WASC/CDE Visiting Committee Final Presentation ___________________ Dublin High School ___________________ March 9-11, 2009

© ACS WASC WASC/CDE 2 Focus on Learning asks… How do you know that all students are achieving based on our schoolwide student goals and academic standards? Is the school doing everything possible to support high achievement for all its students?

© ACS WASC WASC/CDE 3 Organization : Vision and Purpose, Governance, Leadership and Staff, and Resources Areas to Celebrate Support of Community, board, students and staff ESLR’s and Mission reflect community values and desires Technology use is excellent Areas for Focus Add process for revision of Mission and ESLR’s based on data and research Analysis and application of standards needs to be consistent and transparent School needs a focused professional development plan.

© ACS WASC WASC/CDE 4 Curriculum Areas to Celebrate All courses offer various degrees of rigor and standards-based alignment. A wide variety of academic and vocational course options are available to students. Technology is widely utilized in the classroom for access to the curriculum. Areas for Focus Common collaboration time needs to occur for teachers to work on standards-based curricular alignment. To ensure that ALL students receive it, rigor should be revisited within the curriculum. Pursue more consistent use of the OARS data system, or other desired tool, to inform student progress towards meeting standards proficiency. Revisit the use and incorporation of the expected school-wide learning results (ESLRs) into the curriculum for consistency.

© ACS WASC WASC/CDE 5 Instruction Areas to Celebrate Technology use is integrated into the curriculum and instruction practices. DHS students are demonstrating high performance in student achievement and participation in API indicators Higher level critical thinking skills embedded in daily activities/lessons Areas for Focus Implement a unified instructional approach across the curriculum Implement actual benchmark skills and standards for every content area. Implement a plan to address the achievement gap of second language and economically disadvantaged students

© ACS WASC WASC/CDE 6 Assessment and Accountability Areas to Celebrate Variety of types of assessments Use of OARS to analyze state data Pilot of OARS for analysis of common assessments Areas for Focus Continued work on common formative and summative assessments Continued professional development in OARS use for data analysis Institutionalize frequent progress reports to students and parents

© ACS WASC WASC/CDE 7 School Culture and Support for Student Personal and Academic Growth Areas to Celebrate Staff connection with students. Parent & community involvement in many & varied programs at DHS. Student & teacher utilization and access to technology. High percentage of students involved in co- curricular & extra-curricular activities. Number & variety of AP & honors courses. Counseling staff. Teacher access to OARS. Areas for Focus Continue to look at the changing ethnic diversity & culture of DHS. Flexibility for students in the Master Schedule. More avenues for at-risk student intervention. Communication with parents of underperforming sub-groups and non-English speaking parents.

© ACS WASC WASC/CDE 8 Celebrate Schoolwide Strengths The Visiting Committee has identified the following areas as school-wide areas of strength: 1.Strong sense of community and pride in Dublin High School. 2.Highly qualified, dedicated and caring faculty and staff. 3.A culture of high expectations. 4.Numerous opportunities for students to participate in challenging courses. 5.Newly adopted graduation requirements to ensure that all graduates receive a college-ready education. 6.Widespread use of technology as an instructional tool. 7.Involvement in robust and dynamic co-curricular and extra-curricular programs.

© ACS WASC WASC/CDE 9 Critical Areas for Focus Your own self-study identified and you should continue to work on: Areas for Focus Improve achievement in literacy and mathematics for all students, particularly the significant subgroups. Research, develop and support the use of data in all curricular areas. Increase the percent of all students, including significant subgroups, who satisfactorily meet the UC/CSU “a-g” entrance requirements. As you plan and implement your work, include: Evidence that all students are receiving standards-based curriculum and instruction. Use of frequent common formative assessments. Deliberate monitoring and mandated support for significant subgroups.

© ACS WASC WASC/CDE 10 Making it happen: Ongoing Work Dublin High School has a lot going for it Staff is open to change Single School Plan aligns w/ Action Plan District is already moving in the same direction Successful implementation not dependent on financial support Successful implantation not dependent on bell changing bell schedule Paradigm shift: Focus on teaching to focus on learning Optional learning to mandated learning Student responsibility to a teacher responsibility to ensure student success..

© ACS WASC WASC/CDE 11 Visualize what will be different for students…. One year from now? Two years from now? Three years from now? Schoolwide Action Plan