Resource Category: LEA Leadership and Staff
CCEE Connection (February 2022)
DESCRIPTION
This month’s newsletter is brought to you by our Teaching, Learning, and Leading Center and some of the LEAs they work with. It highlights one of the unique pathways that Monterey County Office of Education is taking to inspire students to dream big. Solano County Office of Education and Vallejo City Unified School District take readers on their journey in Improvement Science. The newsletter also contains resources honoring Black History Month.
CAAASA Field Guide 6: Enhancing Parent Engagement for Student Success
DESCRIPTION
In Field Guide #6: Enhancing Parent Engagement for Student Success, you will hear from education leaders, researchers, teachers, and families about the importance of family engagement and strong parent-school partnerships in order to address the needs of the whole child.
DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
California Association of African-American Superintendents & Administrators
RESOURCE TYPE
Blog, Courses/Learning Paths, Professional Learning
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
Parent, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership
TOPIC AREA
Family and Community Engagement
CAAASA Field Guide 5: Back-to-School and the Year Ahead: Integrating Empathy, Compassion and Restorative Justice in Our Schools.
DESCRIPTION
In Field Guide #5 Back-to-School and the Year Ahead: Integrating Empathy, Compassion and Restorative Justice in Our Schools, you will hear from education leaders, researchers, teachers, and families about the need for culturally responsive approaches to instruction, discipline, and social emotional well-being.
DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
California Association of African-American Superintendents & Administrators
RESOURCE TYPE
Courses/Learning Paths, Professional Learning
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
Parent, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership
TOPIC AREA
Social-Emotional Well-being
KEYWORDS
CCEE Learning Paths: Tools and Tips for Blended Professional Learning
DESCRIPTION
CCEE has partnered with key organizations to produce learning paths – web-based learning resources to support educators in an on-demand learning environment. In this one-hour webinar, you’ll learn the what, where, why of learning paths and how to incorporate them into your professional learning plans. Also, the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) will take you through their companion facilitation guides that can support your use of the CTQ learning paths in a blended approach to professional learning.
PRESENTERS
James McKenna, Assistant Director, Professional Learning & Leadership Development, CCEE
Alesha Daughtrey, Executive Director and Partner, Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ)
ARCHIVED VIDEO
SLIDES
REFERENCES
RESOURCE TYPE
Courses/Learning Paths, Professional Learning
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher
TOPIC AREA
Responsive Teaching & Learning
Building Wellness Centers for Students by Students: The Impact of Student Voice at the Forefront of Decision-Making
Note: This article was featured in the January 2022 edition of the CCEE Connection. Read it here!
In 2021, at the height of the pandemic, the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) established and convened a mental health Youth Advisory Group (YAG) to help guide SCCOE staff as we worked with districts and county behavioral health to open new student wellness centers at 12 local school sites.
The YAG is one of Santa Clara’s best examples of great community engagement in practice. YAG members are between the ages of 14-25, and were selected to be representative of our student community’s diverse race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, lived experience, ability, geographic distribution, and socio-economic status. Starting in April 2021, over thirty students met monthly to develop community service projects, learn from local guest speakers with mental health expertise, and provide recommendations on the wellness centers — everything from the paint on the walls, to the types of services provided, to the characteristics and qualifications of staff. Students emphasized the necessity for services that are accessible on school campuses and are provided by practitioners who look like them: diverse, young, and from the community.
The YAG is divided into six committees, each with a particular focus around a specific aspect of mental health needs and awareness. For example, through the instruction of the SCCOE Director of Government Relations, students on the YAG Advocacy Committee learned how to advocate for themselves and the community. After a ten-week course on civic engagement, law making, and advocacy, the students developed their own proposals on mental health workforce development and began presenting their ideas to state and county leaders.
All 12 SCCOE student wellness centers are now open to students and are experiencing even greater success than anticipated — one wellness center recorded more than 700 student visits in the first week. Based on the input provided by the YAG, wellness center staff offer a broad scope of evidence-based services and supports ranging from one-on-one cognitive behavioral health counseling to clinician-led group activities such as art therapy, music therapy, and mindfulness. Now that the centers are fully operational, the YAG has pivoted to developing ongoing messaging on the wellness centers and focusing on building youth advisory groups at every campus so that wellness centers continue to grow in partnership with the needs of students.
Authors
Carolyn Gray, Research Assistant, Santa Clara COE
Amanda Dickey, Director of Government Relations, Santa Clara COE
RESOURCES
- The Efficacy of Implementing a School-Based Approach to Student Wellness (research brief) – Coming soon!
CCEE Connection (January 2022)
DESCRIPTION
Centered around social-emotional learning (SEL) and student wellness, this month’s newsletter features partner contributions from Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) and Butte County Office of Education (BCOE).
Carolyn Gray and Amanda Dickey from SCCOE write about how the county elevated student voice to open new student wellness centers at 12 local school sites. Sandra Azevedo from BCOE shares her reflections on leadership, systems, and social-emotional learning.
Resource Type
Reports & Publications
Type of Audience
Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher
Topic Area
Family and Community Engagement, Responsive Teaching & Learning, Social-Emotional Well-being
Evidence-based Practices for Supplemental Instruction and Support Services
DESCRIPTION
This session will provide an overview of evidence-based practices for designing, implementing, and evaluating supplemental instructional programs and support services. The first in a series, this webinar will provide considerations for the design and early implementation of high-impact tutoring. Local educational agencies offering tutoring with providers from service, expanded learning, and higher education will share early implementation experiences and recommendations to strengthen supplemental instruction through tutoring.
PRESENTERS
Kim Dadisman, Senior Policy Research Manager, J-PAL North America, MIT
Laina Sonterblum, Policy Associate, J-PAL North America, MITMolly Mier, Director II, Alternative Education, Kern County Office of Education
Salvador Arias, MTSS Coordinator, Alternative Education, Kern County Office of Education
Resource Type
Professional Learning, Resources
Type of Audience
Systems Leadership
Topic Area
Continuous Improvement
KEYWORDS
ARCHIVED VIDEO
SLIDES
CCEE Connection (December 2021)
DESCRIPTION
Focused on technical assistance, this month’s newsletter features an article about technical opportunities that are available to help LEAs successfully access funds and implement programs to support all students, as well as a piece written by a student board member at Mt. Diablo Unified School District.
Resource Type
Reports & Publications
Type of Audience
Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership
Topic Area
Governance, LCAP, Responsive Teaching & Learning
CCEE Connection (November 2021)
DESCRIPTION
Focused on addressing the teacher and staff shortages across the state, this month’s newsletter features partner contributions from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) and Salinas UHSD. Learn about opportunities that are now available to help LEAs meet the need for teachers and substitutes, and how a California district filled their shortage of staff.
Resource Type
Blog, Reports & Publications
Type of Audience
Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher
Topic Area
Governance, Responsive Teaching & Learning