MCS has a successful decades long teacher induction program and will follow a similar infrastructure that is already in place. The CASC program involves leadership through a chain of command from the Superintendent, university partnership, Human Resources, Induction Program, Leadership Advisory Committee, and various stakeholder input. See Stakeholder Organization & Activities Charts for a detailed description of stakeholder activities, involvement and decision making.

Recognizing the importance of supporting Modesto City Schools administrators to work in the most effective manner, we have consulted with a variety of stakeholders to support us in the development of the Clear Administrative Services Credential Induction Program in addition to seeking input from our Induction Leadership Team. Modesto City Schools has an ongoing partnership with staff from CSU, Stanislaus. Dr. Oddmund Myhre serves on the Superintendent’s Community Advisory Council and the LCAP Advisory Group. Dr. Anthony Johnson will serve on the Administrative Advisory Team to review data and strengthen the program. Modesto City Schools has an MOU with ACSA for the CNET Coaching and ongoing ACSA Leadership Coach training. The Administrator of Special Projects, Induction is registered to participate in the local program consortium to remain current and collaborate with other districts to continually reflect and refine the program.

In addition to the leadership team, the following professionals have given input on the development of the program: Superintendent Dr. Sarah Noguchi, Associate Superintendent of Educational Services, Brad Goudeau, Associate Superintendent of Human Resources Mike Henderson, Associate Superintendent of Student Support Services, Mark Herbst, and Senior Director of ACSA, Tracy Robinson.

MCS has a MOU from ACSA to provide initial and ongoing CNET, Leadership Coach Training to Administrators who apply to be coaches. The Senior Director of Educational Services with ACSA has also served as a consultant with our program design.

The Administrator of Special Projects for Induction will attend several collaborative groups related to both teacher induction (North Valley Collaborative and Cluster meetings) and CASC (Local Program Consortium).

Within Modesto City Schools three departments collaborate weekly, School Leadership, Assessment and Evaluation and Curriculum Instruction & Professional Development to review data, design and deliver professional development. We also have a Leadership Advisory Team for Induction that helps strengthen our teacher induction program as well as helped design the CASC program.

Stakeholder input is collected. Data and feedback are used to improve the quality of the CASC program and the mentoring experience. The Leadership Advisory Council (LAC) meets regularly to analyze data, collaborate, and provide feedback. The LAC is comprised of the Assistant Superintendent of School Leadership Heather Contreras, Senior Director of CIPD Kim Newton, other Senior Directors and administrators of special projects, a site administrator, a CASC mentor, an Induction academic coach, and at least one graduate of the CASC program. The CASC program collaborates with the LAC, MCS credential analysts, and reports to Lauren Odell, Associate Superintendent of CIPD. The Associate Superintendent of CIPD reports to the Superintendent.

Sample Surveys to collect data

End-of year survey

Mentor Feedback on Induction Program