CLOVIS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICT ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

November 3, 2015

Professional Development Room 1& 2 MINUTES

DELAC members in attendance: Members: Pawadeep Kaur Martha Ruvalcaba Maria Chavez Gelasio Bautista Maria Lopez Gagandeep Gill Pahoua Vang Martha Navarro Chankeo Vang Lorena Turrent Carolina Lopez Fadwa Amireh Maria Perez Margarita Hernandez Cati Villar Maria Miguel Lucia Stratan Esther Olivera Corina Tinoco Rosalina Sanchez- Ramirez

School Name Bud Rank Cedarwood Century Clovis Elem Clovis High Dry Creek Fancher Creek Gettysburg Jefferson Liberty Lincoln Maple Creek Miramonte Nelson Pinedale Oraze Reagan Sierra Vista Weldon Weldon

Visitor Ana Puga Maria Veronica Garcia Maria Duran District DELAC Members: Alison Johns Celia Willis Cari Loete See Thao Courtney Davis Ruth Steffy Other District Members: Bob Kampf Tam Tran Ana Macias Mary Vang Allison Hernandez Mai Yia Moua

School Name Visitor Visitor Oraze Sierra Vista CH Lincoln Red Bank Clovis Elementary Ft. Washington Cole Supplemental Services Supplemental Services Supplemental Services Supplemental Services Assessment & Accountability C & I

DELAC Parent members NOT in Attendance: Alt Ed Alta Sierra Buchanan Clark Clovis East Clovis West Cox Ft. Washington Freedom Kastner Mt.View Red Bank Reyburn Riverview Tarpey TK

Mrs. Vang & Mrs. Turrent called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. and they welcomed everyone to the 1st DELAC meeting. All attendees were asked to sign in and introduce themselves. Mrs. Vang asked if there were any changes or additions to the agenda. As there were none, Mr. Kampf explained the purpose of the DELAC meeting is to inform parents of English learners of services being provided and to hear parent input and suggestions to help their children. Mr. Kampf explained that when a district has 51 or more English Learners, a district is required to have a functioning DELAC made up of representatives from the schools’ ELAC members. An ELAC is required at the site level when a school has 21 or more English Learners. Mr. Kampf explained why and how minutes are taken and their purpose. Tam Tran is the Recording Secretary who will take the minutes. Parents were sharing different activities that happen at their school sites and the discussed parent conference days. At this time, the Committee was asked to review the items listed on the agenda. Mrs. Vang and Mrs. Turrent continued to speak to the group in English while Mary Vang assisted in Hmong and Ana Macias assisted in Spanish.

Call to Order Group Meetings by Language

Mr. Kampf introduced Allison Hernandez, CUSD Director of Assessment and Accountability. Allison Hernandez presented an annual update handout that reviewed her power point of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). Mrs. Hernandez reviewed the student achievement data and reviewed the Smarter Balance state assessment information. This data will replace our new API information. CUSD out performed all of the Central Valley school districts. LCAP funding is used to provide translations for parents, Parent Community Resource centers at the five areas of CUSD.

Presentation: Local Control Application Plan (LCAP)

Note: Names on the attendance side are reflected from the sign in sheet. If you failed to sign in, you name will not be listed as attending this meeting.

Approval of minutes Minutes from the April 28, 2015 were distributed and read individually by those in attendance in English, Spanish, and Hmong. A motion was made by Carolina Lopez and seconded by Martha Ruvalcaba. Motion carried; minutes were approved.

Review & Approval of Minutes

Mrs. Mai Yia Moua, Teacher on Special Assignment, presented on reclassification of EL Students based on the California English Language Development Test (CELDT), Benchmark Assessments, and Academic Achievement, the student will be recommend to be reclassified and parents will be invited to participate in this process. After reclassification, the student is monitored for two years on their academic progress report. She also reviewed ELD instruction for ELs. Parents were engaged in the lesson on sentence structure and strategies taught by Mrs. Mai Yia Moua.

Reclassification & EL Strategies

Mrs. Vang asked the committee to adopt and approve the name change from Special Projects Department to Supplemental Services Department in the Bylaws. Martha Ruvalcaba made a motion to approve and Lorena Turrent seconded.

Bylaws

CELDT Assessment: Initial and Annual Mr. Kampf explained that the CELDT is used initially to identify a student based on the CELDT score and as EL. Once they have been identified, CELDT is used to monitor the students’ progress in English proficiency annually. Mr. Kampf explained that the CELDT Annual test is taken through the month of October. All annual CELDT tests have been administered, results will follow in January.

CELDT Assessment

Title III AMAOs Mr. Kampf explained the Title III Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs) target goals and shared the 2014-2015 results. CUSD met AMAO I, AMAO II and, we didn’t have the results for the AMAO III.

Title III AMAOs

CUSD Master Plan Mai Yia Moua reviewed the revisions to the Master Plan 2015-2016; A Guide for Services for English Learners. The district is required to notify parents of initial identification and annual placement. Sections of the Master Plan were shared and reviewed. Copies of the documents were provided.

CUSD Master Plan

District Needs Assessment Mrs. Vang & Mrs. Turrent presented the results and asked that each member take the District Needs Assessment back to their school site, and share the information at their ELAC Meeting.

District Needs Assessment

Parent Comments and Public Input Discussion followed on future topics

Tips on homework - support from school to home Teach children to love and acceptance Respect each other Culture Awareness Special Education

Mrs. Vang encouraged parents to take some brochures and reading materials to their students. She asked for closing comments and to complete the meeting evaluation form.

Future Topics

Adjournment Mrs. Vang thanked everyone for attending and asked for a motion to adjourn. Celia Willis made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Martha Ruvalcaba seconded. The next DELAC meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. at the Professional Development Building, Room 1 & 2. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:45a.m.

Adjournment

Respectfully Submitted,

Tam Tran Recording Secretary Please review and report any corrections as needed.