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Adult Transition - Orange Unified School District

The purpose of the Adult Transition Program is to educate young adults with disabilities so that they may transition to adult life and become productive members of society. With this in mind, the curriculum is geared toward providing the students with the skills that enable them to function more independently based on their levels of ability.

The Adult Transition Program (ATP) is a Special Education program for adults with disabilities ages 18 to 22 years who have completed high school on a non-diploma track.

ATP has five teachers that provide different levels of instruction based on the needs of students and their levels of independence.

ATP provides support and instruction in

Independent Living Skills (ILS)

Vocational training

Community Based Instruction (CBI)

Mobility training

Social skills

Functional academics

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What AVID Does

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How AVID Works

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AVID:

Teaches skills and behaviors for academic success

Provides intensive support with tutorials and strong student/teacher relationships

Creates a positive peer group for students

Develops a sense of hope for personal achievement gained through hard work and determination

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Charter School

Tutorial

El Rancho has instituted a program we feel will enhance your child’s education. The program is called Tutorial and will take place each Tuesday and Thursday. Each week your student will receive a menu of services that are being offered by teachers. Your student will have an opportunity to go to whatever classroom will best serve them in their education. If they need extra help in math, science, English or history, they can visit a teacher during Tutorial. The tutorial is scheduled from 1:32 to 2:04 each Tuesday and Thursday.

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AVID

The Orange Unified School District started offering AVID classes to its middle and high school students in 2013 in an effort to help support all students in their efforts to attend post secondary education. AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a college readiness program designed to help students develop the skills they need to be successful in college. The program places special emphasis on growing writing, critical thinking, teamwork, organization and reading skills.

Jordan Elementary School has joined the ranks of schools offering AVID Elementary to students in 3rd-6th grade. This program is designed to develop encompassing communication, organization, and writing skills necessary to higher education.

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Spanish and Computer Science Immersion Program

Preparing students for careers of the future by developing problem solving skills and cultural awareness. During the last decade, multiple research studies have demonstrated the significant cognitive benefits derived from early language learning, as well as the potential long-term educational and career benefits that multilingual students accrue. In this program your student will have the advantage of being bilingual and knowledgeable about Computer Science placing them ahead of their peers in jobs of the future.

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Immersion Programs

Student Benefits Include: • Improved Performance on Standardized Tests • Superior Problem Solving Skills in Addition to an Increased Understanding of Their Primary Language • Increased Cultural Sensitivity and Skills to Excel in the Global Community • A Solid Foundation of Computer Science Knowledge and Innovative Thinking

Benefits to Students also Include:

Improved Performance on Standardized Tests

Enhanced Cognitive Skills

Increased Cultural Sensitivity

A Solid Foundation of Computer Science Knowledge and Innovative Thinking

Long Term Benefits

Immersion students perform as well as or better than non-immersion students on standardized tests in English and math that are all administered in English.

Immersion students typically develop greater cognitive flexibility, demonstrating increased attention control, better memory, and superior problem solving skills as well as an enhanced understanding of their primary language. Current research shows that being bilingual boosts brain power.

Immersion students develop and awareness and appreciation towards other cultures. A survey of top international business executives done by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies at the University of Oregon in 2007 showed that multinational businesses are looking for potential high-level employees with cultural sensitivities and the skill to perform in a foreign environment.

Immersion students are better prepared for the global community and job markets where a second language is an asset.

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Community Day School

Mission Statement

Community Day School serves students in grades seven through twelve. CDS is built on the belief that all students when given the appropriate environment, educational expertise, and opportunity, can be “Titans” of learning. Each student regardless of ability, socio-economic or cultural background should develop a sense of self-worth, accountability, and responsibility, as well as the desire to successfully return to their comprehensive schools to perform as responsible citizens within their community.

Vision

Community Day School will prepare students to successfully return to their comprehensive school setting by:

Improving their academic proficiency in the core subject areas

Developing skilled communicators who speak in a respectful appropriate manner as well as demonstrate the ability to actively listen and follow direction.

Developing social and personal responsibility to take an active role in their academic progress and success

Student/School Wide Learning Outcomes (SLO’s)

Academically proficient students in all core subjects and electives

Skilled and Confident verbal, non-verbal, interpersonal and written communicators.

Socially and personally responsible.

Levels

Students will create 3-week goals to improve in the following areas:

Attendance- maximum of one Y (tardy 30 mins or more) Tardy and up to 3 individual periods, unexcused absences/ tardies in the 15 day period.

No truancies or suspensions.

4 CDS Bucks can be redeemed in exchange for the cancellation of one tardy. Limit of two!

Behavior- acceptable per Titans on Track criteria and Student Learning Objectives

Academics- no failing grades

Level 1: not meeting requirements/new student

Level 2: meeting requirements

Level 3: exceeding requirements/ Eligible for Leadership.

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Immersion Programs

Student Benefits Include: • Improved Performance on Standardized Tests • Superior Problem Solving Skills in Addition to an Increased Understanding of Their Primary Language • Increased Cultural Sensitivity and Skills to Excel in the Global Community • A Solid Foundation of Computer Science Knowledge and Innovative Thinking

OUSD’s Dual Language/Computer Science Immersion programs offer a rich bilingual experience for young learners when their minds are developmentally bested able to acquire a second language. Instruction is divided between two high quality, creative classrooms: one English and one in the program’s language.

There is no other type of instruction, short of living in a second language environment, that is as successful as a dual immersion program to help students attain high levels of second language proficiency and well-developed cultural skills. The cognitive, socio-cultural, and economic benefits are great. Young children especially thrive in this type of instructional environment.

OUSD’s dual immersion students are on a pathway to read, write, speak and listen in a global language at a high intermediate proficiency level by the ninth grade when they take Advanced Placement courses and the AP test.

Benefits to Students Include:

Improved Performance on Standardized Tests

Enhanced Cognitive Skills

Increased Cultural Sensitivity

A Solid Foundation of Computer Science Knowledge and Innovative Thinking

Long Term Benefits

Immersion students perform as well as or better than non-immersion students on standardized tests in English and math that are all administered in English.

Immersion students typically develop greater cognitive flexibility, demonstrating increased attention control, better memory, and superior problem solving skills as well as an enhanced understanding of their primary language. Current research shows that being bilingual boosts brain power.

Immersion students develop and awareness and appreciation towards other cultures. A survey of top international business executives done by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies at the University of Oregon in 2007 showed that multinational businesses are looking for potential high-level employees with cultural sensitivities and the skill to perform in a foreign environment.

Immersion students are better prepared for the global community and job markets where a second language is an asset.

#dual language #immersion programs

About Us - Orange Unified School District

The Orange Unified School District serves approximately 28,000 students in grades kindergarten through 12th, and encompasses all or part of the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Orange, Santa Ana, and Villa Park. In 1953, the citizens of the area voted to form a “unified” school district, combining the original five elementary districts with the high school district into one unified district, now known as the Orange Unified School District. The District has a long history of excellence that continues to grow and be enriched by the accomplishments of its students, teachers, staff and community.

Our Mission

The Orange Unified School District, being committed to planning for continual improvement, will offer a learning environment of excellence, with high expectations, to provide each student with the opportunity to be able to compete in the global economy.

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Our Values - Orange Unified School District

Top Ten Core Values

All students will learn

All available resources will be utilized to ensure student success

Everyone needs to model servant leadership

Creating a shared vision to empower others

Communicating our shared vision requires honesty and consistency

All people should be treated with respect and dignity

Demonstrate trustworthiness by all we say and do

Listen empathically and respectfully to understand the message beyond the words

Everyone is our customer and, therefore, we will always follow-up and follow-through.

What’s best for our students comes first and foremost

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Orange Unified School District

The Orange Unified School District serves approximately 28,000 students in grades kindergarten through 12th, and encompasses all or part of the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Orange, Santa Ana, and Villa Park. In 1953, the citizens of the area voted to form a “unified” school district, combining the original five elementary districts with the high school district into one unified district, now known as the Orange Unified School District. The District has a long history of excellence that continues to grow and be enriched by the accomplishments of its students, teachers, staff and community.