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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What are we going to do about all that RED!!!!!!

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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

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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

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4th

5th

3rd - 4th

4th

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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%

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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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Student Level Data with Standards

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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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For Additional Information:Kfonteno@houstonisd.orgmorozco@houstonisd.org