Partners: Irvine High School
Irvine High School incorporates the support and involvement of parents when
planning individual support plans. Irvine High School makes referrals
for “Active Parenting” and Developing Capable People” classes
when needed. The school counselors and school psychologist assist families
in finding counseling services through the District Family Guidance Resources. Irvine
High School has partnered with the PTA, Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce
as well as local business for tangible reinforcers and scholarship awards used
to promote the “Via Vaquero Program”. Our School Resource
Officer has Via Vaquero cards and is aware of the Integrity, Honor Self and
Others and Social Responsibility school-wide expected behaviors.
Irvine High School participates in focused staff development through late start
staff development days, focus group meetings, department meetings, Unit meetings
and a full day staff development. The focus is on the academic and behavioral
needs of our non-proficient students, advisement program and critical thinking. Staff
development includes teachers, administration, School Resource Officer, Campus
Supervisors, Project Success Counselor and school counselors. The training
uses essential questions, small group work-time, action plans, review of relevant
research and group consensus and problem solving strategies. Staff development
is strategically planned and spans the school year for monitoring and feedback.
Last year’s Youth Creating Change leadership group designed and collected
data from the student body on the expected behaviors and launched a campaign
promoting the students responses for Integrity, Honor and Social Responsibility. Twice
a year, students are nominated by their teachers for “Spur Awards”. These
awards are based on Irvine High’s expected behaviors (Integrity, Honor
Self and Others, and Social Responsibility. There is an evening “Spur
Awards” ceremony at the end of the school year with motivational speakers,
scholarship awards and school board attendance. This year’s action
plan is based on the following data sources: WASC student, parent, staff
surveys; academic data (STAR assessments, CAHSEE, and department data); behavioral
data (office discipline referrals, suspensions, expulsions); and feedback from
the Advisement Program (teachers and students).
Irvine High School actively recruited parent participation for the 2008-09 Leadership Institute and on the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports team. We would like to have parent participation to increase our communication with parent groups and to add the parent perspective in our school-wide behavior planning. Our Principal is meeting with the PTSA and the School Site Council in an effort to enlist their ideas and support for encouraging a broader base of parental participation in our School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Project.
Last updated: 11/14/2011