Facing the Urban Challenge: The Story of the “Big Six Schools” L
Magical Partnership
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Houston ISD Demographic Information
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• Largest school district in Texas • Seventh-largest school district in the United States • 287 schools • 6 early childhood • 164 elementary• 40 middle • 44 high • 26 combined/other • 210,047 students • 61.8% Hispanic • 25.8% African American • 3.3% Asian • 8.0% White • 106 languages spoken • 80.3% economically disadvantaged
Every child in our district deserves to attend a safe school and receive a consistently rigorous quality education.
HISD Position Statement
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Houston ISD Award Recognition
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First ever two time winner of Broad Prize for Urban Education
2002 2013
HISD Organization Structure
High School Chief
Middle School Chief
Elementary School Chief 1
Elementary School Chief 2
Dr. Sydney Zulliger
Elementary School Chief 3
General SuperintendentDr. Terry Grier
Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Andrew Houlihan
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HISD Organization Structure
School Support Officer
James Benfield
School Support Officer
Patsy Cavazos
Elementary School Chief 2
Dr. Sydney Zulliger
School Support Officer
Dr. Matilda Orozco
School SupportOfficer
Dr. Tim Jenney
DirectorJames Metoyer
School Support Officer
Kimberly Fonteno
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Who is the Big Six ?
• Historically Academically Unacceptable •Decreasing Achievement •Changing Program and Enrollment•New Campus Administrators ( Range 1 -3 Years)•Low Benchmark Results•High Poverty Minority Campuses
Some of the Characteristics
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Dodson Elementary – New School-wide Montessori
Foerster Elementary – Refugee & ELL Population
Grissom Elementary - Decline in all STAAR tests large homeless
Gross Elementary – Fractured campus culture
• Mitchell – new administrator with previous testing irregularities
Woodson- Historically under achieving K-8 campus
Big Six Campuses: Who Are We?
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How were they Identified
Benchmark data trends Length of principal tenured SSO classroom observations Sense of uncertainty
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Process
Meeting with open and transparent feedback with big six campus leaders
Big Six Principal Cohort created to continue the collaboration
Principals voiced type of support that was needed
Campuses created a strategic plan Area 2 discussed how we could support plan
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What does central office support look like?
Strategically redeployed Teacher Development Specialist(TDS)
Conducted campus data talks Build teacher capacity through job embedded Professional
Development Supported principals in aligning staff strength with
student needs Realigned the support of the NCUST facilitator Chief teamed SSO’s to provide additional support Bi-weekly visits by SSO teams to provide feedback Monthly visits by entire area 2 team with NCUST facilitator
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HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Changes in Cohort Data Over Time
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Perspectives
Student
Teacher
Principal
Teacher Development
Specialist
Central Office
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Area 2 Admin. & TDS Support
Principal
Teacher
Student Success
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The test was administered 3 weeks earlier than last year
Some schools were more consistent with the plan than others
Are the practice quizzes at the same level of rigor as the actual STAAR test
Big Six Considerations
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Outcomes
Tobacco story with electricity
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297 Priority Schools in State of Texas
31 Houston ISD Priority Schools
0 Priority Schools in Area 2
AYP Identified SchoolsLowest Classification is Priority
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District increased by 3% in Reading Dodson 12% increase Woodson 15% increase
STAAR Reading Data
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District decreased by 5% in Reading Woodson 11% increase Dodson 15% increase Mitchell 18% increase
District decreased by 5% in Reading Big Six increased by 1% in Reading
Gross 6% increase Mitchell 18% increase
District increased by 9% in Reading Foerster 8% increase Gross 10% increase
District increased by 10% in Reading Big Six increased by 21% in Reading All six schools had double digit increases
Gross 20% increase Woodson 25% increase Dodson 26% increase Foerster 27% increase
3rd
4th
5th
3rd – 4th
4th – 5th
Grade level Data Cohort Data
District had no change in MathDodson 36% increase
STAAR Math Data
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District increased by 1% in Math Big Six increased by 4% in Math
Dodson 7% increaseGrissom 8% increaseMitchell 27% increase
District increased by 7% in MathMitchell 23% increaseDodson 35% increase
District decreased by 1% in Math Big Six increased by 2% in Math
Woodson 5% increaseMitchell 22% increase
District increased by 16% in Math Big Six Results in Math
Foerster 16% increaseGrissom 18% increaseWoodson 21% increaseGross 21% increaseMitchell 37% increaseDodson 43% increase
3rd
4th
5th
3rd - 4th
4th
- 5th
Grade level Data Cohort Data
Overall HighlightsArea 2 Moved the Bottom Schools
STANFORD Results
Of the bottom 40 schools for STANFORD Reading all grade levels combined we only had 8 schools.
Of the bottom 40 schools for STANFORD Math all grade levels combined we only had 9 schools.
Information from Research and Accountability Report submitted to the board
Performance Bonuses By Percent
Area 1 Area 2 Area 30%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
21%
51%
29%
Bonuses
Bonuses
Curriculum Instruction Assessment
2014 FOCUS
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Implement District Curriculum Breaking down standards Formative assessment – “Blue Prints”
2014 Curriculum Focus
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Use formative assessments data to create “Just in time Training” Use data to identify strongest teachers and allow time for them to
share strategies with principals and struggling teachers Embedded coaches working directly with struggling teachers Teachers are provided with daily problem-solving ice-breakers
based on struggling standards Identify successful consultants and meet weekly to ensure
alignment continuity
2014 Instructional Focus
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On-going data conversations with struggling campuses Common calendar Spiral back weakest standards based on formative assessment data Timely turnaround of formative assessment data for teachers re-
teaching and interventions Identify successful consultants and meet weekly to ensure alignment
continuity Data system more sophisticated (see next 2 slide sample)
2014 Assessment Focus
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Teacher Initials
Campus Level and Teacher Level Data
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Challenges
Maintaining Timelines for 40+ schools Harder to Personalize support (Team support
has to be diluted) New data system that has glitches
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