Mar 19, 2019 | Educational Support Services
Community Engagement is a key component of the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) priority 3. According to the California Department of Education (CDE), family and community engagement greatly increases the likelihood that students will learn and...
Mar 4, 2019 | Educational Support Services
“Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.” ~ John Carmack, CTO of Oculus VR Walking into a school district business office strikes catches many people off-guard not because of the office cubicles, but rather how quiet the district business...
Feb 22, 2019 | Educational Support Services
When it takes more money to get the same for some students, what gives? Actually nothing gives. Although what is needed requires more resources for students with disabilities, providing appropriate services to meet unique needs is a mandate. How a school community...
Feb 19, 2019 | Educational Support Services
Sitting in a grade-level meeting, a veteran teacher sighed with frustration and asked, “When will what we do be good enough? When will they stop insisting that we do more, more, more, and better, better, better?” The quiet response was, “Does anyone remember when IBM...
Feb 12, 2019 | Educational Support Services
“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” ~Abraham Lincoln It’s a typical day in Mrs. Mack’s seventh grade classroom. Kids are bustling around, laughing, talking. Someone makes a funny noise; everyone laughs. The teacher tells the...