SPSA Instructions



Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) Handbook

High Schools

2005-2006

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|SPSA Template |Resource Guide |

|Table of Contents: |Table of Contents: |

|Click on any entry on the table of contents and it will directly link to the page|Click on any entry to directly link to any selected page. |

|selected. (XP computers use Ctrl/click). | |

|Follow attached directions (see Updating the Table of Contents) for how to change| |

|the table of contents and to delete the pages i, ii, and iii before turning in | |

|completed plan. | |

|Insert Table of Contents behind cover page. | |

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|Section I: |Section 1: Procedural Guidelines |

|School Information |Use Procedural Guidelines to assist in the development and writing of the SPSA. |

|Put an X on all school programs that apply. |Use boxes to as a guide and timeline for plan completion. |

|Locate the CDS code is on the school’s former plans and assurances, budgets and | |

|justifications or at cde.. | |

|Do not write any date on this page. | |

|Committee Recommendations and Assurances | |

|Obtain chairperson signatures that are requested from the various committees | |

|providing recommendations to the plan. | |

|School Accountability Report Card (SARC): Delete the SARC instructions and | |

|include SARC in Section IX. | |

|Section II: Data |Section 4: Content Area Toolkits |

|Analyze student academic achievement data, student data and staff data to |Use student achievement data, and California Standards Test (CST) Data, for AMO |

|determine strengths and weaknesses. |Key Finding on the Conclusions from Data Analysis page. |

|Included is the Alternative Schools Assignment Measurement (ASAM) for |Included are additional data sets for schools participating in Western |

|continuation high schools |Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation. |

|Section III: Governance, Leadership, and | |

|School Organization | |

|Provide actions to improve school organization, management structure, etc. | |

|Responses from this section can be used to develop objectives and strategies for | |

|the Partnerships, Support Services and Organizational Action Plan. | |

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|Section IV: |Section 2: |

|Complete School, Family and Community Partnerships Feedback Summary. List one |Utilize the Measure of School, Family and Community Partnerships survey to obtain|

|priority for each type of parent involvement from the feedback tool template |data from the parents for the SPSA. Schools can use this survey in the following|

|found in the Resource Guide. |ways: |

|Use the School, Family and Community Partnerships Analysis page together with the|Parents working with school personnel can select the most pertinent questions. |

|preceding summary page to develop the goal(s) for the Partnership, Support |The survey can be distributed and returned to the school for tabulations or |

|Services, and Organization Action Plan. |delivered orally through focus groups. |

|Parent Involvement Policy |Provided as an example is the School, Family and Community Partnerships Feedback |

|Review and revise (if needed) school’s existing parent involvement policy. |Tool Sample based on Tenet 4 of the Culturally Relevant and Responsive Education |

|(Current parent involvement policy is to be typed or attached. Delete the |Action Plan. |

|information provided.) |Use School, Family and Community Partnerships Feedback Tool Template to |

|School-Parent Compact (Title I schools) |prioritize survey items in each of the Six Types of Parent Involvement. |

|Attach compact and delete this page. | |

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|Section V: |Included is the sample format for completing the Action Plans. The optional |

|Complete the five action plans that are based on the data analysis and the |Science Action Plan is located in this section. |

|Content Area Toolkits. Science Action Plans may be included in this section. | |

|Template pages for Science Action Plan are provided in the Resource Guide. |Section 4: |

|Strategies/Activities page(s): |Included are five content area toolkits. They are set up similarly and include |

|Outcomes/Evidence should include increase in student learning through formal or |goals, CST data (if applicable), content strand reports, and analysis of current |

|informal data (i.e., student work samples, periodic assessments, etc.). |educational practice information and questions to provide key findings for use in|

|TAS should align resources to targeted student groups. |Action Plans. |

|Resources: use name of funding, |The Senior High Science Toolkit (optional) is provided for schools electing to |

|e.g., Title I. |write action plans for this curricular area. |

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|Technology Note: | |

|Tab to move form column to column. After last column, tab to next row. | |

|Section VI: |Section 5: |

|Compliance Items: |Provided are sample actions to achieve compliance for each area. |

|Put a check or X in compliant column if school is compliant. | |

|Leave the compliant column blank for non compliant areas and provide actions for | |

|compliance in the boxes provided. | |

|Refer to Resource Guide Section 5 for sample responses for these pages. | |

|Section VII: | |

|Monitoring Section (two parts): | |

|Describe the school’s plan to monitor the action steps supported by data from | |

|periodic assessments and student work. | |

|Attach local district plan monitoring process. | |

|Section VIII: | |

|Utilize the Specially Funded Programs Branch website to download the current | |

|budget pages. | |

|Attach these pages to the plan. | |

|Section IX: | |

|Attach all appropriate attachments and delete attachments that are not included. | |

| |Section 6: |

| |Included are acronyms and specialized terms for use by the school community. |

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Technology Hints and Tips

Any of the following instructions may be used throughout the template.

Note: Instructions are done using the menu bar instead of the icons on the toolbars.

| |Opening CD |

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|Using the Single Plan and Resource Guide Documents on the CD |

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|When the Word documents on this CD are first opened, the following message may appear. |

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|Click ‘No’ to proceed. |

| |For PC |For Macs |

| |Double click on My Computer |On the Apple Menu Bar select option Go/Computer |

| |Select the drive with the CD icon and double click to open |Select CD and double click to open |

| |Double click on file to open |Drag desired file to the desktop or double click on preferred file to |

| |To save on the hard drive, select |open, and to save on the hard drive, select |

| |File/Save As…/Save as Type: Word Document (*.doc) or drag desired file to|File/Save As: dialog box. |

| |the desktop and once opened save under a new name. | |

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| |*If after file is opened and a message “This file is read-only.” appears,| |

| |click OK and Cancel; next, go to File/Save As to save the document. | |

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| |Using the Table of Contents |

| |Scroll down to the Table of Contents (second page of the file) |

| |Position arrow over a section to open (example: hit ctrl + left click or click on the Governance, Leadership, School Organization) |

| |The document should open the hyperlink to the page selected. |

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| |To use the Goto function … |

| |For PC |For Macs |

| |Press the control [ctrl] and g. |Press the command button [(] and g. |

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| |Updating the Table of Contents |

| |Placing the Table of Contents after the Cover Page when the SPSA is completed: |

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| |Place the cursor at the bottom of the Cover Page. |

| |For PCs go to Insert click Break… go to Section break types click Next page then click OK. For Macs go to Insert click Break… click Page Break then|

| |click OK. |

| |Go to the Table of Contents page. |

| |Highlight/select from the title (TABLE OF CONTENTS) to the actual table of contents (with links). |

| |Go to Edit click Cut. (NOTE: do not perform any other function with the file or the computer until you have done step 6. There is a chance the |

| |table of contents may be lost.) |

| |Immediately scroll down to the BLANK page after the Cover Page and go to Edit click Paste. |

| |Go to the page i and highlight/select from top of page i to the end of the Acknowledgement section page iv and press the Delete button until the |

| |Cover Page is the first page. If a blank page is located after the TABLE OF CONTENTS page, place the cursor on the blank page and press Delete |

| |button until the next page appears. |

| |Go to the TABLE OF CONTENTS and follow instruction to update the table of contents. |

| |For PC |For Macs |

| |Highlight the entire table of contents (it should appear dark gray) |Go to Edit/Select All |

| |Right click |On the selected area, press ctrl and click |

| |Select Update page numbers only |Select Update field, then click or go to option |

| |Click OK |Follow steps 4-6 for PCs |

| |Select File/Save | |

| |Table of Contents hyperlinks can now be clicked to access any plan |After deleting pages i, ii , and iii, return to the table of contents |

| |sections or pages |page and delete the entries for those pages one by one. To delete an |

| | |entry from the table of contents, place the cursor on the right side of |

| | |the entry and press delete and save the changes. |

| |Inserting or Adding Extra Strategies/Activities Pages |

| |In order to facilitate use of these pages, copy two to three Strategies/Activities pages before beginning to type. |

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| |Add page breaks to create extra pages. To add page breaks: go to Insert/Break.../Page Break and click OK. |

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| |Highlight/select texts and table that need to be copied; go to Edit/Copy. |

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| |Click on the blank page that follows and go to Edit/Paste. |

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| |If extra pages are not needed they can be highlighted and deleted. It may be necessary to press Delete several times to bring up the next plan |

| |page. |

| |Inserting or Adding Rows on Tables in Sections II - V |

| |Inserting a Break…/Section break types/Next page in the middle of a table: |

| |Go to Insert click Break… go to Section break types click Next page then click OK. |

| |Highlight/select from the left side of the row on the table using the white pointer pointing to the right ((). |

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| |Inserting more rows: |

| |Highlight/select a row on the page using the white pointer pointing to the right ((). |

| |Go to Table slide down to Insert slide over to the right to reveal more options choose either Rows Above or Rows Below depending on where you would|

| |like to place the extra row. |

| |Printing the SPSA |

| |Before printing the plan, remember to refer to [pic] “Updating the Table of Contents” steps and view the Print Preview (under File on the menu |

| |bar). |

| |Miscellaneous |

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| |To access the “Web” toolbar, go to View/Toolbars/Web; a toolbar will appear or will be added with the tools shortcuts; click on the arrow pointing |

| |to the left. |

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| |For Macs, a toolbar will automatically appear, when a link on the “Table of Contents” is activated; if not, follow the instructions above. |

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| |Hyperlinks: Depending on the version of Microsoft word, users must either hit ctlr + left click or just left click on a section in order to access |

| |the hyperlinks. |

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| |To view the outline of tables on the document, go to the menu bar, select Table/Show Gridlines (for MAC—Table and check Gridlines). If Hide |

| |Gridlines and not Show Gridlines is on the drop down menu, it means Show Gridlines is already activated. |

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| |For operating system Windows XP: |

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| |When opening the document if the text shrinks and “Comments” appear on the right side, drag the pointer to the menu bar and select View/Markup to |

| |remove the comments and extend the text to a full page. |

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