New Personnel Training for Principals, Administrators, and Outreach Consultants
New Personnel Training for Principals, Administrators, and Outreach Consultants Margarita Garcia, Education Programs Consultant, CSS Field Colleague, EAN Board Member, Comprehensive Student Support Program; Monica Nepomuceno, Education Programs Consultant, CSS Field Colleague, Comprehensive Student Support Program; Jennifer Carpenter, CSS Outreach Consultant/Field Colleague, Glenelder Elementary School; Renee Scott-Femenella, CSS Field Colleague, Principal, Northwood Elementary; Steve Garcia, Assistant Principal, CSS Field Colleague, South El Monte High School; Steve Berta, Faculty, SJSU, CSS Field Colleague; Sue Kaiser, Principal, Sierra Vista Middle School, CA

This overview of the CSS program is required for all principals and for those outreach consultants who have not completed the Dropout Prevention Specialist Certificate program. This presentation will feature a video presentation, interactive training by expert field colleagues and principals, and a clear understanding of what makes CSS such an effective academic and student support program.

Strand: CSS Toolkit
Grade Level: K–12

CSS Toolkit: Resilience
Sandra Roberts, Education Consultant/CSS Field Colleague; Steve Garcia, Assistant Principal/CSS Field Colleague, South El Monte High School, CA

Resilience has been described as the ability to bounce back from challenging situations and events. Use of humor and connection with a caring adult are key. Using techniques that build the resilience of staff and provide interventions to use with students, build the staff's capacity to participate in transforming the climate of the school.

Strand: CSS Toolkit
Grade Level: K–12

CSS Toolkit: SST Training
Andrew Stetkevich, Staff Development Specialist/CSS Field Colleague, Riverside Staff Development Center; Vicki Butler, Director, Val Verde USD, CA

Participants will explore best practices in the SST process, including gaining teacher buy-in, viewing video clips of elementary and secondary SST meetings, strategies to elicit parent and student participation, networking with SST facilitators around the state, nuts and bolts of implementation and recordkeeping, and strategy resources that address the strengths and needs of students and families.

Strand: CSS Toolkit; VetORC
Grade Level: K–12

CSS Toolkit: Attitude
Jennifer Carpenter, CSS Outreach Consultant/Field Colleague, Glenelder Elementary School; Steve Garcia, Assistant Principal/CSS Field Colleague, South El Monte High School, CA

What are some things all staff members can do to inspire kids into the classroom? How can you intervene before they reach the stage of suspension or expulsion? How do you manage the transition when moving from an extrinsic to an intrinsic reward system?

Strand: CSS Toolkit
Grade Level: K–12

CSS Toolkit: Coordinated Services Team
Bonnie Mooney, Family Service Coordinator/CSS Field Colleague, Safe Schools & Healthy Students; Gabriela Layseca, Interim Director/Lead Family Case Manager, Montclair Community Collaborative, CA

What will it take to develop an effective Coordinated Services Team? How do you identify student needs? What internal and external resources will you need? How do you “mine” for resources in your community? How do you conduct effective meetings? How do you evaluate whether it is working well? How do you develop early intervention and collaboration with feeder schools/clusters?

Strand: CSS Toolkit; VetORC
Grade Level: K–12

CSS Toolkit: Community Involvement
Melinda Johnson, CSS Outreach Consultant/Field Colleague, Foshay Learning Center, CA

California's CSS programs bring in an average of $180,000 in funds and resources to their schools. Specific examples will suggest ways to involve the community, including mentoring programs, and the benefits of developing relationships with local sponsors.

Strand: CSS Toolkit
Grade Level: K–12

So you want to be a Shining Star School....
Karin Smith, Administrator, and Ricardo Padilla, ORC/DPS, New Lexington Elementary School, El Monte City School District, El Monte, CA

How do you go about writing the high quality Year-End Report necessary to earn this honor? This session will provide simple steps to pulling together a high quality report as well as helping you to build a strong picture of your schoolwide Comprehensive Student Support program. It's easy. You can do it!

Strand: CSS Tookit; VetORC
Grade K–12

CSS Toolkit: Attendance
Steve Garcia, Assistant Principal/CSS Field Colleague, South El Monte High School; Jennifer Carpenter, CSS Outreach Consultant/Field Colleague, Glenelder Elementary School, CA

Discover specific, successful programs that can reduce tardiness and increase ADA at your school. Attendance strategies are a key element for successful learning outcomes at any school. This session will provide you with concrete, proven strategies that address a variety of family issues, and can enlist community agencies, parents, teachers, and children to be part of attendance success.

Strand: CSS Toolkit
Grade Level: K–12