Golden Valley Unified School DistrictState of the District

Presented by:Superintendent Andrew G. AlvaradoAugust 2017

Board of TrusteesMr. Brian Freeman, Board PresidentMrs. Maria Knobloch, Board Clerk

Mrs. Mona DiazMr. Steven Lewis

Mr. Andrew Wheeler

SuperintendentMr. Andy Alvarado

Assistant Superintendent of Educational ServicesMr. Kevin Hatch

Executive Director of Human Resources and Student ServicesMrs. Kuljeet Mann

Director of Business ServicesMrs. Maureen Hester

Vision ► Mission ► Beliefs

Vision ►Mission ►

Beliefs ►

• Golden Valley Unified School District is committed to creating and maintaining an innovative learning community based in excellence.

• The mission of Golden Valley Unified School District is to provide our students the means to achieve to their highest potential within a caring, secure environment.

• Our students can be successful, self-directed, lifelong learners.

• Character education develops self-control, a sense of purpose, and positive

leadership skills.

• Effective education requires devoted, highly qualified teachers and staff.

• Education is a partnership between the school, family, students, and the community.

• We celebrate our diversity and value our differences.

• Technology supports and enhances the learning experience.

• We hold ourselves accountable to achieve high standards.

Superintendent’s Message

1. Competition2. Woo3. Communication4. Activator5. Futuristic

Superintendent’s Message

All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle,

we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our

strengths.

Mind Games

SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE MISSION!!

Governance Team

District Office Cabinet

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Sierra View

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Staff

Students

Demographics

Ethnic Breakdown 2015/2016 2016/2017

Hispanic 37.5% 40.59%

White 55.5% 52.37%

African American 1.2% 1.17%

Asian 2.0% 2.24%

Filipino 0.6% 4.30%

American Indian 1.1% 9.60%

Pacific Islander 0% 0%

Two or more races 1.5% 1.76%

Summary 2015/2016 2016/2017

Free/Reduced School Lunch 35.64% 34.66%

Socioeconomic Disadvantaged 36.59% 35.93%

English Language Learners 4.68% 4.85%

Students with Disabilities 8.83% 9.49%

Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Focus

Be Intentional● Build Relationships● Create lessons with appropriate levels of

Rigor (Knowlege/Thinking)● Create lessons that are Relevant and

Interesting (Application/Work)

Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Focus

Curriculum

● ELA - No Change● Math - New Pearson adoption.

Continue to supplement as needed.● History - No Change (yet)● Science - Transition to NGSS (Explore

curriculum options as they become available)

Curriculum - Know where you need to go!

● Start with the standards and Benchmark Assessments

● Make intentional choices within units and lessons to maximize student learning and engagement

● Use Rigor/Relevance Framework to assist you in your curriculum development.

● Understand that the textbook is just a backbone resource.

Instruction

● Starts with Positive Relationships and High Expectations

● Know where you are going & make sure your students know too (Objectives)

● Choose strategies & tools that best enable students to meet the learning objective.

● Make sure that students are learning (Checking for Understanding)

District Assessments

● Benchmarks○ ELA - INSPECT Benchmarks

■ Pre-made K-8■ Department Created 9-12

○ Math - INSPECT Pre-made aligned to Pacing Guides.

○ Other Core Subjects - same as past○ COI - Follows each benchmark

● SBAC - Same window as last year

GVUSD Instructional Plan

Units of Study

COI/Reteach

30 mins

COI/Reteach

30 mins

COI/Reteach

PT: Guided

PT: Group

STANDARDS & SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

PT: IndependentINSPECT

Formative Orange

Units 3 & 4INSPECT

Formative Green

Units 5 & 6INSPECT

Formative Pink

Units 1 & 2

Enrollment

Staffing Numbers

Budget (at June adopted budgets – Restricted and Unrestricted)

Multi-Year Budget Recap as of June Adopted Budget dates

16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20

Beginning Balance $2,325,773 $1,705,305 $805,350 $1,045,892

Revenues $19,711,223 $18,898,337 $20,776,090 $21,255,639

Expenses $20,331,691 $19,798,292 $20,535,548 $20,810,695

Ending Fund Balance

$1,705,305 $805,350 $1,045,892 $1,487,836

Net Increase/(Decrease)

($620,468) ($899,956) 237,542 444,944

Economic Reserve 7.40% 3.49% 3.90% 6.25%

Per Student LCFF Income

Enrollment vs. Average Daily Attendance (ADA)

97% attendance rate1 ADA = $8,391 (AVG)

District LCFF Transitional Entitlement

State Reported P-2 ADA

Per ADA

Clovis USD $338,896,399 40,713 $8,324

Bass Lake JUESD $7,147,665 824 $8,671

Golden Valley USD $16,014,265 1,829 $8,755

Chowchilla Elem. $20,063,960 2,130 $9,419

Raymond Knowles $833,227 85 $9,851

Madera USD $195,869,218 19,189 $10,208

Chowchilla Union High School

$10,802,452 1,029 $10,494

Chawanakee $6,911,768 651 $10,624

LCAP and LCFF

• All expenses listed in the LCAP must be represented within the annual budget

• All LCAP expenses are tied to one of the 8 state priorities and 4 district goals

• County Office of Education approves the budget at the same time the LCAP is approved

LCFF Annual Calculation

LCFF Floor + LCFF Funded Gap + ERT

= Current Year LCFF Implementation Apportionment

Local Control funding formulaGrade Span

Base Grant

per ADA

Grade Span

Adjustments

Adjusted Grants (base +

adjustments)

20% of adj. base -

Supplemental Grant per

unduplicated pupil

*50% pf adj. base -

Concentration Grant per

unduplicated pupil

Total GVUSD possible per ADA

K-3 $7,193 $748 $7,941 $1,588 $3,971 $9,5294-6 $7,301 $7,301 $1,460 $3,651 $8,7617-8 $7,518 $7,518 $1,504 $3,759 $9,0229-12 $8,712 $227 $8,939 $1,788 $4,470 $10,727

*GVUSD does not receive concentration grant funding. This funding is only provided to districts that have a total unduplicated count above 55% of total district enrollment. GVUSD’s unduplicated count is 36.93%.GVUSD average per student projected income for 2017/18 is $8,907.91

Count Me In!

▪Vulcan Materials provided generous contributions to the GVUSD Count Me In Attendance Campaign with $500.00 donations to each school site for both semesters for a total contribution of $5,000.00.

▪A 1% increase to the Attendance Rate for 2015/2016 would equate to a $344,000.00 increase to the General Fund.

Questions

• Who should I contact if I want to start, change or cancel a payroll deduction?

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• How do I submit a technology request?

• I’m going on vacation, can I pick up my check early?