Parent Concerns
Resources for Teachers
As a teacher, you may be apprehensive about the California Common Core Standards however, we would like to reaffirm that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are not intended to completely replace the current content area standards. Rather, they are intended to build upon the standards that you are already…
Resources for Parents
Thank you for taking the time to inform yourself on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and what they mean to your student. The goal of the CCSS is not to replace the curriculum that your student is learning in school. The CCSS are intended to supplement the current standards,…
Resources for Students
Are you curious about what the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) mean to you as a student? Please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the CCSS facts: CCSS Myths vs. Facts CCSS Frequently Asked Questions
Professional Development
Professional Development: The Rio School District is committed to supporting teacher and student learning with professional development activities that assist teachers in deepening their understanding of the California Common Core State Standards. Below is a presentation outlining the Districts’s 2012-2013 Common Core Professional Development Plan. [prettyfilelist type=”ppt” filesperpage=”5″]…
English Learners
There are no specific Common Core Standards for English learners; rather, the literacy standards, common across all subjects, are applied to English learner content. The existing California English learner content standards remain in place, allowing educators to focus on the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills of their students in…
Technical Subjects
Technical subjects are integrated into the K-5 Reading standards. As stated on the Common Core Initiative website, “the CCR anchor standards and high school standards in literacy work in tandem to define college and career readiness expectations—the former providing broad standards, the latter providing additional specificity.” Standards Review the previously…
History/Social Sciences
There are no specific Common Core Standards for history/social science (HSS); rather, the literacy standards, common across all subjects, are applied to history / social science content. The existing California History Social Science content standards remain in place, allowing educators to focus on the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills…
Mathematics
The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics are divided into K-5, middle school, and high school. In K-5, the standards provide students with a solid basis of math skills, and progress into applications as they advance through the grade levels. The middle school standards focus on the math skills…
Science
There are no specific Common Core Standards for science; rather, the literacy standards, common across all subjects, are applied to science content. The existing California Science content standards remain in place, allowing educators to focus on the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills of their students in addition to the…
Migrant Regional Speech & Debate Tournament 3.16.13
This Saturday, Rio Vista Middle School is hosting the annual Ventura County Migrant Regional Speech & Debate Tournament. I am looking forward to speaking at the event, just before the students receive their awards. In thinking about themes for my brief talk I am considering the following; the power of…
RIOSUPTwords
RIOSUPTwords is another in a line of new tumblr blogs I am experimenting with. Words mean alot to me. Words often have multiple meanings and need context to understand what they are conveying… So this little blog is a place to come to think about words that important in the…
Using Tumblr
Greetings folks who are reading my new attempts at using social media…. Here’s some news.. I have been using Tumblr recently and liking it. Its easy to use and has decent aesthetics. However, I realized that my RIOSUPTimages tumblr does not display the nice image gallery when using the Firefox…
Friend Raiser 2.28.13
On 2.28.13 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, the Rio School District held a FRIEND RAISER EVENT. It was an excellent evening in which invited partners had the opportunity to view student work, enjoy music by the Pacifica High School Jazz Band, the California Lutheran University Honors String Quartet, and the Vista…
RIOSUPTbooks
As the superintendent of the Rio School District, I am always reading but basically I have been reading one thing or another (and usually multiple books) since I was five years old or so. This blog is a place to follow along with books that are impacting my “superintendenting” work,…
The Rio Indigenous Project
The Rio Indigenous Project is a new collaboration, engaging the staff and partners of the Rio School District and the Mixteco community in a learning and development process with three basic aims; these are the three legs of the stool; Develop a website that enables learning centered on Mixteco culture,…
Superintendent Commentary in Ventura County Star 2.8.13
Superintendent Commentary in Ventura County Star 2.8.13
World Class Learning Organization 12.4.12
World Class Learning Organization 12.4.12
Superintendent Commentary in Ventura County Star 8.4.12
Superintendent Commentary in Ventura County Star 8.4.12
Superintendent’s Academy Links
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) Integration Time and Date Culturally Situated Design Tools Songs of Insects Causes of Color Quilts & Hadron Colliders Snowflake Math Arts and Writing Tagxedo (Blending Photos and Words) On-Line Learning Khan Academy FreeRice.com Mangahigh.com NeuroScience for Kids Neuroscience for Kids
