Texas Title 1 Priority Schools Grant

TTIPS – Four Campuses

Sam Houston High SchoolFox Tech High SchoolNavarro AcademyS. J. Davis Middle School

Texas Title 1 Priority SchoolsThe TTIPS Grant, Texas’ version of the School Improvement

Grant, was established to help schools across the state that have the greatest growth opportunities

Although the program has specific requirements determined by federal regulation, it also provides local districts ground breaking opportunities to make “bold choices for a bright future.”

Four SAISD Schools have been awarded the TTIPS Grant to implement transformational school improvement.

What is Transformation designed to do?Increase Student

Achievement

Increase TeacherEffectiveness

Improve Instruction thru targeted PD

Provide Operational Flexibility to Schools

Promote Community Oriented Schools

Increase Principal Effectiveness

Common Components at our TTIPS Schools

Strong Ties to Community Outreach Programs

Rededication : Recommitment To School Improvement

College and Career Readiness Culture

Parent Engagement And EducationExtended

Learning Time/Schedule Modification

PositiveBehavior Intervention System

Increased use of Data to Drive Instruction

PerformanceBasedCompensation System

Program EvaluationAll TTIPS schools participate in an extensive program evaluation

throughout the school year:Conference calls with the SIRC Program Manager every 90 days. Set

agenda in which the principal is asked to lead the discussion.Quarterly Implementation Reports (QIR) - reflects the implementation of

activities tied to a particular CSF. The QIR is a compliance report that measures the depth of implementation of the CSF.

90 Day Report - this is a planning document of activities that the school will engage in over a 90 day period that documents the strategies utilized for a particular CSF for the 90 day period. This is turned into the SIRC office every 90 days.

Yearly Site Visit – a team from TEA visits the campus and meets with the Principal, visit classrooms, has private meetings with the principal, Shepherd, teacher leaders, parents, and students. Findings are compiled and sent to the Shepherd, PSP, and Principal.

End of Year Report EOY – due August 1 and is measured against the stated goals determined by the campus and other data sets.

TTIPS Principal/Teacher EvaluationWhere Are We Now and Next StepsThis campus is a participant of the Texas Title 1 Priority Schools Grant better known as TTIPS. Requirements of the grant include Incentive Pay and a Principal/ Teacher Evaluation System which directly impacts significant student growth. TTIPS schools will pilot the TEA PDAS Redesign Evaluation System for the 2012-2013 with full implementation during the 2013-2014 school year. Training for teachers will be held online using

Teachscape.

Side by Side of Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching vs. Professional Development Appraisal System…PDAS

Charlotte Danielson Model Current SAISD PDAS Four Domains Four Ratings Value Added, looking for growth not

necessarily how many students passed or failed

Students on a teacher’s roster at Snapshot Date will be the students that reflect a teacher’s value added for each student.

Principals and Adm. teams will use an IPAD APP to conduct observations. The APP provides a feature called Time Stamping so that every sentence that the principal writes will be time stamped.

All teachers will be rolled back to a standard appraisal

Teachers will complete Teacher Self-Reports Part 1 and 2

Eight Domains Four Ratings No Value Added Currently Principals and

Administrative teams use online Eduphoria to complete appraisals

Teachers complete Teacher Self Report Part 1 and 2

For each additional improvement activity entered, enter the Critical Success Factor Code(s) from this table, enter theLEA/campus’ rationale for including the activity, provide the supporting research that indicates the activity will beeffective, and indicate the beginning and ending date of the activity.1 – Improve Academic Performance, including (but not limited to) Reading/ELA and MathA. Data-driven instructionB. Curriculum Alignment (both horizontal and vertical)C. On-going Monitoring of Instruction2 – Increase the Use of Quality Data to Drive InstructionA. Data Disaggregation/TrainingB. Data-driven DecisionsC. On-going Communication3 – Increase Leadership EffectivenessA. On-going Job Embedded Professional DevelopmentB. Operational FlexibilityC. Resource/Data Utilization4 – Increase Learning TimeA. Flexible SchedulingB. Instructionally-focused CalendarC. Staff Collaborative Planning5 – Increase Parent/Community InvolvementA. Increased Opportunities for InputB. Effective CommunicationC. Accessible Community Services6 – Improve School ClimateA. Increased AttendanceB. Decreased Discipline ReferralsC. Increased Involvement in Extra/Co-Curricular Activities7 – Increase Teacher QualityA. Locally Developed Appraisal InstrumentsB. On-going Job Embedded Professional DevelopmentC. Recruitment/Retention Strategies

Critical Success Factors