Happy Holidays Best in

the West! At the close of

another year, the Parent

and Community Engage-

ment team gratefully

pause to wish you a warm

and happy holiday season.

At a time when most of us

are thinking of that perfect

present to give (or receive)

we offer this newsletter as

our gift to you. Knowing

full well how very busy

that you are, it is our hope

that this will save you the

most valuable resource of

all…time.

We also hope to help

you build the capacity

at your school sites by

having everything in

one place. Finally, we

wanted to thank you,

share some of the work

that we have been do-

ing and let you know

that we are simply a

phone call away.

Well…. no…..not Santa’s workshop. However, here are

tools to assist you with the four required parent work-

shops in which two topics (School Report Card and A-G)

are mandated and two are principal selected. Remember that although only two of

the topics are mandated, four workshops are required. Let us know if you need any

assistance.

Principal’s Portal Certification – Bulletin 6448.0 http://bit.ly/1OOQhr2

Building Capacity-Eliminating Inequities-Cultivating School Cultures

In an effort to assist schools in achieving LAUSD and

Local District West goals, we have provided monthly

professional development to your Parent Family

Center Directors in the following areas:

Welcoming Environment

A-G Requirements

School Volunteers

Common Core

Attendance

School Report Card

Greetings from

Traci L. Calhoun,

PACE Administrator

1

Santa’s Workshop? 1

Building Capacity

Eliminating

Inequities Cultivating

School Cultures

1

English Learners 2

Special Education 3

Bilingual Corner 3

Title One Corner 4

Parent Center

Directors'’ Meetings

5

Help Wanted! 5

Point of Interest 6

Inside this issue: Greetings from our family to yours

Local District West

Parent and Community Engagement

Winter Newsletter

December, 2015

Power points, notes and all resources were provided so

that schools can replicate the professional develop-

ment. Links are included on page 6 for your conven-

ience. Parent Educator Coaches are also available to

assist. Just give us a ring.

Santa’s Workshop?

See

Page 6

for

links

Traci L. Calhoun tlc4182@lausd.net

While writing your Single Plan for Student Achievement

remember:

“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is

a progress, but working together is a success”, thus

let’s:

Collaborate to ensure our SPSA is approved at all in-

stances.

Welcome recommendations from the ELAC to ensure

goals for EL students are met.

Engage in conversations with all stakeholders to plan

and develop strategies to increase student achievement.

Let’s ensure our English Learners overcome language

barriers to have equal access to curriculum.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION Here are some professional development workshops that

Santa’s Elves are working on to provide to your schools:

JANUARY to MAY 2016

EL Parent Educator Coaches are available to present

the NEW ELD STANDARDS training for parents of

English Language Learners. As you know, the NEW

ELD STANDARDS have been designed to address the

dual challenge faced by EL students as they learn both,

language and content. Let us contribute to your success

and help you comply at the same time. The main goal is

to increase and improve parent’s understanding of the

ELD STANDARDS.

This training can count as one of

the four required parent workshops.

English Learner Master Plan training for parents – EL

parents will learn about the process of identifying Eng-

lish Learners and the instructional programs available

to them so they can better support their children’s edu-

cational and academic goals.

English Language Learners

With your invaluable help we successfully completed

some of our accountabilities:

Formed the School’s ELAC Committee

Trained SSC & ELAC officers

ELAC Convening to establish the DELAC

Provided support to the ELAC in addressing the

subject of Importance of Attendance. This

Committee reviews ways in which schools and

parents can support and improve attendance.

We could not have done it without our wonder-

ful Designees & Coordinators!

From now to the end of December we are in the pro-

cess of completing COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS

ASSESSMENT & SINGLE PLAN FOR STUDENTS

ACHIEVEMENT (SPSA).

Comprehensive Needs Assessment (Due

December 31, 2015) – Engages parents in ana-

lyzing various data sources in reviewing and eval-

uating the SPSA and to determine if the instruc-

tional programs are , in fact, effective.

Single Plan for Student Achievement (Due

January 29, 2015) – Parents engage in crucial

conversations to plan and develop goals and

strategies to increase school wide student

achievement, but specifically English Learners

academic success. Furthermore, conversations

evolve around building parent capacity and part-

nership to support the academic goals.

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Reach out when you need us…

Elsa Barragan Edith Perez

elsa.barragan@lausd.net esp8292@ lauds.net

(310) 914-2161 (310) 914-2143

Special Ed Corner

Spring Training Dates for Local District –

West Part 1 - February 17, 2016 and Part

2 - February 24, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. – 12:00

p.m. Virginia Ro ad Elementary, Room

TBD, 2925 Virginia Road,

Los Angeles, CA 90016

School life as we very well know, can

some times go awfully slow. But if we

work in concert, it will all be worth an

effort! Everyone knows the school has

a heart, but not enough realize the

Principal’s part. So in order to spread

the news, we offer these courses you

can certainly use:

Abriendo Puertas / Opening Doors

a 10 session training for parents

where parents learn how to prepare

their children to succeed in school.

Parents’ research, analyze, and learn

ideas on how to support their child’s

healthy development. Parents are

given resources available in their com-

munity and interact with other par-

ents in their community. This train-

ing was recently completed at two

schools and it was met with excellent

reviews.

Modified Consent Decree (MCD)

Parent Trainings – A two series

training covering multiple topics for

parents who are new to the IEP process.

The importance of their involvement at

school is emphasized. Topics covered

include:

The IEP and You

Parents as Leaders

It’s All About Behavior

Eliminating Hostile Environments

Supporting Your Child at Home and School

Bullying: What Every Parent

Should Know – Workshop parents

increase awareness of the LAUSD

anti-bullying policy, and different

types of bullying, identification of

warning signs of bullying, legal obliga-

tions regarding to students with and

without disabilities. Strategies &

resources for preventing and respond-

ing to bullying are presented.

If something strikes your fancy and

the above helps meet your goal, please

give a call to Marisol.

Marisol Castro

marisol.castro@lausd.net

(310) 914-2109

Bilingual Corner Gloria Aristizábal gloria.aristizabal@lausd.net

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As many of you know, we are fortunate to have a full time Interpreter/Translator at our Local District West.

Gloria Aristizábal will be feeding this section, providing valuable and helpful information and resources in English

<>Spanish such as letters, flyers, signs, or posters, for use in your school.

We want it to be educational and fun. With your input we expect this section to grow and evolve as you let us know your

school’s linguistic needs.

Have you ever wonder how to say…

Please check out the following link. It is an

online polylingual dictionary. Any word at

your fingertip:

http://www.wordreference.com

When requesting Interpretation/Translations Services,

please follow this path:

LAUSD Website à Offices à Translations Unit on this link:

http://www.translationsunit.com/

And… HOW IS IT SAID? / COMO SE

DICE? /

Attendance =Asistencia (escolar)

Non attendance = Inasistencia / Falta

de asistencia

100% Attendance = Asistencia del 100%

Attendance Records = Registros de

asistencia

Attendance Office = Oficina para el

control de la asistencia escolar

Attendance Sheet = Lista de asistencia

Title One Corner Estevan Leyva exl3118@lausd.net

Page 4 Local District West

Parents as Equal Partners

The Title 1 Study Groups have allowed parents in our Local District to both receive and provide important information as

well as input regarding the District’s Title 1 policy. Topics that have been discussed have included information on federal

mandates under Title 1 and the CORE Waiver. All sessions have taken place at Daniel Webster Middle School’s Daniel’s

Den. This work could not be completed without the invaluable input of our Local District West parents!

Thank you to the following schools who have had parents attend our sessions.

42nd Street ES Castle Heights Mid City Prescott

61st Street ES Cienega ES Palms Elementary

95th Street ES Cimarron ES Phoenix HS

Angeles Mesa ES Crenshaw HS Ramona ES

Arlington Heights Dorsey HS Rosewood ES

Audubon Hamilton HS Shenandoah ES

Baldwin Hills ES Harvard ES Van Ness ES

Beethoven Hillcrest ES West Athens ES

Broadway ES Hollywood HS Western Ave ES

Budlong Ave. ES LACES

Burroughs MS Los Angeles HS

We’re also thankful for the support from our Local District West Superintendent and her team for providing the participating

parents with the opportunity to ask questions as well as to listen to the wonderful work happening at your schools.

The future dates of the Title 1 Study Group Sessions 3-6 are:

December 11, 2015, February 5, 2016, March 4, 2016, April 8, 2016

The Coordinators in the West are the Best!

Title 1 colleagues are encouraged to reach out to receive one on one support, in addition to monthly meetings, from their

PACE Parent Educator Coach. Please see the links below to locate helpful files and documents.

CPA meeting folders: http://bit.ly/1NtcAx8

PACE 2-15-16 Deadlines, Policy Documents, and Contact Information: http://bit.ly/1jJk0Ey

(Sample Parent Involvement Policy ideas for schools to utilize, as created by CPAs)

To assist your school’s SSC effectiveness, we have included some items below that are essential in conducting effective School

Site Councils. Handbook for School Site Councils and English Learner Advisory Committees: http://bit.ly/1YTiHmA

Principal’s Portal Step by Step: http://bit.ly/1Tv1cFt Principal’s Portal FAQ: http://bit.ly/1R4luHZ

Parent Center Directors’ Meeting

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52nd Street - Osbaldo Jimenez

59th Street - Renee Rawles

Alta Loma - Mary Hall

Arlington Heights - Scott Whitbeck

Audubon - Charmain Young

Bancroft - Maria Rico

Brentwood - Jean Penicooke

Burroughs - Steve Martinez

Century Park - Kim Polk

Fairfax - Carmina Nacorda Grand View - Alfredo Ortiz

Lawson - Pamela Gray

LA HS - Helena Yoon-Fontamillas

Marina del Rey - Lorraine Machado

Marvin - Elizabeth Banuelos

Palms - William Lamb

Virginia - Davita McCauley

University - Eric Davidson

Venice - Oryla Widoeft

Vine Street - Kurt Lowry

Washington Prep - Dechelle Byrd

Webster - Peter Benefiel

Westport Heights - Jacqueline Hughes

Woodcrest - Tina Choyce

On behalf of the Local District West Parent and Community Engagement Unit, I would like to say thank you to the

following principals for hosting our meetings on their campuses:

Help Wanted! Volunteers As we know, volunteers are a special part of our school communities. They wear multiple hats and often

fill in much needed gaps at our under resourced schools. We value volunteers and the essential role that

they play on our campuses. Included on page 6 are links that will take you directly to resources that will

assist you with properly processing your volunteers.

School Volunteer Bulletin Step by Step “How to process volunteers”

Infographic of Volunteer Bulletin How to set up an email account

To the following schools for successfully processing volunteers.

You may want to reach out to each other and share best practices.

6th Avenue 28

52nd Street 18

59th Street 19

61st Street 6

95th Street 10

Alta Loma 1

Angeles Mesa 4

Baldwin Hills 18

Bancroft MS 14

Beethoven 10

Braddock Drive 10

Bradley 6

Broadway 1

Bright 4

Brockton 27

Canyon 136

Carson-Gore 74

Charnock Road 21

Cheremoya 10

Cienega 75

Cimarron 4

Clover 15

Coliseum 10

Fairburn 117

Fairfax SH 12

Gardner 14

Grand View 64

Grant 9

Harvard 15

Hawkins C/DAGS 4

Hollywood SH 3

Kingsley 14

Ls Salle 14

Lawson Academy 6

Le Conte MS 2

Los Angeles SH 7

Mann MS 11

Mar Vista 13

Marina del Rey MS 6

Marvin 28

Mark Twain MS 3

Marquez 28

Mid City Prescott 8

Palisades El 21

Palms El 5

Palms MS 11

Pio Pico MS 1

Playa del Rey 12

Playa Vista 29

Raymond 24

Revere MS 27

Saturn 17

Selma Avenue 2

Stoner 23

Topanga 28

University SH 5

Valley View 23

Virginia Road 5

Walgrove 5

Warner 42

Washington Prep 19

West Athens 2

Westminster 8

Westwood 5

Wilshire Park 46

Wonderland 13

YES Academy 18

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Local District West

Parent and Community Engagement Unit

11380 West Graham Place

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Phone: (310) 914-2124 Fax: (310) 473-8119

Principal’s Portal Certification – Bulletin 6448.0: http://bit.ly/1OOQhr2

Welcoming Environment ­ Parent and Family Center Resource Guide: http://bit.ly/1Qe0jDt

A­G and Graduation Requirements (English): http://bit.ly/1RDaLng

A­G and Graduation Requirements (Spanish): http://bit.ly/1lNkOcX

School Volunteers: http://bit.ly/1QufPtq

School Volunteer Bulletin: http://bit.ly/1QusoVx

Infographic on Volunteer Bulletin (English): http://bit.ly/1Qe0Cy5

Infographic on Volunteer Bulletin (Spanish): http://bit.ly/1XUpM9g

Step By Step “How to Process Volunteers (English): http://bit.ly/1OOQhr2

Step By Step “How to Process Volunteers (Spanish): http://bit.ly/1Qe0jDt

CCSS Math Practices Parent Presentation: http://bit.ly/1lNm2ou

CCSS PCSS Parent Presentation: http://bit.ly/1QupwIk

School Report Card: http://bit.ly/1OLzm8I for additional information go to “Tools for Schools”

SBAC Presentation: http://bit.ly/1YXttIr

How to set up an email account: http://bit.ly/1NKoUJi

Coming Soon: School Experience Survey (1/18/16—2/20/16)

Wishing you and your families peace, love and joy during this holiday season and the year to come!

Parent and Community Engagement Team

Traci, Marisol, Elsa, Edith, Estevan and Gloria

Point of Interest

Traci L. Calhoun, Administrator of Parent and Community Engagement tlc4182@lausd.net

Important

Links