Executive Summary

1. Executive Summary • Met API goals school-wide and for all significant subgroups. • Did not meet AYP goals in ELA or math for the school or significant subgroups. • EL students in the dual immersion program outpace students using CELDT criteria in the district, county, and state by eighth grade. • Parent participation exceeded 4,900 hours during the 2008-09 school year. • Met AMAO 1 and AMAO 1 goals for 2008-09. • Eighty eight percent of eighth grade students met California English Language Development Criteria and outscored State, District, and County students in 6-8 grade.

2. Executive Summary • The school will continue to work with WestEd to utilize benchmarks in Spanish Language Arts and train teachers in the use of formative assessments. • The school will pilot state/district adopted curriculum in math and language arts for implementation in grades K-5. • AP Track for Spanish at Lodi and Tokay High Schools. • Development of “Seal of Bilingualism” through the California Department of Education. • Lengthening of math and language arts period for the 10-11 school year. • Application for charter renewal in the Spring of 2010

3. Joe Serna, Jr. Charter School Annual Report Lodi Unified School District Board of Education November 17, 2009 Michael Gillespie, Principal

4. Joe Serna, Jr. Charter School 08-09 Overview • Met API (699) goals in language arts and math for both the school or significant subgroups. • Met AYP goals for 14 out of 21 AYP Criteria. Did not meet AYP goals in ELA or math overall and for significant sub-groups. • 4,900 hours of parent participation • Art instruction in every class each week • Parenting classes for nutrition, parenting skills, family literacy, and ESL/Citizenship.

5. Joe Serna, Jr. Charter School Core Elements of Serna Charter: •Two-way Immersion – Proficiency in two languages, Intercultural understanding. •Fidelity to instructional program and curriculum K-8 • Integrated/Thematic Instruction – Problem solving, cooperative learning. •Personalized Learning – Small School Community

6. Joe Serna, Jr. Charter School Staff Development Focus Teachers spend an average of 40 hours in staff development each year. • Two Way Immersion Teacher Development • Literacy and Language Arts • Math Matters • Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD) • Assessment and Data Analysis with WestEd

7. Joe Serna, Jr. Charter School - Demographics Demographics

8. Serna API Results 145 point gain over nine years

9. ELA Proficiency Level- Over Time Current Grade 8 Students (Cohort Group)

10. Math Proficiency Level Over Time Current Grade 8 Students (Cohort Group)

11. Percent of Students Meeting California English Language Development Test Criterion – Fall 2008

12. Two-Way Immersion -STSSpanish Language Arts Assessments

13. Summary • Students in the seventh grade scored significantly lower in math with four students in the proficient and advanced levels • The math scores trend downward over time indicating a need for stronger implementation of the curriculum at the middle school level. • The number of students increasing one level of proficiency in the area of language arts did not increase to offset the losses in the area of math. • The Dual Immersion program can have both positive and negative impact on STAR results.

14. ACTION PLAN • The school will pilot state/district adopted curriculum in math and language arts for implementation in grades K-5. • Teachers perform an individual analysis of both their current and former students to look for areas of strength and weakness in the educational program. • Continue to train teachers in the TAASA strategies. • The school will continue to work with WestEd to establish benchmarks in Spanish Language Arts and train teachers in the use of formative assessments.

15. Action Plan - Continued • Continue to implement math intervention in conjunction with the Bridges program on site after school. • The principal will meet with all middle school students individually to discuss learning goals on the STAR assessments. • The school will focus on the positive aspects of the STAR assessment by celebrating student and school success and talking about the importance of the assessment. • Continue to target students in significant sub-groups whose results are in the basic level in order to increase student outcomes to the proficient level.

16. Action Plan- Continued • Continue staff development in GLAD and Math Matters in order to have all teachers trained. • Continue staff development in the area of literacy in grades K-8. • Reading interventions for students in grade 1-8 include: after school intervention groups, reading resource intervention groups during the school day, intervention reading groups in grades 4-6 and guided reading groups in grades 1-3. • The school will develop criteria for the “Seal of Bilingualism” through the California Department of Education.

17. Action Plan - Continued • Students will continue to be referred to summer intervention programs. • The school also utilizes the Instructional Support Team (IST) and Individualized Educational Program (IEP) processes to assist students who have special needs and are not meeting state, district, and school expectations. • Eighth grade students will be placed in pre-AP and AP Spanish classes at the high school level in order to continue the development of their Spanish skills. • The school will apply to renew its charter during the spring of 2010.