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Date	Event	Participants
October 24, 2001	Minimum Day: Goals and outcomes of Self-Study outlined. Focus groups formed to review Key Issues from 1999-00 Mid-term Review and to discuss measuring ESLRs.	All Staff
October 30, 2001	Prep period meetings: Demonstration of discussion technique and exploration of solutions to schoolwide issues.	Certificated Staff
November 1, 2001	WASC/CDE Focus on Learning training: Timeline developed for Serra's Self-Study.	Vice Principal, Self-Study Coordinator, and Resource Teacher
November 9, 2001	Staff Development Day: Group discussions on I Read It But I Don't Get It by Chris Tovani. Technology training (e-mail, MicroGrade, word processing).	Certificated Staff
December 2001	Staff Survey conducted.	Certificated Staff
December 4, 2001	WASC Timelines and ESLRs revisions approved.	WASC Leadership Team
December 10, 2001	Prep period meetings: Discussion of Chapters 3 and 4 of I Read It, But I Don't Get It.	Certificated Staff
January 7, 2002	Staff Meeting: Revised ESLRs presented to faculty and approved by vote of 100 to 3.	Certificated Staff
January 9, 2002	PTSA Meeting: Revised ESLRs presented to Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) and approved by vote of 7 to 0.	PTSA
January 29, 2002	Student Senate Meeting: Revised ESLRs presented and approved by vote of 43 to 5.	Student Senate
January 30, 2002	Confirmation of Scheduled Accreditation sent to Accrediting Commission for Schools.	Self-Study Coordinator
February 4, 2002	New principal (Ms. Donna Somerville) begins her tenure at Serra.
February 6, 2002	District-level meeting of high schools currently in the first year of self-study.	Serra Self-Study Coordinator
February 14, 2002	Discussion of possible extension of Serra's term of accreditation and postponement of the Visit until 2004.	Principal, Self-Study Coordinator, and Dr. Marilyn George
February 19, 2002	Staff Development Day: Defining Our Work as a Learning Community; Examining Serra's most recent outcome data; Exploring Teaching Strategies for Improved Student Achievement; Book Talk (I Read It But I Don't Get It).	Certificated Staff
February 21, 2002	Meeting to approve proposal to seek extension of current WASC term until 2004.	Combined WASC Leadership Team/ Instructional Council
March 4, 2002	Staff Meeting: Reviewing representative "vision" statements.	Certificated Staff
March 8, 2002	Letter sent to Dr. Marilyn George of Accrediting Commission to formally request extension of WASC term to 2004. Extension granted 3/12/02. Self-Study Timeline revised to reflect new date.	Self-Study Coordinator
March 19, 2002	Discussion/Study of educational articles with the principal. Articles taken from Educational Leadership and from journal of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.	Principal and Selected Staff
April 1, 2002	Staff Meeting: Reflections of Being a Community of Learners, vision statements.	Certificated Staff
April 2002	Staff Research Study: Read two articles by Roland Barth and e-mail response to Serra web-site for on-line discussion.	Certificated Staff
May 6, 2002	Staff Meeting: Vision, Standards, Examining Our Practice, Announcements.	Certificated Staff
June 3, 2002	Staff Meeting: Knowing Ourselves as Readers, Meaning Making Strategies, Child Abuse Reporting Procedures, Announcements.	Certificated Staff

August 26, 2002	WASC Instructional Leadership Team (ILT): New WASC Leadership Team forms and begins planning for the year.	ILT Members
August 30, 2002	Staff Development Day: Analysis of most recent California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) test data; overview of WASC process; Standards alignment and course syllabus review by home groups.	All Staff
September 10, 2002	Staff Conference: Recap of WASC progress; California Standards Tests (CST) data analysis; Home group meetings.	Certificated Staff
October 1, 2002	ILT Meeting: Planning for student work collection.	ILT Members
October 8, 2002	Staff Conference: Review WASC Task 6; No Child Left Behind introduction; Academy of Information Technology (AoIT) overview; Student Study Team overview; discussions on what "quality" student work looks like.	Certificated Staff
October 2002	Home Group Meeting: Identify a process for collecting student work; create a form to use in analyzing student work.	Home Groups
November 5, 2002	ILT Meeting: Planning for 11/8 Staff Development and the Student Learning Observations.	ILT Members
November 8, 2002	Staff Development Day: Discussion of what is "quality" work; reading Analyzing Student Work to Improve Teacher Practice by Kathy Checky; data analysis (Academic Performance Index [API] and CST); video demonstration, Making Sense of Math; Home group work (analyzing student work, planning for intradepartmental Student Learning Observations).	All Staff
January 7, 2003	ILT Meeting: Began examining WASC criteria by focus group.	ILT Members
January 10, 2003	Minimum Day: Training on Web AERIES and summary of Student Learning Observations findings in home groups.	Certificated Staff
January 14, 2003	Staff Conference: District budget update; MM progress; second semester changes; definition of Focus Groups and their areas of responsibility.	Certificated Staff
February 4, 2003	ILT Meeting: Planning for 2/13 staff development.	ILT Members
February 13, 2003	Staff Development Day: Discussion of "what is evidence" Home groups participated in on-line reflections analyzing selected criterion statements, looking for key words and concepts. Focus groups studied their own criteria, members' roles and responsibilities, and the WASC organizational chart.	All Staff
March 4, 2003	ILT Meeting: Planning for Student Interviews, March 10 minimum day, and focus group evidence collection.	ILT Members
March 10, 2003	Minimum Day: Focus groups continued analysis of criteria and supporting evidence, scheduled interdisciplinary Student Learning Observations, and began planning for second collection of student work. Classified staff met to design the Student Interview questions.	All Staff
April 1, 2003	ILT Meeting: Continuing discussion of criterion analysis and gathering of evidence by focus groups.	ILT Members
April 8, 2003	Staff Conference: Student work analysis; Focus group criteria analysis and evidence gathering.	All Staff
April 25, 2003	Student Interview: Developed and conducted by the classified staff during the month of April. Collected on April 25.	Classified Staff and Randomly Selected Students
May 6, 2003	ILT Meeting: Focus group progress reports.	ILT Members
May 13, 2003	Staff Conference: Focus group end-of-year tasks (analyze Student Learning Observations feedback, Student Interview data, student work, and continue evidence collection).	All Staff
June 3, 2003	ILT Meeting: Preliminary focus groups findings based on evidence collection.	ILT Members
June 4, 2003	Drafter Release Day: Inservice on writing of Chapter IV; begin work on drafts. Drafts to be reviewed in August 2003.	Drafters, Self-Study Coordinator

 

August 25, 2003	ILT Meeting: Review of the preliminary focus group drafts and plan for 8/29/03 Staff Development Day and announcement of new Self-Study Coordinator Joe Austin.	ILT Members
August 29, 2003	Staff Development Day: Review of Chapter I, current Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) data, ESLRs, and 9 Tasks of the Self-Study; Introduction of Writing Snapshot; presentation by John DeVore (Administrator for High School Reform); Focus groups review Chapter IV drafts, discuss next steps.	All Staff
September 9, 2003	ILT Meeting: Progress report on first drafts of locus groups reports.	ILT Members
September 16, 2003	Staff Conference: Video demonstration on using specific learning objective in lesson design; Writing Snapshot: Who? What? When? How?	All Staff
September 24, 2003	Focus Group Meeting (Beginning with this school year all focus groups met on the same day at the same time. Previously, they had made their own meeting schedules.)	All Staff
September 30, 2003	Focus Group Meetings	All Staff
October 7, 2003	ILT Meeting: Discussion of Fundamental Teaching Practices; Focus Walks; Writing Snapshot.	ILT Members
October 13, 2003	Focus Walk	Admin Team
October 14, 2003	Staff Conference: Introduction and overview of the Fundamental Teaching Practices and Focus Walks; Writing Snapshots: Purpose, Outcome, and Process.	Certificated Staff
October 20, 2003	Focus Groups Meeting	All Staff
October 22, 2003	Focus Walk	Admin Team and ILT Members
October 28, 2003	Focus Groups Meeting	All Staff
November 4, 2003	ILT Meeting: Timeline of important upcoming events and planning for 11/10 staff development.	ILT Members
November 10, 2003	Staff Development Day: Developing a College-going Culture: API, Principal's Work Plan for Student Achievement, Grades and CST, UC/CSU a-g, Writing Snapshot Analysis; Focus groups review Chapter III and identify areas of strength and areas for growth for Chapter IV.	All Staff
November 12, 2003	Focus Walk	Admin Team and ILT Members
November 25, 2003	Focus Group Meetings	All Staff
December 2, 2003	ILT Meeting: Review of recent data reports; discussion of WASC Action Plan; Report of Gates visit.	ILT Members
December 4, 2003	ILT Release Day for Writing of Action Plan Drafts	ILT Members
January 6, 2004	ILT Meeting: Discussion of mock visitation on February 12; Minimum Day on February 20; WASC visitation on February 22 - 25	ILT Members
January 16, 2004	Self-Study Report mailed to members of Visiting Committee.
February 2004	Preparations for WASC visit (mock visitation, evidence preparation, etc.)
February 22 - 25	2004 WASC Visit

 

 

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