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Alternative Education is a student centered option that supports and embraces the diverse needs of students by providing an alternative method of delivering instruction and monitoring academic success. Rigorous curricula, intervention programs, extended learning opportunities and safe environments are characteristics of Alternative Education programs. Collaboration with partner agencies and school districts is integral to providing available resources to the students of Kern County.

Shannon, Christian or Rojas, Carlos

661-636-XXXX

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The Dream Center & Coffee House focuses on improving the conditions and life outcomes for foster youth by utilizing a one-stop approach to informal and formal support services. The Center is an easily accessible, inviting foster youth resource center for comprehensive, integrated services and unique job training.

Williams, Curt

661-636-XXXX

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The Division of Special Education collaborates with districts and families to educate and deliver services to students with special needs by providing innovative approaches to education, individualized programs, and preparation for successful citizenship, Brian Cortez

661-636-4789

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Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA)

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Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA)

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It is the SELPA’s responsibility to assure programs are available for all students with disabilities, from birth until age 22. The SELPA must see that programs provide any needed services for any student with an exceptional need, and to assist in inter-SELPA placements, provide technical assistance, and administrative support for the many requirements of the new laws and requirements being placed on districts.Gaines, Julianna  661-636-4805

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Camp KEEP (Kern Environmental Education Program

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Camp KEEP (Kern Environmental Education Program

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The Kern Environmental Education Program (KEEP) offers Residential Outdoor Science Education for 5th and 6th graders at two separate and beautiful coastal campuses: KEEP Ocean in Montaña de Oro State Park and KEEP Cambria Pines in Cambria. Here, students use the natural environment as a living laboratory. Children learn about ecological concepts while they explore and study a variety of ecosystems through first-hand experiences. Students, teachers and counselors share the enriching experience of living in cabins together, eating community meals, learning on the trails, playing science games by starlight, singing songs around a campfire and falling asleep to the sound of the ocean.

Von Flue, Desiree

661-636-4646

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The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act ensures that each homeless child and youth has equal access to (1) the same free, appropriate public education as other children and youth, and (2) the services that they need to enable them to meet the same challenging student academic achievement standards to which all students are held.

Hodgson, Jason

661-636-4623

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Student events that are coordinated by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools office. These academic competitions involve approximately 30,000 Kern County students every year.

Examples:

Kern County College Night, Mock Trial, History Day, Young People’s Concert, Academic Decathlon, Math Field Day, Oral Language Festival, Science Fair, Battle of the Books

Goedhart-Humphrey, Christine

661-636-4330

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Truancy Reduction & Attendance Coalition of Kern (TRACK)

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Truancy Reduction & Attendance Coalition of Kern (TRACK)

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TRACK is a collaborative project focused on increasing school attendance and decreasing juvenile delinquency. TRACK is comprised of local school administrators, law enforcement representatives, youth-serving agency partners and staff from the District Attorney’s Office. TRACK has three core functions: 1) training school and law enforcement staff in best-practices to reduce truancy; 2) organizing focused truancy round-ups and 3) a media and public information campaign to promote the message that students should be in school every day, all day.Add Name and Number

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Regions that are focused in Kern County on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) training and Aggression Replacement Training (A.R.T.) Facilitator Certification courses to support delivery of this evidence-based model to address anger management and coping, social skills and moral reasoning.

*SMHI funds also support Kern County capacity-building efforts to reduce bullying through training for the Safe School Ambassadors program at elementary to high school sites and a Training of Trainers process so local educators can do follow-up training. Another school-wide bullying prevention program supported through SMHI funding in Kern is the Olweus Bullying Prevention program and funds are used to support local schools implementing the evidence-based Olweus program and conduct a Training of Trainers.

Thiesen, Daryl,

661-852-5649

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KCSOS staff provide service-learning support to schools, districts, teachers, students and community partners interested in engaging young people in meaningful learning experiences that make a difference in the communities in which they live. Currently, there are no funds to directly support this work, but KCSOS can provide assistance on a case-by-case basis

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The Brain Breaks resource tool is a flip book full of short and engaging activities that offer students opportunities to prepare the brain for learning. Brain Breaks activities can be used:

At the start of the day

Before diving into an academic goal

Between academic activities

When students show signs of boredom

When students appear restless

Before, during and after testing

While teaching and or reviewing your academic content

Roberts, Justin
661-852-5657

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The vision of this conference is to bring together young people from various races, economic backgrounds, and academic achievement levels. The conference is supported by a partnership with the California Friday Night Live Partnership and it will provide an opportunity for students to stretch their leadership skills and it is aimed to any students who may need to be inspired and encouraged – such as those who may be struggling academically, with personal issues or home and family issues as well as student leaders.

Thiesen, Daryl,

661-852-5649

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The Kern County Superintendent of Schools’ Information and Health Education Program’s goal is to decrease teenage pregnancy through educational programs that equip teens at high risk for pregnancy with the knowledge, understanding, and behavioral skills necessary to make responsible decisions regarding at-risk behavior.

*Classes are conducted in a school or community setting and the topics include self-esteem, decision-making skills, communication skills, abstinence, refusal skills, anatomy and physiology of the male and female reproductive systems, pregnancy prevention and teen pregnancy and its consequences.

Alvarez-Poh, Sandra,

661-852-5659

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*Health screening and educational mandates as requested by District.

*Implement applicable Education Code requirements concerning immunizations, infectious diseases and specialized physical health care services.

*Act as a resource and trainer to staff and parents in regards to health services.

*Attend IEP & 504 meetings and complete associated assessments, written reports, annual and 3 year reviews.

*Refer the pupil and his or her parent or guardian to appropriate community resources for necessary services.

Northorp, Shelley,

661-852-5648

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The Kern SAP project provides school-based screening, early identification of behaviors of concern and then provides support to students and families through prevention activities, early intervention, referral and support for students that will address problems of substance abuse, violence, truancy and other issues potentially related to school failure.Add Contact,

661-852-5661

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Project 180 is a gang prevention partnership dedicated to working with at-risk youth and families in Kern County, California by helping them make better decisions through caring adult mentoring relationships, after-school programs, youth development, gang diversion programs, service learning, job skills training, parenting skill building, and teaching life skills.Add Contact, 661-852-5661

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*A 10 to16-week parent training program designed specifically for parents of strong-willed or out-of-control adolescent children.

*The curriculum teaches concrete identification, prevention, and intervention strategies for the most destructive of adolescent behaviors (poor school attendance and performance, alcohol and other drug use, gangs, runaways, and violent teens).

Salvador, Arias, 661-852-5661

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Priority 1: Basic (Conditions of Learning)

Rate of teacher misassignment as relates to:

Student access to standards-aligned instructional materials as relates to:

Facilities in good repair as relates to:

Priority 2: State Standards (Conditions of Learning)

Implementation of academic content and performance standards adopted by the state board for all pupils, including English learners as relates to:

Priority 3: Parental Involvement (Engagement)

Efforts to seek parent input in decision making, promotion of parent participation in programs for unduplicated pupils and special need subgroups as relates to:

Priority 4: Pupil Achievement (Pupil Outcomes)

Performance on standardized tests, share of pupils that are college and career ready, share of English learners that become English proficient, English learner reclassification rate, share of pupils that pass Advanced Placement exams with 3 or higher, share of pupils determined prepared for college by the Early Assessment Program as relates to:

Priority 5: Pupil Engagement (Engagement)

School attendance rates, chronic absenteeism rates, middle school dropout rates, high school dropout rates, high school graduations rates as relates to:

Priority 6: School Climate (Engagement)

Pupil suspension rates, pupil expulsion rates, other local measures including surveys of pupils, parents and teachers on the sense of safety and school connectedness as relates to:

Priority 7: Course Access (Conditions of Learning)

Pupil enrollment in a broad course of study that includes all of the subject areas described in Education Code Section 51210 and subdivisions (a) to (i), inclusive, of Section 51220, as applicable, as relates to:

Priority 8: Other Pupil Outcomes (Pupil Outcomes)

Pupil outcomes in the subject areas described in Education Code Section 51210 and subdivisions (a) to (i), inclusive, of Education Code Section 51220, as applicable as relates to:

Priority 9: Expelled Pupils - COEs Only (Conditions of Learning)

Coordination of instruction of expelled pupils pursuant to Education Code Section 48926 as relates to:

Priority 10: Foster Youth - COEs Only (Conditions of Learning)

Coordination of services, including working with the county child welfare agency to share information, responding to the needs of the juvenile court system, and ensuring transfer of health and education records as relates to:

Last Reviewed: Thursday, February 6, 2020

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