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Other Elective Options (Non- A-G Credit)

COMMON CORE ALGEBRA 1 TUTORIAL LAB

Intervention Course – Grades 9–10

Prerequisite: None

312613 CC ALG 1 TUT LAB A

312614 CC ALG 1 TUT LAB B

Common Core Algebra 1 Tutorial Lab is designed to provide foundational knowledge and intervention for students taking CC Algebra 1 and for students who are preparing to be enrolled in CC Algebra 1. The course is also used to provide intervention for the students who are enrolled in CC Algebra 1 but are experiencing difficulty in mastering the core standards and academic language of CC Algebra 1. CC Algebra 1 Tutorial Lab is an elective mathematics course provided to students as a second course to support the core CC Algebra 1 course. The course is designed to enhance the student’s knowledge of prerequisite skills and academic language that are needed to access the standards-based CC Algebra 1 course.

 

STRATEGIC LITERACY 1AB

Annual Intervention Course – Grade 9

Prerequisite: Identification of students according to memorandum

230141 STRATGC LIT 1A

230142 STRATGC LIT 1B

Course Description: This is the first level of the Developing Readers and Writers Course (DRWC), which is an accelerated intervention program that addresses the needs of the students in grade9 who have demonstrated delayed reading in the areas of decoding, encoding, fluency and comprehension. The District’s Secondary Literacy Plan requires that all students, grades five through eight, who are Far Below Basic on the ELA CST, are to be further assessed to determine whether DRWC is an appropriate placement.   Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, all high schools are to use READ 180 as the curriculum for DRWC.  (A high school may continue to use the LANGUAGE! curriculum for DRWC only with the approval of the local district superintendent.)READ 180focuseson the explicit teaching of these major components:  phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, comprehension, grammar usage, speaking and listening, encoding (spelling), vocabulary building, writing and wide reading of fiction and non-fiction.  For programming purposes, DRWC students are enrolled into a double-block with one period designated as English 9AandB (B Requirement) and one period designated as Strategic Literacy 1AB (for graduation credit only).

 

DEVELOPING READING SKILLS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM AB

Annual Intervention Course – Grades 9-12

Prerequisite: Identification of students according to memorandum on intervention options for students with disabilities

350211 DEV READ HS A

350212 DEV READ HS B

Course Description: The major emphasis of this course is to promote a balanced language arts program, which provides students with opportunities to develop skills to comprehend materials in the content area and to make meaningful connections between the text and the students’ experiences.  The course will provide sequential and structured opportunities for students with disabilities who are reading at least at the second grade level.  The students will learn systematic strategies in reading, writing, and organization that will enable them to listen, speak, think, read, and write about content material. The framework provides an opportunity to use skills for exploring ideas, attitudes, and values as they relate to self and the larger community.  Systematic instruction is based on student needs.

Elective Offered Within the Learning Center: Identified students with disabilities served in the resource specialist program, who are not currently enrolled in a two-hour block program (DRW, ESL, etc.,) or are not currently programmed into the Learning Center could be schedules into this Learning Center elective. 

 

COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS

Semester Course - Grade 9
420119 COL & CAR READINESS

HOSPITAL OCCUPATIONS

Annual Intervention Course – Grade 11

Prerequisite: Exploring Health Careers 1 & 2

270321 HOSP OCC A
270322 HOSP OCC B

Course Description: The major emphasis of this course is to expose students to hospital occupations, the clinical environment and clinical experience. The students will rotate through many departments of the hospital as well as sub-acute care facilities. Some examples of areas the students will be exposed to are physical therapy, diagnostic centers, mental health, speech therapy, etc. The content of this course is aligned with the Model CTE Standards and California high school academic core content area standards.
 

LEADERSHIP SH AB

Annual Course - Grades 9 - 12
460603 Leader Sh A
460604 Leader Sh B

 

MATH ENGINEERING SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT (MESA): INTRO TO ENGINEERING

Annual Course - Grade 9-12

Prerequisite: None

361625 MESA INTRO ENGIN A
361626 MESA INTRO ENGIN B