Alternative Education Programs Department Accomplishments
Pillar 1: Student Achievement
- Court schools met 6 of 6 AYP targets
- Community schools exceeded API growth target
- SCS positive attendance rate increased 2%
Pillar 2: Student Safety and Health
- Implementation of “Discipline That Restores” with Restorative Justice Partners
- Decrease of suspension rate and incident reports at community schools
- Expanded Foster Youth and Transition Services
Pillar 3: Highly Qualified Teachers and Staff
- 91% of certificated staff are highly qualified
- 100% of classified staff are highly qualified
- Increased CSET, VPSS, and BTSA participation
- Implementation of PLCs
Pillar 4: Fiscal Accountability
- Timely submission of balanced budgets
- Appropriate usage of categorical funds
- Public posting of SARCs and school site council agendas
- Foundations:
- Internal and External Communication
- Participation in community forums and multi-disciplinary meetings (CASP, JAC, SELPA, etc.)
- Collaborative Partnerships:
- Expanded community partnerships throughout the department including:
- MC Probation
- MC Children’s Behavioral Health
- MC District Attorney’s Office
- Harmony at Home
- Office of Employment Training
- Strengthening Families
- Second Chance Youth Program
- Restorative Justice Partners
- CSUMB
- Boys and Girls Clubs
- Hartnell College Academy for College Excellence & K-16 Bridge Program
- Monterey County Business and Education Research Institute (MCBERI)
- Monterey County Business Council (MCBC)
- Central Coast Career Readiness Consortium (CCCRC)
- Hartnell Academy for College Excellence (ACE)
- 45 Alt Ed students have successfully completed DBA/ACE since Spring 2010
- 67 Alt Ed graduated students from Spring and Fall 2010 are currently enrolled at Hartnell College
- 46 Alt Ed students are concurrently enrolled (25 students in DBA/ACE) for Spring Semester 2011
