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Verdugo Hills High School WASC/CDE Self-Study Reportimprovement, improving achievement levels of all students in all contentareas, supporting and understanding various teaching pedagogies,development of arts programs, development of extracurricular and cocurricularactivities such as athletics and student government, anddevelopment of school climate and culture. Specifically, some changes to theschool program in 2011-12 and 2012-13 were guided by research outlinedby these organizations (change in academic culture, implementation of testprep,etc.). In addition, the principal has organized a professional lendinglibrary available to all staff in the principal’s conference room.The principal has initiated an Instructional Cabinet that includesadministrators, teachers, program coordinators, and department heads. Thepurpose of the cabinet is to evaluate instruction and create an opportunityfor open dialogue about instruction. The cabinet is a place to discuss ideasand collaborate. Ideas and policies generated in the cabinet are presented tothe Governance Council (comprised of teaching staff, administrators, clericalstaff, parents, and community members). For example, the cabinetproposed (and the Governance Council approved) the newly implementedCASHEE and CST preparatory classes. The cabinet meets once a month andmeetings are open to everyone.Educational Center North has organized mandatory Algebra walks in whichthe District Instructional Directors and the District Superintendent visitAlgebra classrooms. Data generated from these visits is shared with themathematics department and is utilized to implement curriculum changesand instruction.Last year, per District mandate, the faculty and administration of VHHSworked in conjunction with two high schools to participate in Triad Walkswhere teachers and administrators from the schools tour each other’scampuses. The Triad teams monitor a variety of classrooms and observeteachers in all core subjects; additionally, the Triad teams visit the library,the book room, and a selection of Special Education classrooms. The Triadteams discuss their findings in an open forum; teaching strategies and bestpractices are discussed in a mutually beneficial and ongoing relationshipbetween the three schools. Information from these discussions is thenpassed along to teachers via Professional Development, SLC meetings, anddepartment meetings.Verdugo Hills High School WASC Self-Study Page 64
Verdugo Hills High School WASC/CDE Self-Study ReportStudents with disabilities are enrolled in general education classrooms withdesignated instruction and resource specialist support. The special dayand/or alternate curriculum teachers utilize strategies to ensure the effectivedelivery of a rigorous, standards-based curriculum using accommodationsand modifications as outlined in each student’s IEP. Core instruction isguided by monitoring during the regular instructional period. Additionally,opportunities are provided for remediation related to the core instructionincluding, but not limited to, immediate and corrective feedback , prompting,increased guided instruction, re-teaching, and referrals to the resource lab.Verdugo has an ongoing relationship with California State University,Northridge (CSUN). Verdugo collaborates with CSUN to host residentteachers to work alongside a seasoned, tenured Verdugo teacher throughthe ACT-R program for an entire year. During that time there is a constantexchange of best practices based upon current research. As a result,Verdugo has hired two resident teachers into the Special EducationDepartment upon their completion of the ACT-R program.One of VHHS’ Media Arts teachers has integrated ideas from the Ted Talksseries as part of a warm-up exercise. Additionally the teacher, inspired byone of the Ted Talks on street art, has created a curriculum in whichstudents design and apply wheat paste photographs for an outdoor artinstallation.Many VHHS teachers subscribe to a variety of popular education journals,including California Educator, the California Teachers Association’s magazine,and American Educator and NEA Today, which offer research, opinion, andideas about improving instruction. Other sources teachers utilize to staycurrent with educational research include: eSchool news which gives ideasabout how to use technology and websites to improve instructionaltechniques; The Teacher Planet newsletter gives web sites that containlesson plans for specific theme lessons; VHHS’ Nationally Board Certifiedteachers stay current with educational research attending e-conferences andreceiving the National Board’s online newsletter. Teachers are encouraged toshare information in department meetings as well as in the meetings of theirSmall Learning Communities (SLCs). The VHHS Technical Administratorregularly disseminates relevant pedagogical information to the entire staffVerdugo Hills High School WASC Self-Study Page 65
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