1

A Great Education…

…even in the midst of a statewide budget crisis.

File: |Conejo-0910\Public Relations and Marketing\Great Ed-Even in Midst of Budget Crisis.ppt (5/10/10)

At CVUSD Every Child Matters!

2

Pat Phelps – PresidentPeggy Buckles – Vice President

Dr. Betsy Connolly – ClerkMike Dunn – Member

Dr. Timothy Stephens – Member

Welcome from our Board

3

Look around…and see examples

everywhere…

• Of multiple pathways to student learning• and schools thriving

Even in the midst of a budget crisis.

4

“What’s the Big Idea?”

• Held March 27, 2010, Civic Arts Plaza Scherr Theater• 8 hrs. of big thinking, world changing ideas• Amazing adult and student speakers• Sold out at $10/$40 per ticket, not $6,000 at big TED• Students made up 40% of the audience

A student

engaging

event!

5

What is TEDxConejo?“What’s the Big Idea?”

TED = Technology, Entertainment, and Design (3 major forces changing our world)

X = Independently organized TED event (first co-sponsored by a school district)

“What’s the Big Idea?” = Trends, patterns and forces that are shaping our future.

6

21 Transformations in EducationTEDxConejo: Schools Adapting to a New Age!

From the past Into the futureKnow information Access, use, create infoPrinted textbooks Social resource sharingPrinted workbooks Interactive multi-mediaClassroom bound Global, Distance learningDesks in rows Tables and clustersTeacher as sage on stage Teachers as facilitator

Core subject content Interdisciplinary, thematic, artsLarge school structure Small learning communitiesNoncontroversial Local, national, global realityData for report cards Data for modifying instruction

Teachers in isolation Prof Learning Communities

7

Life in school School-to-career, lifeIndependent learning Collaborative learningDiscipline policies Character EducationRigor Rigor, relevance, relationshipsEuropean, classic languages Chinese…Routine, rote exercises Creative, problems, projectsAssigned school boundaries School choiceAbility to give right answers Ability to support answersAthletic competition Competitions of the mind

From the past Into the future

Facts and figures Concepts and “Big Ideas”

21 Transformations in EducationTEDxConejo: Schools Adapting to a New Age!

8

All District Music FestivalsReaching Thousands of Kids• Up to 600 students K-12 on stage each night• 7 nights (chorus, strings, band)• Civic Arts Plaza Kavli Theater• Partners with CVUSD (Conejo Schools

Foundation, City, Arts Council, Park District)

A student

engaging

event!

9

• Pre/post birth, infant, toddler care• Pre-school (to 5 yr)• Low adult/child ratio• Holistic readiness approach• Social emotional development• Language and literacy• Healthy nutrition program• Parent education & family support• City, social services, school partners • Community events

Pre-SchoolsCity Center and Neighborhoods for

Learning (NfL) Programs

10

• 2.9 – 5 years of age• ½ day, full day, extended care• 2, 3 or 5 day program• Developmental, discovery• Learning as a community• Outdoor classroom philosophy• K-readiness, curriculum-based• Great facility and qualified staff• $200 to $980 per month fee• Located at our University Center

Pre-SchoolsWonder Pre-school

11

University CenterEarly Childhood Programs

• Early Childhood Development• Program/Office Coordination

• Neighborhood for Learning (NfL)• Child care for preschoolers• Special Ed pre-school & inclusion• Wonder pre-school• Itinerate services (speech, language)• Better service to the community

12

Junior KindergartenFor Younger K’s

• Younger Ks (5 between 7/1 and 12/2)

• In each of 3 clusters (4 Jr. K’s)– Maple in Newbury Park– Aspen & Acacia in Thousand Oaks– Westlake Hills in Westlake Village

• State K standards• Developmental pacing• Continuous assessment• Selected by lottery• ADA revenue• After Jr. K can go to K or 1st

13

Magnet SchoolsEARThS

An innovative and fresh approach introducing new technologies, pedagogy, and science content into the standards-based education where students learn how people depend on and influence natural systems and affect resources.

Environmental Academy of Research Technology and EARTH

14

Magnet SchoolsOpen Classroom Leadership

• K-6• Constructivist theory of learning• Project-based, hands-on• Whole child, whole family emphasis• Outdoor experiential• Noncompetitive, sense of team• Covey’s “Leader in Me” program

17 yrs and continuing on the Conejo Elementary School Campus

15

Discover AcademySequoia Middle School Academy

of Engineering and Applied Sciences

8.1 Chemical Engineering8.2 Applied Engineering8.3 Synthesis Project

7.1 Medical Science 7.2 Forensic Science7.3 Genetics & Bioengineering

6.1 Environmental Science6.2 Marine Science6.3 Energy Science

(a school within a school)

Discovery LearningInquiry basedScience DrivenCross CurricularOutreach ProjectsValuable ElectivesEnvironmental AwarenessResearch Emphasis

Grade Trimester Themes

16

Culinary ArtsNewbury Park HS Panther Café

• Student run campus restaurant• Year long Culinary Arts program• ROP Grades 11 and 12• Strong work ethic• Food preparation, safety• Science of food, nutrition, health• Management and business• Customer relations, professionalism• Certificate of Proficiency (job, college)

17

International BaccalaureateNewbury Park High School IB Program

• Motivated Juniors and Seniors• Informed, tolerant, global• Broad liberal arts program• Admission to universities worldwide• Mastery earns two diplomas

• NPHS and IB Diplomas• With advanced college credit

• Major Components• Theory of Knowledge• 4000 word essay• CAS (Creativity, Action, Service)

18

EntrepreneurshipThousand Oaks HS EThOS Academy

• Entrepreneurship Academy (ideas into action)• World problem solving (entrepreneurial mindset/leadership)• Creative, self-starting 10th-12th grade students• English-History core• Electives (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Economics/Virtual Enterprise)• Project-based business modules• Instruction using innovative technologies

19

Technology AcademyWestlake HS WIT Academy

• Westlake Information Technology Academy• Technology classes include:

• Microsoft Office• Computer Graphics• Mass Media

• Small class sizes• College-prep classes• Field trips• Guest speakers• Mentor program, job shadows and internships

20

Mock Trial

Academic Decathlon

Student Government

Flaming Brains

Thinking CapRobotics Club

Peer Mediation and

Counseling

National Honor SocietyPre-School and

Kindergarten Enrichment

Chinese Culture Club

Knowledge Bowl

Latino ConnectionsCross-age Tutoring

AVID

Digital Arts & Technology

Flaming Brains

Robotics

Visual Arts

Athletics

Beyond the ClassroomCo/Extra Curricular, etc…

21

Alternative ProgramsAlternative Education and Credit Recovery

CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL: A continuation high school

CENTURY HIGH SCHOOL: For credit deficient students

CENTURY ACADEMY: A new school to open in Fall 2010. Likely to merge with Century HS. For students who fit no other alternative. A hybrid providing alternative learning models prescribed by Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) such as direct instruction with some online learning modules, learning labs, contract learning, independent study, project-based experiences.

CYBER HIGH: A highly effective web-based “in the classroom with a teacher” program for A-G approved course credit recovery.

22

Alternative ProgramsAlternative Education and Credit Recovery

OTHER ON LINE LEARNING: Offered in summer in Health and U.S. History. World History being developed.

APEX LEARNING: Being piloted at our continuation school for online credit recovery done in school, at home or both in order to complete graduation requirements.

MY ACCESS! A one-to-two times per week web-based writing improvement program being piloted in the Fall of 2010 at TOHS in which students write to prompts, submit drafts, receive feedback on their deficiencies within 5 seconds and teachers receive feedback on deficiencies in five traits of writing. Will be used with diverse student populations. Approved for use of Microsoft Voucher funds.

Reaching the “Digital Natives.”

23

Adult EducationSomething for Everyone

24

• Quality teachers customizing teaching and learning for all students.

• Professional Development Schools (PDS)• Pepperdine at EARThS• CLU at Los Cerritos MS• Park Oaks Professional

Demonstration School

• Continuous improvement• PAR and BTSA• PLCs, RtI, Interventions

The Best & Brightest TeachersProfessional Development Schools

25

Great education in spite of serious underfunding!

Educating Our KidsAbundance of Opportunities

Let’s not forget that all this is on top of the “bread and butter” outstanding learning opportunities students have come to depend on in their regular classroom and school experiences every day.

26

Every Child Matters!