WASC Focus on Learning Meeting #10

El Rancho High School

January 31, 2022

Today’s Goals:

1. Review the SLO suggestions & comments from our FOL groups’ November meetings
2. Clarify and/or revise our SLOs (Schoolwide Learner Outcomes): DONS
1. Chapter 2 of WASC Self-Study Report

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The Importance of SLOs

Why should we care about Schoolwide Learner Outcomes?

• The development of our SLOs enables us to clarify and measure what all students should know, understand, and be able to do when they graduate from El Rancho High School.

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Who should create the SLOs?

• It is important that all ERHS stakeholders be a part of the process of the discussion of, revision of, and defining of the relationship between the SLOs, the SPSA, and our identified student learner needs.

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How will the revision/development of our SLOs be a continuous process?

• This is step 1 in the revision process, we will review school-wide data and the 2021-2022 SPSA before we finalize our revised SLOs. As we identify our major student learner needs, our SLOs will solidify the clear direction we will take ERHS in the next several years.

SLOs

(Schoolwide Learner Outcomes): IDEA

El Rancho High School

Based on the notes/feedback taken during the November meeting, all FOL groups agreed that they preferred the DONS SLO acronym, so we will move forward with DONS

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TO REVIEW THE OLD ERHS SLOs PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW

Original Example Given to Foster November Discussion

DONS: Suggestions & Comments from November FOLs

The next several slides contain the suggestions & comments of each FOL group from the November FOL meetings.

As you review, consider:

1. Emphasis on mission & vision of ERHS
2. Student achievement
3. Student engagement
4. Parent involvement
5. School climate
6. Correlation to SPSA & LCAP

FOL Organization

SLOs: DONS (example)

Comments, Questions, Observations from November 15th

• I like D O N S. It is short and easy to remember.
• The shorter the better.
• “Computer skills” should be stated differently. - Be broader, because technology is no longer just computer skills.
• Does it have to state “Common Core?”
• “Optimize planning” is unclear.
• Main letter (DONS) should coincide with main word/point.
• Will these have to be measurable? How would we measure them?
• If we use IDEA, we should incorporate them more somewhere (not just a poster)
• I like the 2016 IDEA shortened version. I believe we can develop a plan to implement this into our daily instruction (hold both students and teachers responsible for which SLO is being addressed)
• (21st century skills are more than just use of technology-agreed; clarify
• Students won’t remember them if they are too long
• I like DONS better than IDEA.
• I like the DONS acronym better, but I think each “letter idea” should be much shorter, for example “Nurture Individuality”

FOL Curriculum

SLOs: DONS (example)

Comments, Questions, Observations from November 15th

• Like DONS better
• Ties with “We are Dons. Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn!”
• Change “families” instead of parents
• Instead of “computer skills”, change to “technology”
• IDEA seems to be redundant
• Missing parental involvement
• It’s difficult to remember- who can actually describe each letter?
• We need something catchy
• LCAP and DONS needs to be linked

FOL Learning & Teaching

SLOs: DONS (example)

Comments, Questions, Observations from November 15th

• Teachers won’t use if no accountability, need to incorporate it
• Integrate what already have for mission statement
• DONS easier for even teachers, step in right direction but still hard to incorporate acronym
• Reinforce on the PA helpful to teachers too
• One for teachers and one for students
• Delete the COMMON CORE wording
• D could be Develop
• O could be the word ORGANIZE, OBTAIN
• Needs to be short so easy for students like respectful, responsible, ready to learn
• UDL needs to be incorporated into
• Not all students in all of classes can read either

FOL Assessment

SLOs: DONS (example)

Comments, Questions, Observations from November 15th

• D - Demonstrate academic literacy through common core
• O - Optimize academic, career, & life goals/skills?
• N - Nurture ourselves and our community by showing kindness and respect for others
• S - Sharpen 21st century life skills

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• N-Nurturing ourselves, others, and our community through education and service

FOL Culture

SLOs: DONS (example)

Comments, Questions, Observations from November 15th

• Not too long
• Need to add something about preparing for college and career
• Need to add A-G requirements
• Critical thinkers
• Responsible Citizens
• Effective communicators
• What does optimize planning mean?
• Add technology or 21st century skills to letter s
• Letter o needs to be revised to include college career prep

Use the link to add new revisions & suggestions or to comment on previous suggestions made in november.

D for DONS

DONS:

New Revisions, Suggestions, Comments

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O for DONS

DONS:

New Revisions, Suggestions, Comments

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DONS:

New Revisions, Suggestions, Comments

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N for DONS

DONS:

New Revisions, Suggestions, Comments

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S for DONS

SLOs: DONS

Final Group Comments or Thoughts for 1/31/22

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