National Accreditation

IV. Curriculum and Instruction

Standard

Courses should be aligned with state and national standards. Instruction utilizes best practice pedagogy. Lessons prepare students to be excellent entry level employees and capable of success in industry aligned credentials.

Students in the WUHS Library learning about driver safety

Pathway

The Law and Justice institute is using the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.

Students can complete the Public Safety Pathway in 4 years. Please see the syllabus for each course. Listed will be class rules, class policy, grading policy and written policy for re-testing upon failure of written or performance tests.

Syllabus for each class is noted below. Please click on the course and it will take you to the syllabus.

Block 1- Intro to Criminal Justice - Graef (All Grades Elective)

Block 2- Tactical Communication - Graef (Soph-Senior Elective)

Block 3- Tier 1 ROP Criminal Justice - Maynez (Senior Pathway)

Block 4 - Tier 2 ROP Criminal Justice - Maynez (Senior Pathway)
Block 5 - Emergency Response - Maynez (Sophomore Pathway)

Block 6 - Criminal Investigation CSI (Junior Pathway)

Block 7 - Intro to Criminal Justice - Maynez (Freshman Pathway)

Block 8 - Crime Scene Investigation (Junior/Senior Elective)

LJI Class of 2023 visiting Alcatraz Island in San Francisco

Literacy

Our school requires a literacy program in every class. We are required to turn in a Contructed Response every semester. The link below is an example our literacy program. Although it is dated in 2018-2019 it acurately reflects what we continue to do to date.

Literacy Team Slide Presentation

In our program we select an article that is related to Criminal Justice. See the example below including the handouts for the article, Structure for the constructed response as well as the rubric. We will read the article together and assist those English Learners with further instruction.

Example:

Article -Look, up in the sky! It's the LAPD helicopter telling crooks "good bye".

By Tribune Content Agency, adapted for Newsela on 3/15/15

Directions:

According to the article, “ Los Angeles police helicopters are stopping crimes before they start.” After reading the article, what information supports this statement? Cite evidence to support your answer by listing three details from the article. Please see the attached sheet titled, Structure for Constructed Response. This will help you construct your response.

Write the response in paragraph form. It should be typed using Google Docs and submitted in Google Classroom as directed. The title should be LAPD Helicopters. Please write this in MLA Format. There is an attached rubric indicating how you will be graded for a possible total of 25 points.

ARTICLE Structure for Constructed Response Constructed Response Rubric