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 2^nd 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
  •    2^nd 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