spotlight on best practices gerardo cornejo carpinteria, california
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Spotlight on Best Practices
Gerardo Cornejo
Carpinteria, California
Where is Carpinteria?
World’s Safest Beach – Carpinteria, California
CHS Information
– 643 students– 23% English Learners– 48% Economic Disadvantaged
CHS Information
– 27 Fulltime teachers– 2 Administrators– 2 Academic Counselors– 1 College Counselor - UCSB
What Must Be In Place
• Focus, Focus, Focus
• Involve Key Players
• Develop Partnerships
• Create benchmarks for each grade level
• Involve community (guest speakers and career fair)
2009
• Partnership with Santa Barbara City College (SBCC)
• Identified Strong Freshman Seminar Teacher
• Identified Curriculum
• Allocated Resources (Classroom, computers, and time)
Finally
• SBCC Partnership
– Dual enrollment courses (20 sections avg. per year)
• Culinary Arts, Personal Development, US History, Political Science, Anthropology, Linguistics, Career Choices, Construction Technology, Multimedia Arts.
Progress
• New Master Schedule (7 periods)– 50 minute period (6 classes and 1 Extended
Learning)– Extended Learning students assigned to a
teacher they have had during the day. 20 students average per EL class.
– Drop in D/F among all students.
Progress
• Increased AP course offerings (from 4 to 12)• Summer AP workshops• Partnership with UCSB
– Linguistics Course– EAOP – College counselor on campus (full
time)– Algebra 2 Summer Bridge Course
Freshman Seminar
• One semester course – dual enrollment (3 units).
• Graduation Requirement.– If you fail or transfer into CHS you are enrolled.
• Career Technical Education (CTE) emphasis.– CTE Field Trip to SBCC once a year.– CTE guest speakers.
• Academy of the Healing Arts (every Tuesday)
Academic Focus
• 10 year Plan– Reviewed at the end of each grade level.
• Professional Training – Career Choices• Link Crew • College Fair (50 college representatives)• Community • District Wide Parent Night
– UC a-g, financial aid, life after high school, and academics
• Latino Literacy Project – Graciela’s Dream– 6 week parent workshops
Culture Focus
• 58% of our graduating seniors have taken an AP class.
• By senior year all students take at least two dual enrollment courses.
• All dual enrollment/AP courses are opened to any student.
• 48% of our students are meeting UC a-g requirements.
Suspensions2006-2013
Suspensions 2006-2014
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2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
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UC/CSU Eligibility
23.40%
35.60%
24.20%
33.60%37.10%
47.60% 50.00% 49.00%
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10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
Questions?