1. Coachella Valley Unified School District How to Reduce FPM Findings Hidali Garcia, Director EL Services Dr. Renee Miletic, EL Testing TOSA Patricia Larios, Migrant Coordinator

2. Coachella

3. Where is Coachella? ✔ 30 miles from Palm Springs ✔ 90 miles from the Mexican Border ✔ Date capital of the world ✔ Large farming Community ✔ 7 casinos on tribal land ✔ Coachella Music Festival

4. District Demographics 1200 employees Encompasses 1,200 square miles  50% of students require transportation  90% at some sites 90 miles from the Mexican border Large Purepecha Community (300) Native American Tribes Largest Migrant Population in Riverside County

5. Student Demographics Number of Students18,651 EL Students10,052 Socio-Economically Disadvantaged90.2 % Migrant11.8 % English Learners53.9 % Students with Disabilities8.6 % GATE1.3 % Foster Youth.5 % Homeless4.5 %

6. EL Students Total 15,114

7. CVUSD Context 2012-2013 Migrant/EL Coordinator 2013-2014 Parents Advocates, LCAP 2014-15 EL Services Department El Director EL/Migrant Coordinator 5 EL TOSAs

8. Former Reviews 2011 Non- Compliance/ Findings #Area 1Education Jobs Fund 1State Fiscal Stabilization Funds 1Career Technical Education 6Compensatory Education 10English Learners 1Improving Teacher Quality 3Physical Education 2Uniform Compliance Procedure 1Education Jobs Fund 3Fiscal Monitoring 29 Total 2013 Non- Compliance/ Findings #Area 12Compensatory Education 8English Learners 1Improving Teacher Quality 1Physical Education 2Uniform Compliance Procedure 4Education Jobs Fund 5Fiscal Monitoring 9Migrant 10Before & After School Programs 52Total 2015 Non- Compliance/ Findings #Area 3Migrant Education 2English Learners 5 Total 2007 Non- Compliance/ Findings #Area 6Cross Program 1Career Technical Education 2Child Development 3English Learners 1Migrant 3Compensatory Education 1Program Improvement 3Uniform Compliance Procedure 20Total 2014 Non- Compliance/ Findings #Area 0CTECivil Rights 0 Total

9. They’re coming.

10. FPM Notification Information during Meetings Principals Staff District English Language Acquisition, DELAC English Language Acquisition Migrant Parent Advisory Council District Advisory Council Superintendent’s Cabinet

11. Communication ✔ CDE reviewers ready to help… ✔ Technical Assistance readily available… ✔ Share instrument with Leadership… ✔ Presentations at selected school sites…

12. Instrument ✔ Study and familiarize yourself with it… ✔ Share it with Principals… ✔ Divide and conquer… ✔ When in doubt, call or email CDE…

13. Building Systems AYP/API…What’s NEXT? English Language Subgroup Self Assessment, ELSSA Start with the end in Mind Communicate with ALL Stakeholders Principals Parents Students Teachers

14. EL Program Evaluation Survey Questions EL Interventions EL Department EL Master Plan ELD Courses

15. EL Services Evaluations of Interventions

16. Documentation is YOUR Friend! ✔ Create a file for each item… ✔ PDF all items… ✔ Hard copy files… ✔ Electronic files…

17. UPLOAD Evidence/Technical Assistance ✔ 30 days before the visit… ✔ Answer questions and add items… ✔ Be prepared to show evidence of documentation…

18. They’re here.

19. Stakeholders Parents Students Teachers Administrators Parent Engagement

20. Entrance Meeting ✔ Introduction of CDE Team… ✔ Introduction of District Team… ✔ Video/Power Point Presentation of your district and site…

21. Onsite Review ✔ Reviewers are people too… ✔ LEAs may request TA before and after the review… ✔ Be prepared to answer questions… ✔ Support reviewers… ✔ Reviewers are here to help… ✔ Compliance = FOCUS

22. Exit Meeting ✔ Invite EVERYONE… ✔ Thank all parties for support… ✔ Share findings… ✔ Plan meetings to address findings... ✔ Be grateful/Opportunity for CHANGE…

23. They’ve left.

24. TAKEAWAYS ✔ Be a change agent… ✔ Use as Leverage… ✔ Improve Systems…

25. Thank You Hidali Garcia EL Services Director hidali.garcia@cvusd.us 760-848-1028 office Patricia Larios Migrant/EL Coordinator patricia.larios@cvusd.us 760-848-1190 office Dr. Renee Miletic EL Testing TOSA renee.miletic@cvusd.us 760-848-1100 office