Instructional Services has the goal to provide service, leadership, and professional development to improve student learning. There are four departments within Instructional Services: Student Programs, Curriculum & Instruction, Administrator Support Services, and Early Childhood Services.

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 Learning Program/Charter, administrative credentialing, countywide counseling services, safety plan development, Co-Op 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, and districts, and counties in our area 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.

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 four separate divisions: Health and Nutrition, Early Education and Instruction, Inclusive Early Education, and Family and Community Support Services. A few of the ECS programs include subsidized child care, resource and referral services, parent and provider trainings, part-day preschool programs, Early Intervention Program, and 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.

THE NORTH STATE STEM SHASTA COUNTY ACTION COMMITTEES ESTABLISHED TO PURSUE THE GOALS ARE:

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. Our Youth Support Services Program provides assistance to Shasta County districts to support Foster Youth Programs, Homeless and McKinney Vento, 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 Charter (SCISC) 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 and/or behavior. The School Attendance Review Board process within Shasta County is extremely effective due to the commitment, cooperation, and support of compassionate individuals beginning at the school site, up to, and including the Court. Shasta Health, Academic, and Recreation Enrichment (SHARE) is a collaborative effort between Shasta County Office of Education, school districts, and support agencies to provide safe and structured activities for our students outside of the regular school day.

FUTURE OF WHISKEYTOWN ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOOL

The future  of  Whiskeytown Environmental School (WES) is uncertain following the Carr Fire impact on our former site at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. The site was rendered unsafe for 2018-19 and for an indefinite time into the future. For the past five decades the National Park Service owned and maintained the Whiskeytown Environmental School fa- cilities. The Shasta County Office of Education (SCOE) has provided the staff and programming for the Whiskeytown Environmental School.

For the 2018-19 school year, we did not operate the K-4 field lab program or the summer camp. We were able to temporarily relocate the 5th- 6th grade residential outdoor science school to the Lassen Pines Christian Conference Center. This accommodation was possible because of the ability to utilize insurance proceeds. The insurance funds only covered one year. We have also learned that higher elevation sites do not meet the needs of the students due to cold and snow.

In 2019-20, we will replace the residential pro- gram with a series of all-day programs. These will be similar to the WES experiences and lessons, but will utilize various locations through- out the county.

There are 3 options for the future of the residential program, the summer camp, and the field labs. We can return to Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (if, and only if, the site can be declared safe), find a new site else- where in Shasta County, or close the outdoor school permanently.

The safety of our former site remains unclear. Major debris flows of the life-threatening type are a possibility. It’s not clear what areas of the park have been affected to this level, but the initial report we heard was grim. We will not put children in harm’s way. We have asked for a thorough safety review by our partners at the National Park Service. It’s certain that parts of the site are unsafe and would require major rebuilding.

Securing a new site also has tremendous challenges. There are no camps to purchase that would meet our needs (most are too small or too high in elevation), leaving the option to build a new camp, which could cost roughly 13 million dollars. SCOE does not have funds for this and this is a large amount for the community to raise.

The SCOE 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 life- long stewardship for our natural and cultural treasures.

The SCOE Board and staff will continue to explore the options and will make a final determination once all the data has been gathered. While the future is unclear, SCOE continues to make every effort to seek a site for the beloved Whiskeytown Environmental School.

SCHREDER PLANETARIUM

As an educational outreach of Shasta County Office of Education (SCOE), the planetarium captures the passion and curiosity of the universe from space to Earth. We continue to offer a double-feature public show every two weeks and they have sold out since August 2016.

Tickets are $8 for public shows and field trips. Efforts are being made to raise funds to replace our aging projection and audio system. Contact: 530.225.0295.

The theater is located at the SCOE office located at 1644 Magnolia Avenue, Redding CA 96001

ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS / SHASTA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION

Tier 2 Induction Program Shasta County Office of Education Tier 2 Induction program, in partnership with Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), was 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 two-year induction program, preliminary administrators are paired with a trained, veteran administrator who serves as their coach, in a process that is designed to be highly individualized and tailored to build on strengths and identify growth. 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 applied the California Professional Standards for Educational Leadership (CPSELs) in their daily work.

Shasta County Office of Education in partnership with the ACSA, serve 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 organization’s expertise and experience in leadership coaching and professional development make our program a respected California induction program. Support for new school leaders is critical to student success. Research indicates new administrators, principals, co-principals, assistant principals, deans, and other site and district leaders, must have direct support grounded in the individual needs of the new leader and the context in which they work. 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.

Clear Credential Candidates will benefit from the following program components:

• 40 hours individualized, onsite leadership coaching • Highly trained, skilled, and successful Certified Leadership Coach
• 10 hours of foundational professional development plus an additional 10 hours of individualized professional development choice
• Cohort based collaboration and connectivity with new administrators throughout California
• Collaborative and supportive system for developing his/her induction plan and action steps. Currently, we have approximately 44 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.

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 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 by, 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.

Our 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, directing 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.

SELPA

(Special Education Local Planning Area)

The Shasta County SELPA office provides training, dispute resolution, and policy development for all programs and fiscal aspects of special education for the 32 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

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 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. 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 through this work, we have heavily invested our staff in the work of the Reach Higher Shasta Initiatives.

COUNSELING INITIATIVE

Over the past three years, each district in the county with high schools along with two of the charter schools have been working to create a systematic approach to school counseling in order to ensure that all students receive the same school counseling curriculum no matter what campus they attend or who their counselor happens to be. The curriculum focuses on the academic, social-emotional, and college / career development of all students. In addition, the RHS campuses have agreed upon data elements to be collected in order to determine students most in need of supplemental interventions and supports.

The RHS Counseling Initiative includes Counselor Co-Leads from each high school and a Counseling Coordinator that was hired to lead in the coordination between high schools and the implementation of a sustainable and comprehensive school counseling model. Over the past two years, counselors and administrators from each high school have benefited from ten days of training in the American School Counseling Association’s National Model which are the standards for school counseling programs along with direction in how to implement those standards within each high school.

We are already seeing the results of this effort: from the Senior class of 2016 to the Senior class of 2018

• 14.6 % more students have graduated college ready meaning they have completed the A-G college admission requirements
• 78% more students completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• 29.7% more students received California grants (Cal Grant A , B, or C).

In July 2018, the seventh most devastating fire in California history struck Shasta County. The North State rallied around the community, with outreach and donations to support students, families and schools. Shasta County Office of Education served as a hub for coordinating, collecting and distributing donations to school sites and other community based organizations throughout the county.

Donated items included:

• Filled 1,000 backpacks - Evergreen School, Rotary, Dahle, and Local Groups
• 100 Dyson Air Filters
• 100 BKR water bottles
• Thousand of dollars in gift cards for shoes
• Four inspirational children donated $300 from their lemonade stand
• Over $10,000 was provided for athletic 

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Through these grants and programs, we are able to offer more services to students and teachers in Shasta County.

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 2018-19

The SBAC Math Data compares results of Shasta County students versus California for the period of 2015 to 2018. In 2015, 34% of the county students meet or exceeded the states by 1%. In 2016 that 1% difference remained constant with the county reporting 38% vs the states 37%. In 2017 & 2018 both the county and the state results tied at 38% and 39% respectively; both entities increasing performance by 1%.

In 2018, Shasta County and California both had 39% of students meet or exceed standard in math but the breakdown in proficiency levels is different. 16% of the county's students exceeded while the state had 19%; 23% of the county's students met while the state had 26%. 30% of the county's students nearly met standards why the state had 26%. Lastly, the county had 31% not meeting standards while 35%.

SBAC math data of Shasta County's students by grade level. Third, fourth, & fifth graders whom met or exceeded standards were 48%, 43% and 32% respectively. Six, seventh and eighth graders scored at 35%, 40% and 42%. There is no data available for ninth and tenth graders; eleventh graders whom met or exceeded standards were 35%.

The SBAC ELA Data compares results of Shasta County students versus California for the period of 2015 to 2018. In 2015, 44% of the county students meet or exceeded standards; which is equal to the states population. In 2016 fell below the state with a reported 47% compared to the states 49%. In 2017 the county continued its improvement projection with 48% of the students meeting and exceeding while the state results dipped to 48%, equal to the county. In 2018 the county improved another point while the state posted a two point improvement; wrapping up with the county reporting 49% and 50% for the state.

In 2018, Shasta County had 49% of students meet or exceed standard while California had 50%. 18% of the county's students exceeded while the state had 21.3%; 31% of the county's students met while the state had 28.6%. 25% of the county's students nearly met standards why the state had 23% missing the mark. Lastly, the county had 26% not meeting standards while California had 28%.

SBAC ELA data of Shasta County's students by grade level. Third, fourth, & fifth graders whom met or exceeded standards were 51%, 46% and 45% respectively. Six, seventh and eighth graders scored at 44%, 48% and 51%. There is no data available for ninth and tenth graders; eleventh graders whom met or exceeded standards were 35%.

The 2017 California Child Care Portfolio, the 11th edition of a biennial report, presents a unique portrait of child care supply, demand, and cost statewide and county by county, as well as data regarding employment, poverty, and family budgets. The child care data in this report was gathered with the assistance of local child care resource and referral programs (R&Rs). R&Rs work daily to help parents find child care that best suits their family and economic needs. They also work to build and support the delivery of high quality child care services in diverse settings throughout the state. To access the full report summary and county pages, go to our website at www.rrnetwork.org.

The 2017 Child Care Portfolio is produced by the California Child Care Resources & Referral Network (415) 882-0234.

For more information about child care in Shasta County: Early Childhood Services at the Shasta County Office of Education. Phone 530.225.2999 website www.shastacoe.org. 

The overall people in poverty in 2016 within the county is 26% compared to 20% within the state. The source data is from the .American Community Survey 2016 1-year and 2015 5-year estimates.

Child Care and Family Budgets
 

The below charts compare the uses of income eligible families with or without care subsidies to median family income households. The source of the data is either American Community Survey 2016 1-year and 2015 5-year estimates; U.S. Housing and Urban Development rent for 2-bedroom 50th percentile; 70% of 2015 State Median Income for a family of three; 2016 Regional Market Rate Survey, Network estimate 

As determined by Resource & Referral child care referrals from April thru June 2016, 20% of those requests were made for children under two, 49% for those between 2 to 5 years of age, and 31% for children 6 years and older.

Licensed child care slots were available for 35% of children between the age of 0-12 with parents in the labor force. This is an estimate based on 4,910 licensed slots and does not include license-exempt programs.

The majority of child care centers, 53%, have one or more federal, state, or local contracts.

The languages spoken at the family homes of those requesting child care consist of 91% speaking Engish, 5% speaking Spanish, 2% speaking an Asian or Pacific Island languages, with the remaining 2% speaking some other language.

Licensed child care centers employing at least one staff speaking the following languages are 100% speaking English, 16% speaking Spanish, and 5% speaking sign language. In comparison, licensed family child care homes employing at least one staff speaking a variety of languages are 100% speaking English, 11% speaking Spanish, and 5% knowing sign language.

For more information about child care in Shasta County: Early Childhood Services at the Shasta County Office of Education. Phone 530.225.2999 or www.shastacoe.org. 

Shasta County School Districts & Superintendents

Shasta County Charter Schools