1. OPENING OF SCHOOL

2. Welcome
Dr. Manuel L. Isquierdo Proud Superintendent Sunnyside USD

3. Welcome
SUSD Governing Board

4. Employee associations
Sunnyside Education Association Chris Walden-Jones President
Sunnyside Classified Employees Association Manny “Rebel” Portillo President
Sunnyside Administrators Association Lorena Escárcega President

5. Superintendent’s Cabinet
Dr. Jeannie Favela Assistant Superintendent Student Services
Raúl Ochoa Assistant Superintendent Operations and Facilities Planning
Hector Encinas Chief Financial Officer
Anna Maiden Executive Director Human Resources
Bernie Cohn Administrative Director Elementary Schools
Steve Holmes Director Language Acquisition and Development/Special Asst. to the Superintendent for Project Graduation
Monique Soria Director Public Relations and Organizational Development

6. New Administrators Art Basurto Director Transportation
Bernie Cohn Administrative Director Elementary Schools
Hector Encinas Chief Financial Officer
Steve Holmes Director, LAD Special Asst. to Supt.
Eneida Orcí Interim Principal Liberty Elementary School
Linda Swango Interim Principal Los Ranchitos Elementary

7. Welcome
SUSD Governing Board

8. Demographics District Student Enrollment 17,306 Hispanic 87.7%
Anglo %
Native American %
African American 2.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.5%
English Language Learners
Grades K %
Grades %
Grades %
K %
Eligible for free and reduced meals
14,434 students 83.6%
Homeless 5.8%
Graduation Rate 63%
Staff
Certified 1,128
School site administrators
Central administrators
Support staff 1,044

9. Sunnyside and the State’s Image
Parent literacy challenges
Dropout factory
49th in funding in nation
Cultural intolerance
Poverty
High mobility
Corrective action
Reading below grade level
ELD Model
Low funding
Low graduation rate
Crime and violence
Underperforming schools
Low expectations

10. Sunnyside and the State’s Image
What is real?
What is a stereotype?
What is an excuse?

11. The Dropout Crisis
Nationally, nearly one in five high schools has weak promoting power (<60%).
Arizona is one of 15 states that collectively house almost 80% of the country’s high schools producing the highest number of dropouts.
Sunnyside High School and Desert View High School made the nation’s “dropout factory” list in a follow-up brief given to the Associated Press from Johns Hopkins University in Based upon data for the graduating classes of , 35 high schools in Arizona—one in five—made this list of schools that qualified by having weak promoting power (<60%).

12. Sunnyside and the State’s Image
Parent literacy challenges
Dropout factory
49th in funding in nation
Cultural intolerance
Poverty
High mobility
Corrective action
Reading below grade level
ELL Model
Low funding
Low graduation rate
Crime and violence
Underperforming schools
Low expectations

13. Sunnyside’s Challenge
We will continue our commitment to improve the public’s perception of our community and confidence in our ability to educate, graduate and prepare our students for the world of work and college.

14. The New Generation NxT LeVeL Dance Group Desert View High School
Glenna Hood and James Merino
Sponsors, Jobs for Arizona’s Graduates (JAG)

15. The world is watching
AZ School Boards Assoc.
Laptops motivate Sunnyside District students, bridge digital divide
Digital Journal U.S. School District Electrifies With Free Laptops
Cox Communications Cox Brings Stars into Reach for Many
Letter from General Colin Powell, (Retired)

16. Goal One: Graduate
A record number for SUSD graduates in the Class of 2009, up from 598 in 2008

17. Goal One: Graduate
Graduation begins in elementary school

18. Goal One: Graduate
Desert View graduate Stephanie Celaya-Serventi was named a 2009 Gates Millennium Scholar; her studies will be paid in full through postgraduate work. She is one of 1,000 Scholars selected from 20,000 applicants.
Sunnyside High graduate Nicole Esquivel received the Arizona Legislators Latino Caucus Cesar Chavez Award.
Dollars for Scholars awarded $73,500 in scholarships to SUSD graduates in 2009.

19. Project Graduation: The Digital Advantage

20. Goal One: Graduate
Sunnyside Unified School District had an outstanding year!

21. Graduation 2009
715 Diplomas!!!
SHS
DVHS
STAR

22. Project Graduation: The Digital Advantage
PYRAMID OF INTERVENTIONS - FRESHMEN INTERVENTION NEEDS
TIER DIGITAL ADVANTAGE COHORT
TIER Students:
PROFILE: Students
with a 2.5 or higher but
less than 95% attendance
INTERVENTION: Referral to advisory
Teachers and Ignite mentors to foster
connections to the school
TIER Students:
PROFILE: Student with 95% attendance, but lower than a 2.5 GPA
INTERVENTION: Individual student plan of action working
with GEAR-Up; family contact; referral to Reading Plus
Pyramid of Interventions (TIERS 2-5)
Cohort 2012
Pyramid of Interventions (TIERS 2-5)
Cohort 2012
TIER Students:
PROFILE: Less than a 2.5 GPA, less than 95% attendance, failing 0 – 1 class
INTERVENTION: Intervention by counselors; potential to earn
partial summer school scholarships for credit recovery
TIER Students
PROFILE: 2 F’s or more, less than 95% attendance
INTERVENTION: Intervention by counselors; potential to earn partial
summer school scholarships for credit recovery
Even with a laptop initiative, challenges remain.

23. 598 ACADEMIC PROGRESS OF 2008 COHORT Diplomas FOCUS AWARENESS
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION
Site-Based Intervention Plan / Summer School / Credit Recovery
Site-Based Intervention Plan /Summer School/ Credit Recovery/ GED

24. ACADEMIC PROGRESS OF 2009 COHORT
Graduation Update
Location
(2008,2007,2006)January 2008
September 2008
January 2009
16 credits or more
Total number
of students
598 Diplomas May 2008
2009 COHORT
2009,2008,2007
Academically on track to graduate
District
571
586
638
661
679
DVHS
211
219
242
258
SSHS
360
367
396
419
421
15 – credits
Could graduate with credit recovery 57 58 68 31 34 35 40 19 21 26 23 28 12 13
6 – credits
Could graduate with credit recovery next year 81
149
174 98
111 50 84
100 54 67 65 74 44
Fewer than 6 credits
Enrolled with little academic progress 4 15 14 18 2 8 7
AS OF 3RD QTR-
ON TRACK 713
Site-Based Intervention Plan / Summer School / Credit Recovery
Counselor Intervention / Summer School / Credit Recovery / GED

25. Sunnyside HS Attendance Data-
1st Semester Year

26. Desert View HS Attendance Data-
1st Semester Year

27. Desert View HS Attendance Data-
2nd Semester Year

28. Sunnyside HS Attendance Data-
2nd Semester Year

29. SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR PROMOTION RATES- SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
FRESHMAN PROMOTION RATES- SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR PROMOTION RATES- SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

30. FRESHMAN PROMOTION RATES- DESERT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL
SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR PROMOTION RATES- DESERT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL

31. DESERT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL: 2 or more F’s
1st Quarter (2 or more Fs)
TOTAL 2 3 4 5 6
2011-DVHS (596):
Last Year’s Freshmen
226 91 66 30 25 14
2012-DVHS (626):
This Year’s Freshmen
165 72 45 18
TOTAL 24.8 % DROP
SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL: 2 or more F’s
1st Quarter (2 or more Fs)
TOTAL 2 3 4 5 6
2011-SSHS (659):
Last Year’s Freshmen
227 90 68 45 17 7
2012-SSHS (585):
This Year’s Freshmen
121 55 41 19 1
TOTAL 40.1 % DROP

32. DESERT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL: 2 or more F’s
2nd Semester
Desert View
School Yr
GradYear
Total 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2012
187 73 41 35 20 9
2011
176 71 44 37 12 11 1
2010
229 87 45 31 24
SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL: 2 or more F’s
2nd Semester
Sunnyside
School Yr
GradYear
Total 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2012
174 62 43 31 25 9
2011
149 79 34 18 10
2010
202 83 45 33 22 1

33. Digital Advantage Metrics
SUSD is proud to announce the awarding of 844 laptops to our students in !
505 awarded to freshmen
339 awarded to sophomores, juniors and seniors
Freshmen who received laptops participated in after-school programs
On-line: 60 students enrolled for .5 credit courses
CS&C ELL computer-based program: 80 students enrolled
Parent meetings/training: Sponsored by school sites, GEAR UP, and Pima Community College
Parent Engagement meetings throughout the year to provide updates on the progress of Project Graduation and other district information
COX Communications partnership:
Audio/visual for graduation ceremonies
Internet for students receiving laptops
Financial contribution to The Digital Advantage

34. Digital Advantage Coverage/ Awards/ Recognitions/ Presentations
Media Coverage
Newspapers • ASBA Journal • E-journals
Television • Radio interviews
Recognitions
2009 ASPRA*tions Award to SUSD Public Relations from Arizona School Public Relations Association for marketing of The Digital Advantage
City of Tucson Proclamation declares April 9, 2009 as Digital Scholars Day
Finalist for 2008 Common Ground Award
Hosting national summits
Goal One: Graduate Summit – America’s Promise Alliance Youth Symposium, Nov. 13, 2008 at Sunnyside High School
National LULAC – Campaign for High School Equity Dropout Prevention Discussion and Parent Advocacy Workshop, March 5, 2009 at Sunnyside High School

35. Goals for today’s presentation
Celebrations
Challenges
District responses and opportunities
Star Teachers and Pride of Sunnyside

36. Historical Context Blueprint for Student Achievement, SMART goals
Project Graduation – The Digital Advantage
Failure is NOT an Option
HOPE, Courageous Leadership Academies
Shaping Corporate Culture – organizational efficiency

37. District Challenges Corrective action / Performance labels
Budget crisis
Organizational efficiency
ADM - attendance accounting
Auditor General
English Language Development
Change – staying focused and maintaining momentum

38. Challenges Financial National economic crisis
State of Arizona is facing a $2 billion deficit that will have an impact on education
FY SUSD is facing a $2.9 - $4.8 million deficit

39. Challenges – Financial History
July 2008 – SUSD adopts a $98.7 million FY09 M&O budget
May SUSD directed to reduce its FY09 M&O budget to $96.7 million. Expenditures are reduced to $96.7 million level.
July 2009 – SUSD adopts a $93.8 million FY10 M&O budget. Prior Year $96.7 million – SUSD facing a $2.9 million deficit.
September 2009 – SUSD directed to reduce it FY10 M&O budget to ???? (a budget of $91.9 = $4.8 million deficit)

40. SUSD’s Response
Students and quality first instruction need to be the first priority
Reduce programs first, personnel second
Maintain staffing & sectioning allocations
Academics have priority over activities
Achieve savings through maximizing alignment & efficiency

41. Responses - Financial $2.9 million savings formula
$1.1 million repurposing aides
$1.8 million staffing & sectioning
$4.8 million savings formula
$2.9 above plus:
ESI contract savings $0.4 million
Prevention Specialist funding change $0.3 million
Organizational efficiency (hiring freeze in non-instructional areas, attrition savings, Homebound Program refinement) $0.2 million
Implement furloughs as a last resort - $1.0 million
Attendance
Student: ADM is the lifeblood of all school districts. Keeping absences below 5.7% through first 100 days ensures maximum funding.
Staff: No one can do your job better than you. Reducing staff absences also will result in reduced substitute costs.
Organizational efficiency

42. Thank you
Sunnyside Education Association
Sunnyside Classified Employees Association
Sunnyside Administrators Association
for your leadership in our community and for organizing the Rally for Public Education.

43. Challenges English Language Development
Two-hour model disallowed and now we must change our position
Four-hour mandate
Corrective Action
Withholding of funds
Segregation of students
Additional financial burden – no new funds

44. District’s courageous previous position
Governing Board Courageous leadership

45. Between a rock and a hard place

46. SUSD’s Response
The Sunnyside Unified School District will comply with the mandated time requirements.
To offset the effects of segregation, we are committed to ensuring that ELLs in the Language Development Blocks receive a high quality curriculum provided by a high quality teacher.

47. ELD rationale for four-hour block
Castañeda v. Pickard decision
Supreme Court Flores decision
Equal Educational Opportunities Act
Opportunities for focused, targeted and systematic development of language and literacy K-12

48. ELD Guiding Principles
Resource neutral- Implement within current budget constraints
Minimization of adverse impact - Implementation shall not have a negative impact on mainstream classrooms.
Access to the Literacy CORE - It is strongly recommended that schools use their current reading/Literacy adoption for a portion of the four-hour block and accommodate for the needs of English language learners.
Explicit development of language - Schools are encouraged to use the current Language Development materials and best practices to develop the four Domains of Language.
Deliberate interactions with language models - Opportunities must be made available for ELLs to integrate with mainstream students.

49. Challenges AYP and Arizona LEARNS
District in Corrective Action
Schools not meeting AYP
Schools not meeting Arizona LEARNS standards

50. District Improvement History

51. Desert View Math

52. Desert View Reading

53. Sunnyside Math

54. Sunnyside Reading

55. AYP and Arizona LEARNS Performance Labels
2009 School Level Results
AYP and Arizona LEARNS Performance Labels
High Schools

56. AYP and Arizona LEARNS Performance Labels
2009 School Level Results
AYP and Arizona LEARNS Performance Labels
Middle Schools

57. 2009 School Level Results AYP and AZ LEARNS Performance Labels
Elementary Schools

58. District Performance Challenges
Inconsistent system to increase English Language Learner academic proficiency
Inconsistent system to increase Special Education learner academic proficiency
Ineffective vertical alignment of mathematics and reading curriculums across the district
Cohort graduation rate challenge

59. Implications and Consequences of Corrective Action
Increasing loss of autonomy in decision-making
Must implement a NEW viable aligned curriculum K-12
Budget scrutiny from federal and state auditors
Staffing scrutinized by state based on Highly Qualified concerns
State-directed District SMART goal areas

60. District Response New leadership/ new roles
Curriculum Audit recommendations implemented in 2009
Implement Beyond Textbooks K-8
ELD model
Launch Curriculum Advantage districtwide

61. District School Improvement Goals
Goal 1: Reading Proficiency
Goal 2: Mathematics Proficiency
Goal 3: Proficiency in English for English Language Learners
Goal 4: HQ Teachers & Para-professionals
Goal 5: Safe and Drug-Free Schools Conducive to Learning
Goal 6: Graduation Rate
Goal 7: Parent and Family Engagement
Goal 8: Special Education

62. District responses to challenges – Opportunities -
Curriculum Advantage
Curriculum mapping/ Beyond Textbooks, K-8
Atlas, grades 9-12
Quality first instruction
Language of Instruction
Essential Elements of Instruction (EEI)
Three Rs: Rigor, Relevance and Relationships
Collaboration (rubric)
Walk-through’s and coaching
Learning walks, visibility and support
Districtwide Literacy Initiative

63. District responses to challenges – Opportunities -
Districtwide Literacy Initiative
Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) grades 4-8
Standardized assessment for first time
Read 180 and System 44 for all middle schools
Reading Plus for ninth grade

64. Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)
4th – 8th grade computer-based assessments allow educators to:
Measure students’ levels of reading comprehension
Identify independent and instructional levels of reading using the Lexile Framework
Differentiate instruction
Identify areas of instructional focus
Forecast student growth toward state performance

65. Middle School Interventions
System 44
90-minute intervention that focuses on (below 400 lexile):
Phonemic awareness and phonics foundation for the older struggling reader
Word analysis (syllabication and morphology)
Spelling, vocabulary (usage and meaning)
Sight words
Read 180
90-minute intervention that focuses on (above 400 lexile):
Text comprehension
Fluency
Spelling, vocabulary
Writing and grammar
Spelling
Phonics and phonemic awareness for the older struggling reader

66. Curriculum Advantage Beyond Textbooks
Sharing teacher success and creativity
Essential standards:
Represent a “safety net” of standards each teacher ensures that every student learns prior to leaving the current grade
Unwrapped standards:
Summarize the rigor, big ideas, essential questions and evidence of mastery for a given learning objective
Curriculum calendar:
Instrument to keep teachers and
students on track for academic
success

67. Curriculum Advantage Why calendars?
For students Consistent scope and sequence in all K-8 classrooms reduces the impact of mobility
For teachers The WHAT and WHEN are done - teachers are able to focus on HOW lessons will be planned and delivered at high levels of rigor and relevance
For the district Providing all students a guaranteed and viable curriculum

68. CALENDARS BECOME THE CURRICULUM GUIDES
Web-based calendars
CALENDARS BECOME THE CURRICULUM GUIDES

69. Performance Task / Model Product
Explicit Descriptions of the Essential Standards
Vocabulary, Skills,
Level of Rigor
The Big Ideas
Essential Questions
Performance Task / Model Product

70. District K-8 Focus Year 1 Three Main Components
Full implementation of the web-based pacing calendars
Utilization of the Unwrapped Standards for planning, collaboration and instructional delivery
Administration of the mini-formatives in reading and math and consistent use of the data for re-teaching and enrichment opportunities

71. Rigor/Relevance Framework
International Center for Leadership in Education
The Rigor/Relevance Framework is a tool developed by staff of the International Center for Leadership in Education to examine curriculum, instruction and assessment. It is based on two dimensions of higher standards and student achievement. Knowledge Taxonomy, a continuum based on the six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, describes the increasingly complex ways in which we think.
Application Model is one of action. Its five levels describe putting knowledge to use.

72. Rigor/Relevance Framework
KNOWLEDGE C
Problems D
Projects
Activities B A
A P P L I C A T I O N

73. The Three Rs Rigor, Relevance, Relationships
Curriculum
Beyond Textbooks
Literacy Initiative
Quality first instruction
Collaboration
Relevance
Addressing the digital divide
Transformation through technology
Relationships
Advocacy
AVID
Community partnerships
Student engagement
Recognition - Star Teachers, Pride of Sunnyside honorees

74. District responses to challenges - Opportunities -
Transformation through technology
Technology training for students and parents
Technology training for teachers
Teachers’ expanded role and opportunities
Attendance-taking
Access to AIMS, student data 24/7
Grades, lesson plans posted on web (Parent Connect) (new slide)
Digital Stories
Classrooms of the Future
Internet access
Relevancy

75. The Sunnyside Community Stories Project engages middle and high school students as cultural reporters to document and present the history, culture, and identity of the Sunnyside community.
A component of the Sunnyside Learning Community Initiative, it is funded by USA Funds with support from UApresents and the Sunnyside Foundation.
Digital Stories
Digital stories created by
students can be viewed at
stories.susd12.org
Participating schools: Apollo Lauffer Sierra Desert View
STAR Academic Sunnyside High

76. AVID: 28 Years of Success Relationships
Over 28 years, AVID has become one of the most successful college-preparatory programs ever for low-income, underserved students, and today reaches more than 250,000 students in more than 3,500 U.S. schools in 49 states, Canada, and 15 other countries.
Relationships 76

77. Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole percent
AVID Update
AVID graduates College students
98% plan to enroll in a college or university
69% plan to enroll in a four-year university
29% plan to enroll in a two-year college
83% of parents have less than a four-year college degree
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Source: AVID Center Senior Data Collection System, (N=10,949)
Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole percent 77

78. Advancement via Individual Determination
AVID promotes rigor for all students
AVID study skills are taught schoolwide through advisory
Advisory provides an opportunity for all students to receive some of the same support that students receive from AVID instructors
AVID strategies, implemented schoolwide, provide the foundation for secondary school reform

79. AVID and SUSD How are we growing AVID in SUSD?
What progress are our students making?
Where are we on the continuum toward districtwide AVID?
Challenger AVID

80. The Development of AVID in a District
Core AVID Program
Schoolwide
AVID
Districtwide
AVID
Essential Questions
Are we meeting the 11 AVID Essentials?
How experienced and effective are our AVID elective teachers?
Do we have an adequate number of trained tutors?
How accessible are our most rigorous courses?
How well does our site team use the AVID strategies such as WICR?
Are our site team leaders?
Are we involving AVID parents?
Essential Questions
Are the Essentials in routine use?
Have we increased our AVID sections with diverse staff?
Have we created a system for access to rigor?
Have we increased our site team’s size and influence?
Is WICR used across campus, and are AP teachers involved?
Do we see an increased college-going culture?
Essential Questions
Are all of our AVID sites certified?
Do executive leaders work with AVID teams?
Is there a district plan for college readiness, grades ?
Have we expanded district opportunities for AVID training?
Is college readiness a stated district priority?

81. AVID Enrollment

82. Indicators of Districtwide AVID
Increased college-prep course completion in high school and enrollment in college
Improved attendance
Improved performance on state accountability tests
Schools focus on academics
A more cohesive faculty
Increased AP participation
School and district focus on college prep
Persistence in college

83. AVID Enrollment Eighth-Grade Algebra

84. AVID Enrollment Desert View AP

85. AVID Enrollment Sunnyside AP

86. Pride of Sunnyside Elementary
Enriquetta Yanez instructional assistant Los Amigos
Ardith Varga school nurse Gallego
Belle Rosete personal care attendant Early Childhood Education
Norma Castro library clerk Drexel
Karla Brockman ELL interventionist Summit View
Ronald Harris campus monitor Rivera
Erlinda Silvas intervention assistant Esperanza
Lori Carbajal attendance clerk Elvira
Angelica Norzagaray school secretary Mission Manor
Betty Camacho SEI support Liberty
Lisa Rabago reading interventionist Craycroft
Renee Singleton reading interventionist Santa Clara
Christine Garcia office assistant Los Niños
Beatriz Lopez instructional assistant Los Ranchitos
Gloria Gomez instructional assistant Ocotillo

87. Star Teachers Elementary
Karen Johnson speech language pathologist Early Childhood Education
Norma Mahoney kindergarten Santa Clara
Marilyn Higginbotham 4th grade Gallego
Erica Patrick-Vejar kindergarten Summit View
Stephanie Shay 1st grade Los Amigos
Stephanie Ponce 5th grade Craycroft
Carmen Lamas kindergarten Liberty
Margaret Hackett 4th grade Elvira
Cindy Gay 3rd grade Ocotillo
Jean Olson math specialist Los Niños
Ann Arnold P.E. Rivera
Kristi Hamblin 4th grade Mission Manor
Cristina Guevara 3rd grade Los Ranchitos
Bernadette Quiroz kindergarten Esperanza
John Underhill 2nd grade Drexel

88. Pride of Sunnyside Middle School
Mary Morris prevention specialist Chaparral
Michael Fester prevention specialist & JAG coordinator Sierra
Chris Higgins campus monitor Lauffer
Jody Disney school nurse Challenger
Gonzalo Ferreira advisor Apollo

89. Star Teachers Middle School
Karen Rogers science Chaparral
Martin Wiggins science Challenger
Jennifer Trujillo-Johnson reading-language arts Apollo
Nicholas Duddleston media arts Sierra
Jackie Nichols social studies Lauffer

90. Pride of Sunnyside High School
Brent Stahnke head custodian STAR Academic
Mary Martinez instructional assistant, special education Sunnyside
Bernadette Martin Central Administration
Olga Lozano attendance clerk Desert View

91. Star Teachers High School
Anne Hamilton ELD, all grades Desert View
Kurt Fischer English Sunnyside
Lupe Cantau SAFE STAR Academic

92. Have a successful 2009-2010 school year!
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