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North Oakland Community Charter School - About - Staff

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Stephen Ajani — Head of School. David Bond — Director of Operations and Enrollment. Christine Gomez — Dean of Students. Cori Belew — Dean of Instruction. Melissa Hawkins — Office and Operations Manager. Lehi Victoria Dickey — Office Coordinator. NOCCS Faculty and Staff. Lorin King — K/1 Lead Teacher. Nancy Rodriguez — Teacher Intern and Esxtended Day Program Instructor. Juliana Germak — 2/3 Lead Teacher. Elisa Marie Litsky — 2/3 Lead Teacher. Beginning her thrid year at NOCCS, Tammy earned her BA in Engl...

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North Oakland Community Charter School - Admissions - Overview

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NOCCS is a public charter school open to all eligible California residents. Children entering kindergarten must be five years of age on or before September 1st of their kindergarten year. Please see the NOCCS Admissions Policy. For details about our lottery preferences for siblings, employee children, Oakland residents, and students zoned to attend an underperforming school. The application and admissions process for NOCCS is as follows:. Applications are now accepted online only. Tap here to apply.

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North Oakland Community Charter School - Giving - Fundraise

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Fundraising at NOCCS is crucial to bridging the "gap" between the Mission-driven and student-centered program we offer (and budget for), and the funds that the State of California provides for basic educational expenses. We are tuition free, but donor dependent. Fundraising events are collaboratively organized by parents and staff to support critical elements of our education model, including:. Low adult-child ratio with Assistant Teachers for each Elementary Grade Level Team. Spring Event / Auction.

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North Oakland Community Charter School - Extended Day Program

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The NOCCS Extended Day Program provides experiential, project-based, school linked enrichment, organized recreation, and individualized academic support to NOCCS students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. The NOCCS Extended Day Program runs until 6:00 pm every school day beginning September 7th, with special programming every Wednesday from 1:30 pm to 6:00 pm wherein students will have the opportunity to participate in extended day field-trips that utilize the Bay Area as a classroom.

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North Oakland Community Charter School - Community - Volunteering @ NOCCS

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We can always use help from our community. Volunteer opportunities include:. Tutoring students during or after school. Assisting with our gardening program. Mentoring 6 – 8th grade students. Teaching enrichment classes through our Extended Day Program. If you are interested in sharing your strengths and talents with your school community, please contact David Bond, Director of Operations at 510.655.0540 or david.bond@noccs.org. Hart Vision Award 2010. Volunteer of the Year. To see a video.

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North Oakland Community Charter School - Curriculum - Educational Programs

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The North Oakland Community Charter School uses Teaching for Understanding, a teaching framework developed by teachers and researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, including leading educators and cognitive psychologists such as Howard Gardner and David Perkins. In Teaching for Understanding, teachers begin planning by asking four key questions:. What topics are worth understanding? What about these topics needs to be understood? How can we foster understanding? Content, which is based the...

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North Oakland Community Charter School - Curriculum - Core Curriculum

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Assessment is authentic when we directly examine student performance on worthy intellectual tasks. (Grant Wiggins, 1990). NOCCS uses a variety of formative, summative, and on-going performance assessments that measure how well students demonstrate understanding and mastery of skills and content as defined by the California Content Standards as well as learning goals and benchmarks established by the school. Below are NOCCS s main forms of assessments utilized by the school in assessing pupil progress:.

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North Oakland Community Charter School - About - Mission

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The North Oakland Community Charter School is a public school dedicated to helping children become thoughtful, informed, and inquisitive citizens. NOCCS is a vibrant, diverse learning community driven by respect for each child’s unique intelligence and history. The school’s dynamic and challenging educational approach deepens the intellectual and social capacities of each child. The founders of the North Oakland Community Charter School developed ten principles that anchor and guide. Our school seeks to ...

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North Oakland Community Charter School - Curriculum - Educational Philosophy

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Ldquo;Respect for children and their learning” is our first core principle. And it guides everything we do. NOCCS was founded on this simple but powerful idea—that our school’s mission and design would support teaching and learning that deeply respects children’s minds, their natural curiosity, multiple intelligences, and their sense of wonder about the world. Our school-wide approach to teaching and learning, allows us to put these core beliefs into practice. The result is adventurous, understanding-ric...

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North Oakland Community Charter School - About - Board of Directors

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NOCCS Board of Directors. Term:Aug.'13–Aug.'17. Term:Aug.'14–Aug.'17. Term:Aug.'14–Aug.'17. Term:Aug.'13–Aug.'17. Stephen Ajani—Head of School. Juliana Germak—Staff Representative. Term: Aug.'15–Ongoing. Term:Aug.'15–Aug.'18. Term:Aug.'13–Aug.'16. Term:Aug.'15–Aug.'18. Term:Aug.'15–Aug.'18. Term:Aug.'14–Aug.'17. Term:Aug.'13–Aug.'16. Term:Aug.'15–Aug.'18. Term:Aug.'14–Aug.'17. Term:Aug.'13–Aug.'16. Term:Aug.'15–Aug.'18. The first ten minutes of every board meeting is set aside for public comment.