2020-21 Community Report
- Superintendent's Message
- Shasta County Board of Education
- Core Values • Our Vision • Our Mission • Equity Statement
- Community Connect
- Instructional Services Program
- Early Childhood Services Department
- North State STEM
- Student Programs Department
- REACH HIGHER Shasta
- 2021 Employees of the Year
- Administrative Services Division
- Grants & Other Programs
- Fingertip Facts in Education for Shasta County
- General Fund Summary
- Shasta County Public School & District Information as of August 1, 2019
Superintendent's Message
Welcome to our 2021-22 Report to the Community! It is my privilege to invite you to learn more our work and focus during the school year we have just completed, celebrating with us what has been accomplished even in the midst of COVID-19.
Annually, our departments focus by setting a goal in three areas:
1) Striving to continuously improve
2) Supporting learning and growth for all employees; and
3) Fostering appreciative and supportive relationships.
Our ultimate goal is to provide the highest quality service in support of our community, bringing hope and offering help. If questions arise as you read and reflect on what we focused on in the past school year, please feel free to contact me at 530.225.0227. I welcome the opportunity to learn from your perspective.
JUDY FLORES
Shasta County
Superintendent of Schools
SUPPORTING SCHOOLS DURING THE PANDEMIC
It is absolutely remarkable that school districts, charter schools, and private schools across Shasta County have been open since the fall of 2020. This reality is significantly different from most of the state of California in large part due to the work of our schools in coordination with Shasta County Public Health.
Between April and June of 2020, Shasta County Office of Education led the charge in bringing together our district leaders weekly in six different work groups with Shasta County Public Health to determine what it would take to return to schools to start the 2020-21 school year in person. School reopening plans were put in place with guidance available at the time and districts/schools made plans for the start of the year. COVID Liaisons were identified for every school campus to be the main contacts with Shasta County Public Health.
Between August and the end of October, over 100 COVID Liaisons met weekly with representatives from Shasta County Public Health to talk through what was working, clarify protocols, and hear the latest updated guidance coming from the California Department of Public Health. Michelle Larsen from our office took the lead in setting the agendas and facilitating these meetings with Shasta County Public Health, as well as providing all the support in updating shared FAQs and protocol documents. We were able to move to bi-weekly COVID Liaison meetings in November through the end of the school year sharing the latest guidance as it was released by the California Department of Public Health.
It is amazing that 12 of our schools in Shasta County were open the entire school year without needing to move to distance learning and 19 of our schools only were in distance learning or a hybrid model for one short window of time. It is awesome that all of our schools were open with students for full days of learning much more than the majority of the state. It was outstanding to see students throughout the county able to be in schools with safety precautions in place so that they have had the benefit of seeing their friends, connecting with adults in the school community, and learning each and every day!
We are grateful to Dr. Karen Ramstrom, our Shasta County Public Health Officer, for her key role in prioritizing support for education. She met regularly with school administrators, provided staff to support schools/districts, and prioritized educators to receive the vaccine much earlier than many other counties in the state.
We are also thankful for Janessa Hartmann who took the lead on supporting education from Shasta County Public Health. She assisted in the planning teams during the Spring of 2020, met regularly with our COVID Liaisons, and became the face of Shasta County Public Health to the school community. She has passionately advocated for safety within the school system to keep our schools free from outbreaks so that schools were able to stay open.
The Shasta County Board of Education chose to recognize the amazing partnership with Dr. Ramstrom and Janessa Hartmann by honoring them with the “Champions for Education” awards. Below are a few of the remarks shared by Board President Denny Mills:
“It is true that the education of our children is a community effort. When thinking of education, schools and educators quickly come to mind, but there are other agencies and organizations within our community that make it possible for our educators to deliver a quality education to the students of Shasta County.
This year, for the first time, the SCOE board is recognizing such an agency through the Champion for Education Award. There can be no better example of the embodiment of this award than Shasta County Public Health.
It must be emphasized here that the unique partnership between SCOE and Public Health, - the cooperation, collaboration and productive communication - between the two agencies, … has allowed the schools in Shasta County to safely maximize the number of students receiving in-person education. This collaborative partnership between SCOE and Public Health continues today and will serve our community well in the future.”
every student succeeds
February 2021 was our fourth consecutive year of hosting the “Every Student Succeeding” event to celebrate courageous students in Shasta County who have overcome significant odds to achieve success. Because of the pandemic, we were unable to gather for the luncheon, but did honor our students through a virtual event. SCOE was able to recognize 16 shining stars in our county who have beaten the odds and shown tremendous resilience. It was our honor to hear about each student’s success along with their hopes and dreams for the future.
Either the principal or a staff member from the school recognized a student who is achieving and succeeding despite the challenges that life has put before them. For some, these challenges included disease, homelessness, death of a parent, being placed in foster care, to name a few. Common words heard as students were described included: perseverance, determination, motivation, courage, responsibility, and acceptance – alongside words like appreciation, kind, respectful, and positive. Every one of these students is a shining example of resilience and we were honored to recognize and celebrate all that these students have overcome to be achieving and succeeding!
SHASTA COUNTY AMERICAN INDIAN ADVISORY
An exciting project has been developing here at SCOE and it is quickly spreading across our community and the state. Over two years ago the American Indian Advisory was formed at the urging of a beloved community member, Rod Lindsay. He approached Judy Flores on her first day as superintendent and shared his concerns about our native students. Chronic absenteeism and student/family disconnect from schools were the focus. As a result, the Shasta County American Indian Advisory was formed. Local tribal members, community organizations, educators, and SCOE employees make up the advisory. This Advisory has met on a monthly basis since March 2019.
In working with our local tribes we are learning about the history of Shasta County, both the beauty and the tremendous loss. The genocide that took place here against indigenous peoples is knowledge that few community members hold. Looking at the past can be painful, yet in so doing, we can begin to heal the pain and the trauma that our native tribal members have endured for generations. We are taking an active role in this healing process in two ways. The first is by forming Lesson Study teams of teachers who are creating History Social Science lessons, in collaboration with tribal culture consultants to tell the stories of their people. Until now, their voices have not been heard. Special thanks to Kelly Rizzi and Rebecca Lewis for their role in facilitating this work. The second is by providing educational opportunities for our educators and community members around issues like implicit bias, healing in ceremony, student panels, and indigenous film viewings. We are grateful to Becky Love for her willingness to facilitate and organize the learning opportunities that have been provided.
This work began because of the data which showed our Native American students were chronically absent at very high rates, with almost one in four missing more than ten percent of the school year. One of the realities uncovered is that our Native students do not see themselves within history as portrayed by textbooks. With support from the Shasta County Board of Education, the Lumina Foundation, and United Way of Northern California, we are working to correct this. This project holds great promise for improving the background and understanding of our educators, which we hope in turn will improve attendance and outcomes of our Native American students.
During the 2020-21 school year, we made slow, yet steady progress due to the pandemic. Lessons in classrooms were piloted in the spring and will be available in the 21/22 school year. Our educational offerings included: A student voice panel of local American Indian high school students, an offering of Understanding the Realities of American Indian Students and Families, and two viewings of the film The Only Good Indian.
This is exciting, life giving work and it continues to grow. If you would like to be involved, please contact Kelly Rizzi at krizzi@shastacoe.org.
Shasta County Board of Education
ROLE OF THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
In accordance with the California Education Code and other regulations and laws, the Shasta County Board of Education serves as the governing board for the schools and programs operated by the Shasta County Superintendent of Schools. The County Board is committed to providing the leadership necessary to meet the educational needs of a diverse student population to increase student success.
THE BOARD ALSO:
- Approves policies, regulations, and curriculum for the schools and educational programs operated by the County Superintendent.
- Adopts policies and regulations governing the Office of the County Superintendent
- Approves the annual budget of the County Superintendent
- Sets the County Superintendent’s salary
- Receives the annual audit.
- Maintains an awareness of financial conditions and operations of school districts in the county.
- Approves the purchase or lease of property for County Office programs.
- Serves as the members of the County Committee on School District Organization. This is the legal body charged with overseeing the reorganization of school districts and district boundaries through territory transfers or unifications as well as the establishment or rearrangement of school district governing board trustee size and areas as required.
- Serves as an appeal board for the adjudication of expulsion, interdistrict attendance, and charter school appeals.
- Informs local communities about the programs and achievements of the Shasta County Office of Education.
(Left to Right)
Laura Manuel, Carly Tawney, Kathy Barry, Rhonda Hull, Steve MacFarland, Denny Mills, Robert Brown, Nicolas Webb, Adam Little-Varga
BEYOND THE BOARD’S SCOPE OF INFLUENCE
Although the Shasta County Board of Education provides oversight in areas such as those listed previously, the County Board does not govern school districts in Shasta County.
Each district has its own school board and superintendent who employ their staff and administer the education of students in their district. Complaints or concerns related to a school, whether it be in regard to staff, educational programs, or extra-curricular activities are under the direct authority of the superintendent of the school district. Concerns with the district superintendent are directed to the school board of the particular school district.
In addition, the Shasta County Board of Education does not participate in negotiations with Shasta County Office of Education employees as the County Superintendent is the employer.
STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS
Since the 2005-06 school year, the Shasta County Board of Education has provided high school student representatives the opportunity to serve as Student Board Members alongside them. The Shasta County Board of Education values the voice of youth and desires to keep students at the forefront with the decisions that they make. Student Board Members are selected through an application and interview process and serve a one-year term on the Shasta County Board of Education. They provide important insight and input into the discussion of the Board and their ideas, thoughts, and concerns are listened to and reflected in decisions of the Board. This unique opportunity for students to serve as Student Board Members provides them with an up-close view of the governance process. They gain a perspective of the educational systems, rules, regulations, and practices of the Shasta County Board of Education, Shasta County Office of Education, local school districts, and the California Department of Education.
ADAM LITTLE-VARGA
Central Valley
High School
CARLY TAWNEY
Foothill
High School
Core Values • Our Vision • Our Mission • Equity Statement
CORE VALUES:
Service to and Engagement of students, staff, school districts, and community partners
Hospitality-friendly and generous service
Aspire to
continuously
improve
Sense of Humor
Trustworthy and consistent
Attract, hire and retain the best employees
OUR VISION:
Our vision for all students in Shasta County: A supportive, rigorous education that results in resilient, resourceful young people who think critically, work collaboratively, embrace diversity, and maintain lifelong curiosity.
OUR MISSION:
To be leaders in educational excellence, offering support to schools and community to ensure Shasta County students receive a quality education preparing them for high school graduation and success in career and college.
EQUITY STATEMENT:
SCOE is committed to building understanding of bias and its impacts to ensure equity and inclusion through...
• developing, enhancing, and maintaining equitable systems;
• offering equitable access to programs, services, and resources;
• fostering success for all staff, students, schools, and community partners.
Community Connect
SUPPORTING STUDENT ATTENDANCE
Schools throughout Shasta County continue to focus on providing positive messages about school attendance. Having an engaging school climate and positive relationships with students and families goes a long way toward developing a partnership that is supportive of great attendance. “Students with more school absences have lower test scores and grades, greater risk of dropping out of high school, and higher odds of future unemployment. Absent students are also more likely to use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs, and they exhibit greater behavioral issues, including social disengagement and alienation.” Absent From School: Understanding and Addressing Student Absenteeism, Gottfried & Hutt, 2019.
Shasta County schools are significantly above the state average when it comes to Chronic Absenteeism rates, which is defined as missing 10% or more of the days for which a student is enrolled in school. If a student is enrolled for the entire school year, being chronically absent is missing 18 days or more (the equivalent of two days every month). The student groups with the highest levels of absenteeism in Shasta County are:
• Ethnic Groups: African American - 16.3%; American Indian & Alaskan Native - 17.5%; Hispanic - 14%; Pacific Islander - 18.4%
• Student Groups: Foster Youth - 18.9%
• [NOTE: students can be identified in both an ethnic group and be in one or more student groups.]
A long-standing model for dealing with attendance issues had been in place throughout most schools in the county. Seven local School Attendance Review Boards (SARB) existed in the county where students and their families were directed when unexcused absences have reached a determined level and interventions have not proven successful. Over the course of the 2019-20 school year, a wide variety of representatives came together to develop a model for supporting student attendance that we implemented and tested over this 2020-21 school year. Those involved included: local SARB Chairs who are typically school site administrators; school district superintendents; County Agency representatives including law enforcement, Probation, HHSA, the Courts; Community Organizations including Pathways to Hope for Children, Youth Options, First 5 Shasta; and SCOE staff from Homeless, Foster Youth, Student Programs, County SARB, and Administrator Support. T
The plan of support developed and refined over the last two years includes:
• Positive Attendance Messaging - Schools and districts will continue to build a culture among all school staff with positive messages about the importance of attendance along with a variety of strategies for promoting good and improving attendance while building and strengthening relationships.
• School Attendance Review Teams - 49 school sites received initial training, participated in quarterly check-ins, and received individualized support as needed to develop sound protocols and processes around effectively meeting to reflect upon current site level student attendance data on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. The goal is to identify students and families who are in need of support at the earliest possible opportunity to stop the progression of absences and improve challenging situations for families. Sometimes, families are faced with a challenge that is beyond what the school can provide support. When this occurs, the school site can immediately refer families to our CommunityConnect Case Coordinator who partners with the family to connect students and their families to County and Community resources and provide support early in the absence cycle. Over the course of the 2021-2022 School year, CommunityConnect received 600 referrals from 48 of our county schools to provide additional support. Approximately 80% of the referred families were connected successfully to community agency support and 23% of those families are engaged in care coordination which includes periodic check-ins with a case coordinator or licensed clinical social worker. As a result of routine data analysis of referrals, we consistently observed four major categories of needs that remained constant throughout the year:
• Basic Needs (33.71%)• Educational Support (22.47%)
• Behavioral Services (16.85%) and
• Mental Health Support (26.97%)
This data led to many productive and resourceful conversations and partnerships with our county agencies and community partners resulting in improved alignment and greater accessibility of services for our families and students.
• Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) - Early in the process of higher than typical student absences, an online meeting with a multidisciplinary team of County Agencies took place to provide connections and family context. Referrals to the MDT came through CommunityConnect when attempts to contact the family were not successful. Twenty-eight of our 600 referrals have received support through this MDT process.
• Shasta County School Attendance Review Board (SARB) - Shasta County Office of Education has continued an ongoing commitment to both local and county School Attendance Review Boards (SARB). County and local SARBs were established by Education Code 48321 in order to:
• maximize the use of all available resources and services
• avoid unnecessary duplication of resources to resolve attendance and behavior problems; and
• divert students from the juvenile justice system with school-related problems.
The Shasta County Office of Education County SARB provides services to all local school districts to support the reduction of truancy and behavior problems within the elementary, middle school, and high school students. Our goal is to return students to positive attendance and behavior through an early intervention process utilizing positive messaging, sending letters, making phone calls, utilizing local community resources, and parent meetings to find solutions to resolve the issues hindering school attendance and behavior. Our local SARB boards require all available interventions to be held prior to bringing a student to the SARB Board. A School Attendance Review Team (SART), Student Study Team (SST), Student Success Team (SST), and Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) are some examples of pre-SARB meetings held to offer all available services to the family prior to SARB.
A long-standing model for dealing with attendance issues had been in place throughout most schools in the county that had seven local SARB panels. In a new structure for 2020-21, four local grade span School Attendance Review Boards (SARB) began the school year where students and their families are directed when unexcused absences have reached a determined level and interventions have not proven successful. The new SARB Boards are for Kindergarten through Fifth Grade, Sixth through Eighth Grade, Ninth through Twelfth Grade for all districts except for Shasta Union High School District which has its own SARB Board for all of their high schools. SARB has historically been the first point at which county and community interventions and support are shared with families. County agencies and community organizations are integral to the success of each panel.
Targeted case management has been added through CommunityConnect to follow and support families with SARB contracts. Out of the 35 cases heard, all 35 families accepted the follow up support and are actively engaged with their targeted case manager on a weekly basis or more frequently as needed.
• Shasta County SARB Board consists of individuals from the Shasta County Office of Education, Law Enforcement, District Attorney’s Office, Probation, Health and Human Services, youth community based service center, Public Defender’s Office, and members of the community.
The SARB process serves students by recommending changes in the school program, recommending the student and/or family to counseling, connecting them to community resources, tutoring if needed, alternative teacher assignments when appropriate, education, and support in navigating roadblocks creating the attendance or behavior problems and ultimately referring to the court system if the attendance problem is not successfully resolved.
Ed Code 48321 guides the work of the County SARB. According to the California Department of Education’s website: Although the goal of SARBs is to keep students in school and provide them with a meaningful educational experience, SARBs do have the power, when necessary, to refer students and their parents or guardians to court.
(5) (A) If a county school attendance review board exists, the county superintendent of schools shall, at the beginning of each school year, convene a meeting of the county school attendance review board for purposes of adopting plans to promote interagency and community cooperation and to reduce the duplication of services provided to youth who have serious school attendance and behavior problems. (f) A county school attendance review board may provide guidance to local school attendance review boards. The Shasta County SARB met to provide training to Local SARB Chairs, Co-Chairs, and any SARB panel members also able to participate. Data from the local SARBs are reviewed to determine if additional resources are needed to meet the needs within the county, whether those resources are for a student group, an intervention gap in the system of support, or for a district/school who is sending a much greater percentage of students forward to SARB. County SARB hears local SARB appeal cases-If a parent/guardian appeals their SARB hearing at their local SARB and due process is not followed, the County SARB Chair reviews the appeal and if granted, County SARB hears the appeal. Appeals are not heard on the basis of dissatisfaction with the outcome, only if it appears there was a breach of due process. County SARB will provide the local SARB Chair and the school with recommendations to rectify the situation if a breach of due process is verified.
• Truancy Court - When student attendance has not improved with all previous efforts, students and their families were summoned to court, along with at least one representative of the school or district with each student.
The development of this new model included time spent understanding what “model SARB programs” had put in place. The California Department of Education Model SARB award recognizes excellence in specific content areas, including establishing goals and objectives, implementing prevention and intervention strategies, and developing collaborations with local agency resources. These exemplary attendance programs have reduced chronic absenteeism rates at the district level and have been able to provide the necessary support to students who are the most vulnerable and at risk of becoming a chronic absentee.
The learning from these model SARB programs led to the formal identification of a process and set of resources that would be available well ahead of a formal SARB meeting with families, in order to intervene early in the hopes of changing the trajectory of absences much earlier in the process.
There is broad recognition of why this work is so important. Through the research on model SARB programs across the state, one of the common elements of highly effective programs was the implementation of School Attendance Review Teams. These site-based teams are the best tool for early detection and early intervention.
Since 2020-21 was the first year in this new model, we analyzed data throughout the school year using a County Attendance Quarterly Check-In process to learn about the students referred to CommunityConnect and the impact this support is having across the system, as well as needs for additional support, service, and/or intervention from county/community partners beyond what is currently available. Our desire is to continuously improve this strength-based model to support families early in the absence cycle and to change patterns of behavior before they are firmly set. We look forward to increasing services and support to our families identified through the school teams which is made possible by our dedicated school site teams and our community agency partnerships.
Instructional Services Program
Instructional Services has the goal to provide service, leadership, and professional development to improve student learning. There are three departments within Instructional Services: Early childhood Services, Professional Learning and Leadership Support Services, and Student Programs. Instructional Services provides an array of training, support, resources and services for educators and families in Shasta County and the nine surrounding counties throughout Region 2. Support services such as preschool, juvenile court school, after school programs, Special Education classes, Independent Study School, administrative credentialing, county wide counseling services, safety plan development, district support, charter school and charter authorizer support, assessment and accountability, curriculum and instruction, coordination of Foster Youth and Homeless Youth services, and professional learning opportunities are just some of the programs we offer to the schools in the north state. In addition, Instructional Services is uniquely positioned to share information from state level committees and the California Department of Education with schools, districts, and counties in the North State. We coordinate various programs and projects to enhance teaching and learning from preschool through high school. We are willing to customize our services to meet the needs of individual schools and districts. We strive to support and assist schools with building the necessary foundations to prepare students to be college and career ready.
For more information, see the web page: https://www.shastacoe.org/instructional-services-division.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP SUPPORT SERVICES
The Shasta County Office of Education Professional Learning and Leadership Support Services Department (PLLSS) aims to empower educators by providing guidance, support, high-quality professional learning, and resources to help our districts develop effective instructional systems to build capacity and improve student learning in our educational community.
Our team provides educators a broad array of resources, training and support. The goal is to strengthen and support the County’s educational foundation and meet student achievement needs. Department staff members work with teachers, counselors, instructional coaches, administrators, and other education leaders at both the school and district levels to develop the knowledge and skills needed to engage in a systematic and sustainable improvement process. Areas of support include, but are not limited to, content area proficiency in literacy, mathematics, science, history, arts and STEM. Other focus areas are school attendance and behavior, career and college, and educational equity.
The principles of improvement guide our work with districts in Shasta County identified for Differentiated Assistance and our work as a Geographic Lead Agency for California’s System of Support. The shift to understanding the system and exploring options for improvement is a hopeful direction for positive change. As we provide professional learning opportunities for teachers, paraprofessionals, counselors, and administrators, we are building some improvement principles into the application of new knowledge as we ask, “What did you learn today that you will try? What are you hoping it will accomplish? What evidence will you gather to know whether it was an improvement?” Additional services include support for the development and the implementation of the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), federal entitlement programs that include Title I, II, III, IV and V, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirements, School Leadership Team professional development, policy and governance guidance, implementation of curriculum, improvement in instructional practice, and assessment support.
More information about professional learning is available on our website including a calendar and a catalog of professional learning opportunities provided by the Shasta County Office of Education.
ADMINISTRATIVE CREDENTIALING PROGRAMS
Shasta Leadership Academy Tier I Program
Under Dr. Kim McKenzie’s leadership, the Tier I Administrative Credential Program continues to grow. This year we had 21 new candidates from Shasta County and the 8 counties in Region 2. The Shasta County Office of Education Preliminary Services Credential Program is designed for aspiring school administrators who seek to develop the skills to effectively lead a 21st century educational organization. The 11-month model is a blend of coursework and performance based tasks that provide ongoing opportunities for candidates to learn educational theory and apply that understanding in an authentic in-class and in-field environment. In addition, candidates are also supported by mentors within the region. Our program consists of 6 courses based on the California Administrator Performance Expectations (CAPEs). The CAPEs describe the competencies expected of candidates ready to begin professional practice as a California administrator.
The CAPEs include:
• Visionary Leadership
• Instructional Leadership
• Management and Organizational Leadership
• Family Engagement
• Professional Learning and Ethics
• School Improvement Leadership.
A new requirement to the program is the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA). This assessment is taken in 3 parts and must be passed prior to the preliminary credential being granted. In the past 8 years our program has served over 180 candidates in earning a Preliminary Administrative Service Credential. We have over a 50% job placement rate for those administrators actively seeking positions.
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS / SHASTA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION
Tier 2 Induction Program
Shasta County Office of Education’s Tier 2 Induction program, in partnership with Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), is designed to provide new administrators the opportunity to clear their preliminary administrative credential through a job embedded induction experience. The program was developed in response to the state’s change in how administrators clear their credentials. Upon acceptance into the 2-year induction program, preliminary administrators are paired with trained, veteran administrators who serve as their coaches, in a process that is designed to be highly individualized and tailored to build on strengths. Through on-site observations and one-on-one meetings, the coach and candidate develop and implement an Individual Learning Plan (ILP). Additionally, these candidates will attend professional development classes and will collect evidence that demonstrates they have evidence that demonstrates they have applied the California Professional Standards for Educational Leadership (CPSELs) in their daily work. Shasta County Office of Education in partnership with ACSA, serves new leaders in the longest running coaching-based Clear Administrative Services Credential program in the state. This work continues to be led by Dr. Kim McKenzie. Our program is designed to support and accelerate school leadership practice to positively impact student learning. Through targeted coaching and timely and ongoing professional development, our program participants build capacity to develop positive and collaborative school cultures. Currently, we have 48 candidates enrolled in our induction program with 30 administrator coaches. We have 2 enrollment periods, fall and winter, for candidates to enroll in the program.
SELPA
The Shasta County Special Education Local Planning Area (SELPA) office provides training, dispute resolution, and policy development for all programs and fiscal aspects of special education for the 31 school districts and charter schools in Shasta County. The Governing Board of each district and many of the charter schools in Shasta County are a signatory to the Shasta County Local Plan that defines the governance of the SELPA. The SELPA office is the primary contact for the California Department of Education Division’s work in monitoring and supporting special education programs. The SELPA also supports the Community Advisory Committee, which is comprised of parents of children with disabilities enrolled in local schools, as well as other parents and professionals interested in special education.
Contact: (530) 225-0100.
TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES
Trauma Informed Practices are the link to social/emotional success for anyone who has experienced toxic stress and trauma. These practices help everyone to be better regulated, which decreases challenging behavior, and promotes social/emotional success across the community. At Shasta County Office of Education, our trainer, Kelly Rizzi is certified through The Trauma Academy, (The Neuro-sequential Model of Education) Restorative Practices (IIRP), Youth Mental Health First Aid, The Science of Hope, ACE Interface training (Anda/Porter), Executive Function (PESI- Lynne Kenney, PsyD) and Mindfulness (PESI- Chris Willar, Psy.D).
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Shasta County Office of Education team members have been intentional in their efforts to support schools and districts to meet the social and emotional needs of students, families, and staff members. Luckily, thanks to the efforts of SCOE staff members like Kelly Rizzi and Becky Love, educators across the county already had a solid foundation in the impact of trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) as well as the benefit of protective factors and trauma-informed practices in their school environments. It quickly became apparent however that the social and emotional impact of COVID-19 had become “a pandemic within the pandemic”, resulting in feelings of isolation, increased family stress, and anxiety and worry. More needed to be done to support schools as they wrestled with the challenges of this new reality.
To be helpful and hopeful to districts, SCOE received a CalHOPE FEMA grant award of $100,000 to implement a Social-Emotional Learning Community of Practice (CoP). The purpose and focus of the SEL CoP is to build capacity for social emotional competency and crisis response in all Shasta County districts. As part of the work, the SCOE’s SEL team has partnered with the Sacramento County Office of Education, the Orange County Department of Education, FEMA, and UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center to participate in a new statewide Community of Practice and bring these best practices and resources to Shasta County district SEL teams. Shasta County’s SEL CoP meets on a monthly basis and includes educators, paraeducators, administrators, counselors, community partners, and outside service providers from across the county. The work of the group is to learn from each other and connect practitioners with the latest research, best practices, and curriculum resources. Each month, members of the SEL Community of Practice take what they learn back to their schools and districts to work with their team members to learn and implement SEL measures school-wide to help students, families, and staff to feel safe and feel like they belong.
Early Childhood Services Department
Under the leadership of Executive Director, Renee Menefee, the Early Childhood Services (ECS) Department is the central access point to providing education and support services for children, families, and early education professionals in various settings in Shasta County. ECS is a department of Instructional Services, and is composed of five separate divisions: Health and Nutrition, Early Education and Instruction, Inclusive Early Education, Family and Community Support Services, and Operational Services. A few of the ECS programs include subsidized child care, resource and referral services, parent and provider trainings, part and full-day preschool programs, the Early Intervention Program, Help Me Grow, Bridges to School Success, Quality Counts North State, the Local Child Care and Development Planning Council and nutrition education.
Family and Community Support Services provide Resource and Referral (R&R) and the Alternative Payment (AP) child care subsidy programs and the Emergency Foster Bridge program for both Shasta and Tehama counties. A current list of Licensed Family child care providers is maintained in order to assist families in finding child care that meets the needs of both child and family. R&R provides parent and provider trainings and is the early care link to services available in our community. Subsidy programs help pay for child care services while parents work, seek work, or attend education programs. The Emergency Foster Bridge program provides child care vouchers for up to 6 months of care, to resource families (foster parents) who are working and need care for the foster child. The families and child care providers receive training in Trauma-Informed Practices, to better support the child’s mental health.
INCLUSIVE EARLY EDUCATION AND SUPPORT DIVISION
The Inclusive Early Education Division supports young children, their families and providers to ensure ALL children are included and thrive in their home and early learning and care environments. Programs in this division provide wrap-around services that include and support all of a child’s adults. These types of programs help build consistent and nurturing environments during a phase of life when little brains are growing rapidly.
Early Connections, our local early intervention program is a transdisciplinary team that provides in-home services to families of children with disabilities in coordination with Far Northern Regional Center. Bridges to School Success, a group of mental health clinicians, provides behavioral support services to children, families, and providers. Help Me Grow, a program funded by First 5 Shasta, provides free screening of children for parents who have questions or concerns about their child’s development, behavior, or learning. This program also links families to appropriate community-based resources. Finally, the new Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program is increasing access to inclusive early learning and care programs, particularly in low-income and high-need areas, for children with disabilities.
HEALTH AND NUTRITION SERVICES
The Health and Nutrition Department provides nutrition education to family child care and preschool providers. Our staff can assist families in applying for CalFresh dollars. We also provide current trainings in pediatric and adult CPR, First Aid, and the 8-hour Health and Safety certification. In addition, this department provides support and training to early education programs through our on-site/on-call school nurse, as well as hearing and vision assessments for Shasta County Office of Education State Preschool students.
THE EARLY EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DIVISION
The Early Education and Instructional Services Division provides programming and supervision for our high-quality California State Preschools located at twelve locations throughout Shasta County. The classrooms are primarily located on district campuses, ensuring a smooth transition for children as they move to TK or Kindergarten. Our curriculum provides 2.9 to 5-year-old students with hands-on learning experiences in health, math, science, literacy and social skills. We recognize each child as an individual and foster their learning style and development by providing multiple ways to learn new concepts. We value the uniqueness of each family and provide multiple ways for them to be involved. These include training, Parent Advisory Council and Parents for Teachers groups. We strive to serve every family with kindness and compassion.
QUALITY COUNTS NORTH STATE
To progressively improve the quality in early childhood education in the North State, Early Childhood Services and First 5 Shasta continue to work as lead agencies for a group of northern counties, including Shasta, Modoc, Trinity, Glenn, Tehama, and Lassen. The Quality Counts North State consortium provides support and incentives for child care programs, teachers, and administrators in participating child care settings to improve the quality of early care and education. This work is supported by the Quality Counts California grant funding from both California Department of Education and First 5 California.
As an incentive to Quality Counts North State, participating teachers, administrators, and early education substitutes may take advantage of the Quality Counts North State scholarship program. This scholarship opportunity was developed in coordination between Shasta College, Shasta County Office of Education, and First 5 Shasta. The intent is to provide educational funding for individuals to attend a local educational institution, including Shasta College, Lassen College, Butte College, College of the Siskiyous, and/or Southern Oregon University, with little to no out-of-pocket expenses. If an applicant desires to attend another university, the option for reimbursement exists.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) DONATIONS
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on early learning and care programs. As businesses closed and employees lost their jobs, the State Preschool programs and Alternative Payment programs scrambled to comply with new and ever changing mandates and recommendations with the safety of our very youngest as top priority. Shasta County has approximately 125 licensed family child care homes and 75 center based programs, and all were in need of supplies to help function effectively in this new and unknown environment.
There were two main Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and supply distribution events at the SCOE Maintenance Warehouse on Caterpillar Drive, one in September, 2020 and another in January, 2021. In September approximately 84 providers took advantage of the free supplies (68% Family Child Care, 13% local education providers, 18% center-based) and in January 95 providers participated.
Supplies came from Community Care Licensing-Department of Social Services, California Department of Education, First 5 CA, First 5 Shasta, Child Care Incentive Project of Shasta and Tehama Counties, and Senate Bill (SB) 89. An additional $51,000 in cleaning supplies were locally purchased and $182,000 were issued to 164 child care facilities to purchase necessary supplies. The supplies included touchless thermometers, vinyl gloves, reusable masks, disposable masks, paper towels, toilet paper, hand soap, disinfectant cleaners, hand sanitizer, child activities and materials, diapers, wipes, cleaning wipes, and more.
On March 24, 2020, providers were surveyed regarding their intent to continue providing care, and their ability to accept new children and their immediate needs to remain open. The California Department of Education required biweekly reports from licensed child care providers, in order to relay the most up to date information to families. A new statewide online referral portal (Mychildcareplan.org) was developed to allow families to quickly identify which providers were open and available to enroll additional children.
LOCAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING COUNCIL (LPC)
The Local Child Care and Development Planning Council (LPC) is actively involved in advocating for early care and education needs within Shasta County. The purpose of the Council is to bring together resources within our community in order to identify and assess the early care and education needs of young children and their families. The mission of Shasta County LPC is to involve the community in supporting inclusive, high quality early care and education through public outreach. The Council continues to lead efforts in the needs, services, quality, and systems that pertain to early care and education in our county.
With a focus on high-quality inclusive care, LPC is tasked with assessing local child care needs, developing a county-wide strategic plan, setting zip code priorities for use of state funds, collaborating with local entities to carry out child care staff retention initiatives, and facilitating the temporary and voluntary transfer of funds between state-funded agencies. The LPC’s membership is composed of 15 voting members, appointed by the County Board of Supervisors and the County Superintendent of Schools. Members exercise decision-making responsibility for LPC functions. Additionally, the Council acts as the advisory group for the local early learning and care grant initiatives, including Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program and Quality Counts California. Current Council membership consists of managers and directors from agencies providing child care services and support services, parents receiving child care services, and employees from local businesses. Some of the businesses or agencies represented on the Council include Cornerstone Community Bank, Shasta College, Shasta County Office of Education, Shasta Head Start, First 5 Shasta, and Shasta County Public Health. Non-voting members, or attending members, on the Council include representation from Shasta Family YMCA, Reach Higher Shasta, Columbia School District, and the City of Redding.
In collaboration with Quality Counts North State, the Council is offering professional development guidance and financial incentives to child care providers through the Workforce Pathways Grant funded by the California Department of Education. The purpose of the Workforce Pathways Grant is to support increased learning and healthy development of California’s young children by increasing the number of qualified early learning and care professionals and increasing the educational credentials, knowledge, and competencies of existing professionals across the state.
North State STEM
North State STEM is a collaborative impact model of the nine county offices of education in California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) Region 2: Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity. This North State collaborative represents the Northeastern corner of the State of California; a geographic region of over 30,000 square miles. Planned outcomes for the Region 2 Network are:
• Engage the interest of and partner with community leaders.
• Share practices worthy of attention and outcomes in order to impact STEM opportunities in the North State.
• Strengthen the existing as well as increase STEM programs, path-ways and learning activities access across the Pre-Kindergarten (PK) —16 educational systems.
• The Shasta County Office of Education is partnering with our region of nine North State counties to see how we are leveraging our region’s talents to make a difference for students. Local businesses, industries, organizations, and the education community collaborate to increase the opportunities for students to pursue STEM-related careers.
The mission of North State STEM is to be the catalyst for STEM education by coordinating quality experiential programs and fostering private and public partnerships to build college and career readiness in the 21st century.
Our long-term goals are to:
• Build partnerships that connect existing education, business, and community assets to increase efficiency, innovation, scale, communication, and sustainability of quality STEM teaching and learning.
• Strengthen quality of and expand access to STEM education and resources across Northern California’s TK-16 formal and informal educational institutions.
• Increase STEM interest and competencies of all students in Northern California and increase the number of students who pursue STEM-related credentials, degrees, and careers.
Contact: (530) 245-0245
THE IGNITE STEM CAREER DAY COMMITTEE
Ignite Opportunity STEM Career Day provides an opportunity for 9th grade students, parents, and teachers to foster awareness of career opportunities in STEM related fields and to dive into hands-on, minds-on STEM activities while providing an ideal setting for local industry leaders to expose students to STEM related careers and vocations. The 7th annual event was held on January 15, 2021 and was our first ever virtual event. Seven counties and 39 high schools participated in the event with more than 2,200 unique visits to the event website. To see our plans for this year, visit the STEM Career Day website. https://www.shastacoe.org/programs-services/north-state-stem/careerday
KIDSTEM INITIATIVE
KidSTEM is a new initiative that will create an annual event in Shasta County. We will offer mini-events in 2021-22 and a major 1-day event for 4th graders in 2023. Events include reverse engineering, Rube Goldberg devices, spontaneous engineering design, planned engineering design, 3-Act challenges (math), breakout.edu (similar to an escape room), science fiction writing, traditional science inquiry/experimentation, and more. Equity is an essential component of this event, with less need for direct parent involvement so all students can choose to be involved. The KidSTEM team is composed of representatives from the community including K-8 teachers, the Redding Electric Utility, and higher education (special thanks to Shasta College and North State Together).
Student Programs Department
The Shasta County Office of Education Student Programs Department offers a variety of support services at the request of school districts, including but not limited to: interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Orientation and Mobility training for the Visually Impaired, and Excel Academy for students with behavioral and emotional disabilities. The Juvenile Court School housed at the Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility offers education for incarcerated youth ages 12-19. Our Youth Support Services Program provides assistance to Shasta County districts to support Foster Youth Programs, Homeless support, and Tobacco Use Prevention Education. Our program partners with Shasta County Family Services, Shasta County Probation, Shasta County Health and Human Services, and Shasta County Mental Health Services. Shasta County Independent Study is an alternative to conventional educational settings, allowing students to complete coursework independently under the supervision of a credentialed teacher. Students meet individually with an assigned teacher a minimum of one time per week. This program is voluntary and provides the flexibility to meet students’ specific needs, interests, and learning styles. School Attendance Review Board (SARB) works directly with students and their parents to resolve issues in the area of attendance. Shasta Health, Academic, and Recreation Enrichment (SHARE) is a collaborative effort between the Shasta County Office of Education, school districts, and support agencies to provide safe and structured academic activities for our students outside of the regular school day.
CALIFORNIA LEARNING COMMUNITIES FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS PROGRAM (CLCSSP)
The California Learning Communities for School Success Program (CLCSSP) also known as the Attendance Grant, is a funding effort to help Local Education Agencies who are collaboratively seeking to increase student academic success by increasing student attendance. As a consortium, Shasta County Office of Education works in tandem with community partners and three union high school districts in Shasta County. The consortia are progressive in establishing the efficacy of learning by focusing on learner populations in ninth through twelfth grades, thus purposely centering multi-tiered approaches for increasing attendance within those vulnerable student populations. As a learning community, the consortia purport opportunity to improve student achievement and well-being by identifying student needs, implementing preventative and restorative justices’ practicums to help kids persist in and complete school, and forming strong bonds with school-site personnel. The consortia community partners, local education agencies, the grant team’s coordinator, and the parent liaisons are integral for bridging the gap between parents, students, staff and the overall learning community.
PROJECT SHARE
Project SHARE provides a variety of diverse enrichment activities and programs at twenty school sites serving TK-8th grade students, as well as one well-attended high school site. These include, but are not limited to, academics, sports and recreation, team building activities and events, as well as a heavy concentration of STEAM activities, such as Robotics, coding, makerspaces, visual and performing arts, fine arts, engineering, and math. We also focus on youth development opportunities, such as community volunteering, career development, and more. Our academic activities focus on hands-on curriculum that is aligned to common core and use real world collaborative skills. We offer homework assistance as well as extensions of school day lessons.
FUTURE OF WHISKEYTOWN ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOOL
Although the future of the Whiskeytown Environmental School (WES) remains unclear, several positive steps forward have been taken in 2020-21. We have found safe areas on the former WES campus to rebuild and have identified one unsafe creek that will be avoided. Unfortunately, this creek runs by all of our former administration buildings and the Hatcher Dining Hall. Efforts to plan and provide resources coalesced into a group called WES Forever that first met in the summer of 2019 and continues to meet and plan regularly. Our WES Community nonprofit support group has begun the process of fundraising, with the effort ramping up once they know how much the National Park Service can provide. The Shasta County Office of Education deeply values the Whiskeytown Environmental School as a time-honored tradition for students and an asset to the community. The school models the highest standard for field-based science education, and fosters lifelong stewardship for our natural and cultural treasures. We are hopeful that the resilience of Shasta County and the love of this 50-year-old program will carry us into a new and better era of WES.
WES is provided and maintained by the National Park Service and by the Shasta County Office of Education.
SCHREDER PLANETARIUM
Imagination and understanding of worlds beyond!
As an educational outreach of the Shasta County Office of Education, the planetarium captures the passion and curiosity of the universe from space to Earth. We continue to offer double-feature public programs every two weeks and they have sold out since August, 2016. In 2020 a new Spitz IQ2000 projector was purchased through a matching program between the SCOE Board and the Friends of Schreder Planetarium. Schreder Planetarium was closed due to the pandemic from February 2020 until May 2021.
Contact: (530) 225-0295
SCHREDER PLANETARIUM DIGITAL THEATER
Shasta County Office of Education • 1644 Magnolia Way, Redding, CA 96001
www.shastacoe.org/planetarium
NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS FIELDS TRIPS
Even grade levels that do not learn about space can find value in our programs for K-8th grade. Every grade gets more than pre and post lessons; they receive a unit of study rooted in the New Generation Science Standards (NGSS). For example, second graders discover in their classroom how to build towers, bridges and roofs, exploring different materials and structures. In the show they see the ultimate building challenges involved in flight, from the early days into the future. Register for field trips at www.shastacoe.org/planetarium
FRIENDS OF THE PLANETARIUM AND PUBLIC SHOWS
The Friends of the Planetarium, our nonprofit support group, worked tirelessly to raise funds to replace our old projection system. The SCOE Board matched their funds and the Spitz IQ 2000 was installed in December 2019. This projector not only boosts brightness and resolution by 4x, it also allows us to write our own programs, led in-person by our outstanding presenters. If you love Schreder Planetarium, consider joining the Friends of Schreder Planetarium.
REACH HIGHER Shasta
REACH HIGHER Shasta is a local initiative that works to create clear pathways from our children’s first day in the cradle to their first day on the job. We strive to ensure they are ready for kindergarten, motivated and supported through elementary, middle, and high school, and assisted in the transition to career training or college. Along the way we connect them to caring adults and generous business partners who serve as mentors, guides, and coaches. We collect data that measures what’s working and what needs to change. We believe every student deserves every option open for their future following high school, and we know that their success will change the future of our community.
The mission is: "Working together as a community to provide all students with all options for education and training after high school to pursue a successful, fulfilling career."
At the Shasta County Office of Education, we truly believe that bringing all schools and districts from across Shasta County together around a single focus helps us to improve outcomes for students collectively. Because of this opportunity to support all schools through this work, we have heavily invested our staff in the work of the Reach Higher Shasta Initiatives.
ABBY KING
Central Valley High School
2021 Secondary SCOY
JESSYCA UPTON
Turtle Bay School
2021 Elementary SCOY
BECKY LOVE
Shasta County School Counseling Coordinator
2021 CASC Counselor Advocate
COUNSELING INITIATIVE 2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR
Shasta County school counselors re-invented their practice upon the onset of school closures and virtual learning. The Shasta County School Counselors Collaborative (SCSCC) allowed for sharing and teaching amongst K-12 school counselors. They taught each other how to obtain anonymous phone numbers such as Google numbers so that students and families could reach them while schools were closed. Together, they learned how to use Google Meet, Screencastify and Zoom in order to hold virtual meetings and to record their Tier 1 lessons for streaming and posting on the school websites. Our school counselors became animated, creative, courageous, and tech savvy during the Pandemic! The virtual promotion and graduation ceremonies as well as scholarship assemblies that have been planned and implemented are wonderful examples of the creative capacity and dedication of school counselors. We’ll all look back at the close of the 2020 school year and the start of this school year as incredible times in our professional careers, where we really counted on each other for encouragement, learning, and to feel a sense of community!
The 2020-21 school year provided a very bright light on the inequities our rural students and families endure. We are proud of the numerous school counselors that teamed up with administrators to problem solve issues with access to technology and virtual lessons, strategizing on the many ways to provide outreach to unengaged students and families, and how to address the emotional health of students, staff, and families. They also supported administrators with brainstorming on the most effective and inclusive scheduling options for both distance learning and face to face learning. Currently, school counselors are identifying their students’ social, emotional and academic needs. Most Shasta County secondary schools have reported an increase of “D” and “F” grades this school year. Next year, school counselors will need to start the year with plans to analyze data and to develop and implement Tier 2 (small group) counseling sessions providing support with a combination of content including social emotional learning and academic mindsets. The school counselors are also broadening their scope of services to include deeper levels of mental health and wellness support. The RHS school counseling budget paid for eleven administrators and school counselors to attend the National School Counseling Leadership Conference and for four school counselors to attend the CASEL Exchange Conference that focused on promising social emotional learning and the Three Signature Practices for teaching and leading professional learning sessions. We have enjoyed some really big celebrations this school year.
We have two Shasta County School Counselors of the Year (SCOY). Abby King, from Central Valley HIgh School was selected as the Secondary School Counselor of the Year and Jessyca Upton, from Turtle Bay School was selected as the Elementary School Counselor of the Year. Becky Love, RHS School Counseling Coordinator was awarded the California Association of School Counselors (CASC) 2021 Counselor Advocate of the Year. The award was largely due to the work from the Reach Higher Shasta School Counseling Initiative and the California School Boards Association Golden Bell.
literacy initiative
The aim of the REACH HIGHER Shasta (RHS) Literacy Initiative is “All 3rd-grade students in Shasta County reading at grade level by the end of 3rd grade as measured by the CAASPP ELA Standard Met or Exceeded.” The RHS Early Literacy Committee is focusing on a community-wide messaging effort with the goal of increasing literacy in Shasta County. The focus is “Every Child, Every Day” with the emphasis on every child being read to every day, or reading on their own. In our committee meetings we have formed four sub-groups with a focus on four types of audiences in our community as part of a Community Outreach Initiative. The task for the committee is to identify how to reach each group, develop a timeline for outreach, determine resources needed and address communication and messaging. The sub-committees include: Families, Businesses, Public Agencies & RHS Partners/Schools, and the General Public. Some focus of each subcommittee include:
• Families: Efforts should focus books in the hands of children and focus on locations that families frequent. Little Free Libraries are available throughout Shasta County. Anyone can borrow books from any Little Free Library, completely free of charge. Visit https://reachhighershasta.com/little-free-libraries/ to find a Little Free Library near you!
• Businesses: Business involvement should be unobtrusive and easy to achieve and support the Little Free Library effort. Ideas have been explored such as businesses posting flyers in windows, near entrances/exits, on bulletin boards or near the store’s weekly ad. Businesses should also be offered the opportunity to host or sponsor a Little Free Library (supplying books for a to-be-determined length of time).
• Public Agencies and RHS partners (schools): Most of the RHS partners already believe in the importance of Shasta Reads: Every Child, Every Day. Consensus was that initially efforts should focus on schools and City Parks and Recreation as two agencies that reach a lot of children. There needs to be consistency in messaging. A new Literacy Initiative focusing on teacher training begins September 2021.
• The General Public: Consistency in messaging was identified as essential. Work with RHS on how to reach target groups through social media. Show the joy of reading at different levels and involve celebrities, parents-to-parents in communication.
EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMITTEE
The Reach Higher Shasta- Early Childhood Committee (RHS-ECC) has broadened the member group as it fully merged with the Local Childcare and Development Planning Council. This merger allows for input and guidance from a dynamic blend of community representatives including Health and Human Services, Shasta Head Start, State Preschool, Resource and Referral, business owners, family child care providers, private center childcare providers, Far Northern Regional Center, Rowell Family Empowerment, First 5 Shasta and KIXE.
RHS-ECC successfully completed the “Next Stop Kindergarten” guide in both English and Spanish. This tool will assist families in making important decisions about their child’s kindergarten experience including transition activities and preparing your child during the summer months. The focus for RHS-ECC shifted with the Governor’s December 1, 2020 release of the Master Plan for Early Learning and Care: California for All Kids. Released by the California Health and Human Services Agency, the Plan was a collaboration of a number of experts and practitioners from WestEd, the RAND Corporation, Child Trends, American Institutes for Research, Glen Price Group, the Neimand Collaborative, Low Income Investment Fund, Stanford University and SparkPlace. In addition, Early Childhood Policy Council and Parent Voices contributed input and feedback.
The Plan builds upon the Assembly Blue Ribbon Commission report and others and is rooted in the understanding that access to high-quality early learning and care improves outcomes for all children and families and helps address racial and economic inequities. The Plan is organized in four goal areas: Programs, Workforce, Funding, and Administration. Through the Local Child Care Early Learning and Development Council (LPC), the RHS-ELC has aligned annual goals with the Plan. Goal 2- Workforce is a priority for the 2021-22 program year, as this work directly supports children’s learning and development by enhancing educator competence, incentivizing and funding career pathways, and implementing supportive program standards.
2021 Employees of the Year
SENATE DISTRICT 1
2021 WOMAN OF THE YEAR
JUDY FLORES
Shasta County Office of Education
CALIFORNIA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
Northern Section
KATHERINE CONWAY
Redding School District
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Elementary School
JESSYCA UPTON
Turtle Bay School
Secondary School
ABBY KING
Central Valley High School
CLASSIFIED
Paraprofessional
FELICIA ANTHONY
Happy Valley Union School District
Clerical & Administrative Services
JOAN JEFFREY
Shasta County Office of Education
Transportation Services
TONY WILLIAMS
Igo-Ono-Plantina Union School District
Food & Nutrition Services
ROLENE CROSBY
Shasta Union High School District
Custodial & Maintenance Services
MIKE SNELL
Shasta Union Elementary School District
Health & Student Services
DOUG STEELE
Redding Elementary School District
Technical Services
SARAH KOHLBECK
Shasta County Office of Education
CASBO AWARDEES
Transportation
SAM DODSON
Shasta County Office of Education
Administrative Assistant
AMY MORALES
Shasta County Office of Education
Payroll
MICHELLE HILLMAN
Shasta County Office of Education
Human Resources
KATHLEEN WOLTER
Shasta County Office of Education
ACSA ADMINISTRATORS OF THE YEAR
Classified Leader
LISA BULLINGTON
Anderson Unified High School District
Central Office
BRIEN MCCALL
Shasta County Office of Education
Personnel/Human Resources
CINDY TRUJILLO
Redding Elementary School District
Curriculum and Instruction
REBECCA LEWIS
Shasta County Office of Education
Administrative Services Division
HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES
Pre-employment testing, recruitment and selection, labor and employee relations, workers’ compensation, substitute services, certification and credentialing services, and consultation on human resource issues are services provided by this department.
Contact: (530) 225-0280
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The Information Technology department provides support for a wide array of technology to include advanced network design and management as well as hardware and applications support. The Shasta County Office of Education Network Operations Center hosts connectivity to the major telecommunications providers in our area, and manages and maintains a Wide Area Network for schools in Shasta County.
The Shasta County Office of Education also provides connectivity to the most robust research and education network infrastructure of any state in the nation. The multi-tiered, advanced network is a collaborative effort by
- CENIC, K12HSN, and CalREN which serves the state’s public and private institutions of primary through higher educational communities.
- CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California) built and maintains the network
- K12HSN (K-12 High-Speed Network) manages
- K-12 schools and districts participation on the network, and is funded by the California De partment of Education.
- CalREN (California Research and Education Network) is the statewide network consisting of 14 hub sites and circuits linking to 72 K-12 node sites, 11 UC node sites, 24 CSU node sites, 111 community college node sites, as well as 6 private university node sites.
In order to provide resilient service, this network consists of hub sites that link major statewide pathways and node sites providing connectivity to educational facilities throughout the state. The Shasta County Office of Education serves as a node site, connecting 100% of the districts in Shasta County.
This network provides a number of advantages for students over commodity Internet:
- The CalREN network is dedicated to serving education.
- Local node sites participate in strategic planning and decision making regarding this net work which directly affects our community.
- Services are provided on a cost recovery basis thereby eliminating the profit component of typical Internet providers.
- The network provides high speed connections designed to process a very high volume of data with minimal delay (latency) to state testing centers, Google, as well as other education supporting facilities.
- As an example, the average home Internet connectivity speed in California is approximately 25 Megabits per second (Mbps). The Shasta County Office of Education node provides a 10 Gbps shared connection (10,000 Mbps) for the districts.
Contact: (530) 229-8585
CALSTRS
California State Teacher Retirement System Counseling in retirement planning, application completion, benefits, and options is offered to administrators and certificated employees from nine Northern California counties.
For Appointment: 1(800) 228-5453 ext. 3
Questions: 1(800) 228-5453
FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS
The Facilities, Maintenance and Operations Department manages the facilities used by the Shasta County Office of Education, to provide clean and safe classrooms, offices, and training facilities. The department also assists with Williams Settlement visits to district schools.
Contact: (530) 225-0274
NORTHSTATE EDUCATE
Shasta County Office of Education (SCOE) has partnered with Tulare County Office of Education and the California Center for Teaching Careers to address the educator shortage in the North State. The northern section has been nicknamed NorthState Educate and serves Butte, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity County Offices’ of Education. Our office has been a liaison to all County Offices of Education and districts in this region and represented at local and virtual job fairs. Statistics to attract educators to our region include a higher than average income and lower than average housing costs, not to mention the many geographic features such as lakes, rivers, mountains and oceans. SCOE has attended recruitment fairs at CSU Humboldt, CSU Chico, Western Oregon University, Simpson University, along with representation at an online virtual fair. Successes include revival of the educator career fair in partnership with Simpson University and recruitment of special education and single subject teachers. Our efforts have established outreach to over 500 candidates and will have long-lasting impact on the provision of quality education for north state youth.
BUSINESS SERVICES
The Shasta County Office of Education provides fiscal oversight for all Shasta County school districts. In addition, contracted services are provided to assist districts and charter schools with budgeting, payroll processing, general accounting, and collection of school developer fees.
Contact: (530) 225-0235
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The Information Technology department provides support for a wide array of technology to include advanced network design and management as well as hardware and applications support. The Shasta County Office of Education Network Operations Center hosts connectivity to the major telecommunications providers in our area, and manages and maintains a Wide Area Network for schools in Shasta County.
The Shasta County Office of Education also provides connectivity to the most robust research and education network infrastructure of any state in the nation. The multi-tiered, advanced network is a collaborative effort by
- CENIC, K12HSN, and CalREN which serves the state’s public and private institutions of primary through higher educational communities.
- CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California) built and maintains the network
- K12HSN (K-12 High-Speed Network) manages
- K-12 schools and districts participation on the network, and is funded by the California De partment of Education.
- CalREN (California Research and Education Network) is the statewide network consisting of 14 hub sites and circuits linking to 72 K-12 node sites, 11 UC node sites, 24 CSU node sites, 111 community college node sites, as well as 6 private university node sites.
In order to provide resilient service, this network consists of hub sites that link major statewide pathways and node sites providing connectivity to educational facilities throughout the state. The Shasta County Office of Education serves as a node site, connecting 100% of the districts in Shasta County.
This network provides a number of advantages for students over commodity Internet:
- The CalREN network is dedicated to serving education.
- Local node sites participate in strategic planning and decision making regarding this net work which directly affects our community.
- Services are provided on a cost recovery basis thereby eliminating the profit component of typical Internet providers.
- The network provides high speed connections designed to process a very high volume of data with minimal delay (latency) to state testing centers, Google, as well as other education supporting facilities.
- As an example, the average home Internet connectivity speed in California is approximately 25 Megabits per second (Mbps). The Shasta County Office of Education node provides a 10 Gbps shared connection (10,000 Mbps) for the districts.
Contact: (530) 229-8585
TRANSPORTATION
The Transportation Department provides pupil transportation services through contracts to Anderson Union High School District and Chrysalis Charter School. Transportation is also provided to Special Education students in districts who request this service. The Transportation Department has a full-service vehicle maintenance department providing service and repairs to school buses and district fleet vehicles.
The facility is located at: 1103 Grange Street, Redding CA 96001
Contact: (530) 225-0340
NORTH STATE EDUCATE
Shasta County Office of Education (SCOE) partners with Tulare County Office of Education and the California Center for Teaching Careers to address the educator shortage in the North State. The northern section has been nicknamed North State Educate and serves Butte, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity County Offices’ of Education. Our office has been a liaison to all County Offices of Education and districts in this region and represented at local and virtual job fairs. Statistics to attract educators to our region include a higher than average income and lower than average housing costs, not to mention the many geographic features such as lakes, rivers, mountains, and oceans. Efforts have established outreach to over 500 candidates and will have a long-lasting impact on the provision of quality education for north state youth.
Grants & Other Programs
Through these grants and programs, we are able to offer more services to students and teachers in Shasta County.
TIER I ADMINISTRATIVE CREDENTIAL PROGRAM
Provides a comprehensive and coordinated program for individuals seeking a Preliminary Administrative Services Credential.
Contact: (530) 245-7833
TIER II ADMINISTRATIVE CREDENTIAL PROGRAM
Provides individualized coaching, support, and professional development for Tier II, Clear Administrative Services Credential candidates.
Contact: (530) 245-7833
PROJECT SHARE
Professional development, monitoring, coordination, and leadership for after-school programs.
Contact: (530) 245-7830
SAFE SCHOOLS COALITION
The Coalition’s charge is to bring school officials and community partners together for meaningful discussion, sharing of best practices, networking, planning, and support to address the many aspects that impact the safety and overall climate in Shasta County Schools.
Contact: (530) 225-0255
NORTH STATE STEM
The mission of North State STEM is to be the catalyst for STEM education by coordinating quality experiential programs and fostering private and public partnerships to build college and career readiness.
Contact: (530) 225-0242
MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS EDUCATION ACT
Ensures educational rights and protections for students experiencing homelessness or unaccompanied situations.
Contact: (530) 225-5390
Fingertip Facts in Education for Shasta County
THE FOLLOWING FIGURES ARE FROM 2020-21:
The Shasta County Office of Education provides a wide range of services to 25 school districts in Shasta County. They include business services data processing, personnel, administrative, psychological, nursing and community health, curricular assistance, instructional, information technology, and many other services.
School districts in Shasta County operate autonomously with their own elected governing boards and appointed Superintendent.
The Shasta County Office of Education is a service organization and an intermediate unit between local school districts and the California State Department of Education. Programs are offered for at-risk youth, early childhood, special education, and after-school.
For more information about these programs, please visit our website at www.shastacoe.org. The general information line for our main administration office is (530) 225-0200.
Judy Flores
Shasta County Superintendent of Schools
1644 Magnolia Ave.
Redding, CA 96001
The following figures are from 2020-21
Number of Public Schools | |
---|---|
Elementary |
39 |
Middle School / Junior High | 9 |
High School | 8 |
Charter | 16 |
Continuation High | 4 |
Regional Occupation Programs | 1 |
Total | 77 |
Number of School Districts | |
---|---|
Unified | 2 |
Elementary | 21 |
High School | 2 |
Total | 25 |
Number of Students in Public Schools | |
---|---|
Kindergarten - Grade 3 | 8,109 |
Grades 4 - 6 | 5,758 |
Grades 7 - 8 | 4,021 |
Grades 9 - 12 | 8,409 |
Total | 26,297 |
Institutions of Higher Learning | |
---|---|
Community Colleges | 1 |
Private Colleges | 4 |
Satellite University Campus | 1 |
Ethnic Distribution of Students (Excludes College & Private Schools) | |
---|---|
African American, not Hispanic (1.4%) | 313 |
American Indian or Alaska Native (3.9%) | 1,000 |
Asian (3.5%) | 921 |
Filipino (0.3%) | 69 |
Hispanic or Latino (15.6%) | 4,344 |
Pacific Islander (0.3%) | 84 |
White, not Hispanic (67.1%) | 17,315 |
No Response (1.6%) | 475 |
Two or more races, Not Hispanic (6.3%) | 1,776 |
Total | 26,297 |
The following figures are from 2019-20
Average LCFF Revenues (Per Unit of Average Daily Attendance) |
|
---|---|
Elementary School District | $10,022 |
High School District | $10,819 |
Unified School District | $15,384 |
Average Revenue Sources (Per Unit of Average Daily Attendance, K-12) |
|
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LCFF Revenue (74.9%) | $10,489 |
Federal Income (5.5%) | $781 |
State Sources (8.5%) | $1,227 |
Local Sources (10.2%) | $1,303 |
All Other Sources (.9%) | $142 |
Total | $13,942 |
Current Average Cost of Education |
|
---|---|
Elementary School District | $12,750 |
High School District | $14,444 |
Unified School District | $15,384 |
The following figures are from 2020-21
Students Served by Shasta County Office of Education Programs |
||
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Whiskeytown Environmental School (WES) | ||
Grades 5-6 plus Counselors |
0 | |
K-Grade 4 Day Field Trip |
0 | |
Schools Participating (Grades 5-6) |
0 | |
Schools Participating (Grades K-4) |
0 | |
Schreder Planetarium | ||
Attendees (ages 2-55+) |
412 | |
Number of Groups Participating |
19 | |
Early Childhood Services | ||
Full-Day Preschool |
105 | |
Part-Day Preschool |
104 | |
School-Age |
0 | |
Schools Participating (Grades K-4) | 0 | |
Special Education (Ages 0-22) | 53 | |
Juvenile Court School | 74 | |
Independent Study | 141 | |
Project SHARE (after school program) | 952 |
Fingertip Facts Data Is From: California Basic Educational Data System, California State Department of Education's Local Assistance Bureau, and Shasta County Office of Education's Business Services Division.
General Fund Summary
2019-20 actual revenue sources were 30% from Interagency & local, 3% from transfers in & other sources, 9% federal income, 32% from LCFF sources, and lastly 26% from other state income sources.
2019-20 actual expenditures by object category were 16.6% for certificated salaries, 33.3% classified salaries, 22.4% for employee benefits, 3.7% on books & supplies, and 21.5% on services & other operating, 1.7% on capital outlay, lastly 0.7% other outgo expenditures.
2019-20 actual expenditures by program were 24.4% on special education, 13.6% undistributed, 0.2% on community service, 7.5% on court & community school, 8.0% on non agency, 12.0% on other instructional services, 0.3% on Pre-K & childcare, lastly 33.9% on services to districts.
2019-20 actual expenditures by function were 24.0% on pupil services, 9.6% ancillary & community services, 0.8% debt service and interfund transfers, 21.5% general administration, Board & Superintendent, 37.5% on instruction & instruction related services, lastly 6.6% on maintenance, operations, & facilities.
Shasta County Public School & District Information as of August 1, 2019
Shasta County School Districts & Superintendents
ANDERSON UNION HIGH
Victor Hopper
(530) 378-0568
www.auhsd.net
BELLA VISTA ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Charlie Hoffman
(530) 549-4415
www.bveagles.com
BLACK BUTTE UNION ELEMENTARY
Tom Safford
(530) 474-3125
www.blackbutte.k12.or.us
CASCADE UNION ELEMENTARY
Jason Provence
(530) 378-7000
www.cuesd.com
CASTLE ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY
Autumn Funk
(530) 235-0101
www.castlerockschool.net
COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY
Clay Ross
(530) 223-1915
www.columbiasd.com
COTTONWOOD UNION ELEMENTARY
Doug Geren
(530) 347-3165
www.cwusd.com
ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY
Heather Armelino
(530) 224-4100
www.enterprise.k12.ca.us
FALL RIVER JOINT UNIFIED
Merrill Grant
(530) 335-4646
www.frjusd.org
FRENCH GULCH-WHISKEYTOWN ELEMENTARY
Moira Casey, Ed.D.
(530) 359-2151
www.fgws-fgws-ca.schoolloop.com
GATEWAY UNIFIED
Jim Harrell
(530) 245-7900
www.gateway-schools.org
GRANT ELEMENTARY
Rob Effa
(530) 243-4952
www.grantschoolcougars.com
HAPPY VALLEY UNION ELEMENTARY
Shelly Craig
(530) 357-2134
www.hvesd.org
IGO-ONO-PLATINA UNION ELEMENTARY
Rob Adams
(530) 225-0011
www.igoschools.net
INDIAN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY
Clark Redfield
(530) 337-6219
www.indianspringsesd.org
JUNCTION ELEMENTARY
Clay Ross
(530) 547-3274
www.junctionesd.net
MILLVILLE ELEMENTARY
Mindy DeSantis
(530) 547-4471
www.millvilleschool.net
MOUNTAIN UNION ELEMENTARY
Michael Wharton
(530) 337-6214
www.mcs-shastacoe-ca.schoolloop.com
NORTH COW CREEK ELEMENTARY
Kevin Kurtz
(530) 549-4488
www.northcowcreek.org
OAK RUN ELEMENTARY
Misti Livingston
(530) 472-3241
www.oakrunschool.org
PACHECO UNION ELEMENTARY
Cathy henderson
(530) 224-4599
www.pacheco.k12.ca.us
REDDING ELEMENTARY
Rob Adams
(530) 225-0011
www.reddingschools.net
SHASTA TRINITY ROP
Charlie Hoffman
(530) 246-3302
www.strop.org
SHASTA UNION ELEMENTARY
Rob Adams
(530) 225-0011
www.shastaunionschool.net
SHASTA UNION HIGH
Jim Cloney
(530) 241-3261
www.suhsd.net
WHITMORE UNION ELEMENTARY
Cindy Gonzales
(530) 472-3243
wujesd.org
Shasta County Charter Schools
ANDERSON NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL (GRADES 9-12)
Sponsored by Anderson Union High School District
(530) 365-3100
http://www.auhsd.net/ andersonnewtechnologyhighschool_home.aspx
CHRYSALIS CHARTER SCHOOL (GRADES K-8)
Sponsored by Shasta County Office of Education
(530) 547-9726
https://www.chrysalischarterschool.com
COTTONWOOD CREEK CHARTER (GRADES K-8)
Sponsored by Cottonwood Union School District
(530) 347-7200
https://www.cottonwoodcreekcharter.com/
MONARCH LEARNING CENTER (GRADES K-8)
Sponsored by Redding Elementary School District
(530) 247-7307
http://monarchkids.com/
NORTHERN SUMMIT ACADEMY (GRADES K-12)
Sponsored by Shasta County Office of Education
(530) 338-1399
http://ns-academy.org/
PACE ACADEMY (GRADES K-12)
Sponsored by Enterprise Elementary School District
(530) 224-4236
https://pace.eesd.net/
PHOENIX CHARTER ACADEMY (GRADES K-12)
Sponsored by Whitmore Union Elementary School District
(530) 222-9275
https://www.ourpca.org/
REDDING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY (GRADES K-12)
Sponsored by Enterprise Elementary School District
(530) 224-4240
https://rca.eesd.net/
REDDING SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (GRADES K-8)
Sponsored by Columbia Elementary School District
(530) 247-6933
http://www.rsarts.org/
REDDING STEM ACADEMY (GRADES K-8)
Sponsored by Shasta County Office of Education
(530) 225-5480
https://www.rstem.org/
ROCKY POINT CHARTER SCHOOL (GRADES K-8)
Sponsored by Gateway Unified School District
(530) 225-0456 https://rockypointcharter.com/
SHASTA CHARTER ACADEMY (GRADES 9-12)
Sponsored by Shasta Union High School District
(530) 245-2600
https://www.shastacharteracademy.org/
SHASTA VIEW ACADEMY (GRADES K-12)
Sponsored by Whitmore Union Elementary School District
(530) 233-3861
https://www.shastaview.org/
STELLAR CHARTER TECH/HOME STUDY (GRADES K-12)
Sponsored by Redding Elementary School District
(530) 245-7730
http://stellar.reddingschools.net/
TREE OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL CHARTER (GRADES K-4)
Sponsored by Cascade Union Elementary School District
(530) 378-7040
https://treeoflife.school/
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL (GRADES 6-12)
Sponsored by Shasta Union High School District
(530) 245-2790
http://www.ups.suhsd.net/