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Professional DevelopmentJanuary 31, 2014ISIC Pupil Services

Three Words INSPIRE MOTIVATE ACHIEVE

•Next Steps• Do we want to make the posters for our three words or do we want

Steve and Sonia to take care of that?• How can we creatively present our three words during the filming?• Do we want to wear something that unifies us as a group (ex. certain

colors, clothing)?• Does anyone want to do something similar individually at your school

site with your students to supplement ISIC’s portion?

Admin Updates

• Welligent Pilot Project• Worker’s Compensation/FMLA Training• Interns Survey - Everyone should complete• Non-Public Schools (NPS) & SARB• New Time Reporting Protocol• Assignment Changes

Assignment Changes

PSA Counselor

From To

Open Sub-list

(Diego Rivera Learning Complex)

Green Design Community School – 3 Days

Sun Valley High School – 2 Days

Sagrario Gonzales

StartFebruary 10, 2014

(Contreras Learning Complex) Business & Tourism – 2 ½ Days

School of Social Justice – 2 ½ Days

Vanessa Ramirez

Welcome Back!Gompers MS – 5

Days

Mark Trujillo

City Partnership – ½ Day

Gompers MS – 2 DaysYES Academy – 2

Days

City Partnership – ½ DayGates ES – 2 Days

YES Academy – 2 DaysCanyon ES – ½ Day

Pair Share Peer Review

• Goals• Identify how ESC staff can provide additional direct

support to school based counselors.• Identify best practices that can be shared with our peers.

• Central PSA will contact you to schedule a date and time to review.• Complete self survey prior to arrival.

• Information gathered will be used to drive future trainings and/or presentations

Monthly StrategiesPowerPoint

Next

Reflection and Goals for the New Year

Copyright-2013 © Los Angeles Unified School District - All rights reserved

Facts about Reflections and Goals

• Learning is both an active and reflective process (Burns, Dimock and Martinez, 2000)

• Though we learn by doing, constructing, building, talking, and writing, we also learn by thinking about events, activities and experiences (Burns, Dimock and Martinez, 2000)

• Opportunities for reflection should occur at the beginning, middle and the end of the school year. (Parrillo, 1994) That way students can take note of their learning starting point, assess their progress mid-year and critically evaluate their own learning at the end of the school year

• Reflection activities allow students a sense of intellectual ownership and a better understanding of oneself and one's own abilities (Burns, Dimock and Martinez, 2000)

• Students can learn to use their creative and critical thinking skills to help prepare for, succeed in, and learn from attendance improvement strategies in order to be better prepared for the future (Parrillo, 1994)


Reflection and Goal Setting: Questions for Self & Students• What is something we did this year that you think you will

remember for the rest of your life?• What is something you accomplished this year that you are

proud of?• What have been some of the barriers for attending school this

year?• Where is your favorite place in our classroom (or school)?• What is something that was hard for you at the start of the

year, but is easy now?• In what area do you feel you made your biggest

improvements?• What are the three most important things you learned this

year?• Is there anything you will do differently this year/semester?• What are two goals you have for the rest of this school year?• What are goals you have for five years from today (where

would you like to be and what would you like to be doing)?• What steps will you take, today and in the future, to achieve

your goals?


Reflection and Goal Setting: Questions for Teachers• What are some things you accomplished this year that you

are proud of?• What is something you tried in your classroom this year for

the first time? How did it go?• What is something you found particularly frustrating this

year?• Which student in your class do you think showed the most

improvement? Why do you think this student did so well?• What is something you would change about this year if you

could?• What is one way that you grew professionally this year?• Who amongst your colleagues was the most helpful to you?• What has caused you the most stress this year?• Is there anything you will do differently this year/semester?• What are two goals you have for the rest of this school

year?• What are goals you have for five years from today (where

would you like to be and what would you like to be doing)?• What steps will you take, today and in the future, to achieve

your goals?


Bulletin Board Ideas - Elementary

Bulletin Board Ideas - Secondary

Where we are: Attendance Bands through December 2013

Instructional Days = 85

Far Below Basic

Below Basic

Basic

Proficient

Advanced Perfect Attendance! -Maintain-

At-Risk Attendance: 4-6 absences-Early Intervention-

Outstanding Attendance! 1-3 absences -Maintain-

At-Risk Attendance: 7-11 absences -Early Intervention-

Highly At-Risk Attendance: 12 or more absences-Early and Intensive Intervention- Copyright - 2013 © LAUSD, All Rights Reserved

Where we are going: Attendance Bands at the end of the school year

Instructional Days = 180

Far Below Basic

Below Basic

Basic

Proficient

Advanced 0 ABSENCES

8-14 ABSENCES

1-7 ABSENCES

15-23 ABSENCES

MORE THAN 23 ABSENCESCopyright - 2013 © LAUSD, All Rights Reserved

JANUARY/FEBRUARY

ELEMENTARY TIERED SUPPORT

PROFICIENT/ADVANCED ATTENDANCE:•Recognize students with proficient/advanced attendance through the month of December on the Bulletin Board•Send home a recognition letter to parents.•Organize a Day without an Absence the first week of school in January.•Send home a letter home announcing the 100th Day of School Grade Level Classroom Competition Kick-Off.BASIC ATTENDANCE:•Send home a letter home announcing the 100th Day of School Grade Level Classroom Competition Kick-Off.•Create a New Year, New Beginning Attendance Pledge Medallion and send it home to parents to sign and return to school. Display medallion’s on school fence or bulletin board.BELOW/FAR BELOW BASIC ATTENDANCE:•Send home a letter home announcing the 100th Day of School Grade Level Classroom Competition Kick-Off.•Create a New Year, New Beginning Attendance Pledge Medallion and send it home to parents to sign and return to school. Display medallion’s on school fence or bulletin board. •Hold COST meeting to discuss students with most severe academic and socio-emotional issues/concerns.

*All students should receive an attendance progress report


JANUARY/FEBRUARY

SECONDARY TIERED SUPPORTPROFICIENT/ADVANCED ATTENDANCE:•Recognize students with proficient/advanced attendance through the month of December on the Bulletin Board•Issue incentives to students with proficient/advanced attendance through the month of December (e.g. A ticket student can redeem for a snack once a week in the month of January).•Create a New Year, New Beginning Attendance Pledge Poster for students to sign in each Advisory Room and display it on classroom door.BASIC ATTENDANCE:•Issue tickets to students with perfect attendance on a weekly basis which they can redeem at the end of January (e.g. snack, pass, incentive, etc). •Hold ACE (Attendance Counts for Everyone) Meeting for students with 5 or more absences.BELOW/FAR BELOW BASIC ATTENDANCE:•Hold COST meeting to discuss students with most severe academic and socio-emotional issues/concerns.

*All students should receive an attendance progress report Copyright-2013 © Los Angeles Unified School District - All rights reserved

Information that can be shared with grade level

team

On February 3 (the 100th day of school), some students in the Basic attendance band will have 8 absences and no longer be able to meet attendance goal at end of the year. January is an important month to provide focused support to engage students in the Basic band.

• Identify number of students in each band per class

School-wide attendance trends• Grade level comparison

Changes in attendance percentage on milestones (25th day, 50th day, etc.)• Point out increase in rates• If there is a decrease, discuss possible reasons why (i.e. extended vacation days, illness, etc.)


Upcoming Milestones

100th Day of School! – February 3, 2014

Maximum Number of Absences at Each Tier by Instructional Day

Calendar Date

Instructional Day

LESS THAN 87% (Far

Below Basic)

87-91%

(Below Basic)

92-95% (Basic)

96-99% (Proficient)

100% (Advanc

ed)

February 3, 2014

100 14 or more

13 8 4 0


Monthly Attendance Trends

•What’s affecting attendance at this point in the year?

• Extending Winter Break• Not returning on Monday, January 13th

•Change in weather increases absences• Students stay home when it rains/cold• Students health affected• Illness/Cold/Flu• Asthma

• President’s Day Observed Monday, February 17, 2014


Looking Ahead

February 3rd – 100th Day of School

February 12th – Lincoln’s Birthday (not observed)

February 17th – President’s Day


100% Attendance SubmittalBest Student Attendance

Perfect Attendance

January Awards

100% Attendance Submittal(Month of December)

School PSA Counselor

Coliseum ES Kendis Wilbourne

Crenshaw STEMM Magnet

Micquelyn Jones

Jordan HS Armond Mc Daniels

Marquez HS - HPIAM Graciela Ortiz

Marquez HS - LIBRA Graciela Ortiz

Marquez HS – Social Justice

Graciela Ortiz

Stevenson MS Tania Martinez

Vista MS Jose Diaz

YES Academy Mark Trujillo

Best Student Attendance(Cumulative through December, 2013)

PSA Counsel

or School

Students at 96%

(with 96% minimum submittal rate)

Elementary

School

Kendis Wilbourn

e

Hillcrest ES

70.6%

Middle School

Tania Martinez

Stevenson MS

80.9%

High School

Maureen Greeley

Banning HS

74.9%

Perfect Attendance Wall of Fame(Cumulative through December, 2013)

Micquelyn Jones Armond Mc Daniels

Marco Rodriguez Wanda SooHoo

Operation School Bell @ GLAYS

Counselor SpotlightSandra Guevara

Newsletters(October & November)

Newsletters(December & February)

Thank You!

To Everyone

Who Participated

in Operation School Bell on Wheels

@ YES Academy

Operation School Bell on Wheels








December Birthdays

• Judi Hunt• December 5th

• Estella Robinson• December 8th

• Valerie Corcoran• December 29th

January Birthdays

• Richard Croucier• January 2nd

• Armond McDaniels• January 22nd

• Rafael Rubalcava• January 27th

Due Dates• Today, January 31, 2014

• Mileage Forms for December & January• Multi-Funded Time Reports for December & January

• Friday, February 7, 2014• Monthly Summary of Services for January

• Fax or E-mail All Documents to Valerie, cc: Wanda• Fax # (213) 241-2031

Next Meeting

ESC East - Soto Street

Day – TuesdayDate – February 18, 2014Time – 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Address – 2151 N. Soto StreetCity – Los Angeles, 90032

Baby2Baby (Crocs & Diapers)

Baby2Baby (Crocs & Diapers)

Donation Item Giveaway

• Rules for Accepting the Donation Item:

1. The item must be used as an attendance incentive award.2. PSA counselor needs to document the donation being used

with a short write up and a picture!3. If the winner does not want to use the donation, he or she

can give it to another counselor, who would then need to adhere to Rules 1 & 2

Last Month’s Donations

Ross Gift Cards

How did you use it to improve attendance?

This Month’s Donation

Movie Tickets

And the winners are…

Don’t forget to sign out and drive safely!