WVUSD: 2014-2015 Year-End Results __________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hockwalt Adult Resource and Transition Training( HARTT) Center, serving young adults with exceptional needs, has been fully developed during the 2014-2015 school year. Students are being taught independent living skills, as well as work skills. On-site training includes food preparation, gardening, and home skills. A“ Grand Opening” was held in December 2014, and nearby Sysco Corporation sponsored the event by providing food and equipment that it donated to the program. Two classrooms located at Mt. SAC are administered as WVUSD classrooms, and they provide additional transition services to disabled adults ages 18-22. ESGVROP / TC, a strong partner of WVUSD, has made donations during 2014-2015 that has provided needed resources for the HARTT Center.
WVUSD Special Education programs that had been facilitated by Los Angeles County Office of Education( LACOE) through 2013-2014, were transitioned back to Walnut Valley Unified School District schools at the start of the 2014-2015 school year. WVUSD is a Special Education Local Plan Area( SELPA) provider for nine( 9) Autism Spectrum Disorder( ASD) programs for grades 9-12. Sites and staff were prepared, and transportation was arranged, in order to support the students from the programs. Additional staff training( such as Crisis Prevention and Intervention) was provided for particular site and Child Care program staff.
English Learner support has been evolving as WVUSD begins moving from the“ awareness” stage to the“ transition” stage of the implementation of the new English Language Development Standards. 2015-2016 will be the official“ implementation” stage. Every school site has English Language Development( ELD) programs to assist English Learners in the acquisition of language skills needed to be successful in school. ELD Levels l, ll and lll have been established across all middle schools and high schools, creating better alignment for student transitioning from level to level. Guided Language Acquisition Design( GLAD) training for Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten teachers has been provided this year, and GLAD refresher training has been provided for K-5 teachers. Imagine Learning licenses have been purchased for all Kindergarten-5 th grade Beginning and Early Intermediate English Learner students. Licenses have also been purchased for selected students in secondary schools. At the middle school level, the DynEd software program has been put into effect to support English Learners. Additionally, intervention programs are offered before and after school at school sites across the District. Additional supports are made before and after school.
Summer programs have included an ELD focus for 1 st through 5 th grades, targeting continued English Learner language acquisition, as well as clinical professional development opportunities for teachers. Summer programs have included the piloting of software supporting ELD, at both the elementary and middle school levels. Middle school Title I summer school has also provided targeted students with visits to universities, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Cal Tech.
Delivering Collaboratively-Developed Curriculum and Instruction
2014-2015 has been the official implementation of California Common Core Standards in all schools. WVUSD’ s early preparation and planning made the transition a smooth one.
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