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Components of the Texas Education Code and Texas Administrative Code for the Campus Improvement Plan

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Components of the Texas Education Code and Texas Administrative Code for the Campus Improvement Plan

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Title I was established in 1965 under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in the Johnson administration. It functions as a funding source for lower income schools. In order for a school to receive this funding, they must meet the requirement of have 40% or more of their student population classified as economically disadvantaged using the legal definition put in place by the United State Census Bureau.

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Components of the Texas Education Code and Texas Administrative Code for Campus Needs Assessment

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Components of the Texas Education Code and Texas Administrative Code for Campus Needs Assessment

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Mission: Ensure that every student is successful in all aspects of their learning

Vision: Empowering students to achieve their goals.

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The Campus Improvement Plan Regarding the Effective Schools Framework

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The Campus Improvement Plan Regarding the Effective Schools Framework

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Goal 1-  While this goal is a SMART goal, there are many factors that play into the the TEA accountability rating system. Thus, it targets all levers in the ESF.

Goal 2- Since this goal primarily discusses the behavior management plan, it would fall in the positive school culture lever.

Goal 3- Satisfaction surveys are garnered as evidence of improvement regarding the positive school culture lever.

Goal 4- This goal is not a SMART goal. However, it seeks to improve student achievement considering this it has themes of the high-quality curriculum and effective instruction levers.

Goal 5- This goal focuses on attendance. Therefore, it is establishing behavioral expectations of a positive school culture.

Goal 6- This goal targets acquiring efficacious teachers. This would be utilizing the effective instruction lever.

Goal 7- This goal discusses community and family engagement. Thus, it would fall into the positive school culture lever once again.

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Effective Schools Framework and Significance

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Effective Schools Framework and Significance

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The Effective Schools Framework provides administrators a foundation of standards to ensure students have the highest quality in their learning experience and educational journey. This framework does so by providing the following high-leverage practices.

Strong school leadership and planning- the instructional leader develops, implements, and monitors focused improvement plans to target low performance.

Effective, well-supported teachers- high-quality instruction is provided through recruiting, selecting, assigning, and building teachers.

Positive School Culture- Vision, mission, goals, and values align with behavioral expectations and management systems as well as support services provided to students and their families.

High-quality Curriculum- Curriculum is engaging, rigorous, TEKS-aligned addressed with trustworthy assessment.

Effective Instruction- Students prove to excel in rigorous instruction through lessons and expectations expressed through data and assessment, guiding teachers in their best practices.

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Difference Between a Campus Needs Assessment and a Campus Improvement Plan

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Difference Between a Campus Needs Assessment and a Campus Improvement Plan

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The campus needs assessment analyzes where students needs are not being met. This process lays the foundation for areas of growth. Every campus, not matter how effective or not, has room for improvement. However, one cannot begin to understand what areas to target if they do not first conduct a needs assessment. The campus needs assessment provides the site based committee with data and solid evidence to provide rationale behind the campus improvement plan. The campus improvement plan then serves as the action plan and provides the school and community with action steps to properly accomplish the campus vision and mission statements.

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Initiatives in Place on the Campus Currently

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Initiatives in Place on the Campus Currently

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Cotillion where parents are invited to serve the "fancy" luncheon and attend a dance to follow

Intervention programs

Jump Rope team that performs at district basketball games as well as NBA and Texas Tech basketball games

UIL events

Art showcase

Flamingo Fling where teachers establish booths that students pay for that goes directly into teacher classroom funds. For example, a coke floats booth, cake walk, etc.

The field day in the Spring where students may compete in outdoor events

Million Word Readers where students are rewarded for the different levels of AR points they receive

Professional Learning Communities

Backpack Buddies where students who are challenged with food insecurity receive groceries on a weekly basis

Lunch Buddies where students have lunch with community members as a form of mentorship

Kiwanis Luncheons and the Bringing Up Grades (BUG) program

Lions Club providing glasses and vision screenings for those who cannot afford them

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Trainings were mentioned several times throughout the campus improvement plan. However, the only item listed on the Campus Funding Summary was intervention and it was priced at $0. As such, it is difficult to understand where monetary value was deposited and the effectiveness in the execution of those goals regarding funding.

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Creating a Campus Improvement Plan and Campus Needs Assessment

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Creating a Campus Improvement Plan and Campus Needs Assessment

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The principal must take the following action steps to properly execute the campus needs assessment and improvement plan.

1. Establish a school side planning team of various stakeholders so multiple perspectives are considered and the plan is well rounded. These stakeholders will include parents, community members, businesses, classroom teachers, specialized instructional staff, paraprofessionals, and students (at a secondary level). From there, the planning team will review the purpose and outcomes by creating focus groups, timelines, and a calendar of events.

2. To remain cohesive, the group will establish a collective vision.

3. From here, the team will create a school profile and analyze where  the school is currently at and where it needs to be regarding the vision statement.

4. The team will gather data through various assessment tools.

5.  Finally, the team will analyze the data and formulate a campus improvement plan to target the areas of refinement needed on the campus.

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Significant Elements of the Parent Policy

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Significant Elements of the Parent Policy

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Improvement is needed in the following areas.

Safe Technology training for students and parents

Healthy Family relationship training

Cotillion Evening

Art Exhibition 4th and 5th grade

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Analysis of Components of the CIP Working Together

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Analysis of Components of the CIP Working Together

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I do believe the components of the CIP work together to an extent. However, some of the items were placed in areas they did not apply. Additionally, some of the goals were not SMART goals and therefore could not be analyzed in a way that could be clearly tied to the campus vision or mission statements. Components and goals should be adjusted to provide more clarity and objectivity.

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1. Texas Education Agency. (2018). Title I, part a director's handbook. Retrieved from: https://www.esc11.net/cms/lib3/TX21000259/Centricity/Domain/489/FPD%20Handbook.pdf

2. Sweetwater Independent School District. (2019). Campus vision and mission statements. Retrieved from: https://www.sweetwaterisd.net/

3. Weatherford, V. (n.d.) What's your plan? Campus needs assessment. Region 7 Education Service Center. https://blackboard.angelo.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2630330-dt-content-rid-25182269_2/courses/11712.202110/11712.202110_ImportedContent_20200808074133/13073.202010_ImportedContent_20191008084901/CNA%20Process%20Resource%20Guidebook%281%29.pdf

4. Sweetwater Independent School District. (2019) Sweetwater Intermediate School 2019-2020 Campus Improvement Plan. https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/1/?ui=2&ik=6d2e599fb9&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1680555704302395248&th=1752888254335f70&view=att&disp=inline&saddbat=ANGjdJ_fUSI8TdBXA3TkHlZi-HquCQjGzaGkHGmKgSRYGjJzuZw0Sui1VdlenZTwIYBpiWp4Q42_CZyCwQng3HLa5KY6sMBjAZINMuc76dRQ5HvolA435FjhBjwKoIn9kg05kHx0hlG4td2Y9SzcvL4GOAtehSL9Ou2kxpJLoqkom7pkdQMpUiL8xnhwPasoh6nEGrgzN5qE3lkaE0rZ0Q29TrGHgBEQ56d9FNA9WruJyWWXiu9GBl-yjYlWFx7a2gdt-S2Prl3FhQ5GPOgPgGJmXHLFUiBHZDAVM4p5TH1jZ4ARnSeGBXNWt4ihFJ2-u0bB140R1ki7MnY5e0md_zqhLN5gFJtWmSR2T_DpMqv6NBGN21ZFT88Us-HagG3YZkH4GwZ-WKwtm7GDFU_tLZBepAI3A4irkw3ovqLeqnMBmqOvEHa4Nqq1Jn-lo9ThbfTlrZPQpyzeeyfxy6rVqUlIOaLwb0aWe06reT4MloIZgSK0A4TqvNbx-WI93vqageif836PxWN-0WyG24UvLJJxJ54CVnDHbYjg1ybfvU6VC4J6QYm6oCMaACUjGoaCSB_3jcFBpMr_pyMEmuRU1mP_-C87ZgxEsZnUtX5GwBadDzL_EluSXhePu1bIuELe4PVJOJvFZSbBAwqjZyOaW9M73mAawfG1eaigBCg68HmOYWGIfGkUVHq1ozMZt4c

5. T. Knight, ESC 15 presentation, October 13, 2020

6. Texas Education Agency. (2019). The effective schools framework. Retrieved from: https://texasesf.org/framework/

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Goal 1: SIS will increase in their overall accountability rating by August 2020. (SMART goal)

Goal 2: The district discipline management plan at each campus will ensure equitable and consistent disciplinary procedures for all students that will result in a decrease in disciplinary placements outside of the classroom from 34% to 25% by June 2020. (SMART goal)

Goal 3: Staff, student and parent climate satisfaction survey results will improve overall from 76% to 81% by June 2020. (SMART goal)

Goal 4: Student Achievement: Each student completing a course of study within Sweetwater ISD shall be prepared for the challenge immediately before them. (Not a SMART goal)

Goal 5: Attendance: All students in Sweetwater ISD will attend school. SIS will attain a 97% attendance for the 2019-20 school year. (SMART goal)

Goal 6: Effective and Engaged Faculty: Sweetwater ISD shall become a district of destination for aspiring and experienced faculty. (Not a SMART goal)

Goal 7: Strive for continual improvement in Community and Family Engagement so that students see adults as partners in education. (Not a SMART goal)