| | CUSD teachers and administrators have worked to identify Essential Standards in English language arts and mathematics that will be taught to all CUSD students for "Individual Student Academic Success via a K-12 Sequence of Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Support." Click here for further information. | |
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| | The District Curriculum Council (DCC) is representative of educators serving students from Kindergarten through grade 12. The purpose of the DCC is to:
- Elevate the level of discussion about curriculum, articulating a sequence of instruction, assessment and support for all students.
- Review and recommend adoption of new textbooks on a seven-year cycle.
- Review and recommend new course proposals in secondary schools.
- Review and recommend intervention programs and alternative programs based on expectations for student success.
- Review assessment data and recommend modifications as warranted.
One of the goals of the DCC is to increase curriculum communication among educators, parents and the community. Please click here for additional information.
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| | The mission of the Chico Unified School District Library Plan is to provide students and staff with the essential skills to proficiently access and utilize ideas and information, and to create life-long learners who are critical reflective thinkers, problem solvers, and effective users of technology. Accomplishment of our mission will be through collaborative instruction across the curriculum between librarians and classroom teachers, through sufficient staffing, funding, resources, and with the active involvement of our parents and community members. Click here for information on our School Libraries. | |
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| | Smaller Learning Communities (SLCs) is not a single “program” or approach: instead, it is a way of coordinating many different existing programs that help support student achievement and connect students to school, and of adding new programs that will complement the existing ones. It is an effort to connect every student to school so that every student is able to achieve to the best of his or her ability. | |
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| | The Chico Unified School District was identified as a Program Improvement District in the spring of 2005. Much has happened since that time:
- Over seventy CUSD teachers volunteered to attend the AB466 Professional Development Programs in Mathematics and/or Reading. Over sixty more are planning to attend in 2006-07.
- A majority of site administrators have participated in the Principal Training Program (AB75).
- The Cruncher computer data analysis system has made review and analysis of students' state test data as easy as a few mouse clicks.
- Edusoft has been purchased for use as an assessment and data analysis tool. Thirty-five Edusoft Teacher Leaders have been trained to use Edusoft and assist colleagues with scanning issues. Edusoft scanners have been installed in all schools and many classrooms.
- Many Special Education teachers have been trained to use the SteDell Standards-Based Online Assessment program. The SteDell program will also assist with writing standards-based Individualized Education Plans.
- Secondary teachers have attended CSUC workshops on non-fiction writing through the Northern California Writing Project. A focus on non-fiction writing increases student achievement in many areas.
- Teams of elementary teachers from five program improvement schools attended the Butte County Office of Education Literacy Institute in April and May.
- CUSD teachers and administrators have worked with WestEd to identify Essential Standards in English language arts, mathematics, science and social science. These will be the standards that we will guarantee for ALL students. The task forces will continue their work by creating benchmark assessments to be given three to five times per year.
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