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Verdugo Hills High School WASC/CDE Self-Study Reportassess students. The department is currently coordinating a strategy to usetest data to modify common assessments Collaboration is an ongoing,integral part of the strategy for achieving our goals as a discipline. Teachersin the department also meet regularly to discuss current studentperformance.Special EducationAll students with IEPs have access to school-wide interventions, supports,and state-wide testing, [i.e. California Standard Testing (CST), CaliforniaModified Assessment (CMA), or California Alternate Performance Assessment(CAPA)] as well as those provided by their IEPs. General education andspecial education teachers ensure that core instruction consists of researchbasedinstructional strategies, existing LAUSD instructional guides and stateadopted/LAUSDapproved textbooks, which align to the California contentstandards.Strategies are used to ensure the effective delivery of a rigorous, standardsbasedcurriculum using accommodations and modifications as outlined in theIEP. Core instruction is based on ongoing progress monitoring in the regularinstructional period allowing opportunities for remediation related to the coreinstruction including, but not limited to: data based decision making to guideand personalize instruction and intervention, immediate and correctivefeedback and prompting, checks for understanding, frequent informalassessments of student learning to adjust instruction while teaching,identifying and teaching essential standards; teaching specific cognitivestrategies to help students learn curriculum; task analysis; modified orshortened assignments; providing students with study guides and/orsupplemental reading materials; adapted texts and projects; supplementalreading materials and planning vocabulary lists for academic courses.Special Education teachers meet formally and informally to collaborate onstudent progress as well as implementing cross-curricular activities, i.e.assemblies, transitional education, lessons and projects.Computer ScienceComputer Science evaluates students through rational thinking processessuch as hard coding in Java or HTML. At the same time, the possibility toVerdugo Hills High School WASC Self-Study Page 148
Verdugo Hills High School WASC/CDE Self-Study Reporthave a student express his / her artistic values through creatingpersonalized web pages is evaluated too, resulting in a final grade thatcombines both the left and right cerebral hemispheres.Physical EducationPhysical Education department focus is to have our students pass theCalifornia Fitness Gram. Students in the Physical Education department aregiven both formal and informal assessments including the California FitnessGram, unit assessments, fitness logs and student-teacher discussions. Thedepartment goal is to improve the overall fitness of each student by utilizinga variety of exercises to condition the students strength and cardiovascularendurance The department pre-tests students in order for inform them oftheir progress in the future. The students warm-up, stretch, jog, andperform exercises at various endurance levels.Foreign Language (World Languages)The Foreign Language Department has created a curriculum and pacing planfor French 1 and Spanish 1 levels, as well as assessments with benchmarksto guide their teaching and keep the department accountable for impartingthe agreed curriculum to the students. This makes it easier for the studentsto continue their language acquisition in the next levels. Members of thedepartment have also been working on level 2 curricula for the differentlanguages. Teachers also use projects to assess the students’ abilities. Manyof the projects are common level appropriate activities that require thestudents to use oral and audio skills. A common rubric was created to use asa grading scale in the department to use on oral assessments. Writingassignments are also used at all levels including the upper level course toassess students’ skills and dominance of the language. A rubric for gradingand assessing writing skills is also used by the department. Italian languageis being reintegrated into the course offerings and the Italian teacher willcontinue the work once started on curriculum and assessments. AP coursescontinue to be taught using the curriculum approved by the College Board.AP teachers create syllabi, lesson plans, and assessments to help studentsprepare for and feel comfortable with the AP format and the actual exam.Verdugo Hills High School WASC Self-Study Page 149
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