WASC/CDE Visiting Committee Final Presentation

1. WASC/CDE Visiting Committee Final Presentation ___________________ Dublin High School ___________________ March 9-11, 2009

2. Focus on Learning asks… • How do you know that all students are achieving based on our schoolwide student goals and academic standards? • Is the school doing everything possible to support high achievement for all its students?

3. Organization: Vision and Purpose, Governance, Leadership and Staff, and Resources Areas to Celebrate • Support of Community, board, students and staff • ESLR’s and Mission reflect community values and desires • Technology use is excellent Areas for Focus • Add process for revision of Mission and ESLR’s based on data and research • Analysis and application of standards needs to be consistent and transparent • School needs a focused professional development plan.

4. Curriculum Areas to Celebrate • All courses offer various degrees of rigor and standards-based alignment. • A wide variety of academic and vocational course options are available to students. • Technology is widely utilized in the classroom for access to the curriculum. Areas for Focus • Common collaboration time needs to occur for teachers to work on standards-based curricular alignment. • To ensure that ALL students receive it, rigor should be revisited within the curriculum. • Pursue more consistent use of the OARS data system, or other desired tool, to inform student progress towards meeting standards proficiency. • Revisit the use and incorporation of the expected school-wide learning results (ESLRs) into the curriculum for consistency.

5. Instruction Areas to Celebrate • Technology use is integrated into the curriculum and instruction practices. • DHS students are demonstrating high performance in student achievement and participation in API indicators • Higher level critical thinking skills embedded in daily activities/lessons Areas for Focus • Implement a unified instructional approach across the curriculum • Implement actual benchmark skills and standards for every content area. • Implement a plan to address the achievement gap of second language and economically disadvantaged students

6. Assessment and Accountability Areas to Celebrate • Variety of types of assessments • Use of OARS to analyze state data • Pilot of OARS for analysis of common assessments Areas for Focus • Continued work on common formative and summative assessments • Continued professional development in OARS use for data analysis • Institutionalize frequent progress reports to students and parents

7. School Culture and Support for Student Personal and Academic Growth Areas to Celebrate • Staff connection with students. • Parent & community involvement in many & varied programs at DHS. • Student & teacher utilization and access to technology. • High percentage of students involved in co-curricular & extra-curricular activities. • Number & variety of AP & honors courses. • Counseling staff. • Teacher access to OARS. Areas for Focus • Continue to look at the changing ethnic diversity & culture of DHS. • Flexibility for students in the Master Schedule. • More avenues for at-risk student intervention. • Communication with parents of underperforming sub-groups and non-English speaking parents.

8. Celebrate Schoolwide Strengths The Visiting Committee has identified the following areas as school-wide areas of strength: • Strong sense of community and pride in Dublin High School. • Highly qualified, dedicated and caring faculty and staff. • A culture of high expectations. • Numerous opportunities for students to participate in challenging courses. • Newly adopted graduation requirements to ensure that all graduates receive a college-ready education. • Widespread use of technology as an instructional tool. • Involvement in robust and dynamic co-curricular and extra-curricular programs.

9. Critical Areas for Focus Your own self-study identified and you should continue to work on: Areas for Focus • Improve achievement in literacy and mathematics for all students, particularly the significant subgroups. • Research, develop and support the use of data in all curricular areas. • Increase the percent of all students, including significant subgroups, who satisfactorily meet the UC/CSU “a-g” entrance requirements. As you plan and implement your work, include: • Evidence that all students are receiving standards-based curriculum and instruction. • Use of frequent common formative assessments. • Deliberate monitoring and mandated support for significant subgroups.

10. Making it happen: Ongoing Work • Dublin High School has a lot going for it • Staff is open to change • Single School Plan aligns w/ Action Plan • District is already moving in the same direction • Successful implementation not dependent on financial support • Successful implantation not dependent on bell changing bell schedule • Paradigm shift: • Focus on teaching to focus on learning • Optional learning to mandated learning • Student responsibility to a teacher responsibility to ensure student success..

11. Schoolwide Action Plan Visualize what will be different for students…. • One year from now? • Two years from now? • Three years from now?