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Welcome to the 2019 Alternative Accountability Policy Forum

11/7/2019

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RAPSA, Alternative Accountability Policy Forum
​Dear AAPF Guest:
 
The RAPSA Board and I look forward to meeting you at the 2019 Alternative Accountability Policy Forum from November 13th to the 15th. The event is designed to be intimate enough so that we all get to network and learn about each other’s students and programs.
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Welcome Reception
Wednesday November 13th from 5 to 6 pm will be the Welcome Reception hosted by the Marriott Coronado Island. Great food, carving stations, beer and wine and a roomful of education leaders who share your passion.  
RAPSA Awards Luncheon 
Thursday’s luncheon will introduce you to the 5 Courage Award recipients, each earning a $1,000 scholarship. This year RAPSA is recognizing the range of commitment among education leaders by granting two Heart Awards. One to a network district administrator for her lifetime of commitment, Dr. Linda Dawson and one to a classroom teacher Renee Schloss. Like all of you whose roles differ, their passion effects everything they do for at-promise youth. Our Vision Award recipient is California Assembly Member Reginald Jones-Sawyer, the author of the bill that changed “at-risk” to at-promise in State law. We greatly appreciate the Walton Family Foundation’s sponsorship of this event. 
RAPSA Courage Award Winners
​Closing Session 
Don’t miss the closing session, an exclusive viewing of the film The Pushouts followed by a conversation with the film’s producer Dawn Valadez. The event takes place Friday from 11 to 12:30. Ms. Valadez is a social worker turned film producer who understands the challenges faced by our students and wants to share with you strategies for using the media to share why our students and our work is important to the broader community.
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At-Risk to At-Promise Interviews
RAPSA Board Member and author Matthew LaPlante will be conducting interviews for RAPSA’s At-Risk to At-Promise initiative. He’d like to gain a deeper understanding of the intersections of experience, expertise and passion that exist in our community. We're in the process of building a toolkit that will help you engage in the organization and influencing that helps broaden support for at-promise youth, and we want to get a better sense of what you're already doing to build positive culture, address implicit bias, and address the factors that challenge our students. Sign up here
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​San Diego and Coronado Island 
Coronado Island is located across San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. The policy forum will be held at the Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa located at 2000 2nd St, Coronado, CA 92118 (phone: 619.435.3000).
 
There are many restaurants on Coronado, and downtown San Diego is across the bay via car or ferry. San Diego is known for its beaches, weather, microbreweries, and, of course, the AAPF. You can rent bicycles, surfboards, kayaks, and SUPs at and near the Marriott as well as many of the nearby beaches. You may want a wetsuit in November, and you can rent them, too. Ocean temperatures range from 65 to 69 degrees. Air temperature in mid-November is typically a low of 61 and a high of 71.
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Thank you for all that you do for at-promise youth! 
See you in San Diego.
Ernie Silva
Executive Director
Reaching At-Promise Students Association
Ernie.silva@siatech.org
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California Governor Signs At-Promise Bill!

10/23/2019

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California Governor Signs At-Promise Bill
Changing from At-Risk to At-Promise
​California has become the first state to recognize the importance of changing laws to recognize that all students are “At-promise” of success. Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 413 (Jones-Sawyer) on October 12, 2019. The bill eliminates the deficit laden “At-risk” term in the California Education and Penal Codes.
 
Join us to celebrate this victory! The 8th Annual RAPSA Alternative Accountability Policy Forum will be held in San Diego, November 13-15. Participants of this exciting event will collaborate to create a national initiative to ensure that all states recognize the promise of students facing economic, cultural, and emotional challenges.  
 
There are only 3 weeks left to register for this opportunity to participate in the most important equity paradigm shift in decades. 
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Join Us for a Special Private Screening: The Pushouts

10/15/2019

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Meet the Producer and Private Screening
at the 2019 Policy Forum

RAPSA is excited to offer a unique experience to attendees at our November Policy Forum. Join us in welcoming Dawn Valadez a filmmaker and activist who produced the award-winning documentary, THE PUSHOUTS. The film tells the story of the one-in-three Latino and Black students nationally who do not graduate, are pushed into low-paying jobs, and - too often – the criminal justice and mass incarceration systems. 
 
Valdez will be providing a private screening of her film “The Pushouts” to close the Policy Forum on Friday, November 15 and will answer questions about what the movie means and how you can use it in your communities to tell the stories of at-promise students and help bring focus to our work. 

She has been selected for residencies and fellows programs including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Producer's Academy, two time recipient at the BAVC Media Makers Fellowship, two time fellow at NALIP's Latino Producers Academy and Media Market, the Sundance Institute*Skoll Foundation Stories of Change Lab, and the Women of Color Filmmakers' Artist Residency Center. 
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Meet the Producer

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​Plan on staying until the end of the conference. You don’t want to miss the film or the conversation with Dawn Valadez. THE PUSHOUTS captures the story of your students with an unusual degree of hope and inspiration, systemic critique, and aesthetic nuance.
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Become a DASS Expert on November 13 in San Diego

10/9/2019

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Understanding California’s Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS)
A special pre-conference has just been added to the 8th Annual Alternative Accountability Policy Forum in Coronado. Due to popular demand, this afternoon session will focus exclusively on the California DASS Dashboard. The session will be led by Jenny Singh, Administrator of the Academic Accountability Unit (CDE), and Brandi Jauregui, Senior Information Systems Analyst at CALPADS. You do not need to register for the entire conference in order to register and attend this preconference session. 
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Join your California colleagues for a valuable workshop on what’s being collected, how to submit data, and how the new data will be used.  Here’s an opportunity to have your questions answered and share how the current dashboard is working for alternative school populations.  
 
In just three hours you will dramatically increase you knowledge of the following topics:
  • What are the elements of the DASS dashboard;
  • Which students are included in the metrics;
  • Suggestions for better reporting and integrating DASS metrics in CALPADS and the LCFF local indicators;
  • How the College/Career Indicator has been adapted to fit alternative schools;
  • How to submit dual enrollment and partner provided coursework;
  • How the new CASEMIS integrates in CALPADS;
  • What does CalSAAS mean for DASS schools;
  • What is being learned with the new One Year Graduation Rate;
  • What changes to the dashboard are on the horizon.
       
Space is limited so reserve your spot today! Data administrators are encouraged to attend the preconference session. The preconference session is a 3 hour event on Wednesday, November 13 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.  
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About the Presenters
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Jenny Singh
Jenny Singh is the administrator of the Academic Accountability Unit, which is responsible for producing the state and federal accountability reports. She has worked on accountability systems for fourteen years. Ms. Singh, and her staff, have worked collaboratively with educational stakeholders and advisory groups to develop and produce the California School Dashboard, which displays performance data for state and local indicators. ​ 
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​Brandi Jauregui
Brandi Jauregui is the lead Information Technology Specialist and subject matter expert for the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) within the California Department of Education (CDE). She serves as a liaison between CDE program areas whose data are collected through CALPADS and technical staff in the CDE. Additionally she provides support and subject matter expertise to districts and charter schools through quarterly county office of education data collaborative meetings held statewide
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RAPSA Announces At-Promise Legislator Reginald Jones-Sawyer To Keynote!

9/20/2019

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​Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. will present the RAPSA Keynote Speech – Changing from At-Risk To At-Promise. Jones-Sawyer is a Member of the California State Assembly representing South Los Angeles and serves as the Chair of the Public Safety Committee, Chair of the Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color and the former Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus.
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New Conference Sessions Announced!

8/29/2019

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Your FAQ Answered: 2019 Conference Sessions are Here
​The Educational Conference
You Don’t Want to Miss

Now in its 8th year, the Reaching At-Promise Students Association’s Alternative Accountability Policy Forum (AAPF) is pleased to announce the list of the 2019 conference breakout sessions. This year’s agenda will provide impactful breakout sessions to hear from leading researchers and practitioners who are passionate about serving opportunity youth. The variety of sessions ensure whether you are an administrator or instructor, researcher or policymaker, you will find like-minded attendees interested in our field’s current and emerging best practices.
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​Why Attend RAPSA’s Policy Forum?
  • Collaborate with 300 leaders committed to serving at promise youth
  • The event is an important blend of policy, practice, and advocacy from national leaders
  • It has a targeted focus on youth who struggle with trauma and poverty making school completion a challenge
  • Attend for the amazing Awards event celebrating the courage, vision and heart of our community and its students
  • You will hear viewpoints and strategies from across the country to share and implement
  • The amazing sessions! 24 concurrent sessions focused on best practices and cutting edge research to improve your outcomes
 
View the preliminary list of sessions like “How to Implement an Effective Trauma Care Program For At-Promise Students,” “What the Science Says About How Adolescents Learn,” and “Creating Policy to Reach All Students.” 
2019 Agenda Sessions
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California State Senate Approves “At Promise” Adoption

8/20/2019

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On August 19, the California State Senate approved AB 413 which would replace the deficit term “at risk” in the Education and Penal Codes and adopt the affirmative term “at-promise”.  Senator Steven Bradford, a co-author of the bill, presented AB 413 to his colleagues on the Senate Floor.
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Perception matters and our youths are more than their situation. Let’s be intentional with our words and empower our students by using people-first language.  AB 413 transitions California to the strength-based approach of at promise and recognizes the potential of every youth to succeed.
The bill was approved by the State Senate on an overwhelming 34 to 2 vote.  AB 413 was introduced by Assembly Member Reginald Jones-Sawyer to implement ACR 197 from last year, a resolution that he authored which was overwhelmingly approved in recognition of the importance of moving from deficit language to positive recognition of youth.  ACR 197 recognized the importance of moving mindsets from the potential of youth who are predicted to fail, despite never being given a chance to prove otherwise, never being given the same access to resources and guidance as other young people, and never enjoying the privileges and opportunities afforded other young.  Jones-Sawyer’s staff attended the 2017 RAPSA Policy Forum and shared the focus that attendees had on changing perspectives and opportunities for “at promise” students.
AB 413 has been approved at each stage of the legislative process and only needs to have it’s amendments approved by the house of origin before moving to Governor Newsom’s desk for signature.  Since it’s introduction, AB 413 has added Assembly Members Santiago, Smith, Weber, and Kalra as co-authors along with Senator Bradford.
AB 413 was sponsored by SIATech and the Los Angeles County Office of Education.  This year’s Policy Forum will feature California’s success with the bill and offer a session that describes how education leaders in other states can provide similar transformations in their statutes.  The “Rising From At Risk to At Promise – Lessons From California’s Advocacy” session will be offered by RAPSA Executive Director Ernie Silva, JD, LACOE lobbyist Pam Gibbs, JD; and Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer’s Legislative Fellow Erika Ngo (invited).
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Nominate a Student for RAPSA's At-Promise Student Awards

8/19/2019

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Let’s Celebrate At Promise Students and the Staff Who Serve Them!
​The fourth annual RAPSA At Promise Awards are now open for nominations. The Awards Event has become the seminal gathering of education, community and workforce leaders who serve at-promise youth. Celebrate with us by nominating students, staff and policy makers who represent the courage, heart and vision of reengaged students and the adults who serve them. The deadline for nominations is September 30th. Nominate your students and colleagues today!
 
Prior year Courage Award recipients have enrolled at Mount Mary University Milwaukee, Wisconsin; College of Sequoias, Visalia California; Johnson & Whales University, Providence Rhode Island; Bethune- Cookman University, Daytona Beach Florida; and University of Tennessee Knoxville.
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RAPSA Courage Award Includes Five $1,000 Scholarships
Nominate A Student Now!
Prior Vision Award Recipients
Prior year Vision Award Recipients have included Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia; State Senator Rhonda Fields and Assembly Member Shirley Weber. 
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Prior Heart Award Recipients
Previous Heart Award recipients include Freddie Fuentes, Boston Public Schools; Debra Duardo, Los Angeles County Office of Education; Priestly Parker, Northglen Colorado; and Mike Illic, Corona Norco Unified School District, California.​
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Larry Bell - AAPF Preconference Session

7/29/2019

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Larry Bell - AAPF Preconference Session

Reaching At-Promise Students

Join us at RAPSA’s preconference session led by teacher and Education Consultant Larry Bell. His session, Reaching the Promise of At Promise students, will help you gain insights and strategies for reaching the most disadvantaged youth. We’ve invited Larry to kick off the 8th Annual Alternative Accountability Policy Forum because he shares our vision and has a teacher’s heart for the students we serve.  Larry is knowledgeable, passionate and yes entertaining.  
 
Larry Bell is a leading educational consultant and author whose work across the Country demonstrates that all students are at promise of success. From teaching at a large high poverty high school in Virginia to working as Supervisor of Multicultural Education, Larry learned that what we say to students matters. As a multi-state teacher-leader, Larry rekindles the joy of teaching. He believes that when we consistently and intentionally encourage students, the students begin to believe. They believe their teacher believes in them and this in turn makes them believe in themselves.
 
Larry Bell has been an early advocate of recognizing disadvantaged youth as at-promise rather than at-risk. They have the ability to be successful and productive members of our communities. What they need is support.  This year’s preconference session is particularly timely because the California Legislature is considering a change to the Education and Penal Codes to eliminate the biased term “at risk” and replace it with the term at promise. Larry has long been an advocate for recognizing the promise of young people rather than their deficits and helped us name the Reaching At Promise Students Association.

"Our Words Matter"

Larry was recognized in legislative analysis as seeing the use of the term “at promise” as a “paradigm shift” that “encourages teachers to approach students from a positive place, one that keeps in mind the students’ promise not their failures.” 
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Your Participation at the AAPF Impacts Policy!

6/19/2019

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One Year Graduation Rate
Among the issues that have been explored at the Policy Forum are meaningful ways to measure alternative school graduation success. 

After meeting with education leaders at the Policy Forum, the California State Board of Education and their staff and consultants adopted a one year graduation rate starting this past year for alternative schools. Evidence that the AAPF is an important place to be to impact policy development. We have also brought state leaders from Colorado, Kentucky, Washington and other states to exchange ideas and explore metrics with education leaders from their states. 
 
The AAPF is a neutral location for sharing and exploring ideas that matter in the realm of alternative accountability policy.
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