Long Beach Unified School District High School Reform Initiative

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Section I. College and Career Success: Engaging Every Learner………………………………… 5 Section II. Moving Forward With Reform…………………………………………………………. 16 Section III. Evaluation Plan……………………………………………………………………...….. 22 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………..... 24 Chart: High School Reform at a Glance………………………………………………………..….. 25 Chart: Long Beach Unified School District High School Profiles…………………………….….. 27 2
College and Career Success: Engaging Every Learner INTRODUCTION As part of the district’s larger strategic plan to help ensure that all students graduate from high school with options to pursue various academic and career pathways, the High School Reform Initiative (HSRI) and the District Initiative for Expanding Pathways (a subset of the HSRI) align seamlessly with the LBUSD district vision as articulated in the Academic and Career Success Initiative. Both documents currently guide professional development and redesign for Long Beach high schools over the course of the next five years. District personnel, school board members, and key community partners participate in the professional development efforts to build and sustain leadership capacity that supports multiple pathway design. As multiple pathways take root, every comprehensive high school in Long Beach will articulate a plan for college “A-G” course awareness, access, and completion; college and career awareness and enrichment; parent outreach about postsecondary options; enhanced counseling to support multiple pathways; mentoring programs for students; early algebra readiness and completion programs; literacy development support programs; enhanced interventions to prevent further remediation; AVID program expansion; and Advanced Placement course expansion. At the heart of the Academic and Career Success Initiative lie three enhancements to this effort: 1) Informing students and parents of “A-G” college entrance requirements beginning in the sixth grade; 2) establishing student benchmarks for guaranteed college admission; and 3) Aligning these higher education efforts with Career Technical Education programs. As such, the High School Reform Initiative Goals, which will guide the work through 2014, enhance this work with an emphasis on: (1) Implementing a rigorous and relevant multidisciplinary curriculum in the academic core resulting in increased student achievement; (2) providing all students with a sequenced and aligned technical curriculum, including work-based learning and Career Technical Education (CTE)/Regional Occupations Program (ROP) experiences, for career exploration; (3) providing consistent and sustained support, including prevention and intervention, to ensure that all students achieve their maximum potential; and (4) creating a holistic campus climate where relationships, social behavior, and positive professional interactions lead to academic success. The High School Office Goals for 2008-2010 further this effort by specifically focusing attention on: (1) Preparing all students for postsecondary education and careers; (2) Providing intensive interventions to ensure their success along the way; and (3) and enrolling and supporting students in a coherent sequence of rigorous courses that allows them to have postsecondary options upon graduation. Site-level school improvement plans and professional development efforts must advance these goals for their particular demographics in order to close the achievement gap. Department and smaller learning community professional development efforts and action plans articulate the differentiated and program-specific approaches that sites will take to attain these goals. Finally, all instructional practices within the classroom act as the nexus between planning and implementation, where objectives and action steps defined in these plans become embedded in the student experience. 3
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