Grove School Renewal Charter FINAL Version - 2019

Parent Education
Based on the demographics of the community, TGS is focused on serving many first generation
college goers. As such, Grove offers a variety of parent education options including but not
limited to: annual lectures and guest speakers on a variety of topics for instance Steven Hughes
on Brain Research, Sir Kenneth Robinson on creativity in Montessori education, Laurie Ewert
Krocker on land based learning, and David Kahn on adolescent development to ensure that
parents are appropriately informed and given the necessary tools to support their children’s goals
to not only enter, but succeed in college.
All parents are introduced to expectations for college entrance through a series of workshops
offered annually by our PPS College Counselor. Academic expectations, testing requirements
and study habits are covered as well as application and financial aid issues. Parent Education
Workshops include two or more annual Free Application for Federal Student Aid (“FAFSA”)
Workshops and an annual private colleges and applications workshop for help with the Common
App and College Scholarship Service (“CSS”). These are well attended by parents.
Teacher Training and Professional Development
Teachers at TGS will meet and prepare for the school year for five days prior to the beginning of
each school year using time for:
Collaboration
Guest speakers
Trainings and workshops
Curriculum alignment and preparation
In addition, teachers have the opportunity to attend Montessori and other training annually to
help meet new curricular expectations.
Charter School Annual Goals and Actions to Achieve State
Priorities
Pursuant to Education Code Sections 47605(b)(5)(A)(ii) and 47605(b)(5)(B), a reasonably
comprehensive description of the Charter School’s annual goals and actions, both schoolwide
and for each subgroup of pupils, in and aligned with the Eight State Priorities as described in
Education Code Section 52060(d), can be found in the Charter School’s LCAP. Each of these
goals addresses the unique needs of all students attending the Charter School, including our
numerically significant student subgroups. The metrics associated with these goals help the
Charter School to ensure that these specific subgroups are making satisfactory progress, and are
provided with necessary additional supports made possible by additional funds from the Local
Control Funding Formula.
The current LCAP is on file with the District and is also available on our website at
(http://www.thegroveschool.org/lcap/) and/or in Appendix G. The Charter School shall annually
update and develop the LCAP in accordance with Education Code Section 47606.5 and shall use
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