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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Monterey County Grand Jury
• 2015-2016
School Climate Collaboration is a key element for successful schools. It creates a culture that gener-
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Findings 8 findings
F1
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Many children enter school with a limited vocabulary and lack of school readiness.
F2
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There are no District preschool programs that provide aftercare.
F3
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Grades 2–6 do not have aides who can provide teacher assistance in classroom tasks and small-group work.
F4
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Students who are not reclassified to Fluent English Proficient status prevents them from taking the high school courses necessary to meet college entrance “a to g” requirements.
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There is low parent participation in school meetings, programs and activities.
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Insufficient time is available for collaboration between District teachers and admini- stration.
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Inadequate time is allocated to parent/teacher conferences to enable parents to be involved and support their child in school.
F8
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The shortage of credentialed teachers has resulted in the District hiring not-yet- credentialed and substitute teachers to fill the vacant teaching positions.
Recommendations 6
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R1Page 92Provide affordable on-site aftercare for preschool and pre-K classes.
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R2Page 92Increase parent(s) participation and awareness of school meetings, programs and activities by requiring a parent orientation when a new student is registered for school. This orientation should be included in the 2016-17 student registration.
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R3Page 92Hire aides to work in grade 2-6 classrooms who can provide teacher assistance with small-group work and other non-credentialed tasks. Hiring of these aides should be accomplished in the 2016-17 school year.
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R4Page 92Compensate teachers for the additional time spent outside their designated in- structional period to collaborate with parents, and other teachers. 78
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R5Page 93Make reclassification to Fluent English Proficiency status a priority by the end of 6th grade, and stress the importance of this in teacher in-service trainings beginning in the 2016-17 school year.
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R6Page 93Seek and encourage partnerships with community agencies, civic groups, local business and foundations (e.g. First 5 Monterey County, Salinas City Library “paleteros”) to sponsor school readiness services and student academic support.