Secondary Instruction

The Secondary Instruction department plans, organizes, monitors, and directs the development, implementation, and assessment of instruction for secondary schools.  It provides leadership for the instructional program, provides support to all secondary schools in the District adopted curriculum and instructional improvement efforts, coordinates and supervises new curriculum adoption process.  It also plans, organizes and monitors the development of new educational programs that meet mandated educational reforms for secondary schools.

Areas of Responsibility:

• Summer School
• AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
• Athletics/CIF (California Interscholastic Federation)
• Secondary Curriculum
• QEIA (Quality Education Investment Act)
• SLC (Smaller Learning Communities)
• ASB (Associated Student Body)
• Common Assessments
• Secondary Textbook Adoption
• AP/IB (Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate) Curriculum
• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math)
• Secondary Transitions
• Secondary Guidance
• Parent Complaints
• Graduation
• WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges)
• Elementary School Grade 6 Math
• Middle Schools
• Comprehensive High Schools
• Continuation High Schools