Spotlight on Best Practices

Gerardo Cornejo

Carpinteria, California

Where is Carpinteria?

World’s Safest Beach – Carpinteria, California

CHS Information

– 643 students– 23% English Learners– 48% Economic Disadvantaged

CHS Information

– 27 Fulltime teachers– 2 Administrators– 2 Academic Counselors– 1 College Counselor - UCSB

What Must Be In Place

• Focus, Focus, Focus

• Involve Key Players

• Develop Partnerships

• Create benchmarks for each grade level

• Involve community (guest speakers and career fair)

2009

• Partnership with Santa Barbara City College (SBCC)

• Identified Strong Freshman Seminar Teacher

• Identified Curriculum

• Allocated Resources (Classroom, computers, and time)

Finally

• SBCC Partnership

– Dual enrollment courses (20 sections avg. per year)

• Culinary Arts, Personal Development, US History, Political Science, Anthropology, Linguistics, Career Choices, Construction Technology, Multimedia Arts.

Progress

• New Master Schedule (7 periods)– 50 minute period (6 classes and 1 Extended

Learning)– Extended Learning students assigned to a

teacher they have had during the day. 20 students average per EL class.

– Drop in D/F among all students.

Progress

• Increased AP course offerings (from 4 to 12)• Summer AP workshops• Partnership with UCSB

– Linguistics Course– EAOP – College counselor on campus (full

time)– Algebra 2 Summer Bridge Course

Freshman Seminar

• One semester course – dual enrollment (3 units).

• Graduation Requirement.– If you fail or transfer into CHS you are enrolled.

• Career Technical Education (CTE) emphasis.– CTE Field Trip to SBCC once a year.– CTE guest speakers.

• Academy of the Healing Arts (every Tuesday)

Academic Focus

• 10 year Plan– Reviewed at the end of each grade level.

• Professional Training – Career Choices• Link Crew • College Fair (50 college representatives)• Community • District Wide Parent Night

– UC a-g, financial aid, life after high school, and academics

• Latino Literacy Project – Graciela’s Dream– 6 week parent workshops

Culture Focus

• 58% of our graduating seniors have taken an AP class.

• By senior year all students take at least two dual enrollment courses.

• All dual enrollment/AP courses are opened to any student.

• 48% of our students are meeting UC a-g requirements.

Suspensions2006-2013

Suspensions 2006-2014

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2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

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UC/CSU Eligibility

23.40%

35.60%

24.20%

33.60%37.10%

47.60% 50.00% 49.00%

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10.00%

20.00%

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50.00%

60.00%

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

Questions?