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4 EDCAL November 5, 2018 Transitions ACSA Emeritus member James “Jim” Marinis has decided to pass the torch after being of service to ACSA continuously since its creation in 1971. He is now stepping down from his final ACSA leadership post as a delegate for the Retired Educational Managers (REM) charter of his region. Marinis has held many ACSA posts in addition to his career as a principal in San Bernardino USD. Besides being a member of ACSA from its beginning, he held the Paid Advertisement Region 12 presidency during the 1980- 81 academic year, served on the ACSA Retirement Committee for three years, the SASS committee for nine years, and was the Region 12 Consultant for 10 years. True to his dedicated life, Marinis claims to have only missed four days of work in his school district career that spanned from 1962 to 1993. n n n Romoland School District has named Trevor J. Painton as superintendent. Painton previously served as the district’s assistant superintendent, Educational Services. n n n Centralia Elementary School District Superintendent Norma E. Martinez is pleased to announce the hiring of key cen- tral office personnel. Centralia welcomes Arvin Garcia as the new director of Special Education and Stanley Anjan as the direc- tor of Student and Parent Engagement. In addition, Centralia welcomes Kristine Cvar as assistant superintendent, Education Services and Darrick Garcia as assistant superintendent, Human Resources. n n n Perris Union High School District Superintendent Grant Bennett is pleased to announce that Erika Tejeda has been named principal of Heritage High School. In addition, Amy Hall has joined the administrative team as an assistant principal at Paloma Valley High School. n n n ACSA-member news for Transitions can be submitted to EdCal Editor Cary Rodda at [email protected]. Antelope Valley Union High School District first to receive district WASC accreditation In July 2017, the Antelope Valley Union High School District elected to embark on a pilot of the first WASC district accredita- tion in California. In September 2018, ASC WASC formally presented AVUHSD with a six-year accreditation, making the district the first to receive ACS WASC accredita- tion. Located in the high desert just an hour north of Los Angeles, AVUHSD is the largest geographical district in Los Angeles County, serving approximately 23,000 stu- dents and employing 2,300 faculty and staff. The district encompasses eight com- prehensive high schools, an early college high school on the Antelope Valley College campus, three alternative high schools, the no cost charter Academy Prep Junior High, an online education program and Antelope Valley Adult Education. The process, which took approximately nine months, allowed the district and its employees a structured way in which to conduct a self-study that provides an analy- sis of strengths and opportunities, much like Opening Doors for Women in School Leadership December 5, 2018 | Ontario January 15, 2019 | Sacramento February 28, 2019 | Pleasanton REGISTRATION (and additional dates) https://goo.gl/5fJgGb A Day in the Life of a Co-Administrator December 14, 2018 | Victorville February 7, 2019 | Sanger REGISTRATION (and additional dates) https://goo.gl/AHesT1 The Skillful Certificated Evaluator December 6, 2018 | Sacramento February 27, 2019 | San Jose April 25, 2019 | Salinas More information about ACS WASC accreditation, including how to get started, can be found at www.acswasc.org. ECC Symposium coming soon The ACSA Student Services and Special Education Council is once again proud to announce it’s Every Child Counts Symposium. This year’s theme is “See me, Hear me, Teach me,” and is scheduled for Feb. 13-15 at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel. The symposium is ACSA’s largest attended professional development event draw- ing attendees from all over the state of California. For many years the symposium was held in beautiful Monterey but in 2017 it moved to Anaheim where it grew to a record number of attendees – 1,800 in all. With continued need for informa- tion in the vital areas of special education, school safety, student attendance and campus discipline we anticipate that the attendee number for the 2019 symposium could top 2,000. This year, the ECC Symposium is pleased to present two extremely high quality keynote speakers. On Thursday, we will feature academy award-winning actress Marlee Matlin. Marlee has never allowed her loss of hearing hold her back, beginning with her theatrical career in children’s theater at age 7 and continuing to the present. She said, “I have always resisted putting limitations on myself, both professionally and personally.” Marlee promises to be a great inspiration to all attendees. Also keynoting will be well known speaker Brad Cohen. A teacher and school administrator for more than 20 years, Cohen has overcome the challenges caused by his Tourette Syndrome, having been named a state Teacher of the Year in his home state of Georgia. Fortunately, he recorded his experiences in his book, “Front of The Class,” which was made into a movie in 2008. The ECC committee is sure that our symposium audience will appreciate both his message and his wit. Again, as was the case last February, ECC will include profoundly interesting and valuable featured speaker sessions which run concurrently with other breakout session offerings. This year, we will feature Frank DeAngelis, the former prin- cipal of Columbine High School who will share his experience with dealing with REGISTRATION (and additional dates) https://goo.gl/n2SPEm a school WASC accreditation process. The Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges is a world-renowned accred- iting association and one of six regional accrediting agencies in the United States. Accreditation is a dual-purpose process that ultimately shows that schools are worthy of the trust placed in them to provide high- quality learning and clearly demonstrate continual self-improvement. ACS WASC accredited districts are focused on student-oriented missions and goals. The districts continuously examine student performance and accept objective evaluation from a team of outside peer professionals trained by ACS WASC. They maintain a qualified faculty within effec- tively organized schools, and regularly col- laborate to assess the quality of their edu- cational programs and plans for the future. SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2019 | HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA profound tragedy and how he, as the school leader, worked to pick up the pieces and rebuild his school. Also featured will be members of the ACSA Fatal School Violence Task Force, who will unveil a new set of resources to assist school districts to better address issues of extreme school violence. Disneyland Discount. The Every Child Counts Symposium is pleased to offer dis- count tickets to Disneyland again this year. For a fun time in the evenings after a day of learning, or even better, scheduled time after the conference, specially priced Disneyland tickets for all symposium attendees are available on the ECC web page www.acsa.org/ecc. The tickets are valid Feb. 13-24. You don’t want to miss this exciting and popular educational event. Visit the ECC webpage at www.acsa.org/ecc to register, making lodging reservations, review the session offerings, and purchase your tickets for Disneyland. We look forward to seeing you in February. Article contributors, Tim Calkins, ECC Symposium Chair, principal of Education Services, Shasta UHSD; John Porter, Student Services and Special Education Council president, assistant superintendent, Special Education/Student Services, Palmdale ESD, Jean Martin, Student Services and Special Education Council president-elect, director, North Orange County SELPA. S A TH V E E DATE !