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WASC/CDE Visiting Committee
Final Presentation
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Dublin High School
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Focus on Learning asks…
How do you know that all students are
achieving based on our schoolwide student
goals and academic standards?
Is the school doing everything possible to
support high achievement for all its students?
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Organization: Vision and Purpose,
Governance, Leadership and Staff, and
Resources
Areas to Celebrate
Support of Community, board, students
and staff
ESLR’s and Mission reflect community
values and desires
Technology use is excellent
Areas for Focus
Add process for revision of Mission and
ESLR’s based on data and research
Analysis and application of standards
needs to be consistent and transparent
School needs a focused professional
development plan.
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Curriculum
Areas to Celebrate
All courses offer various degrees of rigor
and standards-based alignment.
A wide variety of academic and vocational
course options are available to students.
Technology is widely utilized in the
classroom for access to the curriculum.
Areas for Focus
Common collaboration time needs to occur
for teachers to work on standards-based
curricular alignment.
To ensure that ALL students receive it, rigor
should be revisited within the curriculum.
Pursue more consistent use of the OARS
data system, or other desired tool, to inform
student progress towards meeting
standards proficiency.
Revisit the use and incorporation of the
expected school-wide learning results
(ESLRs) into the curriculum for consistency.
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Instruction
Areas to Celebrate
Technology use is integrated into the
curriculum and instruction practices.
DHS students are demonstrating high
performance in student achievement and
participation in API indicators
Higher level critical thinking skills
embedded in daily activities/lessons
Areas for Focus
Implement a unified instructional
approach across the curriculum
Implement actual benchmark skills and
standards for every content area.
Implement a plan to address the
achievement gap of second language and
economically disadvantaged students
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Assessment and Accountability
Areas to Celebrate
Variety of types of assessments
Use of OARS to analyze state data
Pilot of OARS for analysis of common
assessments
Areas for Focus
Continued work on common formative
and summative assessments
Continued professional development in
OARS use for data analysis
Institutionalize frequent progress reports
to students and parents
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School Culture and Support for Student
Personal and Academic Growth
Areas to Celebrate
Staff connection with students.
Parent & community involvement in many &
varied programs at DHS.
Student & teacher utilization and access to
technology.
High percentage of students involved in cocurricular & extra-curricular activities.
Number & variety of AP & honors courses.
Counseling staff.
Teacher access to OARS.
Areas for Focus
Continue to look at the changing ethnic
diversity & culture of DHS.
Flexibility for students in the Master
Schedule.
More avenues for at-risk student intervention.
Communication with parents of
underperforming sub-groups and non-English
speaking parents.
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Celebrate Schoolwide Strengths
The Visiting Committee has identified the following
areas as school-wide areas of strength:
1. Strong sense of community and pride
in Dublin High School.
2. Highly qualified, dedicated and caring
faculty and staff.
3. A culture of high expectations.
4. Numerous opportunities for students
to participate in challenging courses.
5. Newly adopted graduation
requirements to ensure that all
graduates receive a college-ready
education.
6. Widespread use of technology as an
instructional tool.
7. Involvement in robust and dynamic
co-curricular and extra-curricular
programs.
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Critical Areas for Focus
Your own self-study identified and you should continue to
work on:
Areas for Focus
Improve achievement in literacy and mathematics for all
students, particularly the significant subgroups.
Research, develop and support the use of data in all
curricular areas.
Increase the percent of all students, including significant
subgroups, who satisfactorily meet the UC/CSU “a-g”
entrance requirements.
As you plan and implement your work, include:
Evidence that all students are receiving standards-based
curriculum and instruction.
Use of frequent common formative assessments.
Deliberate monitoring and mandated support for
significant subgroups.
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Making it happen: Ongoing Work
Dublin High School has a lot going for it
• Staff is open to change
• Single School Plan aligns w/ Action Plan
• District is already moving in the same
direction
Successful implementation not dependent on
financial support
Successful implantation not dependent on bell
changing bell schedule
Paradigm shift:
• Focus on teaching to focus on learning
• Optional learning to mandated learning
• Student responsibility to a teacher
responsibility to ensure student success..
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Schoolwide Action Plan
Visualize what will be different for
students….
One year from now?
Two years from now?
Three years from now?
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