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lot out of it. In Daniel’s class, they were certainly working on career readiness standard 7 in English – integrating and evaluating diverse media formats. Students watched an informational video on a topic, which they covered in their textbooks. Then (because this class is conducted in a computer lab, for no particular reason) students did their own spontaneous research on the content on the Internet. All three classes had evidence of the teaching and use of academic and content specific vocabulary. (Excerpted from my classroom observation assignment)
It has always been our strength that we have excellent teachers, and though I found little alignment between the written and the taught curriculum, I observed some of the “Hallmarks of Curriculum Quality,” which Glatthorn and Jailall describe: the structuring of class to facilitate the mastery of essential skills was evident; focusing on the mastery of a limited number of objectives was clear in all classes I visited; and the structuring of curriculum to focus on problem solving has always been a strength for our teachers (Glatthorn & Jailall, 2009). While depth and rigor related to the standards was absent; depth and rigor within the content area was more than certainly present. A clear validation for my conclusion is that Westchester has been named a School of Excellence (Appendix A) in English Education in many years; and that our WASC review resulted in a 6-year evaluation timeframe. Our teachers must begin to align their practices with the Common Core, but they will excel given proper support.
Assessed Curriculum
“The assessed curriculum is that which appears in testes and performance measures: state tests, standardized tests, district tests, and teacher-made tests (Gl...

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Student discipline, a few years ago, had meaning and was a moniker for elaborate staffing, financial, and organizational structure. With the passing of the new California Ed Code, restricting teachers from removing students who were loud, disruptive, vulgar or defiant from class; and the new enforcement policies (or lack thereof) regarding the possession and use of marijuana or alcohol by students on campus; classroom teachers have largely given up the enforcement of any class rules. We also had a uniform at Westchester, but the school district prohibited us from enforcing it after a teacher complained. Teachers were told that there would be a remediation strategy, called restorative justice, put into practice to deal with classroom disruptions and disrespectful behavior, which undermines class time. Only four teachers were

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