Celebrations and
Points to Ponder
Over 90% Passing on TAKS
Faith Ayala
Ryan Brink
Kursat Guzey
Greg Emerson
Olga Quedens
Elisabeth Lorenz
Mike Moore
Chance Hartz
Merin Simon
Susan McCabe
Matt Walsh
Kenita Weldon
Rory Minter
Becky Church
Kristen Wilkirson
Reese Pierce
Lesli Bradley
Advanced placement success
Christina Tribble – Biology - 9.2%
Erica Linebaugh – Environmental Science – 9%
Mike Moore – Statistics – 12%
92% of All Fine Arts AP Students Scored a 3 or better
60% of All LOTE AP Students Scored a 3 or better
All AP Science Tests- 1% Increase
All AP Social Studies Tests – 1% Increase
ALL Tests - % Scoring 3 or Better – 6%
Advanced placement success
25 – AP Scholars
(Score of 3 or higher on 3 AP exams)
6 – AP Scholars With Honor
(Score of 3.25 or better on all AP exams and scores of 3 or higher on
four or more exams)
8 – AP Scholars With Distinction
(Score of 3.5 or better on all AP exams and scores of 3 or higher on
five or more exams)
2 – National AP Scholars
(Score of at least a 4 on all AP exams taken or eight or more exams_
ADVANCED CLASSES TAKS – Over
50% COMMENDED
Faith Ayala
Lesli Bradley
Ryan Brink
Susan McCabe
Reese Pierce
TAKS SCORE INCREASES
Year To Year Improvement
ELAR - .12%
Science – 3.96%
Math - .80%
Social Studies - .81%
2 Year Cohort Improvement
ELAR – 2.99%
Science – 28.29%
Math – 27.34%
Social Studies – 3.79%
80% or better passing EOC
Ronda Connelly
Amanda Diaz
Chris Porter
Alyssa Dolny
Shannan Fears
Brenda Rodriquez
Marcie Duley
Dana Shirley
William Franz
Tiffany Jones
Erica Linebaugh
Angela McCormick
ADVANCED CLASSES EOC – Over
50% COMMENDED
Marcie Duley
Angela Finch
Houston Herlin
Connie Sanchez
Kenita Weldon
Kristen Wilkirson
Celebrate student success
UIL State Qualifiers in Journalism
National and State Qualifiers in CTE
**National Bronze Award Winner-Virtual Poster
State Qualifiers in Band
Choir
•
Richard Del Cristo : All-State Mixed Choir
•
The Haltom Singers earned Outstanding Ensemble for the
BISD Solo / Ensemble Contest
•
5 Students Made the Region 5 TMEA All Region Choir
•
3 Students Made the Region 5 TMEA All-District Choir
•
2 Students Made the Region 5 TMEA 9-10 Honor Choir
•
Varsity Treble Choir Earned a Sweepstakes at UIL
•
Non-Varsity Treble Choir Earned a Sweepstakes at UIL
•
Varsity Mixed Choir Earned a First Division rating in Concert at
UIL
Celebrate student success
National Merit Scholar Winner
Highsteppers – National Champions
District and Region Winners – Theatre Arts
District, Region and State Winners – Art
CREST Award – Counseling Department
World Championship High Dive – Mr. Simmons
Winning is not a sometime
thing….it’s an all the time thing.
You don’t win once in a
while…you don’t do the right
thing once in a while….you do
them right all the time. Winning
is a habit.”
Vince Lombardi
Questions To Ponder
Please reflect deep in your heart and how would you
respond to the following question?
If evidence were collected that you keep an open heart
and mind to making sure your efforts in the
classroom each day are based on the needs of your
students, that you implement professional
development initiatives by discarding your own self
interests, that you realize that complaining is a
natural part of who we are but do not let it dictate
your outlook on life, and you look at problems as a
way to create solutions, then would the evidence
find you guilty of being the best teacher and
colleague you can be each day?
Questions To Ponder
If I asked if you thought parental
involvement impacts the learning of our
students, how many of you would raise
your hand and answer yes?
What if I told you that I agree, but I responded with
the following…….
“o.k., for the most part we do not. So what do we do
about it?”
We only have control over what we do with our
students for 8 + hours each day and we will not be
deterred in offering parental involvement activities.
How many in your heart would agree 100% with this
statement without any doubt creeping into your
mind?
Movies!
• Think about movies that you have seen about
education or an inspirational teacher?
• Share with a neighbor
What do these
teachers have
in common?
Working in Isolation!
• Freedom Writers- the teacher left the field of
education after three years.
• Dangerous Minds- the teacher did not even
finish the school year before leaving the field.
• Stand and Deliver- After Jaime Escalante left,
the number of A.P. calculus students at Garfield
who passed dropped by more than 80 percent.
Professional Learning Community
Working in isolation is not what is best for you or
our students!
There is such a thing as group IQ.
While a group can be no smarter that the sum
total of the knowledge and skills of its’
members, it can be much “dumber” if its’
internal workings don’t allow people to share
their talents.
Sternberg - 1988
Diet
• A new fad program
• Prepackaged foods
• Weekly meetings
BUT
• Unless you have made
a lifestyle change,
what happens when
you quit…
PLC
• PLCs are not a
program
• Not a weekly event
• It is a way of life!
How Would You Respond To The Following:
The path for change in a school culture lies within
how much we collaborate, make adjustments
based on our collaborative work and accept the
fact that we have an INHERENT MORAL
OBLIGATION
to do so on behalf of students……
You are walking through an
amusement park. Suddenly
you see a child that is about the
age of 2 wandering around and
crying out for help.
How do you respond?
Why?
You are walking into a store and
you see an elderly lady who
appears to be in her 80’s
struggling to get through the
door. What is your response?
Control What We Can Control
And
Take Responsibility For What We Can
Control
STOP THE EXCUSES!!
Complaining is like a rocking chair, it gives you
something to do, but doesn’t get you anywhere.
MOST OF ALL!!!!
Take risks!
We Do Know Socioeconomic Status
Matters
Did You Know?
Children in a Literacy Rich Environment Enter
Kindergarten With 4000 Vocabulary Words
Children in a Literacy Poor Environment Enter
Kindergarten With 400 Vocabulary Words
Reading Diagnostic
The Istation Advanced Reading
assessment evaluates established
readers in four critical domains of
reading development:
1. Word Analysis
2. Text Fluency
3. Vocabulary
4. Comprehension
What Is Text Fluency?
Fluency is the ability to read text accurately,
quickly and with confidence. It can be
considered a bridge between the act of
decoding words and the development of
reading comprehension. As children become
fluent readers, they begin to think less about
the words and more about the meaning of the
sentences they're reading. Fluent readers
become able to respond to the material with
emotion and thought.
Istation Advanced Reading
Assessment Results
2013-2014 – 11th Grade Students:
• Total students tested with ISIP Advanced
Reading (on level/PAP-does not include
SPED/LEP/Students Who Were Retesting on
EOC) - 442
• Total # of Tier 2 and 3: 104 or 23% of those
tested
• Tier 2: 15% (66 students) and Tier 3: 8% (38
students)
•
Text Fluency - Tier 2 and 3 total = 278 or 63%
Istation Advanced Reading
Assessment Results
2013-2014 - 10th Grade Students:
• Total students tested with ISIP Advanced
Reading (All were tested) - 585
• Total # of Tier 2 and 3: 181 or 32% of those
tested
• Tier 2: 19% (111 students) and Tier 3: 13% (70
students)
•
Text Fluency - Tier 2 and 3 total = 386 or 66%
Istation Advanced Reading
Assessment Results
2013-2014 - 9th Grade Students:
• Total students tested with ISIP Advanced
Reading (only on level students tested) - 574
• Total # of Tier 2 and 3: 281 or 49% of those
tested
• Tier 2: 24% (137 students) and Tier 3: 25%
(144 students)
• Text Fluency - Tier 2 and 3 total = 288 or 50%
Istation Advanced Reading
Assessment Results
2013- 2014 - Total number tested: 1601 students
• Total Tier 2 Students: 314 (20%)
• Total Tier 3 Students: 252 (16%)
• Text Fluency - 1601 students - Tier 2 and 3
Students: 952 (59%)
We are missing approximately 300 students who
were not tested or were absent
ACT/SAT Vocabulary Word Research
Mr. Simmons had Mrs. Klaerner select the 100
most used vocabulary words on the ACT/SAT,
and gave one word to each student at the DAP
luncheon to define.
Only 45% of these students could define the word
they were given.
Literacy not only needs to be strengthened among
our LEP population, but with our most
advanced students as well.
What Perspective Is Your Literacy
Lens?
I look at it from the standpoint of “poor kid” let’s see
what remedial classes we can place the student
in. (Tier 2 & 3)
I look at this issue with a determination that we can
enhance our students learning and our instruction
no matter the level of the class. (Tier 1)
Which Statement Would You Choose
That Best Reflects Your Thoughts?
I Take Responsibility Outside The Four Walls of
My Classroom and Share My Best Practices So
That It Helps All Students?
I Share Best Practices Because I Want To Help
Only My Department With Their Students?
If Not Me, Then Who?
If Not Now, Then When?
Move From A “My” Student To A
“Our” Student Mindset
Remember These Data Points?
TAKS
• LEP scores went up 10% in science and 12 % in ELA
since last year
• SPED scores went up 14% in science since last year
• Scores for Hispanic students went up in each subject.
• Science went up 4% overall since last year.
EOC
• Modified scores were between 2% and 13% higher than
the state in each test.
• HHS was greater than or within 1% of state average on
geometry, Algebra 2, Reading 1, Biology, Chemistry,
Geography and World History.
Writing II
Phase 1 Phase 2
49%
36%
Reading II
Final
Phase 1 Phase 2
28%
76%
67%
Final
61%
Writing I
Phase 1 Phase 2
44%
32%
Reading I
Final
Phase 1 Phase 2
25%
64%
53%
Final
42%
Writing II
Phase 1 Phase 2
49%
36%
Reading II
Final
Phase 1 Phase 2
28%
76%
67%
Final
61%
A lgebra 1
Phase 1 Phase 2
74%
42%
Geometry
Final
Phase 1 Phase 2
17%
85%
58%
Final
31%
Biology
Phase 1 Phase 2
86%
66%
Chemistry
Final
Phase 1 Phase 2
41%
86%
71%
Final
47%
World Geography
Phase 1 Phase 2
75%
54%
World History
Final
Phase 1 Phase 2
36%
69%
53%
Final
33%
Remember These Data Points?
DISCIPLINE REFERRALS:
Total for 2011-2012:
9,768
Total for 2011 – 2012:
6101 (38%)
Total for 2012 – 2013:
2528 (69%)
Two Year Decrease: (75%)
So What Is Your Point????
Data is a useful tool to change our campus and
classroom practice.
It is not used as a means of hoping that you get
better and smarter students. It is used as a
means to get “good” with our Tier 1 instruction
based on our professional development focus
and then get “better” at what we are doing
“good”
Now To Answer The Question
ARE
YOU
A
FOREST?
Now To Answer The Question
ARE
YOU
A
TREE?
A Look Ahead At The Rest of The
Week
The buzz words: Differentiated Instruction
So……
If we are asked to focus on the unique needs of
students, then why is it not o.k. to differentiate
our professional development to meet the
unique needs of our faculty/staff?
Literacy is the basis of who we are…..
What is your vision Mr. Simmons…
All I want is a focus that will make all of us better
reading and writing teachers and all of our
graduates better communicators