Technical Assistance Manual for the California Model School Accountability Report Card
Technical Assistance Manual for the California Model School Accountability Report Card

Author: Greg Geeting

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Published: 1989

Total Pages: 90

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California State Proposition 98 requires the governing boards of California school districts to prepare and issue an annual School Accountability Report Card for each elementary and high school under their jurisdiction, beginning in the school year 1989-90. The report card must assess a minimum of 13 specified conditions. This manual provides technical assistance and examples of what report cards for individual schools might contain and how they might be developed. Guidelines for preparing a model report card are provided in the appendix to this manual. Although it is not limited to these areas, each report card must address the following school conditions: (1) student achievement in and progress toward meeting reading, writing, arithmetic, and other academic goals; (2) progress toward reducing dropout rates; (3) estimated expenditures per student and types of services funded; (4) progress toward reducing class sizes and teaching loads; (5) assignment of teachers outside their subject areas of competence; (6) quality and currency of textbooks and other instructional materials; (7) counseling and support personnel availability; (8) substitute teacher availability; (9) safety, cleanliness, and adequacy of school facilities; (10) adequacy of teacher evaluations and professional improvement opportunities; (11) classroom discipline and climate for learning; (12) teacher and staff training and curriculum improvement programs; and (13) quality of instruction and leadership. (SLD)

Pupil Transportation Services
Pupil Transportation Services

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Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 40

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This guide is designed to assist fiscal policy team members in assessing current standards and practices of school transportation systems in relation to the total school program. Team members should read the guide independently to determine their own familiarity with requirements essential to school transportation operation. An introductory statement, school transportation goal, and one or more standards that serve as reference points against which current practices can be assessed are provided in each of eight sections: (1) organization and administration; (2) financial management; (3) facilities management; (4) equipment management; (5) human resources management; (6) operations; (7) pupil management; and (8) public relations. Results to questions answered independently by team members should be used as a basis for discussion and help facilitate improving the district's school transportation program. (EJS)

Guidelines and Procedures for Meeting the Specialized Physical Health Care Needs of Pupils
Guidelines and Procedures for Meeting the Specialized Physical Health Care Needs of Pupils

Author: Winnie Bachmann

Publisher: Hippocrene Books

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 224

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This monograph presents the California State guidelines for providing physical health care services within the public school setting. Part I addresses administrative concerns. Included are sections on: education and chronic illness; professional roles; referral and evaluation; guidelines and procedures for transporting chronically ill pupils; staff development models; and school board policy and administrative guidelines. Part II summarizes specialized physical health care services procedures requiring a physician's authorization. These include: anaphylactic reaction--emergency care; catheterization; blood glucose testing for diabetes; glucagon injection (diabetes); hypoglycemia/keto acidosis (diabetes); dysreflexia (hyperreflexia)--emergency care; gastrostomy feeding method or pump; gastrostomy tube reinsertion; intravenous medication and infusion; silastic catheter; mechanical ventilator; nutrition screening; ostomy care; oxygen administration; respiratory assistance; and tracheostomy. Part III considers the prevention of infectious diseases in the form of three lessons which cover: (1) information about infectious diseases; (2) techniques for preventing the spread of infectious diseases; and (3) control of infectious diseases in the classroom setting including diapering and toileting. Part IV reviews routine care not requiring a physician's authorization such as use of braces, canes, casts, crutches, walkers, and wheelchairs. Four appendixes present additional information on program modifications, sample forms, pediatric consultants and nursing personnel, and selected laws and regulations. A glossary is also included. (DB)