SLIDE 1 Marco A. Hinojosa, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent for Instruction & Executive Principal
How to GET OUT and STAY OUT of Improvement Required: : Implementing the Continuous School Improvement Cycle
6211 EAST GRAND AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75223
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The Reason for our Hard Work!
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Preparing Children for a Bright Future!
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Providing a Foundation for Success in Life!
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East Grand Preparatory 2015-2016
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Index 1 Index 2 Index 3 Index 4
East Grand Preparatory STAAR Results Comparison of Index Performance by School Year 2014-2015
2014 2015
37 13 24 46 22 32 57 20 55 60 33 30 28 28 12 12 Standard Standard Standard
+ 20 + 22 + 10 + 7
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Index 1 Index 2 Index 3 Index 4
East Grand Preparatory STAAR Results Comparison of Index Performance by School Year 2015-2016
2015 2016
57 20 46 48 32 45 71 36 55 60 30 32 28 28 12 12
Standard Standard Standard
+ 14 + 2 + 13 + 16
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Index 1 Index 2 Index 3 Index 4
East Grand Preparatory STAAR Results Comparison by School Year 2014-2016 – Two-Year Improvement Trend
2014 2015 2016
37 13 71 24 46 48 22 32 45 57 20 36 55 60 60 33 30 32 28 28 28 12 12 12
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+ 34 + 24 + 23 + 23
SLIDE 11 EGP - TOP FIVE GOA OALS
- 1. STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
- 2. HIGH-PERFORMING TEAM
- 3. GREAT SCHOOL CLIMATE FOR STUDENTS,
, PARENTS, , TEACHERS AND STAFF
UL INSTRUC UCTION IN EVERY LESSON, EVERY DAY
VEN DECISIONS
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HAV AVE A W WHOLE LE-YE YEAR R PLAN FOR:
INSTRUCTIO ION – INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDARS ASSESSMENTS – COMMON ASSESSMENTS SCHOOL-WIDE STRATEGIES – MATH & READING POSIT ITIVE VE SCHOOL CLIMATE – OPPORTUNITIES MEANINGFUL PARENTAL INVO VOLVEMENT
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Whole-Year Plan for a clear focus on Instruction
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Whole-Year Plan for a clear focus on Instruction
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1st Gr. Reading Instructional Calendar
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3rd Gr. Reading Instructional Calendar
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7th Gr. Reading Instructional Calendar
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Kinder Math CA #1 DMAC Quintile Report
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6th Grade Reading CA #1 DMAC Quintile Report
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Time on task
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Time on task
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Time on task
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Ready for reading!
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Higher Order Thinking Learning Environment
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Higher Order Thinking Learning Environment
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Higher Order Thinking Learning Environment
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Higher Order Thinking Learning Environment
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SLIDE 36 The WRITING PLAN
- The First Semester Students focused on
Mechanics and Sentence Structure – Revising and Editing (this year, we are starting complete compositions early – at the end of the first six weeks)
- Second Semester, we started with one Expository
Writing Composition every week
- Two Administrators read the compositions each
week and provided a score and feedback to each student to improve their writing
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4th Grade Writing Weekly Composition Check
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STAAR Passing Rates by Subject posted on Every Agenda
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“This Week at EGP” Weekly email to Faculty and Staff sent each Sunday
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Reading School-wide Strategy: RUBIES
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Math School-wide Strategy UPS
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School-wide Expectation Subject-Specific Word Walls
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School-wide Expectation Subject-Specific Word Walls
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Great Climate for Parents and Students
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Great Climate for Parents and Students
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Students Shine!
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Great Faculty & Staff Climate
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Great Faculty & Staff Climate
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2016-2017 Parent Trainings
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2016-2017 Parent Trainings
SLIDE 51 What does it take ke to turn a school around for children?
cused, , detai ailed academi mic c and organ anizat ational al plan that includes:
al Calendar ars based on grad ade level and subject Student Expectations (SE’s) – TEKS and Lead ad4war ard
mmon Assessme ments every three weeks ks - DMAC
- Action Plans that address Comm
mmon Assessme ment results – we use our EGP Action Plan Form
ments (Late Dec. . and Feb.)
- Review and Focus time the last six weeks
ks before STAAR testing
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K and dedicat ation to succeed!
3.
mize your Faculty and Staf aff
k with the Faculty and Staff you hav ave, , not the Faculty an and Staf aff you WISH you had!
aff one-on
- n-one to get to know them,
m, their backg kgrounds, , strengths and aspirat ations
- Give everyone a “Data Analysis” TEST to learn if they know
how to work k with data a and make ke inference ces from m data
- Assign your very best teac
achers to the tested grad ades
chers acco cording to strengths
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mand exce cellence ce in everything you do - smal all things matter!
- Every deadline is importan
ant and must be met
- Meetings are focused on instruct
ction, , they star art on time and end on time, , being late is not accepta ptable – STAAR Goal als are
as
- Provide models of what you want – don’t leave it up to chance
– Hav ave templat ates for what you want
mple and plan ahead ad – send out a “This Week at ______” email reminding all what is expected this week and what importan ant deadlines are coming up, it ke keeps ps everyone informe med
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- 5. GREAT Instruction Drives Everything
- Instructional
al Calendar ars are adhered to
m at least once per day ay – it doesn’t take ke that long and it make kes a big difference ce for time me on task
mal Walkt kthrough Observat ations are done every 3 weeks ks
- Small Group Instruction is mandat
atory
- One-hour planning periods allows for lower grad
ades to tutor upper grad ade students 20 minutes three times per week
mic c Succe cess is a TEAM M effort!
SLIDE 55 SCHOOL MOTTO: AT EAST GRAND PREPARATORY LEARNING IS MY OPPORTUNITY, STUDY DYING IS MY RESPONSIBILITY ACHIEVEMENT IS MY REWARD TODAY, I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL AND READY TO LEARN Contact Information:
Email: mhinojosa@cityscapeschools.org Phone: (214) 824-4747
