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• Alternative Education/ At Risk Students
• Climate/ Culture
• College/High School Partnerships
• Cultural Competency/Diversity
• Scheduling
• School
Safety
• Small Learning Communities
• Student
Programs
• Teaching and Learning
• Vocational/Career
• Personalization Through Advisories
Contact:
Al Graziano from Lincoln H S in Des Moines albert.graziano@dmps.k12.ia.us
Ken Ball at Nyssa HS in Oregon kball@nyssa.k12.or.us
• Mentoring Program for all students with the same mentor for all 4 years.
Contact: Dan Besett at Wilson HS in Tacoma, WA dbesett@tacoma.k12.wa.us
• Stand Alone Homerooms: Advocacy Model
Contact Connie Cook in Des Moines connie.cook@dmps.k12.ia.us
• Wall to Wall Teacher Driven Advisory
Contact: Cheryl Bower, Sprague HS in Salem, OR bower_cheryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• Freshman Academy
Contact: Rob Jones in Sacramento ROBJO.SITE-PO.SCUSD2@sac-city.k12.ca.us
Alternative Education/At Risk Students
• Learning Opportunity Center (In-school Alternative Program)
Contact: Jerry Peacock at Baker HS in Baker City, OR jpeacock@baker.k12.or.us
• ECMC Scholars (for students at risk)
Contact: Tom Lovell at Pendleton HS in OR tlovell@pendleton.k12.or.us
• In School Alternative Programs: including a Social Affective Block
Contact: Matt Grant at Olympia HS in WA mgrant@osd.wednet.edu
• FINAO Team (55 high risk students with a team of teachers)
Contact: Cheryl Bower, Sprague HS in Salem, OR bower_cheryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• Gang Resources and Programs
Contact: Greg Eisenaugle and Thu Ament from Tacoma, WA
tament@tacoma.k12.wa.us
geisnau@tacoma.k12.wa.us
• Social Skills Management Model for At Risk Youth
Contact: Mary Jean Sandall, Barbara Roberts Alternative School in Salem,
OR
sandall_MARY_JEAN@salkeiz.k12.or.us
•
Gallop’s Strength Finder. a Four Point Rubric for working with
Students At Risk
Contact: Melanie Shellberg in Council Bluffs, IA at mshellbe@cbcsd.org
• School within a School for Students At Risk
Contact: Jack Waugh in Marysville, KS jwaugh@marysvilleschools.org
• Motivational Seminar for Students who are failing
Contact: Todd Evans evanst@sabetha441.k12.ks.us
• Q-School (an intervention
program for at-risk students)
Contact: Craig Murray in Sacramento . craigsmurray@grant.k12.ca.us
• Fresh Start Program
Contact: Betty Boone in Sacramento at booneB.CCity_PO.SCUSD@sac-city.k12.ca.us
• Healthy Start for at Risk Students and Family Resource Center
Contact: Cynthia Clark in Sacramento at
cynthia-Clark.CKM_PO.SCUSD@sac-city.k12.ca.us
• Early College High School (acceleration as opposed to mediation)
Contact: Mary Jean Sandall, Barbara Roberts Alternative School in Salem,
OR
sandall_MARY_JEAN@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• Alternative School K-12
Contact: Greg Wooleck in Portland, OR gwolleck@pps.k12.or.us
•
SPIRIT: Student Problem Identification & Resolving Issues Together
Contact: Connie Cook in Des Moines connie.cook@dmps.k12.ia.us
• FISH Philosophy in Schools after 3 years
Contact: Doug Potter at La Grande HS in Oregon dpotter@lagrande.k12.or.us
• Bullying and Harassment 3 Day Challenge Program
Contact: Stephen Jupe at The Dalles, OR jupes@nwasco.k12.or.us
College/High School Partnerships
• Early College High School (acceleration as opposed to mediation)
Contact: Mary Jean Sandall, Barbara Roberts Alternative School in Salem,
OR
sandall_MARY_JEAN@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• College Courses embedded school day schedule
Contact: Jerry Peacock at Baker HS in Baker City, OR jpeacock@baker.k12.or.us
• Voc./Tech. College for Juniors and Seniors
Contact: Forest Covey in Atchison, KS fcovey@usd409.net
• Student Driven Diversity Appreciation Program
Contact: Matt Grant at Olympia HS in WA mgrant@osd.wednet.edu
• Oregon-Mexican Curriculum Exchange Program
Contact: Kevin Kannier from Reynolds HS in Troutdale kevin_kannier@reynolds.k12.or.us
• Effective
Discipline around a Cultural Proficiency Framework
Contact: Charles Hopson in Portland, OR chopson@pps.k12.or.us
• Working with Minority Populations
Contact: Peyton Chapman in Portland, OR. peytonc@pps.k12.or.us
• Scaffolding for students from Poverty in an IB program
Contact: Peter Hamilton in Portland, OR at hamilton@pps.k12.or.us
• ELL Inclusion
Contact: Pat Thompson in Portland, OR at pthompson@pps.k12.or.us
• SIOP Program for English Language Learners
Contact: Ken Ball at Nyssa HS in Oregon kball@nyssa.k12.or.us
• ESL programming
Contact Larry Tosta at Foothill High School. larrytosta@grant.k12.ca.us
• 9th Grade Transition
Contact: Ken Ball at Nyssa HS in Oregon kball@nyssa.k12.or.us
Contact: Melanie Shellberg in Council Bluffs, IA mshellbe@cbcsd.org
• Freshman Houses
Contact: John Honey from Salem, OR honey_john@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• Looping 9th and 10th grades
Contact: Ken Ball at Nyssa, OR kball@nyssa.k12.or.us
• Team Rafiki- A Peer Mentoring Program for Freshman
Contact: John Thomas at Umatilla, OR thomasj@umatilla.k12.or.us
• SPIF Students Positively Influencing Freshmen, a volunteer program to
support 9th graders
Contact: Pat McKernan in Sabetha, KS pmckernan@nvschools.org
• Freshman 4 Person Team Academy
Contact: Christie Plinski in Portland, OR at cplinski@pps.k12.or.us
• Freshman Academies and 9th Grade Student Mentoring
Contact: Paul Cook in Portland, OR at pcook@pps.k12.or.us
• Freshman Academy
Contact: Rob Jones in Sacramento ROBJO.SITE-PO.SCUSD2@sac-city.k12.ca.us
• House Organization for Grades 9 and 10
Contact: Kevin Kannier in Troutdale, OR kevin_kannier@reynolds.k12.or.us
• Community Partnerships
Contact: Jon Ketler at Tacoma School of Arts in WA jketler@tacoma.k12.wa.us
• Forging Community
and Neighborhood Relationships
• Community Campus Concept
Contact: Connie Cook in Des Moines connie.cook@dmps.k12.ia.us
• Effective Site Councils
Contact: Doug Potter at La Grande, OR dpotter@lagrande.k12.or.us
Contact: Sue Brent at Wilson HS in Portland, OR sbrent@pps.k12.or.us
• How to set up a Nonprofit (that will fund school events and activities)
Contact: Matt Grant at Olympia HS in WA mgrant@osd.wednet.edu
• Parent and Family Involvement Models
Contact: Peyton Chapman at Lincoln HS in Portland, OR peytonc@pps.k12.or.us
• Effective PR program
Contact: Dan Besett at Wilson HS in Tacoma, WA dbesett@tacoma.k12.wa.us
• Family Resource Center
Contact: Cynthia Clark in Sacramento
cynthia-Clark.CKM_PO.SCUSD@sac-city.k12.ca.us
• Utilizing and Managing a High-pressure Community/Parents
Contact: Peter Hamilton in Portland, OR at hamilton@pps.k12.or.us
Principal/Leadership Strategies
• Effective use of a School Business Manager
Contact: Charles Hopson in Portland, OR chopson@pps.k12.or.us
• Using an Office Manager
Contact: Ken Parshall from McNary HS in Salem, OR PARSHALL_KEN@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• First and Second Order Change
Contact: John Honey from Salem, OR honey_john@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• Breakthrough Coach (How to carve out time to be in classrooms)
Contact: The Salem, OR crew honey_john@salkeiz.k12.or.us bower_cheryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us
PARSHALL_KEN@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• Attendance Improvement Strategies
Contact: Larry Tosta in Sacramento at larrytosta@grant.k12.ca.us
• A Power Point on Bridging the Achievement Gap for Staff Development Session
Using a Web Based Curriculum Mapping Tool
Contact: Tom Lovell at Pendleton High School - tlovell@pendleton.k12.or.us
• Effective Strategies to Manage State Testing in large high schools
Contact: Thu Ament from Foss HS in Tacoma, WA tament@tacoma.k12.wa.us
• Common Collaborative Time for Staff
Contact Stephen Jupe at The Dalles-Wahtonka HS in Oregon
jupes@nwasco.k12.or.us
• Curriculum Mapping
Contact Tom Lovell at Pendleton HS in OR tlovell@pendleton.k12.or.us
• Instructional Leadership
• Supervision and Evaluation
Contact Peyton Chapman at Lincoln HS. peytonc@pps.k12.or.us
• Process Development Academics Model
Contact: John Honey from Salem, OR honey_john@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• Student Improvement Team
Contact: Todd Evans in Sabetha, KS evanst@sabetha441.k12.ks.us
• Efforts in Educating Children of Poverty
Contact: Jerry Peacock in Baker City, OR jpeacock@baker.k12.or.us
• Dramatically Increasing Achievement,
• Technology as the Focus for Improvement Efforts
Contact: Ken Ball in Nyssa, OR kball@nyssa.k12.or.us
• True Colors
Contact: Jerry Peacock in Baker City, OR jpeacock@baker.k12.or.us
• Sp. Ed. and ELL Inclusion
Contact Pat Thompson in Portland, OR at pthompson@pps.k12.or.us
• Professional Learning Teams
Contact Gary Bly at Highlands High School. garybly@grant.k12.ca.us
• 4 Day School Week
Contact Raymon Smith at Arlington HS in Oregon rsmith@arlington.k12.or.us
• 4X4 Block
Contact: Rob Jones in Sacramento ROBJO.SITE-PO.SCUSD2@sac-city.k12.ca.us
• Scheduling
Contact: Jack Waugh in Marysville jwaugh@marysvilleschools.org
• Trimester and 90 Min. Block
Contact: Judy Billingsley at JUDYBI.SITE-PO.SCUSD2@sac-city.k12.ca.us
• Common Collaborative Time for Staff
Contact Stephen Jupe at The Dalles-Wahtonka HS in Oregon jupes@nwasco.k12.or.us
• College Courses embedded school day schedule
Contact Jerry Peacock at Baker HS in Baker City, OR jpeacock@baker.k12.or.us
• Alternating Block Schedule
Contact: Todd Evans in Sabetha, KS evanst@sabetha441.k12.ks.us
• Electronic ID Check of ALL school visitors (all parents, delivery people
etc. included) by V-Soft system.
Contact: Lorna Klokkenga, Highlands High School in San Antonio LKlokkenga@saisd.net
• Small Learning Communities
Contact : Todd Whitney in Sedalia, MO twhitney@sedalia.k12.mo.us
Contact: Pat Thompson in Portland, OR pthompson@pps.k12.or.us
Contact: Sue Brent at Wilson HS. sbrent@pps.k12.or.us
• Interdisciplinary Teaming
Contact Sue Brent at Wilson HS. sbrent@pps.k12.or.us
• Avid Program
Contact: Pat Thompson in Portland, OR at pthompson@pps.k12.or.us
Contact: Nancy York in San Antonio at nyork@saisd.net
• Senior Project
Contact: Ken Ball at Nyssa HS in Oregon kball@nyssa.k12.or.us
• Specific Targeted Student Leadership (Leadership Lock-in)
Contact: Thu Ament from Foss HS in Tacoma, WA tament@tacoma.k12.wa.us
• Academic Enrichment Period
Contact: Jack Waugh in Marysville, KS jwaugh@marysvilleschools.org
• Student Seminar Period
Contact: Todd Evans in Sabetha, KS evanst@sabetha441.k12.ks.us
• Student Seminar Period
Contact: Todd Evans in Sabetha, KS evanst@sabetha441.k12.ks.us
• I.B.
Contact: Peter Hamilton in Portland, OR at hamilton@pps.k12.or.us
• AP Program
Contact: Stephen Jupe in the Dalles, OR jupes@nwasco.k12.or.us
• School Wide Literacy Plan
Contact: Kevin Kannier from Reynolds HS in Troutdale kevin_kannier@reynolds.k12.or.us
• School of Arts: Teaching and Learning
• Curriculum Integration
Contact: Jon Ketler at Tacoma School of Arts in WA jketler@tacoma.k12.wa.us
• Smart Boards in all Math Classes
Contact: Ken Ball at Nyssa High School kball@nyssa.k12.or.us
• Portfolio Assessment
Contact: Greg Wolleck in Portland, OR at gwolleck@pps.k12.or.us
• Explicit
Direct Instruction program
Contact: Gary Bly in Sacramento garybly@grant.k12.ca.us
• Sp. Ed. and ELL Inclusion
Contact Pat Thompson in Portland, OR at pthompson@pps.k12.or.us
• Student Engagement
Contact: Matt Grant at Olympia HS in WA mgrant@osd.wednet.edu
• Hand-on, Project Based Learning/Instruction
Contact: Al Graziano from Lincoln H S in Des Moines albert.graziano@dmps.k12.ia.us
Contact: Stephen Jupe at The Dalles-Wahtonka HS in Oregon jupes@nwasco.k12.or.us
Contact: Paula Hanzel in Sacramento at
PAULAHA.SITE-PO.SCUSD2@sac-city.k12.ca.us
Contact: Pat Thompson in Portland, OR at pthompson@pps.k12.or.us
• Expeditionary Learning
• Guiding Questions for the Year
• Scottish Story Line (MLC has a trainer on staff)
Contact: Frank Scotto at Metropolitan Learning Center. fscotto@pps.k12.or.us
• Zeros are NOT Permitted: Students completing and turning
in assignments
Contact: Oswaldo Garcia - ogarcia2@southsanisd.net
• Adolescent Literacy
Contact: Judy O'Brien jobrien@cbcsd.org
• Models for Math and Literacy Support Classes
• Collecting Multiple Data Sources for Teacher Observations
Contact: Ken Parshall from McNary HS in Salem, OR PARSHALL_KEN@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• Curriculum Guides and Scheduling
Contact Jack Waugh in Marysville jwaugh@marysvilleschools.org
• Expeditionary Learning
Contact: Greg Wolleck in Portland, OR at gwolleck@pps.k12.or.us
• Voc./Tech. College for Juniors and Seniors
Contact Forest Covey in Atchison fcovey@usd409.net
• Polytechnic Training Charter School (Construction Trades Charter
School)
Meshing Trade Union Apprenticeship Programs with HS credits
Contact: Kevin Kannier from Reynolds HS in Troutdale kevin_kannier@reynolds.k12.or.us
• Career Fair
Contact: Tom Lovell at Pendleton HS in OR tlovell@pendleton.k12.or.us
• Health Professional High Schools
Contact: Matt Perry in Sacramento matt-perry.CO_PO.SCUSD@sac-city.k12.ca.us
http://schools.scusd.edu/healthprofessions
• Career Information Systems
Contact: Cheryl Bower, Sprague HS in Salem, OR bower_cheryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us
• Career Academies
Contact: Christie Plinski in Portland, OR at cplinski@pps.k12.or.us
• Career Pathways Program
Contact Kevin Kannier in Troutdale, OR kevin_kannier@reynolds.k12.or.us
• FACIT - an Academy with a technology focus
Contact: Larry Tosta in Sacramento larrytosta@grant.k12.ca.us
• Community Based Program Promoting Developmental Assets
Contact: Jerry Peacock at Baker High School jpeacock@baker.k12.or.us
