Signature Practices

In this Web-based tool, you will find "Signature" Practices submitted by the 136 middle schools and 125 high schools selected as 2009 California Distinguished Schools, and 484 elementary schools selected as 2010 Distinguished schools. The schools believe these practices contributed to the success of their students. Users of the tool may search it in a variety of ways — by location, school demographics, type of school, and focus of the practice.

School Type Elementary School Middle School High School	County Alameda Amador Butte Colusa Contra Costa El Dorado Fresno Humboldt Imperial Kern Lake Los Angeles Madera Marin Mendocino Merced Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Riverside Sacramento San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba
Theme Access Culture and Climate Expectations Strategies
Numerically Significant Subgroup African American American Indian or Alaskan Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Socioeconomically Disadvantaged English Learners Students with Disabilities
Targeted Interventions English Learners Students with Disabilities CAHSEE interventions At-risk Students ELA – students not yet proficient ELA-advanced learners Math-students not yet proficient Math-advanced learners Other core subject areas – students not yet proficient Other core subject areas – advanced learners School Climate Grade Level Focus Data-driven Decision-making Small Learning Communities Schoolwide
Type Multitrack/Year Round Charter

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The descriptions of signature practices provided on this web-based resource have been gathered from the middle and high schools that were designated as 2009 and 2010 California Distinguished School recipients. These descriptions are being made available to assist personnel at California public schools in finding program information about successful school and classroom practices. They are provided for reference purposes only.

Neither the California Department of Education (CDE) nor WestEd have changed or altered any of the descriptive material submitted by the schools. There is no endorsement of any of these specific practices or any of the commercial products used in them by either the CDE or WestEd. Please contact the school directly with any questions in this regard.

More information about the California Distinguished Schools Program can be found on the CDE's California School Recognition Program webpage.