California Center for School Climate (CCSC)

Prioritizing School Climate Within the Local Control and Accountability Plan: Creating goals that support student connectedness

Join WestEd and CDE in this webinar to discuss the use of LCAP goals to support student connectedness and improved school climate.

• Each local educational agency (LEA) in California is required to address school climate within their Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). This webinar will discuss the importance of developing goals that provide support for any local school climate need(s) within the LCAP. This session will:
  • Provide examples of school connectedness goals
  • Discuss strategies for well written goal descriptions, “why” statements, metrics, and actions
  • Provide opportunities for participants to indicate the types of local school climate data they are collecting to inform their needs assessment, the actions/strategies they developed to address those needs, and how the impact/effectiveness of actions was determined
  • Provide resources for supporting the development of school climate LCAP goals

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Presenters

Lidia Renteria, Education Programs Consultant, California Department of Education

Lidia Renteria, MEd, serves as an Education Programs Consultant in the Local Agency Systems Support Office (LASSO) at the California Department of Education. In this role, Lidia supports LEAs with the implementation of Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs), local indicators, and family and community engagement. Lidia has 30 years of experience in programs serving children from prekindergarten through 12th grade.

Joshua Strong, Education Administrator, California Department of Education

Joshua has served as the Administrator of LASSO at the California Department of Education (CDE) since March 2016. In this capacity, he and the LASSO team support local educational agencies throughout California in the programmatic implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula, including the LCAP and the Local Indicators on the California School Dashboard. Joshua has also served as the Administrator in the CDE’s System of Support Office and as an Education Program Consultant in both LASSO and the Title I Policy and Program Guidance Office at the CDE. Prior to coming to the CDE, Joshua served as a History/Social Science teacher at both the middle school and high school levels.