CDE on iTunes U

NEW!  CDE on iTunes U

The CDE recently signed an agreement with Apple, Inc. to create CDE on iTunes U.  With this partnership, California joins a select group of states that have established a presence on iTunes U.  CDE on iTunes U will be a centralized repository of continuously expanding professional development. Universities, colleges, schools, museums, and many other educational and cultural institutions, from around the world have made content available at iTunes U.  Joining this growing list of institutions, the California Department of Education (CDE) has recently placed hundreds of media files on iTunes U with the primary objective of providing easily accessible high-quality professional development for teachers and education administrators.

Apple’s iTunes U is a place where you can download lectures, discussions, high quality videos, audio recordings, text documents, presentations, and other education related information in a variety of downloadable formats that can be accessed online free of charge, 24 hours a day, seven days a week via desktop computers and mobile communication devices. 

http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/mm/it/

NCLB Guidance

Elementary and Secondary Education Policy Guidance published by the US Department of Education which provide clarification for effective implementation of NCLB.

• Charter Schools
  • Charter Schools Program Nonregulatory Guidance
  • Impact of the New Title I Requirements on Charter Schools
• LEA and School Improvement Guide
• Parental Involvement:
  • Parent Rights / NCLB Requirements
  • Parental Involvement Guide
• Private Schools
• School Choice:
  • School Choice Non Regulatory Guidance
  • Sample School Choice Letter 1
  • Sample School Choice Letter 2
  • Sample School Choice Letter 3
  • Sample School Choice Letter 4
  • School Choice Questions and Answers
  • School Choice Letter Translation
• Open Enrollment:
  • Possible Timeline for Impementation
  • Enrollment Option Overview for Parents
  • Transfer Options for Low Performing Schools
  • Open Enrollment Talking Points
  • Sample Open Enrollment Letter to Parents
• Supplemental Educational Services
  • SES Non-Regulatory Guidance
  • SES Providers
  • SES letter sample
  • SES Parent Selection Form
  • SES Provider Contract
  • SES Brochure Sample
• Teacher Quality
• Title I Allocation
• Title I Paraeducators
• Transitional Kindergarten
• Newsletters:
  • September 2011
  • January 2012
  • TCCS seminar with registration form
  • BrainMattersreg
  • November handouts

Program Improvement

Program Improvement is a formal designation for Title I-funded schools and LEAs that do not make AYP for two consecutive years. A Title I school becomes PI if it does not make AYP for two consecutive years on the same indicator (annual measurable objectives for English-language arts and mathematics, participation rate, Academic Performance Index (API), graduation rate). A school is eligible to exit PI status once it makes AYP for two consecutive years. An LEA becomes PI if for each of two consecutive years, the LEA does not make AYP in the same content area (ELA or Mathematics) AND does not meet AYP criteria in the same content area in each grade span (grades two through five, grades six through eight, and grade ten) - OR - Does not make AYP on the same indicator (API or graduation rate for high school students). LEAs were identified for the first time in August 2004. The LEA exits PI after meeting the API and graduation rate targets for two consecutive years or making AYP for two consecutive years.

• School and District Improvement Resources:
  • Turn Around Actions and Results
  • Improved Student Learning
  • Alternative Governance Boards
  • 90-90 Schools Accountability in Action
  • California Collaborative School Turnaround
  • Exploring the Pathway to Rapid District Improvement
  • Moving Forward Guide
• Characteristics of Improved School Districts
• Exploring the Pathway to Rapid District Improvement
• State Assessment Tools:
  • Academic Program Survey
  • District Assistance Survey
  • English Learner Subgroup Self Assessment
  • Inventory of Services and Supports (ISS) for Students with Disabilities
• Technical Assistance Providers
• Data Resources:
  • Data Analysis for School Improvement
  • Using Student Data to Drive Student Achievement
  • Using Data to Improve Schools

Regional Demographics

Northeastern California — Region 2

Data from DataQuest — California Department of Education. Click on the name of the county to see demographics for each individual district and school in Region 2.

Butte	15	97	55%	31,226	937	2,179	101	132	6,472	867	19,305	1,233	2,697
Glenn	9	33	67%	5,664	142	187	11	10	2,958	47	2,273	36	967
Lassen	11	31	37%	4,888	256	40	30	22	624	72	3,716	128	134
Modoc	4	21	68%	1,568	74	8	2	6	537	14	891	36	296
Plumas	2	15	36%	2,3052	92	19	3	4	303	43	1,803	38	0
Shasta	26	100	52%	27,392	1,471	821	102	109	3,363	483	20,044	999	746
Siskiyou	26	53	63%	5,996	358	86	17	15	875	98	4,085	462	164
Tehama	19	48	70%	10,786	265	89	33	33	3,595	97	6,519	155	1,542
Trinity	11	22	60%	1,729	161	19	12	6	149	8	1,258	116	6
Region 2 Totals	123	420	56%	91,554	3,756	3,448	311	337	18,876	1,729	59,894	3,203	6,552

(Data from Fall 2010 CBEDS)

Statewide System of School Support (S4)

Section 1117 of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 requires each state to establish a statewide system of intensive and sustained support and improvement for local education agencies and schools receiving Title I funds to increase the opportunity for all students to meet the state's academic content and achievement standards. This federal requirement was codified in state law through AB 312, a trailer bill to the 2002 Budget Act for California, which established a Statewide System of School Support (S4) designed to support the requirements of NCLB. Three entities work together to complete the work of S4: the Regional System of District and School Support (RSDSS), two federally funded Comprehensive Assistance Centers (CACs), and the California Department of Education (CDE), in an administrative role. The RSDSS is organized around the eleven county superintendent regions identified by the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA). Each region has an RSDSS Director who operates out of one of the county offices of education in each region. The two CACs facilitate the dissemination of resources and information via the RSDSS. Still under development, a system of School Support Teams will be utilized as a priority strategy in supporting school districts' efforts to serve their low-performing schools. (Contacts for Regional Support)