District Improvement Plan 2020-2021
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El Paso Independent School District District Improvement Plan 2020-2021 El Paso Independent School District District #071902 Generated by Plan4Learning.com 1 of 215 June 4, 2021 8:26 AM Mission Statement The El Paso Independent School District graduates every student prepared for higher learning and careers to empower them as knowledgeable and engaged citizens, innovators, and drivers of a robust, bi-cultural economy. Vision El Paso Independent School District will be a premier educational institution, source of pride and innovation, and the cornerstone of emerging economic opportunities producing a twenty-first century workforce. Value Statement Strategic Priorities: Active Learning Great Community Schools Community Partnerships Lead with Character & Ethics Principles: 1. Focus on EPISD vision. 2. Reflect core beliefs, including students coming first in all actions and decision-making. 3. Build upon the established Strategic Priorities. 4. Ensure leadership is committed and actively involved. 5. Be aware that all voices count and all points of view are welcome. 6. Ensure a transparent process. 7. Develop a plan that will include clear language, focus on results, and act as an actionable tool to guide process. El Paso Independent School District District #071902 Generated by Plan4Learning.com 2 of 215 June 4, 2021 8:26 AM 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Table of Contents Comprehensive Needs Assessment 5 Demographics 5 Student Learning 6 District Processes & Programs 9 Perceptions 16 Priority Problem Statements 25 Comprehensive Needs Assessment Data Documentation 26 Goals 28 Goal 1: Active Learning El Paso ISD will ensure that our community has a successful, vibrant, culturally responsive school in every neighborhood that successfully engages and prepares all students for graduation and post-secondary success. Directly Supports: Board Goals 1. Increase pre-college completion rate and enrollment in trade, military, 2-year and 4 year college from 76% to 86% by 2022 2. All 10 comprehensive high schools will achieve a graduation rate of 90% or greater, increased from 3 high schools by 2022 3. Increase student engagement in the classroom from 48% to 60% by 2022 29 Goal 2: Great Community Schools El Paso ISD will ensure that our students and community are served by effective employees in safe and supportive learning environments. 84 Goal 3: Lead with Character and Ethics El Paso ISD will demonstrate fiscal and ethical responsibility as well as a deep commitment to service and support in all district operations. 120 Goal 4: Community Partnerships El Paso ISD will maintain positive and productive partnerships with parents and state and community organizations to facilitate the success of all students. 134 RDA Strategies 144 State Compensatory 145 Budget for District Improvement Plan 146 Personnel for District Improvement Plan 146 Title I Schoolwide Elements 148 ELEMENT 1. SWP COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CNA) 149 1.1: Comprehensive Needs Assessment 149 ELEMENT 2. SWP CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) 149 2.1: Campus Improvement Plan developed with appropriate stakeholders 149 2.2: Regular monitoring and revision 149 2.3: Available to parents and community in an understandable format and language 149 2.4: Opportunities for all children to meet State standards 149 2.5: Increased learning time and well-rounded education 150 2.6: Address needs of all students, particularly at-risk 150 ELEMENT 3. PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT (PFE) 150 3.1: Develop and distribute Parent and Family Engagement Policy 150 3.2: Offer flexible number of parent involvement meetings 150 Title I Personnel 150 District Funding Summary 151 El Paso Independent School District District #071902 Generated by Plan4Learning.com 3 of 215 June 4, 2021 8:26 AM Addendums 186 El Paso Independent School District District #071902 Generated by Plan4Learning.com 4 of 215 June 4, 2021 8:26 AM Comprehensive Needs Assessment Revised/Approved: October 20, 2020 Demographics Demographics Summary Special Education Priorities: Staff development: how to collect, access, utilize useful data to make better decisions to address ALL student needs. Better referral process to identify student needs. Better tiered instruction approach to identify and support students prior to special education referral, RtI is not gateway to special education, RtI should be utilized to address specific student needs. Special Education Needs: Need to be able to support EL learners in specialized classrooms Better RtI for EL prior to referral to special education Abundance of data, but in different formats, need to be able to merge data or how to interpret data and/or use data for decision making DNQ rate for evaluations 2018-2019 19%, DNQ rate for 2017-18 37%, 2016-2017 DNQ rate was 40%. Need for data driven culture, lack of training across the board in using data to make decisions for students. Numbers of students receiving special education have increased…2016-17 6187, 2017-18 6206, 2018-2019 6287, 2019-2020 6511. Not able to see the effectiveness of RtI. Data not easily obtainable. Demographics Strengths Special Education Abundance of data RtI is being provided at campuses Provide supports and services for students identified in special education through a continuum of services, to include specialty programs such as SLC to address specific needs, EPPs, collaboratives…related services, CCC, that address specific specialized instruction and support for students Problem Statements Identifying Demographics Needs Problem Statement 1: Difficult to merge data or how to interpret data and/or use data for decision making, data not readily available to special education staff, data is not kept in one system, staff needs to access various data management systems to collect data. Root Cause: Keepers of the data are siloed, data and departments are siloed, data is not shared, systems are not readily available. Data is collected but not utilized to better support student. El Paso Independent School District District #071902 Generated by Plan4Learning.com 5 of 215 June 4, 2021 8:26 AM Problem Statement 2: Referral packet did not have information that would identify specifically address area of weakness of students, DNQ rate is between 20%-40% for the past 3 years. Root Cause: Lack of training for administrators in referral process, RtI may be contributing to lower referrals for special education, referral packet does not have information to address specific needs, referral packet is vague. RtI may still be seen as "pre-referral", lack of tiered teaching to address student needs, lack of understanding of special education identification process. El Paso Independent School District District #071902 Generated by Plan4Learning.com 6 of 215 June 4, 2021 8:26 AM Student Learning Student Learning Summary Academics C&I Summary of Need 1) EPISD STAAR 2018-2019 Performance shows that elementary students are outperforming the state in most areas. Nonetheless, the data for middle school shows gaps in all core areas. At the high school level, students are outperforming the state in Algebra, with gaps in ELAR, Science, and Social Studies. All areas, showed improvement in 2019, compared to 2018, however there is still a need for more support to meet board goals and progress measures for 3rd grade math and reading. 3) The STAAR Closing the Gaps Domain Performance for EPISD showed that in academic achievement, the district met 24 out of 28 targets. Similarly, for growth status, the district met 23 out of 28 targets. Additionally, in graduation rate status, the district met 1 out of 9 targets. In English Language proficiency status, the district met 0 out of 1. For student success status, the district met 14 out of 14 targets. Finally, in school quality, the district met 12 out of 12 targets. Three subgroups (American Indian, Asian, and Current SPED) missed in more than one category. (see addendum for details) 4) The STAAR Academic Growth for students who grew one or more year academically in 2018-2019 was at 71%. 5) The TELPAS data showed that 33% of English learner students met the required progress. 6) The Graduation data shows that 85% of students graduated in four years. Special Education priorities: Training for special education teachers in instruction and understanding TEKs alignment to IEP goals/objectives provided by Lead4ward. Provide training in Co Teach that Works to all teachers in collaboration with C & I/DL teams. Work in collaboration with C & I/DL teams to provide instructional strategies and resources that address reading and writing across the curriculum in all content areas. Cross-curricular strategies and resources that address social studies in grades 3-8. Support district initiatives in social studies being taught from year to year in grades K-8. Support district training in data analysis (Heat maps). Special Education needs: Area of need for End of Course (EOC) identified through the RDA passing rate in English was 25% Area of need 3-8 identified through the RDA as Social Studies 27.4%, Reading 46.1%, and writing 34.3 Science 42.3 Area of need identified through district benchmarks and Mock Testing in the area Reading/ELAR. A significant gap of 10+ exists between all students and Students in special education Student Learning Strengths Student Learning Strengths Overview (C&I) 1) EPISD STAAR 2018-2019 Performance is above state level in: El Paso Independent School District District #071902 Generated by Plan4Learning.com 7 of 215 June 4, 2021 8:26 AM Elementary Reading Elementary Writing Elementary Science Elementary Mathematics