Replicable Practices

• Students are organized in academies or families and share common teachers with core classes and enrichment period. Teachers share common preparation period daily to plan for cross-curricular instructional activities, review student data, discuss student needs and work collaboratively toward common goals.

• Enrichment Period gives students and teachers flexibility to meet individual or small group needs with any teacher, re-teach lessons, provide accommodated curriculum for special needs students ,provide extension activities, and facilitate peer mentoring and tutoring.

• Activities like Makers’ Faire, County Science Fair and Math Challenge Groups provide opportunities for students to work collaboratively on high interest project-based lessons.

• Parents are involved in governance groups such as SSC, Scotts Valley Education Foundation, and PTA. They also benefit from the Triple P Program (Positive Parenting Program) offering classes on a variety of topics related to adolescents, internet monitoring for students, and current brain research.

• Twice monthly professional development faculty meeting, as well as daily team meeting time allow staff opportunities to refine the program and provide timely intervention to students experiencing difficulties.

• Students are recognized for their successes in a variety of ways including: Student of the Month, Terrific Tickets, Honor Roll, Principal’s List and announcements.

• Teacher shared leadership is seen in a variety of ways: department chairpersons, Power Users (technical experts), Curriculum Council, School Site Council, PTA, Silicon Valley Math Project Team Lead Teacher, site-based leadership committees (Safety, Technology, etc.) and teacher representation on community-based groups such as the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation.

• As a member of the College and Career Initiative, seventh grade students participate in a yearly field trip to a local university.

• Before/after school band and choir program allow access to all students.