i am karen rath man. in evaluating the program they found it in line to the common core and california state standards. to include both integrated and designated english language development and extensive time for professional development weekly early release and dedicated days. we appreciated these affirmations. as part of the work toward continuous improvement we made significant shifts to the academic program including common state standards and science standards to ensure grade level instruction across classrooms including bookworms and english and mystery science. alignment of the english language program as well as english proficiency assessments. this includes english language development. investment in professional learning, bringing on dean of instruction and culture to provide professional development sessions and elbow to elbow coaching to support teachers in implementing the academic and curriculum. the staff report raised a few questions that i my colleague david will answer. thank you. >> i

i am karen rath man. in evaluating the program they found it in line to the common core and california state standards. to include both integrated and designated english language development and extensive time for professional development weekly early release and dedicated days. we appreciated these affirmations. as part of the work toward continuous improvement we made significant shifts to the academic program including common state standards and science standards to ensure grade level instruction across classrooms including bookworms and english and mystery science. alignment of the english language program as well as english proficiency assessments. this includes english language development. investment in professional learning, bringing on dean of instruction and culture to provide professional development sessions and elbow to elbow coaching to support teachers in implementing the academic and curriculum. the staff report raised a few questions that i my colleague david will answer. thank you. >> i

i am karen rath man. in evaluating the program they found it in line to the common core and california state standards. to include both integrated and designated english language development and extensive time for professional development weekly early release and dedicated days. we appreciated these affirmations. as part of the work toward continuous improvement we made significant shifts to the academic program including common state standards and science standards to ensure grade level instruction across classrooms including bookworms and english and mystery science. alignment of the english language program as well as english proficiency assessments. this includes english language development. investment in professional learning, bringing on dean of instruction and culture to provide professional development sessions and elbow to elbow coaching to support teachers in implementing the academic and curriculum. the staff report raised a few questions that i my colleague david will answer. thank you. >> i