2017 in Review
Jesse Ortiz
Yolo County Superintendent of Schools
2017 in Review
Program
- Yolo County Career Academy Charter School petition approved by Yolo County Board of Education December 12. School to open Fall 2018.
- Support of CTE program at Cesar Chavez Community School in Manufacturing and Product Design in partnership with Marquez Designs
- Continued support of Cesar Chavez Community School Arts program in partnership with Yolo Arts
- Revision of AB602 funding allocation and ERMHS service delivery model
- Summer School Programs held at Cesar Chavez Community School and Dan Jacobs Juvenile Hall School
- Early Childhood Education staff visited the Museum of Tolerance
- Cesar Chavez Community School developed a partnership with Northern California Trykers
- WASC accreditation completed and given to Cesar Chavez Community School (6 years) and Dan Jacobs Juvenile Hall School (3 years)
- Hecho a Mano Spring Break Course in partnership with Marquez Design and Taller Arte Nuevo Amanecer
- Extended school year sessions at Greengate, Woodland High School, Davis High School, and Adult Living Skills in Davis.
- Assessment and completion of a study of revised SELPA AB 602 allocation plan for the 2018-19 academic year
- COE Facility Planning committee established to facilitate discussion for Career Academy Charter, Head Start, and Special Education
- American Reading Company coaching for Alternative Education staff
- Partnerships with Esparto and Winters School Districts to open up Head Start classrooms on their district campuses for 2018-19
- Yolo County SELPA held a transition symposium for one hundred high students with disabilities to enhance their college and career readiness
- Coordination with Head Start and SELPA to increase special education services
- New Head Start preschool class opened at Plainfield Elementary School
- Partnership with Cesar Chavez Community School and Greengate School to provide physical education support every week
Leadership
- Coordination of meeting (April 27) with Senator Bill Dodd and Assemblywoman Cecila Aguiar Curry. The meeting included county superintendents from Napa, Solano, and Sonoma.
- Member of CA County Superintendents Educational Services Association legislative and charter school committee
- P-20 Collaborative Meeting – October 20
- Partnership with YCOE Information Technology and Yolo County Employment Services
- Support for opening of Yolo-Sutter Center for Teacher Credentialing
- Yolo County K-12 Administrator Welcome Back Breakfast – July 27
- Nominated and elected to serve as Chair of Adult Education Block Grant Consortium
- Implementation of YCOE employee’s classification and compensation study
- Provided LCAP District Support meetings
- Held first ever meeting of North Valley Information Technology Regional Group which includes Yolo, Napa, and Solano Counties
- Yolo/Colusa/Yuba County Office of Education three county consortium Professional Learning Network
- Member of CA School Boards Association Charter School Committee
- Student Operations Service facility improvement
- North Valley (Yolo, Solano, Napa) CETPA Regional Group met at YCOE
- Yolo County Office Education Administrators Retreat at Yolo Fliers Club – August 8
- Alternative School staff visit Cesar Chavez National site in Kern County – August 11
- Yolo County Human Resource Directors meetings held
- Secured funding from The California Endowment for February 2018 Yolo County African American Student Leadership Conference - $15,000.00
- Awarding of two state CTE grants for Teacher Mentorship and development of a statewide Teacher Externship Toot kit
- Union negotiation completed for 2016-17
- YEA, CESA and AFSCME
- Sponsorship of following events:
- State of the State of California Education – January
- Youth in Transition Conference – February
- Creating Safe Places Conference – February
- Marin Luther King Remembrance Presentation – February
- State of Young Children Forum – March
- Role of Yolo County Law Enforcement in Enforcing Unauthorized Detained Immigrants – March
- Cesar Chavez Legacy Dinner – March
- LGBTQ Forum on April
- College and Career Readiness 2nd Annual Alternative Education Youth Conference
- Human Trafficking
- Yolo County Elected Officials and Leaders Breakfast – October
- Building a Resilient Yolo – October
- STEM Middle School Girls Conference – November
- Yolo County Educational Leaders Breakfast – November
- Fear to Friendship Muslim Dinner – December
- Trauma Informed Practice – December
- Promoting Excellence Through Equity in California School – December
- Kinders go to College at Woodland Community College and Sacramento City College
- Hosted dinner for Ruben Contreras at YCOE
- 2nd Annual Yolo County African American Youth Conference held in West Sacramento on February
- Collaboration with Yolo County District Attorney’s Office to provide Multi-Cultural Community Council Three-day Youth Leadership Academy for 17 students
