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Teachers as Owners

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National Inventory of Schools with Teacher Autonomy
Updated Apr 23, 2011

UCLA Community School (UCS)

3201 W. 8th Street - Los Angeles CA - 90005
Type of autonomy arrangement: pilot schools
Note: We have not yet interviewed this school.
Therefore, the info below may be incomplete or inaccurate.
Basic Profile

Opened In

2009

Grades

K through 12

Environment

Urban

Type

District - Pilot
Autonomies
Select leaders
Determine school budget
Select colleagues
Determine salaries & benefits
Transfer or terminate colleagues
Determine learning program
Evaluate colleagues
Set schedule
Set staff pattern
Set school-level policy
Teacher Authority Is...
Unknown
De jure governing boards of Belmont Pilot Schools have authority via MOUs that each school has with the Los Angeles Unified School District, school board, and teacher union (UTLA). In some schools, governing board retains some authority, but de facto teachers make some decisions. How this plays out in the UCLA Community School is unknown to E|E.

About the Learning Program

UCLA Community School is an innovative K-12 learning environment that prepares all students for college, work, and civic participation. The instructional program is community-based, learner-centered, and university-assisted. Building on the strengths of the local neighborhood, the school is bilingual, bi-literate, and multi-cultural. Parents and community members are integral members of the school and their funds of knowledge help shape the instructional program. UCLA-CS personalizes learning for each student to ensure and document academic, social, and emotional growth over a student’s school career. Students have Personalized Learning Plans that build on their interests and needs, supporting them as active learners in a variety of experiences including projects, rigorous coursework, council, internships, peer tutoring, seminars, experiments, and so on.

Know More About This School?

Education|Evolving has not been in touch with leaders at this school to create a profile, but we’d like to! If you're with this school, please contact us for a short (15 minute) discussion or email dialog so we can include more about your school: inventory@educationevolving.org.