2. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site East Mesa School CalSTAT Leadership Site Core Area: Collaboration

3. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Website: www.sdcoe.net/jccs/loc=mesa- eastm=1 www.sdcoe.net/jccs/loc=mesa- eastm=1 www.sdcoe.net/jccs/loc=mesa- eastm=1

4. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) Juvenile Court and Community Schools (JCCS) Programs consist of three types of schools.

5. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Juvenile Court Schools, County Community Schools, and Community Day Schools.

6. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site East Mesa School is one of the Juvenile Court Schools. It is located within the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility.

7. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site We are a western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accredited school that provides students with standards-based education 245 day a year.

8. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site East Mesa School serves students in grades 7-12

9. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site JCCS ethnicity is 52% Latino, 19% Black, 24% White, 2% Asian, 1% Filipino, 1% Pacific Islanders and 1% Native American.

10. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Our staff is composed of fully credentialed general and special education teachers

11. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Each classroom has a 20 to 1 student teacher ratio with the additional support of a Teacher Assistant and Special Education Staff.

12. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Every classroom has Dell computers, internet access, Smartboards, and computer projection systems.

13. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site There are approximately 65 special education students. They represent approximately 30% of the total population.

14. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Students receive services through the resource specialist program (RSP) and special day class (SDC) program.

15. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site 30% of the students are RSP and 60% are SDC. 50% of the students are identified as having emotional disturbance,30% specific learning disability, 17% other health impaired and 3% in speech, autistic or traumatic brain injury.

16. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site East Mesa School hours are from 7:55 AM -2:15 PM. The course of study includes Language Arts, Mathematics, Physical Education, and Social Studies.

17. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Team Members Collaborate through full inclusion of students with disabilities.

18. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Co-Teaching is a research based service delivery model which has been implemented after training in the area of in- class collaboration by general and special educators.

19. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Instructional strategies include active standards based teaching using state approved curricula. Holt Literature, High Point, and Prentice Hall are some of the textbooks.

20. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site East Mesa is accountable to state accountability measures of the Academic Performance Index (API) and Alternative Schools of Accountability Model (ASAM).

21. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Local assessments include standardized Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) pre and post scores, enrollment data, attendance rate and high school credit completion Local assessments include standardized Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) pre and post scores, enrollment data, attendance rate and high school credit completion

22. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Team Members

23. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Catherine Prodor Teacher on Special Assignment

24. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Catherine O’Reilly Special Education Head Teacher

25. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Gina Toriyama Special Educator Gina Toriyama Special Educator

26. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Alicia McBride Head Teacher

27. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Tammy Reina General Educator Tammy Reina General Educator

28. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Dionne Marijana General Educator Dionne Marijana General Educator

29. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Mary Alvarado Parent Liaison

30. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Dr. Raul Carranza Principal

31. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site The principal supports all staff through active leadership and teacher leader decision making. The principal supports all staff through active leadership and teacher leader decision making.

32. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Special education and general educators work as co- teachers in the general education classroom.

33. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site The head teacher provides administrative support for the team of teachers to work collaboratively.

34. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site The parent liaison provides support to parents through phone contact, home and court visits.

35. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site Educators and authors Drs. Jacque Thousand and Richard Villa have provided support through their trainings and publications.

36. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site This project involves developing a positive co-teaching model using collaboration between general education and special education for other programs across California.

37. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site East Mesa School Leadership Site plans on continuing to visit and learn from other sites educating youth with disabilities in the correctional system.

38. San Diego County Office of Education JCCS East Mesa Leadership Site The next year will provide the opportunity to share our model with other educators.