013 for a day of sharing, breakout sessions, and collaborative discussions. Leaders learned what is being implemented across the state in support of Arts Learning, and received professional development strategies focused on the ARTS and Common Core State Standards.
In most regions summer training on the integration of the arts with the CA Common Core Standards were held. 2014 Leadership Symposium: “Rocking the Boat: Leading the Charge, Being the Change” [Symposium Planning Chair: Renee Regacho-Anaclerio, Placer] A professionally designed logo was adopted to brand the conference 15 keynote and featured speakers were selected aligned to conference goals and outcomes A preconference will focus on technology in support of the CCSS A “Call for Presenters” gathered district and COE best practices 20 sponsors have pledged support as of Nov 1, totaling $52,250. Organized into five work groups: Presenters, Sponsorship, Logistics, Tech/website, and Program Increased number of participants from 900 (in 2013) to 1000 (in 2014) CISC Meeting Highlights
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January 2013 CA Comprehensive Early Learning Plan Birth to Third Grade Framework to Promote Grade-Level Reading (Children Now) Riverside County’s College and Career Readiness Panel: County Initiatives involving Higher Ed & Secondary Alignment CDE Updates Planning Committee: Judy Arrow, Marin; Gary Waddell, San Mateo
March 2013 CDE’s Stakeholder Meeting SBE Update Blueprint for Creative Schools Task Force Report CDE Updates SB 1458 Background & Feedback
May 2013 Assessment Update (Deb Sigman) SBAC Pilot Panel API Update SBAC Update Learning from the Past (Joel Knudson, AIR) TK Modules Thinking about Statewide Assessment Secondary Math Pathways Planning Committee: Cyndy Dolph, Madera; Gary Waddell, San Mateo; Pamela Jones, Inyo; Brad Schultz,
San Luis Obispo; Ronda Adams, Yolo; & Guadalupe Solis, Tulare September 2013
Common Core Updates CCSESA Leadership Guide (Glen Thomas) CCSS Implementation Strategies CA Budget & LCFF (Peter Birdsall, Ted Alejandre) Transitional Kindergarten eLearning Framework (Online Learning Collaborative) Assessment Legislation & Impact (Deb Sigman) Summer Matters (Katie Brackenridge, Partnership for Children & Youth) Planning Committee: Raynette Sanchez, Los Angeles; Rick Bartkowski, Stanislaus; Pamela Comfort,
Contra Costa; & Sherry Opacic, Orange November 2013
Local Control Accountability Plans Connection between EL Data, LCAP Goals, & LCFF Funding Science Middle School Progressions State Board Update SBAC Update Common Core Survey Results Mathematics Framework Mathematics Curriculum Evaluation Toolkit Planning Committee: Valerie Chrisman, Ventura; Debbie Beldock, San Diego; & Lisette Estrella-
Henderson, Solano CCSESA Quarterly Meetings January 2013 Presentation: CDE Assessment Recommendations
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October 2013 Presentation: CISC Common Core Implementation Strategies Document
CCSESA STAR Award CISC selected Sue Stickel (Sacramento COE) to receive the CCSESA STAR Award in October 2013 because of her tremendous leadership in the area of Common Core. She served as Project Director for the California State Academic Content Standards Commission. Under Sue’s leadership as CISC Chair in 2012, she guided our steering committee through important work within the Common Core. Sue led statewide efforts on the development of the California Math Framework that was adopted in November 2013. Most recently, Sue’s leadership has been exemplified as she guided the development of the Common Core Survey that has been administered across county offices this fall. Sue Stickel is a recognized expert in instruction, curriculum development and professional development. Sue is a strategic thinker, an invaluable liaison with CDE, a promoter of the role of the county offices and an advocate for the power and importance of strong instructional support and leadership. Sue has provided insight into effective partnerships between state and education agencies, so that collectively, we might have the greatest impact for our students. Sue is a true leader with a great sense of humor. There is no one more deserving of this recognition than Sue – she is a tremendous asset to all of us in CISC. SBE Presentations July 10, 2013 Presentation: COE Support of Schools & Districts in Common Core Implementation
Presentation by Dave Gordon, CCSESA; Gary Waddell, CISC Chair Elect, and Judy Flores, CISC Chair; with supporting follow up from Kathryn Catania, Fresno; Valerie Chrisman, Ventura; and Sue Stickel, Sacramento
November 6, 2013 Presentation: CCSS Survey Report & Next Steps, CCSESA Common Core Leadership Guide, & CISC Common Core Implementation Strategies Document Presentation by Sue Stickel, Sacramento; Judy Flores, Shasta
Common Core Resources for Schools & Districts Common Core Mathematics Resources for Parents Middle School Parent Handbook High School Parent Handbook – Integrated Course Sequence High School Parent Handbook – Traditional Course Sequence FAQs for Parents PowerPoint for Parents Contracted with Sacramento COE’s David Chun for this work Made available in August 2013
Common Core Implementation Strategies Document Developed and reviewed by 14 COEs Includes Big Ideas, Questions to Consider, Implementation Strategies, and Descriptive Links to Resources Four main components: Supporting Teachers [Lead: Pamela Comfort, Contra Costa] Supporting Administrators [Lead: Debbie Beldock, San Diego] Supporting Students [Lead: Raynette Sanchez, Los Angeles] Communication & Stakeholder Outreach [Lead: Nancy Brownell, Senior Fellow for Common Core
Implementation CDE/SBE] Released in September 2013
Common Core Resources for School Boards, Parents & Community 2-page and tri-fold brochures in English & Spanish FAQ in English & Spanish PowerPoint presentation in English & Spanish
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Contracted with Ventura COE’s Jane Wagmeister for this work Made available in September 2013
Common Core Survey 820 districts surveyed by COEs in September & October Sacramento COE’s Rachel Perry and Sue Stickel aggregated the Statewide results and created a report that
includes results by region 56 counties participated Results were presented to the SBE in November 2013
Common Core Math Curriculum Evaluation Toolkit Sections:
Alignment to Common Core Math Standards & Learning Progressions Alignment to the Math Framework
Trainer of Trainer Sessions to be held in December North South Online
Contracted with Fresno COE’s Jonathan Dueck for this work Made available in December 2013
Acknowledgements & Thank You! It has been a privilege to serve as CISC Chair for 2013. Having this opportunity has truly reinforced in my mind the unsurpassed potential we have through county offices of education to truly impact districts and schools throughout the state. CISC members bring a tremendous level of expertise and willingness to share and work together. I have appreciated the support of CCSESA Staff as they have been readily available to assist and support. It has been my honor to be the voice of this steering committee for 2013.
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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION STEERING COMMITTEE (CISC)
CISC 2014 FINAL REPORT Submitted by Gary Waddell, Ed.D. (San Mateo), CISC Chair 2014
Highlight Accomplishments
• LCAP Support: CISC developed LCAP Training Materials (first and second versions), coordinated LCAP Vetted FAQs,
and Contributions to the LCAP Manual and Clarification Tables. CISC members served on the SBE/CDE/WestEd Nuts & Bolts LCAP Team and Rubric Design Team in addition to co-presenting webinars and SBE reports on LCAP implementation.
• English Learner Initiative: A CISC Rapid Response Team conducted shared training between ELA and ELD staff, developed the ELA/ELD Framework Introductory Modules, and reconfigured the ELA subcommittee into the ELA/ELD Subcommittee
• 2014 Leadership Symposium: In February, a very successful Symposium was presented which was our largest symposium to date (approximately 1,100 attendees), pre-conference session, and generated approximately $75,000 in sponsorships. Planning is well underway for the February 2015 Symposium which will be held in Anaheim, CA.
• NGSS Resources: Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), CCSS, and Education and the Environment (EEI)-aligned Implementation Workshop Training of Trainers Materials (Sacramento County Office of Education), NGSS Parent Brochures (Ventura County Office of Education), and NGSS Instructional Unit Planning Tutorial and Training of Trainers (Orange County Department of Education) were developed through a CISC RFP process.
• NGSS Trainings: Successful deployment of strategies and tools facilitating NGSS awareness were conducted in collaboration with the CDE in the form of six two-day rollouts of the NGSS led by the CISC Science Subcommittee.
• Instructional Materials Resources: CLIPS: Tools and Resources Supporting High Quality Use of Instructional Technology (Humboldt County Office of Education) are in development through a CISC RFP process.
• Transitional Kindergarten Resources: Transitional Kindergarten Professional Development Modules were developed by the School Readiness Subcommittee; development is underway on Transitional Kindergarten Resources for Administrators.
2014 CISC Subcommittee Accomplishments
Accountability Subcommittee Leads: Sue Stickel (Sacramento) and Valerie Chrisman (Ventura) Accomplishments:
• LCAP Training Toolkit (versions I and II) • LCAP Approval Manual and Clarification Tables • Provided Feedback on the Quality Schooling Framework • Reviewed and Revised the RSDSS Foundational Services
Career Technical Education Subcommittee Lead: Ronda Adams (Yolo); Co-Lead: Margie Bulkin (Tuolumne)
Accomplishments: • Completed modules and administrator trainings that incorporate the CCSESA CTE Course of Study and new CTE
Model Curriculum Standards materials.
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• Supported district LCAPs that include CTE sequence of courses and college and career readiness for students in grades 9-12.
• Supported inclusion of CTE in district LCAPs; delivery of trainings by Individual COE throughout the state on MCS and integration with Common Core College and Career Readiness.
• Support work to Define and implement the intermediary role COEs will play in connecting CTE programs between K- 12, community college, four-year schools, and other post-secondary options, WIBs, and economic development entities.
• Survey of 11 regions related to CTE Course of Study in process.
California Digital Learning Collaborative (with TTSC) Subcommittee
Lead: Shirley Diaz (Glenn); Co-Leads: Kathi Felder (Kings) and Jon Corippo (Mariposa)
Accomplishments • Completed roll out of updated e-Learning framework. • Monthly phone conferences with committee members focusing on sharing resources to assist districts with
SBAC. • Committee members served as part of CDE Ed Tech plan task force • Continued work on sharing best practices for implementation of instructional technology goals in schools
ELA/ELD Subcommittee Lead: Raynette Sanchez (Los Angeles); Co-Lead: Patti Thurman (Lassen) Accomplishments:
• During 2014, the CISC Reading Language Arts Subcommittee was restructured as the CISC English Language Arts/English Language Development (ELA/ELD) Subcommittee.
• The ELA/ELD Workgroup developed the ELA/ELD Framework Overview Module, which was provided to all COEs in August 2014.
• A Training of Trainers webinar was utilized in August 2014 to present the module, and training approaches, to COE ELA/ELD expert trainers.
• An Instructional Program/Materials Selection Toolkit is in the initial stages of development, and four content leads have been selected. These content leads will work closely with CISC subcommittee leads and with subcommittee members on the development of this Toolkit. The Toolkit will be completed in October 2015, ready for use one the primary adoption of ELA/ELD instructional materials takes place in November 2015.
History/Social Science Subcommittee Lead: Lisette Estrella-Henderson (Solano) and Ed Manansala (El Dorado) Co-Lead: Pam Comfort (Contra Costa) and Jean Madden-Cazares (San Diego) Accomplishments:
• Reviewed and engaged in dialogue around the Recommendations of the California Taskforce on K-12 Civic Learning
• Provided feedback to CDE liaison and Taskforce representatives regarding the Recommendations of the California Taskforce on K-12 Civic Learning
• Prepared and provided a presentation to CISC by counties implementing exemplary programs • Prepared a training module that demonstrates exemplars of quality civic teaching and learning •
Leadership Subcommittee
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Lead: Susan Salcido (Santa Barbara) and Judy Flores (Shasta) Co-Lead: Susan Hukkanen (Butte) Accomplishments:
• Contributed to Administrator Tier 2 Induction Program Re-Write Process • Surveyed County Offices to determine support/training being offered to leaders as they implement CCSS • Reviewed of articles on leading change and the implications for CCSS • Hosted a WebEx with lead researcher of “Great Principals at Scale: Creating District Conditions that Enable All
Principals to be Effective” Mathematics Subcommittee Lead: Rick Bartkowski (Stanislaus); Co-Lead: Guadalupe Solis (Tulare) and Ellen Barger (Santa Barbara) Accomplishments:
• Developed, distributed, and provided leadership to districts and schools on the Mathematics Curriculum Toolkit. This tool allowed schools to analyze the current curriculum textbooks and resources with the lens of CCSS and the Standards for Math Practice.
• Developed Math Framework Professional Development Modules. • Created and delivered a variety of Professional Development Modules to accompany the state wide rollout of
the Math Framework. The five modules included: (1) Introduction and overview, (2) Instructional Strategies, (3) Elementary, (4) Secondary, (5) Administrators
• California Math Network Foruma. A planning team has begun the work for the May 2015 state wide Forum. Representatives on the planning team include 8 county members from CISC, California Math Project, California Math Council, WestEd, CDE, and CSUS.
Regional Assessment Network Subcommittee Lead: Beth Higbee (San Bernardino); Co-lead: Elena Castro (Imperial) Accomplishments:
• Continued to foster partnerships with other agencies, specifically CDE, Smarter Balanced, and ETS, in regard to the SBAC testing.
• Continued to support the CCSS through as we provided feedback from districts in regard to test piloting and the SBAC Field Test district and school preparation and implementation.
• Continued to support CCSS implementation and testing knowledge as we provided extensive feedback on the ongoing digital library project for formative assessments.
• Continued to support CCSS implementation by sharing promising practices from our schools and districts in an ongoing Best Practices session at each meeting.
School Readiness Subcommittee Lead: Angelica Ramsey (Santa Clara); Co-Leads: Natalie Woods (Sacramento) & Nancy Herota (Sacramento) Accomplishments:
• Developed Transitional Kindergarten Professional Development Modules in the areas of Social-Emotional Development, English-Language Arts and English Language Development, Mathematics, Visual and Performing Arts, Health and Physical Education. Provided training on these modules at training sessions throughout the state. Worked collaboratively with California Department of Education and Early Edge to ensure wide dissemination of these modules. These five professional development modules are currently posted on the CDE, Early Edge, and CCSESA web sites.
• Provided updates regarding state and federal early learning initiatives for CISC members.
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• Gathered feedback on transitional kindergarten legislation from subcommittee members. • Reviewed and analyzed the CISC SR Subcommittee transitional kindergarten survey to determine committee
next steps. The analysis of this data revealed a need for additional professional development opportunities and support for administrators. In Fall 2014, a proposal was submitted to and accepted by the CISC Executive Committee to address this area.
Science Subcommittee Lead: Jane Steinkamp (San Joaquin); Co-Lead: Kathy Pon (Merced) Accomplishments:
• Successful deployment of strategies and tools facilitating NGSS awareness with a 2-day rollout throughout the state (6).
• Conducted content review of CISC NGSS-related RFP deliverables. Teacher Development Subcommittee Lead: Sherry Opacic (Orange) and Mark Vigario (Sacramento) Co-Lead: Tammy Bennett-Nguyen (Mono) Accomplishments:
• The committee explored changes to the California Teacher Induction program (formerly BTSA) and the ramifications to program providers.
• Communicated with counties about how COEs were developing charges for different aspects of BTSA services. • Provided information and recommendations about STEM, NGSS, and other new initiatives and reforms, as well
as CTC’s Pilot Credential Program Completer’s survey.
VAPA Subcommittee Lead: Kitty Catania (Fresno); Co-Lead: Pam Ables (San Luis Obispo) Accomplishments:
• Completed four training modules to further arts integration into all schools: “Powerful Arts Teaching and Learning in the Common Core” – Statewide training was held on October 6/7
o Building Artistic Literacy through Common Core – for secondary arts teachers o On Stage: English Language Learners: Theatre Arts and Language Development o Arts Integration as a Model of Rigorous Instruction: Connecting Arts Learning with the CCSS o Leadership In the Arts and CCSS – for administrators
• Participated and partnered with the March “Be a Hero for Arts Education” event in Sacramento and May CCSESA Arts Learning Leadership Colloquium.
2014 CISC Organizational Structure
• CISC Executive Committee • CISC Subcommittees
o Accountability Subcommittee o Career Technical-Education Subcommittee o California Digital Learning Collaborative (joint subcommittee with TTSC) o ELA/ELD Subcommittee o History/Social Science Subcommittee o Leadership Subcommittee o Mathematics Subcommittee
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o Regional Assessment Network Subcommittee o School Readiness Subcommittee o Science Subcommittee o Teacher Development Subcommittee o Visual and Performing Arts Subcommittee
• CISC Regional Leads • CISC Rapid Response Teams • CISC Liaisons
o After School o Business Partnerships o Charter Schools o Distinguished Schools o Language Policy o Legislative Committee o RSDSS
• 2014 CISC Leadership Symposium Planning Team • 2015 CISC Leadership Symposium Planning Team • 2014 CISC General Membership Planning Teams
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2015 Valerie Chrisman 1986-87 John D. Hendrickson Ventura County Stanislaus County 2014 Gary Waddell 1985-86 Jon W. Scharer San Mateo County San Bernardino County 2013 Judy Flores
Shasta County 1984-85 Bob Watanabe
Contra Costa County 2012 Sue Stickel
Sacramento County 1983-84 Bill Fisher
Imperial County 2011 Raynette Sanchez
Los Angeles County 1981-83 John Hunt
San Diego County 2010 Sharon Twitty
Merced County 1980-81 Marvin Locke
Tehama County 2009 Linda Aceves
Santa Clara County 1979-80 Wayne Carter
Kern County 2008 Henry Mothner
Los Angeles County 1978 Harley Sorenson
Alameda County 2007 Joyce Wright
Sacramento County 1977 Clark O’Dell
Siskiyou County 2006 Larry Champion
Tehama County 1976 Grant Thayer
Los Angeles County 2005 Nancy Giberson
San Diego County 1975 Oliver Neely
Shasta County 2004 Chris King
Stanislaus County 1974 Martin Bauman
Placer County 2003 Pat Alexander
Kern County 1973 Henry Molina
Santa Clara County 2002 Tim McClure
Butte County 1972 Hartley Hillsen
San Bernardino County 2001 Gordon Stallings
Merced County 1971 Roger Schulte
Alameda County 2000 Rich Foley
San Mateo County 1969-70 Ervin Brundage
San Diego County 1999 Gary F. Dei Rossi
San Joaquin County 1968 Myron Schussman
San Mateo County 1998 Carol Pugmire
San Diego County 1967 Walt Egan
Sonoma County Jane D. Smith
San Bernardino County 1966* George Monroe
Santa Barbara County 1997 Cecilia Massetti
Madera County 1965 Howardine Hoffman
Los Angeles County 1994 Robert Douglas
Tehama County 1964*
1992-93 Carol Pugmire San Diego County
1963*
1991-92 Sally Bakke Tulare County
1962 Lloyd Garrison Humbolt County
1990-91 Charles Humbert San Joaquin County
1961 Paul Zintgraff San Diego County
1989-90 Jean Holbrook San Mateo County
1959-60 George Rusteika Alameda County
1988-89 Marvin Locke Tehama County
1987-88 Lyn Perino Ventura County
* Records are incomplete or unavailable for these years.
HISTORY OF CISC CHAIRPERSONS