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Concepcion Rivas, Superintendent
- Principal, PUC Excel Charter Academy
About Our School
The theme of the 2021-22 school year for PUC Excel is “Be Kind, Be Mindful, Be Brave”. We are working as a team to be kind to ourselves and our students through the implementation of a variety of systems and structures that impact a positive school culture and improvements to our students’ academic achievement. We are in the process of being trained in Restorative Practices with the California Conference for Equality and Justice. We continue to be supported by Student Service Coordinators for each grade level which serve as culture and celebration as well as behavioral tier II supports. We also have an additional level of tiered support for our more intensive needs students. These team members support our teachers with celebrating students, monitoring unexpected behavior and responding with a variety of mentorship interventions and family support. We have added a full time MFT Associate to help all of our struggling students. We know that improving our trauma informed responses to challenging student behavior will support our instructional program. To continue this growth we are working as a staff to improve our students’ cognitive engagement through inquiry structures. We know that the more we set up students to be curious about the units of study, the more they will seek to learn, and the more they will grow as readers, writers, mathematicians, historians and scientists. Each one of our content areas has a new curriculum that was chosen because of the real life application as well as the inquiry based thinking each has. We are also closely monitoring student data to ensure we are providing a variety of group structures to support our various student populations. We have created three structures to respond to data: In class small group instruction and conferences, daily intervention classes and after school tutoring. To ensure these initiatives are strong, we have multiple professional development structures in place to support and monitor our teachers’ practice. Teachers engage in coaching, observation and feedback cycles with their leaders. We meet weekly as a staff to engage in learning experiences and discuss grade level needs. Content teachers co-plan units of study. At the end of each unit, we engage in a reflective experience to analyze student data and plan for next steps. We know that with consistent implementation of the aforementioned systems and structures, our students will trust the challenging process of learning. They will build trust in their teachers but most importantly, they will trust themselves. We look forward to seeing how our Excel scholars will develop into the socially conscious and effective leaders they are meant to be.
Contact
PUC Excel Charter Academy1855 North Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90031-3227
Phone: 323-222-5010
Email: c.rivas@pucschools.org