Cesar E. Chavez High School: High Expectations, Empowerment, and Excellence

Presenters

Saul Gonzalez (Primary)

Principal
Cesar E. Chavez High School

Terri Nuckols (Primary)

Learning Director
Cesar E. Chavez High School

Brian Beck

Former Associate Principal
Cesar E. Chavez High School

Description

Principal Saul Gonzalez and Learning Director Terri Nuckols will share how Cesar Chavez High School in rural Delano, California, which serves a high poverty, high minority student population, performs well above its peers and has received a "similar schools ranking" of 8 (on a 10-point scale) on the California Academic Performance Index (API). At Cesar E. Chavez, 86% of the students are Latino, 8% are Filipino, and 1% are African American. In addition, 44% are English learners, and 66% are eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch. All of these groups are meeting or exceeding Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals in both English language arts and mathematics. In contrast to many large and impersonal high schools across the nation, Cesar Chavez is a small, rural high school, which fosters academic excellence, trust, safety, empowerment, and high expectations. In this webinar, Gonzalez and Nuckols will share how creating a strong school vision, effectively utilizing a learning director, developing strong support for English learners, and making available after school programs have helped the school achieve these results.

This webinar is presented by the American Institutes for Research and WestEd as partners in the California Comprehensive Center to highlight high performing schools making a difference in student achievement. To learn more about Cesar E. Chavez, please read the school profile.

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NCLB Accountability Requirements for English Learners

Promising Practices for African American and Hispanic Students

Student Well-being and the Academic Progress of Schools

Understanding How to Navigate the Map of Standards for English Learners (Introductory)

Understanding How to Use the Essential ELD Standards for Teaching and Assessment (Intermediate)

Leading Troubled Schools to the 'Tipping Point': A School Reform Proposal

Closing Achievement Gaps in California: What, Why and How?

Resiliency: What We Have Learned

English Learners and the Language Arts

"Big Levers" for Creating the Best Schools We've Ever Had

English Learners and the Language Arts (Follow-up Presentation)

Balanced Leadership: What 30 Years of Research Tells Us About the Effect of Leadership on Student Achievement

Rethinking High School: Five Profiles of Innovative Models for Student Success

Evaluating English Learner (EL) Services & Results for Accountability & Instructional Improvement, Part 1

Courageous Conversations and Culturally Relevant Teaching

Evaluating English Learner Services & Results for Accountability & Instructional Improvement, Part 2

Data Mentoring: Building Capacity for Data-Driven Decision Making

Converting to Smaller Learning Communities

Inside High School Reform: Making the Changes That Matter

Schools on the Right Track: Mathson Middle School

Teaching Science: How to Really Give Universal Access to English Learners

Using Formative Assessments to Improve the Achievement of All Students: Key Policy Questions and Practical Decisions (Parts I & II)

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Findings from the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth (Research from CREATE)

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English Learners and the Language Arts

Taking Center Stage—Act II : Building Effective Programs for English Learners in the Middle Grades

English Learner Literacy Development through Formative Assessment of Oral Language

Making Standards-based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The SIOP Model (Encore Presentation)

Doing What Works: Teaching Elementary-School English Learners

Building Oral Language into Content Area Instruction (Research from CREATE)

What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say About Teaching English Language Learners

English Learners in Secondary Mathematics: Rigor and Excellence

Quality Teaching for English Learners: High Challenge and High Support

Closing the Learning Gap: Steps That Work

Response to Intervention: Online Professional Development Modules and Resources for Implementation

Response to Intervention: Online Professional Development Modules and Resources for Classroom Assessment

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