Welcome to the Instructional Services home page.  The role of Instructional Services is to provide exemplary services and support to student learning each and every day.  Student learning is our focus, and we are very proud of the academic progress made by each and every student over the past 7 years.

Within Instructional Services, there are several departments that provide services and support for student learning.  These departments include:

Curriculum & Instruction

Information Services

Special Projects

Pupil Personnel Services

Alternative Education

Special Education/GATE

Research / Assessment / Accountability
Office of Bilingual and Migrant Education

Please feel free to access the necessary information for your student from the links provided.

Sincerely,

Tim Vanoli, Associate Superintendent

Instructional Services

 
 

2010-2011 Advanced Placement Achievement District

The College Board, Western Regional Office announced on March 16th, 2011 that SUHSD was one of 388 school districts in the nation recognized by the Board with a place on its AP Achievement List for opening AP Classroom doors to a significantly broader pool of students, while maintaining or improving the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher.

Improvement in AP results typically takes sustained effort; the District Honor Roll is based on examination of three years of AP data: 2008, 2009, and 2010 date from all students who took AP Examinations in May of those years.  Within the three year analysis, inclusion on the list is based on the following criteria:

1.  Increase in participation in/access to AP by at least 4 percent in large districts, at least 7 percent in medium districts, and at least 11 percent in small districts.

2.  A steady or increasing percentage of exams taken by African American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaskan Native students; and

3.  Performance levels maintained or improved when comparing the percentage of exams in 2010 scoring a 3 or higher to those in 2008, or the school has already attained a performance level in which more than 70 percent of the AP students are scoring a 3 or higher.

From 2008 to 2010, SUHSD has increased the number of students participating in AP from 651 to 735, while improving the percentage of students earning AP exam scores of 3 or higher, the score typically needed to earn college credit, from 34 percent in 2008 to 42 percent in 2010.