District Goal 1

Community ISD will receive Recognized district status from the Texas Education Agency and have all campuses either Exemplary or Recognized  ratings in 2008.  CISD will meet all requirements for Adequate Yearly Progress under NCLB.

Objective 1

Community Independent School District will attain 90% passing on TAKS for all students.

Strategies

Resources

Person(s)

Responsible

Timeline

Formative

Evaluation

Summative

Evaluation

Improve reading through the Accelerated Reading Program.

Instructional budget – AR funds

Grade level reading teachers

Daily

Grade books

TAKS reading results.

Provide summer school for students not showing mastery of grade level subject content.

Local funds, SCE funds, and tuition

Campus principal

June 2007

Student report cards

TAKS results

Provide TAKS tutorials for students in grades 1-12.

Local funds, instructional funds

Staff assignments

Classroom teacher

Weekly

Student report cards and TAKS results.

TAKS results.

Continue use of language arts strategies and programs designed for each grade level..

SCE funds, and local instructional funds

Technology funds

Campus specialist

 

Daily

Lesson plan books and report cards

TAKS scores

Use RESULTS process to assist with the pre referral process of special ed. students in order to meet the 1% cap in AYP

SCE funds and local funds

CCSEC and training

Campus principal

Curriculum Director

Spring 2007

Number of students qualifying for special ed. services.

TAKS scores

SDAA scores

Research effective instructional strategies for all subject areas, especially Math and Science.

Local funds

Principals

Curriculum Director

Continuous

Report cards

Test scores

Observations

TAKS scores

Report cards

Impliment curriculum software district wide to assist in the coordination of vertical and horizontal alignment.

Local funds

Forethought

Eduphoria

Success maker

Principal, Curriculum Director

Annually

Teacher input, scope & sequence alignment

Improved TAKS scores

Lesson plans

Continue to increase inclusion services for spec. ed. students at each campus as compared to students going to CMC

Local funds, instructional funds

CCSEC staff

All teachers

Principals

ARD Committees

2007-08 school year.

Number of students being served in special ed. inclusion

Improved TAKS

SDAA scores

 

Continue to upgrade and improve libraries.

Title V funds

Local funds

Librarians

Continuous

Accelerated Reading scores

TAKS reading scores

CISD will evaluate current benchmarking system and investigate other methods as well.

Local funds

Title II part D

Seminars

Principals

Curriculum director

Spring 2007

Test scores

Student scores

Task data

CISD will provide bench marks in subjects not yet tested for that grade level.

Local Fund

Curriculum Director

Principals

Teachers

Annually

Teacher made tests

Benchmark scores.


 

 

Objective 2

Community ISD will strive to attain grade level or above achievement of all students on local, state and national assessments.

Strategies

Resources

Person(s)

Responsible

Timeline

Formative

Evaluation

Summative

Evaluation

Continue to meet with G/T teachers at each campus and provide enrichment to G/T populations on each campus

Region X

G/T funds

Curriculum Director

Teachers

Annually

District goals

Minutes of meetings

District G/T Evaluations

Utilize Nova Net to remediate and tutor students at-risk for failure at the Middle and High Schools.

Local funds

Tehnology funds

Principals

Facilitators

Weekly

Student progress

Tests

TAKS Results

Coordinate planning for instruction to ensure ESL methodologies in regular classrooms.

Team leaders, ESL teacher

Principal

Weekly

Minutes from team planning meeting

ESL TAKS scores

Investigate methods to enrich the CISD math program.

G/T funds

Title II

Title I, SCE funds

Principal

Math dept. staffs.

Dept. and staff meetings

Principals reports

Assessment tests.

Continue ESL pull out programs on the elementary campus through identification, placement and service.

Local funds

ESL funds

ESL teacher

Weekly

Student progress

ESL program review.

Align district curriculum to TEKS and bridge relationships between all campuses for vertical alignment

TEKS

Staff Development

Region X

Curriculum Director

Principals

Teachers

Vertical curriculum meetings throughout year

Attendance

Verification

Staff Development

Curriculum development

Continue to review/revise scope and sequence of each course to align curriculum

Local funds

Curriculum director

Principals
Teachers

2007-08

Principal input Teacher input

Flow of courses.

Identify both Homeless and Migrant students and provide appropriate services

Local funds

ESL funds

Curriculum Director

2007-08

Number enrolled

Program review

 

 

CISD will investigate ways to expand technology band width

Local funds

E rate

Technology Director

2007-08

Accessibility

Cost

Ability to bring in.


 

           

District Goal 2

 

Community ISD will promote and encourage improved attendance rates to students and parents district wide.

Objective 1

Community ISD will improve from 95.8% to 97% by the end of the 2008 school year.

Strategies

Resources

Person(s)

Responsible

Timeline

Formative

Evaluation

Summative

Evaluation

Recognize students with perfect attendance each grading period and semester.

Local instructional and activity funds

 

Attendance records

Principal

Teachers

Each grading period

Number of recognized students

AEIS report

Monitor attendance of all students.

Attendance records and sign-in sheets

Office staff, classroom teachers

Call any parent/guardian as necessary

End of grading period

AEIS, number of notifications

Explain to students and parents the importance of physician’s notes when a student has to leave school early or come in late due to an appointment.

Student handbook and announcements

Principals

Annually

Parent signature from handbook page

Required documentation from doctors

Parents will receive a letter of notification when their child is in danger of exceeding the number of absences allowed by law.

Attendance records

Office staff, Principal

When necessary

End of each semester

Attendance committee hearings

Work with local Justice of the Peace in the filing of truancy charges when necessary.

Attendance records

Principal

When necessary

Number of cases filed

Attendance rate

Encourage attendance on testing days

Local funds

Marques

Parent letters

Principals

Continuous

Attendance each 6 weeks and day of TAKS

 

AYP report

Peims Report

CISD will develop local objectives to address the district “Wellness Policy”

Local funds

Curriculum Director

Continuous

At campus and district meetings

Attendance records

 

                                               

District  Goal 3

Community ISD will help insure our districts has a 0% dropout rate and a completion rate of 95%.

Objective 1

Ensure that students have access to special programs to help the district maintain a 0% dropout rate and that all students graduate within four years of entering High School.

Strategies

Resources

Person(s)

Responsible

Timeline

Formative

Evaluation

Summative

Evaluation

Review and disaggregate all TAKS results.

AEIS, Accountability data tables, PEIMS report

Principal

Curriculum Director

As soon as reports are available from TEA

Staff Development

AEIS report

TAKS Scores

Identify and serve all students who are special ed, 504, or at-risk.

Special ed funds, SCE, local funds

Principal

Counselor

As needed

Each six weeks

Number of students receiving services

Optimize student access and success in all campus programs.  Ex: special ed, CATE, Title I, G/T, ESL, dyslexia, at-risk.

Local instructional funds

Special ed funds

SCE

Principal

Counselor