Duval County Esol Program Delivery
A Duval County high school will be home to a special program designed to serve the school district's growing number of international students, including many whose families escaped war. Topics covered include decisions required before entering the program, what choice is the best for you, payment options, and long-term goals. Mary-Ellen has presented at the Sunshine State Florida TESOL conference in 1996 and 2000, and the Duval County Public Schools ESOL Multicultural Conference in 2016.
Examples of work: Classroom Instruction - Provides assistance with individual/group tutoring in academic areas including introducing and monitoring instructional activities, monitoring testing situations, and planning for instruction with the teacher according to student's Individual Educational Programs (IEP's). Assistance may include creating and using alternative instructional materials, assistance with electronic aids such as Braille and other reader programs, tape recorders, audio readers/trainers, adapted computer programs, communication programs, etc. based on student's individual special needs. Other areas of assistance in classroom instruction might include note taking, continuous planned prompting of students to initiate/maintain/complete learning activities, and individual use of low vision/hearing aids/materials. Providing individualized communication assistance including interpretive/translation (ESOL) services, communication board assistance, Braille transcribing assistance, and other adaptive devices necessary for instructional purposes.
Classroom/Behavior Management - Provides assistance to the teacher with planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating complex individualized student behavior management programs. Assists with behavioral data collection, identifying problem behaviors and planned strategies to change behaviors according to students IEP's. May participate in social skills training activities through individual/group counseling sessions with students, role-playing activities, and structured behavioral programming assistance (proximity control, prompting, and contingencies, coaching, cuing and planned ignoring). Under supervision of certificated staff, and after completing appropriate training, may provide physical crisis intervention assistance to prevent students from hurting themselves, others, or destroying property.
Child and Health Care Needs - Provides assistance designed to support and encourage independent functioning of students, daily living assistance, self-care activities, physical and occupational therapy assistance, orientation and mobility assistance and assistance with student safety according to students IEP's. Examples of this might include assistance with lifting, positioning, diapering, feeding, and physical restraint of individual students. The paraprofessional who has received appropriate training may assist with monitoring student's health status, assistance with prosthetic devices, student mobility training, and helping students with self-monitoring health care activities (catheterization, blood glucose monitoring, skin care for braces, etc).
Primary Location:
School Based
Salary Range:
$9.09 - $9.89 / Per Hour
Shift Type:
Full-Time
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| Duval County Public Schools | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 1701 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, 32207 United States | |
| District information | |
| Motto | Every School. Every Classroom. Every Student. Every Day.[2] |
| Established | 1864 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Diana L. Greene |
| Schools | 196[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 129,181 |
| Teachers | 8,284[1] |
| Other information | |
| Language | English or bilingual with Spanish |
| Website | www.duvalschools.org |
Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) is the publicschool district that serves the families and children residing in the urban, suburban, and rural areas of the City of Jacksonville and Duval County, Florida. As of 2015, the district had an enrollment of over 129,000 students, making it the 20th largest school district in the United States, and the 6th largest school district in Florida. The district's 196 schools are traditional neighborhood and magnet schools, charter schools, and alternative schools, all of which serve students of various needs.
The district is managed by the Duval County School Board and the Superintendent. Dr. Diana L. Greene has been the Superintendent since July 2018. Current Duval County School Board members are Cheryl Grimes, District 1; Elizabeth Andersen, District 2; Ashley Smith Juarez, District 3; Darryl Willie, District 4; Vice Chairman Warren Jones, District 5; Charlotte Joyce, District 6; and Chairwoman Lori Hershey, District 7.[3]
DCPS has achieved an overall ranking of “B,” according to the Florida Department of Education's school grade system, which is based on the New Florida Standards and Florida Standard Assessments (FSA) test results.[4]
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- 3Schools
- 3.4Demographics
History[edit]
In the spring of 1864, J.M. Hawks opened the first free public school in the state, located in Jacksonville.[5] The school was later branded as the Stanton Normal Institute in 1868, with a student body of 400. Duval County paved the way for public education in Florida by establishing the first stand-alone high school in 1877, and the first large-scale public school transportation system in 1898. [5]
Leadership[edit]
Duval County School Board[edit]
The district's administrative offices are primarily located on the south bank of the St. Johns River in a six-story building at 1701 Prudential Drive. Duval County Public Schools is governed by the Duval County School Board, a body of seven elected officers, each board member representing a particular geographic area. School Board districts are somewhat analogous to City Council districts in that there are two council districts in each school board district. The current School Board members, in order of district number, are Cheryl Grymes, Elizabeth Andersen, Ashley Smith Juarez, Darryl Willie, Warren Jones, Charlotte Joyce and Lori Hershey. Board members are elected every four years with two-term limits, with Districts 4 through 7 elected during midterm election cycles (next in 2022) and Districts 1 through 3 elected during presidential cycles (next in 2020).[6]
Former Superintendents[edit]
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| 2012–2017 | Nikolai Vitti |
| 2007 - 2012 | Ed Pratt-Dannals |
| 2005 - 2007 | Joseph Wise |
| 1998 - 2005 | John Fryer |
| 1989 - 1997 | Larry Zenke |
| 1976 - 1989 | Herb Sang |
| 1974 - 1976 | John Gunning |
| 1969 - 1974 | Cecil Hardesty |
| 1957 - 1969 | Ishmael 'Ish' Brant |
| 1953 - 1957 | Iva T. Sprinkle |
| 1941 - 1953 | Daniel Boyd |
| 1933 - 1941 | R. C. Marshall |
| 1928 - 1933 | R. B. Rutherford |
| 1924 - 1928 | G. Elmer Wilbur |
Schools[edit]
DCPS has 163 regular-attendance schools as of the 2015-16 school year: 102 elementary schools, 24 middle schools, 1 K-6 school, 2 K-8 schools, 2 6-12 schools and 19 high schools. The district also has an adult education system through its Bridge to Success program and Parent Academy, six dedicated ESE schools, as well as a hospital/homebound program, virtual school, and six alternative education centers.[7]
DCPS has used an attendance model of Kindergarten through Grade 5 for elementary schools, Grades 6-8 for middle school and Grades 9-12 for high school since 1991. Before then, Grade 6 was part of elementary school and Grade 9 was part of middle school (called Junior High in DCPS prior to 1988). Pre-Kindergarten education is available to all children from the age of 4 through the Early Learning Coalition of Duval's Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Program.[8]
DCPS has a wide variety of programs available to students within the district, and schools are categorized as either neighborhood, choice, or magnet schools.
Magnet & School Choice[edit]
All DCPS schools offer at least one choice program, special program, or acceleration program to students. The majority of schools in Duval County are boundary-based and serve students residing within that boundary. Some schools, such as non-dedicated magnet schools serve both neighborhood students as well as students residing outside the school's specified boundary, who are selected via lottery.[9] In February 2016, Duval County Public Schools received a 1.2 million dollar School Improvement Grant for use towards the development of STEM labs in 11 Title-1 schools.[10]
A total of 64 schools offer magnet programs. In addition to the required courses, offer a theme or focus that allows students to explore a special interest, talent or skill in fields such as the arts, aviation, culinary skills, language, law & legal occupations, mathematics, public service, science and technology. Duval County Public Schools contains both dedicated magnets, which do not have set boundaries, and non-dedicated magnets, which are neighborhood schools that also have magnet programs.[11]
Charter schools[edit]
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Duval County also contains 34 charter schools.[12] These schools are located within the boundaries of Duval County, and operate under a state sanctioned contract with Duval County Public Schools. While publicly funded, DCPS does not oversee the daily operations and governance of charter schools. Charter schools in Duval county score higher academically and out perform traditional public schools on test scores.[citation needed] In 2019, 89% of charter schools in Duval County scored an A, B, or C grade. Most charter schools in Duval county are on a waitlist lottery system due to the high popularity.[13]
School standings[edit]
In 2015, Darnell-Cookman Middle High School, Stanton College Preparatory School and Paxon School for Advanced Studies were named of the top 25 most challenging high schools in the United States.[14]
Newsweek also publishes a 'Catching Up' list of 33 disadvantaged schools nationwide that challenge their students to participate in Advanced Placement programs which offer better instruction and a stimulating curriculum designed to improve academic skills and prepare for college. Because fewer than 10% of those sitting for the exams actually pass, the schools are excluded from the Best High Schools list. For 2010, six of the top 11 schools and twelve of the top 22 were located in Jacksonville:[15]
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Florida Public K-12 School Rankings are based on data from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) provided by Florida Department of Education. Based on FCAT Data, among the state's 72 school districts, Duval County rates as follows: High schools—51, Middle Schools—52, Elementary Schools—42.
In 2007, the district instituted the Educators of Change program to identify future teachers among professionals and other individuals who have achieved success outside of the education field.
On August 23, 2010, Atlantic Coast High School opened for the 2010-2011 school year. It was the first new public high school built in the county since 1990 and cost $78 million. The school was constructed primarily to relieve overcrowding at the two largest high schools in Duval County, Sandalwood and Mandarin.[16]
Demographics[edit]
Jacksonville, Florida is located in Northeast Florida and is the largest city in the contiguous United States in land area. It is ranked as the 12th largest city in the United States in population with more than 800,000 residents. The Jacksonville metropolitan area, including surrounding Clay, Baker, Nassau and St. Johns counties, has a population of more than 1,000,000 residents.[17]
Duval County and the City of Jacksonville merged in 1968, creating a single entity governing all of Duval County with the exception of the beach communities (Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach and Jacksonville Beach) and Baldwin. The Duval County Public School District includes the beach communities, as well as the City of Baldwin.[17]Auto ordnance 1927a1 thompson serial numbers.
Student Enrollment[edit]
128,702
Elementary - 56,668
Middle - 21,138
High - 30,455
Exceptional Schools - 1,441
Virtual School - 303
Alternative Schools -2,319
Charter Schools - 11,951
Graduation Rate: 78.8%[18]
Student Ethnicity[edit]
African American- 43%
Caucasian - 34%
Hispanic - 13%
Multiracial - 5%
Asian - 5%
American Indian/Alaskan Native - <1%[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'About US' DCPS website
- ^http://www.duvalschools.org/
- ^'School Board / School Board Members'. www.duvalschools.org. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^Education, Florida Department of. 'School Accountability Report'. schoolgrades.fldoe.org. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ abhttps://www.jaxcf.org/file/2013-files/learn/publications/DCPS_TimelineOfMajorEvents.pdf
- ^'School Board / Contact Board Office'. dcps.duvalschools.org. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^ ab'FL Department of Education : View Report'. fldoe.org. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^'The Early Learning Coalition of Duval'.
- ^'Access Denied'(PDF). www.duvalschools.org. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^'DCPS RECEIVES MILLION DOLLAR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT FUNDS TO SUPPORT SELECT ELEMENTARY STEM INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AND EQUIPMENT'.
- ^'School Choice/ Magnet / Duval Choice'. www.duvalschools.org. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^'Untitled Page'. www.floridaschoolchoice.org. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^'Frequently Asked Questions'. www.fldoe.org. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- ^Mathews, Jay (2015-04-19). 'America's Most Challenging High Schools national top 25 list for 2015'. The Washington Post. ISSN0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^Mathews, Jay: 'America’s Best High Schools: The Catching-Up List' Newsweek, July 14, 2010
- ^Burmeister, Caren: “New boundaries, new school changes enrollment” Florida Times-Union, July 30, 2010
- ^ ab'About Jacksonville'. www.coj.net. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^'PK-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL DATA PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS'.