Curriculum and Categorical Programs
- Dr. Cynthia White
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Director of Curriculum and Categorical Programs
- (805) 963-4338, extension 6221
- E-mail: cwhite@sbsdk12.org
Essential Responsibilities:
- Local Education Agency plans development and implementation, K–12
- Single Plan for Student Achievement and use of categorical funds
- Career Technical Education
- Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program in schools,
grades 4–12
- Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) procedures
- Common assessments and Edusoft implementation in secondary schools
- Work Experience Education program, grades 9–12
- Cal Pass curriculum
- Textbook adoptions
- Assist sites in preparing for the Categorical Program Monitoring review
- Elementary report card implementation
- Elementary writing curriculum
- Virtual library of online instructional strategies and resources
- Online education opportunities
- Cal-SOAP
- University of California, Santa Barbara pathway programs (ENLACE,
EAOPS, MESA)
- Santa Barbara City College dual enrollment courses
- SB 472 coordination
- Title II professional development needs assessment survey, Highly
Qualified Teacher
- Assist principals in professional learning communities
- Pyramid of interventions for at-risk students
- Assist in monitoring site categorical budgets
- Coordination of CBEDS data with fiscal services and research and evaluation
departments
- Assist with Consolidated Application with fiscal services and research
and evaluation departments
- Coordination of English learner programs, K–12 and teachers on special
assignment
- Assist sites in Advanced Placement and University of California a-g
course adoptions
- Assist in training fiscal services accountant in categorical fiscal
compliance
- Assist research and evaluation in CBEDS course information
- Work with teachers on special assignment reading language arts/English
language development implementation
- Read 180 implementation
- Supervision of GATE coordinators
- Supervision AVID coordinators
- Supervision of teachers on special assignment