45 Students referred
through CARE 325
Youth benefited
from the SPBCSI
Health &
Wellness
The Beacon Director continued to refine the CARE team to include more family participation. They also accessed additional funding opportunities , such as the Childhood Obesity Prevention grant, to offer mental health support and vision screening for students.
Family
Engagement
The Beacon Director focused on family engagement to encourage parents and caregivers back onto campus after the previous year s of limited onsite participation.
They organized multiple events, including school walk throughs and family nights for literacy, math, and read ins.
School
Culture & Climate
The Beacon Director coordinated clubs, committees, and events to advance the school culture and climate. They supported the school by engaging a coach who led students in organized play and sports activities during recess and collaborating with liaison teachers regularly. They were also an important member of the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) team and conducted a needs and assets assessment.
Bayview Elementary School
2022-23 School Profile
Lead Agency: Bay Area Community Resources (BACR)
100%
of youth report they
try harder in school
95%
of youth say this
program helped them
stay away from fights
95%
of youth surveyed feel
safe in their program
SAN PABLO BEACON COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS INITIATIVE
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Bayview Elementary School Profile
City Investments
Each San Pablo school worked with a lead agency. The
City granted each lead agency staffing and program
funding to support the overall implementation of the
San Pablo Beacon Community Schools I nitiative at
that school site.
Staffing
Beacon Director
The Beacon Director provided leadership and implementation of the San Pablo Beacon Community Schools strategy at Bayview. The part-time Case Manager provided case management services to students and families served by the Crisis Assessment and Referral Evaluation (CARE) team.
1.5 Full-time positions
Grant Strategies: Coordination of Community Schools and Violence Prevention & Intervention Strategy
Agency: Bay Area Community Resources (BACR)
Programs
Student Leadership Council1
Youth leadership group that advocates for a positive culture and climate and supports school events and community service activities.
Grant Strategy: Youth Development & Leadership
Agency: Bay Area Community Resources (BACR)
“I like that we take time to ourself and it makes me feel prepared for middle school. I think that this is a program that helps students feel like someone gets them." — Bayview student “It helps me get closer with my classmates and its fun.” — Bayview student
1 The Student Leadership Council program did not have updated student attendance for 2022-2023.
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Bayview Elementary School Profile
Boys Group2
The spring boys group was a mentoring and life skills group for young boys.
Grant Strategy: Youth Development and Leadership
Agency: Bay Area Community Resources (BACR)
“I like the fun activities we did like cooking go outside for kickball and basketball and get to hang out with my friends more." — Bayview student
2 The Boys Group program did not have updated student attendance for 2022-2023.
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Bayview Elementary School Profile
Events
The Beacon Director organized a variety of events throughout the school year to improve school culture and climate and engage with families.
3 Events
199
Average
Student Attendance*
4 Average
Family Attendance*
Sample of 2022-23 Bayview Events
22-23 Field Day Field day celebrated all students for their completion of state testing.
Stations included bubble soccer, slip and slide, water balloon toss, bubble gum challenge, and henna tattoos. Parents volunteered and helped at various food stands serving fruit, horchata, and popcorn. 22-23 Spring Girls
on the Run 5K
Event
Twelve Bayview girls in third through sixth grades practiced twice a week and participated in the 5k event with girls from other schools. The Beacon Director coordinated day-of-event logistics and helped chaperone the girls during the 5k event.
22-23 Stress Free
Professional
Development
Activities were selected based on a staff wellness survey asking staff to pick three activities in which they wanted to participate in. Teachers and staff enjoyed a painting class, calming room with vision board materials, a 10- minute chair massage, healthy snacks, and refreshments.
Source: Cityspan Events data, June 2023. *Averages calculated across events that provided attendance data.
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Bayview Elementary School Profile
Youth Outcomes
San Pablo Beacon Community Schools Initiative programs are rooted in positive youth development practice. Youth survey data suggest programs are helping youth build personal and social competencies.
Figure 1: Youth felt empowered and supported.
Figure 2: Youth developed social competencies.
Figure 3: Youth demonstrated commitment to learning.
Source: Youth Surveys (N=20), 2022-23. Surveys are from programs directly funded by the SPBCSI or led by a Beacon Director.
This represents a subset of the total programs offered at the school. 95%
95%
100%
100%
This program has helped me to stay away from fights.
In this program I feel safe.
This program has helped me to try harder in school.
I like this program.
90%
90%
90%
95%
In this program I learn how to work out my problems.
In this program the adults care about me.
In this program I can go to an adult for advice.
This program has helped me to say “no” to things I know are wrong.
76%
85%
89%
90%
In this program I learn how to make goals.
This program has helped me to like school more.
This program has helped me to pay attention in class more.
This program has helped me to care more about my school.
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Bayview Elementary School Profile
Community Schools Coordination
For the 2022-23 school year, San Pablo schools focused on implementing the San Pablo Beacon Community Schools Initiative priorities including health and wellness, family engagement, and school culture and climate. In this section, we summarize findings drawn from interviews with the school’s Principal, Beacon Director, and lead agency supervisor as well as documents provided by the City of San Pablo.
In addition to their daily responsibilities and tasks, the Beacon Director focused on developing and administering a needs and assets assessment to understand the experiences of teachers, staff, students, and families. They initiated other data collection activities to capture a deeper understanding of relationships at Bayview. With the support of the City of San Pablo, they were able to work with an intern from the University of California, Berkeley ’s Public Service Center to analyze the data collaboratively.
Health and Wellness
"Prior to this year, we didn't have any mental health practitioners outside of our school psychologist, speech therapist, and occupational therapist. So students who needed one-on-one counseling services were on a waiting list. Our CARE team referrals showed us that students need wraparound services." — Beacon Director
In response to Bayview teachers, administrators,
and staff who shared their feedback about the
CARE referral process , the Beacon Director
started the James Morehouse Project, which
provided one-on-one counseling and youth
development support to students . The Beacon
Director also worked with Vision to Learn, another
community partner, to supply eye exams and free
eyeglasses for three-quarters of the student
population that did not pass the vision screening.
Additionally, they reached out to Families in
Transition (FIT) and foster youth at Bayview to
connect them to resources and services.
The Beacon Director partnered with teachers and staff on campus who oversaw other health and wellness programs such as Girls Who Run and structured recess time. They continued to encourage more adults to engage in direct services for students at Bayview to foster a sense of shared commitment and responsibility. At the end of the school year, they organized a staff social and staff versus student kickball game.
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Bayview Elementary School Profile
Throughout the school year, t he Beacon Director facilitat ed CARE team meetings. Meeting attendees regularly reviewed service provider data and monitored the progress of students who were referred to the CARE team for support. In preparation for the following school year, the CARE team created referrals for sixth -grade students entering middle school a nd other students who needed academic support during the summer.
Figure 4: CARE referrals
Students referred
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School overall
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50 referrals for
45 unduplicated students
Nearly 4 out of 10 (38%) students referred were
Latinx.
Academic/Emotional Needs referrals
were most common.
14% of the student
population was referred.
Most students referred were in 4th grade. 5 out of 10 students referred were male.
Sources: Cityspan Crisis Assessment and Referral Evaluation (CARE) data, July 2023; CDE, DataQuest 2022-23 Enrollment Data, accessed July 2023.
Family Engagement
“This year a huge focus of mine has been family engagement. To have parents come to school. To allow parents in go into classrooms. To do genuine things, fun things.”— Beacon Director The Beacon Director felt that f amily engagement was critical to elevate post -pandemic. They planned a range of gatherings and activities to increase their presence and participation at Bayview, including
Family Math and Literacy Nights and monthly family
read ins. A unique event they arranged were Parent
School Walkthroughs. They invited families to visit
classrooms and complete a survey based on their
observation of interactions between teachers and
students. Beacon Directors internal and external to
West Contra Costa Unified have expressed interest to
learn more.
2%
8%
30%
61%
Social
Health
Emotional
Academic
14%
13%
22%
11% 13%
27%
4% 9%
K 1 2 3 4 5 6
Students referred School overall
51%
54%
49%
46%
Students
referred
School
overall
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Bayview Elementary School Profile
Another important aspect of family engagement was consistently and broadly communicating with parents and caregivers. The Beacon Director relied on different platforms and approaches, such as ParentSquare, in -person events, and family surveys to keep families informed about school concerns and meetings, as well as current and potential community resources and services for families to access.
School Culture and Climate
“The Beacon Director always put on a fantastic field day, which we have coming up soon. And we're looking forward to students from the middle school who come back and assist us with that. And then he plays a really big part in enrichment activities based around each holiday that we have. And one that we have coming up is our multicultural day on May 25th.” — Principal The Beacon Director coordinated clubs, activities, and events to build the school culture and climate. They worked with Bayview staff to hold special events that celebrated literacy, diversity, and community. They regularly invited leadership club members from nearby Greenwood Academy High School to participate in read-ins at Bayview. For African American Heritage Month, the Beacon Director welcomed community
members, as well as Greenwood Academy students,
to read books to Bayview students.
At the end of the year, the Beacon Director
coordinated a field day event to celebrate the
completion of state testing. Student leaders from the
Bayview Student Council and Greenwood Academy
High School helped run activity stations including
bubble soccer, water balloon toss, and chalk art.
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Bayview Elementary School Profile
Lessons Learned
At the close of the interviews, the Principal and Beacon Director reflected on their experiences from the past year.
• Community schools thrive when the Principal and Beacon Director have a trusting relationship.
• Staff must also be considered as important members of the school community.
Plans for Next Year
The Principal and Beacon Director also took time to share their plans for the coming school year.
• Offer wraparound social-emotional learning support and services for students. • Provide culture and climate professional development for the full staff.
“We are looking to get a literacy
coach or program assistant to
work with our students in the
upper grades. But mostly, it's the
SEL component that we really
need assistance in. That would
be really helpful.”
— Principal