2015 in Review
Jesse Ortiz
Yolo County Superintendent of Schools
2015 in Review
Program
- Alternative Education Re-organization:
- Closure of Midtown School
- Closure of Einstein Center
- Opening of Cesar Chavez Community School
- Process started for Dan Jacobs and Cesar Chavez to be accredited schools
- Re-organization of Special Education to Educational Services
- Re-organization of Human Resources office to report directly to Superintendent's Office
- Greengate School Phase I playground complete
- Greengate School $25,000.00 grant from Sunrise Woodland Rotary to complete Ruby Falls playground
- Greengate enhancement of storage space
- Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) Team develops Yolo County Crisis Team
- Special Education Parent Advisory committees
- Adult Living Skills parent meetings
- Passed Federal Head Start audit
- $350,000 Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) County-wide state preschool grant
- $330,965 Center based general child care and development (CCTR) Grant for infant/toddler program
- $320,108 California State Preschool Program (CSPP) Expansion Grant for preschool program
- Early Childhood Education Intern Program Head Start partnership with Woodland Community College and YCOE College and Career Readiness
- iPads for Special Education students/teachers
- $2,000 grant from U.S. Bank to promote literacy California Career Pathway Trust Grant (CCPTG) awarded to YCOE for $2.8 million
- CTE Teach – New teacher mentor grant and National CTE industry certification testing grant for $22,750.
Leadership
- YCOE belief in: Communication-Respect-Transparency
- August Retreat to define YCOE focus areas:
- Communication
- Professional Development
- Human Resources
- Student Services
- District Accountability – LCAP
- Fiscal Service
- LCAP retreat with YCOE Team.
- Union negotiations completed for 2014-15:
- YEA, CSEA, and AFSCME
- New Management Evaluation form
- Re-organization of YCOE Leadership:
- Superintendent Advisory Team (SAT)
- Cabinet Team
- Leadership Team
- Support for 16 Administrative Secretaries to attend a professional development training
- Hiring of new administrative leadership: Assistant Superintendent SELPA; Special Education Director; Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Services/Alternative Schools; Cesar Chavez School Principal and school counselor.
- YCOE Staff Appreciation Day Celebration in June.
- Butte COE/Migrant Education partnership to lease YCOE space
- YCOE recruitment at Sacramento State teacher education program
- LCAP Info graphics for school districts
- LCAP trainings scheduled for school districts
- Project Solar Energy Academy CSBA Golden Bell and CCBE Apple for Excellence Awards received in December.
- EPIC Charter School in West Sacramento implementation support.
- California Assessment of Student Performance & Progress (CAASPP) Trainer of Trainer Institute for Yolo/Colusa school Districts
- Completed Career Guidance lesson plans for state website – contract with California Department of Education
- Memorandum of Understanding with In-Shape, Woodland fitness center & YCOE for employee wellness
- California Math Science Partnership (CAMSP) grant awarded $500,000 to train 52 teachers in robotics and 32 teachers on the Solar Suitcase initiative.
- Sponsorship of following forums/workshops:
- January Forum: State of The State in California Education
- What Educators Need to Know About AB540 Students forum. February.
- April Literacy – 3rd Grade Reading focus Forum
- Yolo Countywide New Principal leadership training. July
- Yolo County Education & Equity Series:
- Educational Status of Children in Yolo County. September
- Children & Family Poverty. November.
- The Cost of High School Dropouts to Yolo County. February 18, 2016
- Social Determinants of Health. April 21, 2016
- Horacio Sanchez, A brain based approach to improve instruction and close the achievement gap workshops for educators and community. September.
- October Elected Officials Breakfast meeting with district superintendents.
- October Read to Succeed Conference
- YCOE has participated in planning state conferences:
- California Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) Conference
- California Global Education Summit
- Association Career Technical Educators (ACTE) Region V Conference
- Recognized for 2015 as one of 25 most influential Latino Leaders in Sacramento region by Vida De Valle/Sacramento Bee newspaper
Community
- Social Media presence:
- New YCOE website
- YCOE Facebook
- Marketing videos on: YCOE general overview, Greengate School, Alternative Ed, and Head Start
- Paperless Board meetings
- YCBOE room change
- Development of Yolo County Preschool for All Committee
- Formation of Yolo County African American Advisory group
- High School Voter registration partnership with Woodland League of Women Voters
- Partnership with Woodland United Way to promote literacy
- YCOE Weekly Job Opportunities published every Monday
- YCOE participation in 5K Turkey Run for Yolo Food Bank
- YCOE Community/meeting room re-organized with table and monitor
- YCOE reception room re-organized with board pictures and monitor
- Support Kinders Go to College in Woodland JUSD and Washington USD