school diversity[1]
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This powerpoint presentation was created in a collaboration, using Google Docs, with two other students at CSUSM for a diversity class.TRANSCRIPT
School Diversity
EDUC 364May 5, 2009
Chelsea TodoroffDonna TwardyCindy PacinoDan Zalinski
Introduction
School District Overview- ChelseaSan Marcos UnifiedOceanside Unified
Discovery Elementary- Donna La Costa Meadows – Cindy North Terrace - Dan
San Marcos Unified School District
Expenditures: SMUSD State AVG
Instructional services 63% 61%Student & staff support 8% 7%Administration 11% 15%Other 18% 18%
San Marcos Unified School District
16,821 students 992 certified staff 857 classified staff $7,348.00 per student in funding 23 students per teacher ratio 11.9% learning disabled 25.95% still learning English 37.4% economically disadvantaged
San Marcos Unified School District
Adults in the district•84.4% with at least a high school diploma•32.8% with at least a Bachelor’s Degree
Oceanside Unified School District
21,049 students
$7560 funding per student
Academic Performance Index 744
55.2% economically disadvantaged
Adults in the district 81% with at least a high school diploma 24% with at least a Bachelor’s Degree 11.6 % single-parent households
Teacher Demographics & Average Class Size
Average # of years teaching: Discovery 17 LCM 17 NT 14
Average class size Discovery 24 LCM 26 NT 26
Student Demographics
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Af. Am. Hispanic Free/reducedlunch
DiscoveryLa Costa MeadowsNorth Terrace
Asian WhiteEnglish learners
Elementary Schools-SMUSD
Discovery Elementary 2007 California
Distinguished School Before school learning GATE program Peace patrol/ Safety
patrol School site council Student Study Team
(SST) Very active PTO Accelerated Reader
Incentive Program
Discovery Elementary Fast Fun Facts
Music program- beginning and advanced band
Fun field trips for all grades Yearly celebration of Dr Seuss’
birthday
La Costa Meadows
LCM is 22 years old. 37 fully certificated teachers 1 Emergency credential holder 2 speech therapist, 1 psychologist 2 intervention specialist aides, 1
ELD specialist 1 principal, 1 part-time principal
La Costa Meadows Elementary Fast Fun Facts
PTO- raised $83,000 this year Parental Involvement- office and classroom
volunteers After school learning programs: guitar,
tutoring, cooking, drama, tennis, karate.
Learning Plus Program
La Costa Meadows Science
Garden
North Terrace Elementary
GATE (Gifted and Talented Education)- differentiated instruction is offered in classrooms with GATE student clusters.
School Site Council
North Terrace Elementary
Number of fully credentialed teachers – 34
Emergency credential holders – 0 Students per teacher -17 Average years of teaching
experience – 14. Teachers with one or two years of
teaching experience – 16%. Male teachers – 14%
North Terrace Elementary PTO raises money for many extracurricular activities:
Field trips, books for classrooms, teacher wish-list purchases, playground equipment, and classroom gardens.
Conclusion
What we learned about school diversity
while we researched for this presentation…
Bibliographyhttp://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/welcome.asp
http://www.greatschools.net
http://www.nt.oside.k12.ca.us/NorthTerraceCommunity.htm
http://oceanside.schoolwisepress.com/home/site.aspx?entity=21521&year=2008&locale=en-US
http://www.nt.oside.k12.ca.us/pto.htm
http://www.smusd.org/dis/site/default.asp