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2006-07
Goal: Ensure Continued Improvement in Student Learning
Strategic Areas:
Student Learning
Description: The major district goal is student learning with an emphasis on closing the achievement gap and ensuring learning for all students through high standards, integrated technology and the district-wide coherent curriculum.
Benchmark: Ensuring Learning for all Students
2006-07 New Initiatives:
2006-07 Continuing Initiatives:
- Monitor and refine k-12 college readiness programs to ensure vertical articulation of information and skills.
- Implement the AVID program in six middle schools and three high schools .
Benchmark: Integrating Standards
2006-07 Continuing Initiatives:
- Examine ramifications of HB1 in terms of impact on scheduling, facilities and related activities.
Benchmark: Incorporating Innovative Practice
2006-07 New Initiatives:
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Study Key Schools' data and the impact of each component on student achievement to determine the expansion of Key Schools within the district, and which of these resources need to be duplicated or eliminated from the Key School initiative.
a) math/science curriculum specialist
b) 18:1 student/teacher ration (K-2)
c) extended day program
d) parent training
e) leadership training
f) technology
g) full-time assistantt principal
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Study STAR Schools' data, programming, and resources to determine their impact on student achievement so that an informed decision can be made on the effectiveness of resources and initiatives.
a) 18:1 student/teacher ratio
b) technology
c) extended week/hours
Benchmark: Developing a Coherent Curriculum
2006-07- Continuing Initiatives:
- Continue to develop, improve and maintain a guaranteed
and viable pre K-12 curriculum which is consistent
from school to school and meets the needs of diverse
learners.
Data-Driven
Decision Making
Description: The district will continue to use a variety of data effectively to improve instructional practices and student learning. The district will use data to evaluate investment with student outcomes.
Benchmark: Using a Variety of Data Effectively
2006-07 New Initiatives:
- Implement teacher incentive pay as mandated by the State of Texas.
2006-2007 Continuing Initiatives:
- Continue the development of assessment, accountability and performance management online information access utilizing SAS analytical and reporting tools.
- Continue dashboard development with key performance indicators in the areas of college readiness, human resources and finance.
- Identify elements that have the greatest effect on student learning and performance.
- Develop probability models that describe the effect of course selection on test performance.
- Expand SAS tool to surface critical data focused on assisting principals and teachers to make instructional decisions.
Community Connectedness
Description: The district will involve the larger community in improving student learning by developing strong community support, helping the community to understand and use assessment results, providing community-based learning opportunities, and building community partnerships.
Benchmark: Developing a Strong Community
2006-07 New Initiatives:
- Establish a District Wellness Committee involving parents and community members to assess and make recommendations concerning District wellness issues.
- Implement a production model for effective use of the district’s TV/video studio and cable channel.
2006-07 Continuing Initiatives:
- Continue a relationship through the Hi-TECCC initiation with Texas Instruments, Raytheon, Nortel, Lockheed Martin, The University of Texas at Dallas, Collin County Community College, and Plano ISD to promote initiatives for students into science/ math/technology/engineering fields and to provide professional development for teachers.
Benchmark: Understanding and Using Assessment Results
2006-07 Continuing Initiatives:
- Focus Site Based Improvement Committees/District Based Improvement Committee to develop measurable goals for continuous student improvement.
Capacity Development
Description: Quality learning in Plano ISD classrooms is directly related to expanding organizational effectiveness, promoting innovation and improving professional and organizational development.
Benchmark: Expanding Organizational Effectiveness
2006-07 New Initiatives:
- Increase diverse population in each major employee group through the district’s recruitment and retention efforts.
- Explore strategies to reduce the student teacher ratio at the secondary level.
- Implement teacher incentive pay as mandated by the State of Texas.
- Develop the strategies and model for the implementation of an employee child care program.
- Examine, through research, study, and design, options that would provide teachers with increased, focused planning and professional development time.
- Develop a model for succession planning for leadership positions within and across clusters so that administrators are prepared, knowledgeable of opportunities, understand the big picture of administrative moves, and recognize the need to match the appropriate leadership style with the administrative team, campus and community to ensure success.
- Implement professional development management software My Learning Plan for all professional staff members.
- Discuss, investigate, and look at developing a North Texas Principals' Group comprised of principals from PISD and identified surrounding districts to provide professional development and professional focused dialog on various topics.
a) survey districts for interest in participating
b) identify participating districts
c) 4 - 5 meetings each year
d) each participating district will host a meeting on a rotating basis
e) each participant would be charged a fee paid for by the districts in the group
- Develop an internal principals' academy for potential PISD principals with a focus on instructional leadership, PR/communication skills, professional development and other targeted areas so that novice principals have advanced training to better meet the demands on a first year principal.
- Create a plan to ensure alignment of auxiliary programs (Head Start, Evenstart, Practical Parent Education).
2006-07 Continuing Initiatives:
- Conduct a district self-assessment study using the Western States Benchmarking Consortium document.
Benchmark: Improving Professional/Organizational Development
2006-07 New Initiatives:
- Implement a diversity presentation for all Plano ISD coaches during the Athletic Department Inservice. Topics to be discussed would include the changing demographics of Plano ISD, perspectives of culturally different students and parents, communication between coaches and parents, and religious diversity.
- Implement the planned focus training sessions for first and second year principals in a way that they will continue to develop in their roles as instructional leaders so that students, staff and community will recognize, understand, and appreciate the value of the school, its programs, and progress.
2006-07 Continuing Initiatives:
- Continue partnership with Collin County Community College for college courses and online Paraprofessionals’ Institute which enables teaching assistants to meet highly qualified requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act .
2006-07 District Based Improvement Committee Goals
Student Learning
Description: The major district goal is student learning with an emphasis on closing the achievement gap and ensuring learning for all students through high standards, integrated technology and the district-wide coherent curriculum.
Benchmark: Ensuring Learning for all Students
2006-07 New Initiatives:
- Student Proficiency in Reading:
- Student proficiency in Reading will maintain or improve annually for all students and for all AEIS student groups on TAKS and all AEIS student groups will achieve required improvement towards an Exemplary status within three years. (Required Improvement = (difference from 90% in 2004) / 2)
- Commended status for all students and all AEIS student groups will increase by at least 3% annually.
- Student Proficiency in Writing:
- Student proficiency in Writing will maintain or improve annually for all students and for all AEIS student groups on TAKS and all AEIS student groups will achieve required improvement towards an Exemplary status within two years. (Required Improvement = (difference from 90% in 2004) / 2)
- Commended status for all students and all AEIS student groups will increase by at least 5% annually.
- Student Proficiency in Mathematics:
- Student proficiency in Mathematics will maintain or improve annually for all students and for all AEIS student groups on TAKS and all AEIS student groups will achieve required improvement towards an Exemplary status within four years. (Required Improvement = (difference from 90% in 2004) / 2)
- Commended status for all students and all AEIS student groups will increase by at least 5% annually.
- Student Proficiency in Science:
- Student proficiency in Science will maintain or improve annually for all students and for all AEIS student groups on TAKS and all AEIS student groups will achieve required improvement towards an Exemplary status within four years. (Required Improvement = (difference from 90% in 2004) / 2)
- Commended status for all students and all AEIS student groups will increase by at least 3% annually.
- Student Proficiency in Social Studies:
- Student proficiency in Social Studies will maintain or improve annually for all students and for all AEIS student groups on TAKS and all AEIS student groups will achieve required improvement towards Exemplary status within two years. (Required Improvement = (difference from 90% in 2004) / 2)
- Commended status for all students and all AEIS student groups will increase by at least 5% annually.
- SDAA:
- Student proficiency in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics will improve annually for all students on SDAA and 90% of all SDAA exams will meet or exceed ARD expectations.
- Career Education Proficiency in Industry/Professional Skills/Workplace Communication Skills/General Workplace Skills:
- Number of certification attempts will increase in:
- Automotive Service Excellence Certification
- CISCO Certified Network Associate
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Certified Nurse Aid program will expand to meet the high demand of the number of students applying for internships.
- Dropout Rate:
- Maintain or reduce the dropout rate for all students and for all AEIS student groups.
- Completion Rate:
- Increase the completion rate for all students and all AEIS student groups and all AEIS student groups will achieve required improvement toward an Exemplary status within four years. (Required Improvement = (difference from 95% in 2004) / 4)
- College Readiness:
- The rate of students taking a college entrance exam will increase for all students and all AEIS populations.
- The rate of students taking AP/IB exams will increase for all students and all AEIS populations.
- The graduate rate for all students and all AEIS student groups on RHS or DAP plans will:
- show an increase if previously above 55% or
- show required improvement toward 55% within four years. Required Improvement = (difference from 55%) / 4)
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