here. ♪ >> superintendent carranza has an announcement oh, excuse me. does anyone need translation in the room i don't think there was a call for translation anyone needing chinese seeing none, be superintendent the gay street alliances in item d is withdrawn that will be presented in a future meeting at the board of education. >> this is approval of november 14th may have is motion and second any corrections reenforcement please mass can say could. >> mr. chin

mr. haney ms. maufas menus dr. murase ms. norton thank you ms. wynns and president fewer that's 6 i's thank you. this is the superintendents report be straightjacket. >> thank you good afternoon to everyone and go giants. >> wow. and we know that being a team is changing and the status show it 75 percent of the teenagers say they've used drugs to deal with pressure at school, however, step forward is promoting healthy lifestyles you can count the ways during an open house at the wellness center the wellness initiate was held by the wellness staff and student volunteers to explain the services as with the subject

of the examiner the san francisco wellness be initiate is dedicated to help the academic successful are our 16 thousand public ask the at 19 canvases sfusd students recorded they've been reducing their alcohol use and it's no consequence that an overwhelming majority says someone cares about them so congratulation to our wellness center and staff for the good job on the students as you know this friday is halloween one of our he elementary school is clb in granted style the teenage mutant turtles will be out at sherman elementary school hundreds of students will trestlework treat and will be celebrating looking like area the fact the school

has reached it's fund railings for the year we want to wish our families a safe and orderly halloween this year i'm sad to report we've all been informed the city of san francisco recently experiences two great losses in the passing of telling ted emphatically son and the closing of the san francisco bay garden. >> he was a progressive speaker and served as the director it's our condolences that the board of education and he myself as the 13ru7b9 our condolences to his family and friends a major loss to the contingent the memorial services for him will be at mission school in our auditorium only sunday november 16th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. linked at 18th street

and easy access to public transportation and it has limited street parking i mention the city lost a great institution that the san francisco bay garden has closed down with the staff after 40 years we thank the bay garden for the service in gufsz another voice for the people (clapping) on thursday, november 6th is the fourth annual 4r6b9 dinner fall into pride so the theme for the sf c s did welcome the 4r67b9 families the dinner is at ldda atkins middle school we want to thank the principle for offering his school once again and all the board of education commissioners all that have been attending all are welcome and

can make their revisions by going to wwwdot fall into pride dot event bright.org or call eric mar is 2422 615 posters will be distributed to all ask the the first is lvntd district wide and the third will focus on bullying preservation welcome to the meeting and guarantee go giants. >> thank you superintendent item c recommendations of awards. >> we have several recognizes for our dedicated staff the first, i'd like to call on the doctor to present the distinguished ward to our john burke (clapping.) good evening, everyone it is a

big honor and uppermost pleasure to be giving this award to john burke i can't that have a more deserving candidate being in the assessment department i think it is only fair i back up with this data the person most mentioned in the satisfaction by the administrators was john burke some of the remarks high marks to john burke very responsible active we love john burke he rocks john burke you are always assessable and john is also grateful operator with many departments signatures c and i and public relations john is a rescue ship in a sea of data.

(laughter) we frequently ask john for help to make sense of the results and he's responsive and tremendously supportive in our shed work of communications john within the department john is also up for a challenge his can do spirit is infectious he lives up to our school first if a principle or school calls he's got that as a priority he is significant in problem solving we appreciate his creativity and sense of humor i have worked closely with john for more than a decade and have been impressed with his 13wrig9 and hard work and commitment to the schools he's on outstanding leader completely committed to

equality in a positive manner john has a an encouraging manner and skilled we had a great time of translation and growth in the assessment as we prepare for challenges and opportunity of the new computer based smarter assessment i know that john is the right person to navigate our ship through the sea of data let's here it a round of applause for john (clapping) >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> i don't know if i can say much after that thank you very much and really i can't accept this for myself it really is the

whole office thank you very much (clapping). >> thank you congratulations. >> president fewer we have this evening a special service award to christen and here to present it is principle andrew. >> i don't see him is christen here hi christine well, chris teen do

you want to come on up this award is presented to christina special education teacher the nomination spoke of her unwavering teaching and access to the pe requirements and a supportive environment upper donated by our peers would you mind meeting us at the lectern we'll present you with your certifica certificate. >> just wanted to say thank you

for the recognition i appreciate it. >> (clapping) >> thank you. >> and we have one more award this is recognition of inclusive schools week. >> i think i need a motion and second to introduce this. >> 70. >> thank you very much i think we need dr. b.a. long could to read this. >> dr. elizabeth please come

forward to read into the record the schools week. >> ms. blanking can please sit here please. >> good evening and we do have our community advisory committee here this evening they're responsible for the celebration forward to the board of education mrs. webb and deborah our chairs and many of the people in the district are working towards the resolution so thank you for approving that this evening whereas the inclusive schools network schools around the word have

dedicated the week as school week with the inclusive education one community and whereas the santa fe san francisco unified school district is commit to providing an education for schools and classrooms that are welcoming and capable of educating outline children and whereas the educators of san francisco recognition that each child is unique and learns delve and worked better in the teaching is stlald to their interests whereas the families of sfusd have been working to insure your classrooms are inclusive and high professionalism whereas by their efforts to make our schools and classrooms inclusive the educators and families of step forward have contributed significantly to building stronger and more inclusive community and whereas educators

and teachers deserve to celebrate and might further improve so we're asking you for the resolution thereby be it resolved by the board of education and the district join with the network and the societies schools and district and community around the world in declaring the week of december 3rd, there 5 and engages the classrooms to sponsor appropriate learning and activities buildings in his recognition. >> thank you, dr. blanking could any public speakers none signed up any comments from 9 superintendent? so >> i'd like to commend you doctor blanking could and you superintendent for taking the ownership of the inclusive week in a way you've passed if this

was originally years ago that came from the parent community it's been a positive message to have the district take ownership so thank you and i look forward to celebrating inclusive school week next month. >> thank you commissioner norton i'd like to add my gas stations to all the educators in the field and also our parents special education citizens advisory committee who have spearheaded this year's activity we're going to have a big below out this first week in december celebrating inclusive schools and what it means for the students i want to ask the deputy director that we will celebrate the scope of what it entails. >> i want to express any appreciation all the schools

have received a tool kit and lessons and resources that our teachers and classrooms can use to congratulate and bring attendance to how we celebrate all diverse learners and push the tools december 1st, we'll kickoff the celebration all schools will be highlighting the activities and we'll be countering those and encourage all our community to participate and you come out and participate in the week that will kill mat in friday activities is thank you to those in the districts staff that is helping to make that a successful week. >> thank you very much and i think we're ready for a roll call vote. >> ms. norton mr. chin mr. haney ms. maufas

ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton marry ms. wynns and president fewer that's unanimous. >> thank you very much ms. blanking could please stay there i have a presentation from the special education citizens advisory committee after the dlethsz report this is the time for our student delegates report. >> thank you president fewer good evening deputy superintendent address commissioners and president fewer and struth straightjacketed we had our opportunity council meeting we basically put students into groups for our committees for the health committee we'll focus on students health and livelihood for the fellowship legal committee we'll work with

superintendent lee and the curriculum we're work with the student feedback for use of slash student voice we'll work on the elections for the next student delegate and the use of it in march we have the peace tax committee that promotes the election coming up next week and the youth citizen's advisory committee which basically approves grants i will now introduce the peace appointments so we'll have representative from lowell high school jessica and downtown high school awe race luke's. >> good evening. i'm also going to be appointing people the first one is from washington high school teresa trend and the second from mission high school by the name of of lee am and

also at our leasing last cabinet meeting mr. troout it provided the opportunity as a social media to outreach with our student peers our goals to promote a healthy student environment our peers are open to discuss the idea with the representatives and or such updates from the teachers in a respectfully way in addition to the october it is anti-bullying awareness month the fcc will incorporate this internet safety and associate media next meeting is november 10, 2014, at 5:00 p.m. the s a; c is a private council monday afternoon is welcome to attend diagram will be provided for the representatives and guests at 5:00 p.m. if you want to attend

or make a presentation or would like o a copy of the working group agenda contract a contact alvarez. >> thank you student delegate i am echo this is the advisory committee report there's none tonight but if if it pleases my colleagues we'll have a community agreement committee for special education seeing no objection. >> i want to ask the cac to come up and join me mrs. webb is the chair and linda and joan are joining her as well as lee fisher and katie russel

and our teacher meg can who is the c a b secretary. >> excuse me. dr. belong could is there a power point this evening okay. mr. steel are you setting that up board members i think we have to move.

>> good evening, commissioners superintendent student commissioners and the public my name is kim webb i'm chair of the cac so long as the community advisory committee for special education joining me this evening are our board members who will introduce themselves. >> my name is meg can a special day class at trailer elementary secretary of the cac my name is lee fisher aim a parent of 4 children from elementary through high school and i'm the second chair of the board. >> my name is joan i'm a cac i'm on the executive board of the cac a 17 year-old daughter a junior in a special day class. >> i'm katie russel the first

chair a high school student in general ed that has learning. >> one of the purposes of the cac is parent education and staff development regarding needing meeting those needs our report includes an overview of the training that the cac offered over school year 2013 through 14 and our schedule of offering for the school year 2014-2015 more the cac approved the goals for the year those goals are provided in our written report to you we are pleased to present our report on the special education services department operations policies and procedures

first, we appreciate the work of dr. belong could and the special education services department since becoming the director green dr. belonging could has tenant all meetings over 3 years except two perhaps through her leadership supervisors that is special education services supervisors attend he preying two and their attendance is meaningful to parents and also dr. belonging could attend every cac board meetings that attends motion over the weekend and certainly we feel this information is important to share with you as dr. belonging could invests time that is needed to improve the relationships between the cac

and the department prior to dr. belonging could certainly it is due to those improved relationships that the cac is before you this evening further we believe that the students and families in san francisco unified school district especially those students and families receiving special education services along with along with the department personnel have benefited from instant stability in the person serving as assistant superintendent of the special education and look forward to dr. belonging could see continued leadership our report is aligned to the district strategic plan and thus, we will address those 3 areas achievement oaks equitable

access and shared access and accountability achievement outcomes the cac recommends that the district standardized language provided to parents and case managers in this regard one way we suggest that the district provide guidance to assist parents and case managers better to update the special education procedural handbook especially in the experience of the individual education program meeting having this handbook available to all parents and various languages and especially a list of terms that are commonly known and used such acronyms like i e p and l e p

and fate would be helpful for not only parents but case managers readily to understand those terms and also in having this understanding it certain don't allow parents and educators a better turn out to drive appropriate achievement oaks for students receiving special education services cac also recommended that the district provide training on r ti response to intervention and cultural proficiency to all in the district we know that there has been a huge push in education in the district as a whole to train

people to be better prepared to handle a lot of different needs in the classrooms we want to make sure that all teachers share the same information coming into their classrooms and can be supportive of each other in those endeavors to help all students in the classrooms we can't give some information to special educators and others but to work together to meet the needs of a spectrum of standards by systematizing the information that we give to the teachers and the educators and paraprofessionals will help in the education of a wide variety of needs in our students. >> also in this area of achievement oaks the cac recommends that the district conduct outreach conducting the the assessments specifically to

parents of children with you e p while we appreciate the work of the office of the assessment and achievement we have an example of the kind of support that we're looking for that is provided here in the special edge newsletter and example from their winter spring edition 201410 things parent need to know about the common core and this bulletin includes the smarter balance assessment it is important that our parents understand that one that is a computer based saerment assessment but print screen options available if you ranger them ahead of time it is important for our parents and educators to understand the bedded and non-bedded tools and the full range of those tools.

>> in continuing with the achievement oaks the cac recommended we made co-planning a reality in every school year we talked about the benefits of co-planning and co-teaching between the teachers especially in special education having our creators and classroom teachers working together to plan lessons that can be differentiated for all students in the classroom and further co-teaching in classrooms has been happening around the district we believe that this can be more fiscal if there are set aside times for teachers to get together and plan their curriculum so when they come into a classroom together they know what they're doing and t