Resource Category: Type of Audience

Statewide System of Support

DESCRIPTION

The California System of Support is a crucial component of the state’s accountability and continuous improvement system, whose guiding principles include equity and local control.

Encompassing entities at all levels, the System of Support is designed to intentionally connect local educational agencies (LEAs), county offices of education (COEs), school districts and charter schools to a network of Lead Agencies (often housed within designated county offices) that offer expertise, programs, and resources to equip local educators with the skills and knowledge to uncover their own solutions. The System of Support also includes many stakeholders, such as advocates, community-based organizations and statewide associations to support LEAs.

The overarching goal of the System of Support is to address inequities and build capacity of LEAs to improve teaching and learning over time, address achievement gaps, and strengthen outreach and collaboration with their stakeholders.

Learn more here:

Statewide system of Support

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership

TOPIC AREA

Systems Leadership

Community Engagement Initiative

DESCRIPTION

The Community Engagement Initiative (CEI) is a five-year effort intended to strengthen the System of Support by building the capacity of school districts to authentically engage one another.

This includes identifying effective models of community engagement, developing metrics to evaluate those models, having difficult conversations, building trusting relationships and participating in the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) development process.

In the 2022-23 school year the CEI represents 44 Local Education Agencies (schools, school districts, and county offices of education) from as far north as Shasta County to as far south as Imperial County.

As part of the 2022 Budget Act, the Legislature and the Governor appropriated $100 million to expand Community Engagement Initiative (CEI) that will now continue through the 2026-2027 school year.

Resource

Community ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE Website

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership

TOPIC AREA

Community Engagement

21st Century California School Leadership Academy (21CSLA)

DESCRIPTION

The 21st Century California School Leadership Academy (21CSLA) is a statewide professional learning initiative for administrators and other school leaders. The CCEE and California Department of Education are responsible for establishing a process to organize and offer professional learning opportunities, and select providers.

Over the last two years the initiative has supported the connection between research and practice through the research practice webinars. Each session provides an overview of current research in educational leadership followed by a panel of practitioners discussing the application of the research findings in their respective school settings.

To view an example of these webinars, we encourage you to view Leaders Learning to Lead for Equity.

Resources

21CSLA Research Webinars
22-23 Impact Report – Leading for equity
Free Professional Learning

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Video

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership

TOPIC AREA

Systems Leadership

Community Engagement Initiative: Lessons Learned So Far

DESCRIPTION

This session highlights the high impact school governance has on culturally responsive efforts of districts that are participating in the Community Engagement Initiative, and how their participation has led to them building trusting relationships, effective partnership structures that require district teams (comprised of various educational partners) to develop a sustainable community engagement system and in turn allowing them to have difficult conversations and more meaningful engagement in the LCAP process and in supporting the success of their students.

PRESENTERS

Steven Mitchell, Assistant Director, Community Engagement and System of Support, CCEE

Mars Serna, Family and Community Engagement Program Manager, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools

Jan Gustafson-Corea, CEO, California Association of Bilingual Educators

Dr. Karling Aguilera-Fort, Superintendent, Oxnard School District

Tamara Otero, School Board Member, Cajon Valley Union School District

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RESOURCE TYPE

Media, Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

Community Engagement

KEYWORDS

California Statewide System of Support for Governance Teams

DESCRIPTION

Serving the needs of our children and youth is the top priority for the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence. With so many demands at the local level, it can be challenging for Governance teams to know how to align initiatives and identify the support that may be needed by administrators, teachers, and most importantly the students. This presentation provides an overview of California‘s Statewide System of Support (52074) and better understand the services and supports that are available to support districts. Utilizing the many resources created by state, regional and local agencies, Governance teams can build capacity, and improve collaboration with educational and community partners to improve outcomes for our students and their families.

PRESENTERS

Dr. Chris Hartley, Deputy Executive Director, CCEE

Mindy Fattig, Senior Advisor, CCEE

Dr. Stephanie Gregson, Deputy Executive Director, CCEE

Ed Manansala, Superintendent, El Dorado County

Stuart Packard, Superintendent, Buttonwillow Union School District

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RESOURCES

21st Century California School Leadership Academy (21CSLA)

System of Support Evaluation

Special Education Educator Workforce Investment Grant (SpEd EWIG)

California Coalition for Inclusive Literacy

California Dyslexia Initiative

ELRISE! English Learner Roadmap Implementation for Systemic Excellence

Early Literacy Support Block (ELSB) Grant

Regional County English Learner Specialist (RELS)

California Association of Bilingual Education (CABE)

California Early Math Initiative

RESOURCE TYPE

Media, Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

Governance

KEYWORDS

Equity in Action: A Systems Change Approach to Improving the Learning Landscape for African American and Other Underserved Students in California

DESCRIPTION

CCEE and the California Association of African-American Superintendents & Administrators (CAAASA) presented at the Kern Equity Conference, held on October 20, 2022. In the session, CCEE and CAAASA moderated a panel with district and county teams, as they shared their final research report and key takeaways about promoting equitable access, increasing family engagement, and ensuring college readiness and success for African-American and ALL students in California.   

The learning outcomes for this session included:

  • Understanding equity gaps in statewide measures for African-American students, beyond test scores
  • Identification of systemic practices that districts have put into place to support African-American student success that also leads to generalized student success
  • Contact information for district teams/leadership who have led this work

PRESENTERS

Sujie Shin, Deputy Executive Director, CCEE

Dwight Bonds, Executive Director, California Association of African-American Superintendents & Administrators (CAAASA)

Dr. Kimberly Hendricks-Brown, Principal on Special Assignment, Fresno Unified School District

Dr. Darryl Brown, Coordinator III of Charter School Office, Los Angeles County Office of Education

RESOURCES

LAUNCH SLIDES 
LAUNCH BRIEF

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

LEA Leadership and Staff, Site Administrator

TOPIC AREA

Equity

Universally Designed Professional Learning

DESCRIPTION

At the request of the Department of Education, Dr. McKenna presented a 45-minute presentation at CA Comprehensive Literacy State Development Leads Quarterly Convening on October 5th. The focus of the presentation was on how the seven state literacy lead projects universally design their projects to address barriers to participation and application.

PRESENTERS

Dr. James McKenna, Assistant Director, Professional Learning & Leadership Development, CCEE

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RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator, Systems Leadership, Teachers

TOPIC AREA

Universal Design for Learning

Foundations of Universal Design for Learning

DESCRIPTION

Dr. McKenna presented a 75-minute session on Universal Design for Learning to general and special education teachers as part of the California Teacher Association’s 2022 Special Education Conference, held September 29th-October 2nd in Burlingame, CA. The presentation focused on the foundational principles, necessary mindsets, and suggested first steps for teachers to begin implementing Universal Design for Learning in their classrooms.

PRESENTERS

Dr. James McKenna, Assistant Director, Professional Learning & Leadership Development, CCEE

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Resources

Guides Notes Document

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator, Systems Leadership, Teachers

TOPIC AREA

Universal Design for Learning

System Improvement Leads (SIL) Summit

DESCRIPTION

The CA Statewide System of Support (SSOS) is to integrate, coordinate and be accessible to all educators, families and students while intentionally implementing proactive inclusion for students with disabilities. SIL Summit brings educators together to share best practices and learn from each other in the continuous improvement framework and mindset. CCEE, Senior Advisor for the Statewide System of Support, Mindy Fattig, opened the Summit connecting the resources from the state level to the classrooms in order to create One System of support for all of our students.

PRESENTERS

Mindy Fattig, Senior Advisor of System of Support, CCEE

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LAUNCH SLIDES 

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator, Systems Leadership, Teachers

TOPIC AREA

Special Education

Symposium for California Trends and Challenges in Special Education Law: A Blueprint for CA SPED Directors to Navigate the Post-COVID Landscape

DESCRIPTION

CCEE, Senior Advisor, Mindy Fattig in partnership with CDE Special Education Division, Heather Calomese, provided updates from the most current reform measures related to special education law, compliance and best practice in serving students with disabilities throughout the state. Overview of the Statewide System of Support (SSOS) detailed including overview of state initiatives and resources available to schools with an intentional focus of meaningfully educating students in One System in CA.

PRESENTERS

Mindy Fattig, Senior Advisor of System of Support, CCEE

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LAUNCH SLIDES 

RESOURCE TYPE

Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator, Systems Leadership

TOPIC AREA

Special Education