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Berkner High School

2016-2017 Formative Review Quick Update

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Mission StatementRISD MISSION: To serve and prepare all students for their global future.

L.V BERKNER HIGH SCHOOL MISSION: To inspire all students to grow and succeed in the global society.

VisionWhere all students learn, grow, and succeed.

ValuesIntegrity - Inspiration - Inclusiveness - Innovation

FocusStudents are the primary focus of the RISD staff, and staff is the primary focus of the administration.



Table of Contents

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Goal 1: Students are highly engaged in their educational life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Goal 2: Profound curriculum is the foundation for learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Goal 3: RISD has high performing, student focused teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Goal 4: RISD ensures excellence in operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Goal 5: Student Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18



Goal 1: Students are highly engaged in their educational life.

Performance Objective 1: SpEd student performance in Reading will increase from 21% to 36%, in Math will increase from 26% to 41%, in Science from51% to 60%, and in Social Studies from 56% to 64%.

Summative Evaluation 1:

Strategy Description Staff ResponsibleReviews

Formative SummativeNov Jan Mar June

State System Safeguard StrategyFederal System Safeguard Strategy

Critical Success FactorsCSF 1 CSF 2

1) Re-evaluate Special Education students' testing levels based on progress andgrowth on the 2016 EOC administrations.

Instructional Coach,English I teachers,English II teachers,Algebra I teachers,Biology teachers,and US Historyteachers.

= Accomplished = Considerable = Some Progress = No Progress = Discontinue


Performance Objective 2: The overall AP participate rate will increase to 94%. AP passing rate will meet or exceed Performance Growth Goals for alltests.




Critical Success FactorsCSF 1

1) Identify all students through AP Potential and encourage them to take an APcourse. Utilize team planning and PLCs to identify strategies and curriculumenhancements will improve AP performance.

AP Teachers




2) Utilize AP Student Ambassadors and AVID to promote and encourage APenrollment.

Veronica Cole,Marcia Grissom,Paula Rilling,Counseling staff


3) Require AP contracts for AP students that fail a nine weeks. Students will receiveand sign a mandatory tutoring contract. Tutoring will be required until the grade hasimproved.

AP Teachers

Critical Success FactorsCSF 1 CSF 2 CSF 4

4) Conduct AP Review Sessions for teachers to prepare students for the upcomingAP test. Review sessions will be before school, after school and during Saturdayschools. AVID students will be targeted to attend the review sessions in an effort toincrease their test scores.

AP Teachers



Performance Objective 3: LTELL students will demonstrate higher proficiency in all four communicative domains. Fifty percent of LTELLs will exit ESL.






1) Provide in-class teacher support for LEP student population.

Nancy Heires,Douglas Stenberg,Juliana Easterling,and AshondaWhitaker


2) Provide staff development for using effective LEP strategies.

Nancy Heires,Douglas Stenberg,Juliana Easterling,and AshondaWhitaker





3) Utilize Red Folder system to collaboratively share progress and concerns , andELL student data.

All teachers of ELLstudents



Performance Objective 4: Level II performance for students identified with dyslexia and with a 504 plan will increase by 15%.





1) Through professional development, offer targeted instructional strategies that willassist all staff to better serve students identified with dyslexia. Teachers willparticipate in the Dyslexia 1, 2, 3 modules.

All instructional staff



Performance Objective 5: 100% of all students at Berkner will be involved in an extracurricular activity.







1) Utilize Student Council to conduct a survey to identify activities not currentlyoffered in which students would like to participate.

Andy Giron andMatt Rielly


2) Promote extracurricular participation by creating an engagement campaign.



3) Utilize RAMpage newspaper and social media to educate the community andstudents on activities and programs.

Anne Boese andCarrie Galvan



Performance Objective 6: Student use of critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration skills will increase via the integration of the SAMR Model inPLC meetings and teacher lesson planning.





1) Technology team members will be identified for each content area to assist andsupport teachers with increasing technology integration.

Administrators andtech team members


2) Provide scaffolded PD sessions to "Googlize" Berkner.

Tech team members



Critical Success FactorsCSF 1 CSF 3 CSF 4 CSF 6 CSF 7

3) Send select staff to the TCEA Convention and Exposition in Austin in February2017 to explore best practices for engaging students, increase productivity, andinnovating teaching and learning with technology.

Ron Anthony, HenryHall, Oscar Perales,Andre Watson,Tracy Miller-Cook,Abbey Pardue


4) Promote the district's one to one technology initiative through advertising andutilizing student surveys to determine how students plan to utilize the newtechnology.

Ron Anthony,Marquis Naranja



Performance Objective 7: Increase the number of students who agree that their assignments and subjects are interesting, engaging, and rigorous.





1) Instructional Coach and specific teachers from core content areas will be selectedto model DI. The IC and teachers will meet with the DI coach to plan lessons andpresent their successes, struggles, and strategies used.

Kendall Perry, SueSweeny, AndyGiron, Paula Rilling,Carrie Galvan, OmarPastrana, AbbeyPardue

Critical Success FactorsCSF 1 CSF 4 CSF 6 CSF 7

2) Implement 21st Century skills in all core classes through digital collaboration andtechnology integration.

All teachers


3) Increase STEM Academy enrollment by offering high level STEM curriculum.

Austin Gunter andHenry Hall




4) Maintain high levels of student satisfaction and post-secondary readiness.

All Administrators



Performance Objective 8: Increase the number of parents attending and participating in Berkner related activities and events.





1) Invite all stakeholders to participate in cultural awareness provided by students,teachers, and community members at the RamNation Celebration.

Morgen Crowder


2) Parents will consistently be informed of school events and activities, includingjunior high transition events, through Blackboard Connect, RAMblings, RAMpage,the BHS PTA website, and social media.

Kristy Cage, PTAPresident, CarrieGalvan, Anne Boese




Goal 2: Profound curriculum is the foundation for learning.

Performance Objective 1: Students and parents will improve knowledge and understanding of CTE courses and endorsements.





1) Counselors will conduct classroom guidance sessions and individual conferencesfor all freshman students. Parents will be invited to attend the individualconferences.

Florence Woods andCecelia Galvan

2) CTE course description videos will be shown during KRAM. Osniel Rives,Stephen Lawra, andRon Anthony


3) Offer four College Transition courses for junior and senior level students. AllBHS students will utilize Naviance for college and career planning and X2VOL fortracking service hours.

Jennifer Barbknecht,Ramona Berdea,Darrell Oliver



Performance Objective 2: Teachers will develop a clear understanding of the new TTESS appraisal system.







1) During teacher in-service and PLCs, train teachers on the new TTESS appraisalsystem and implement TTESS walk-through form to provide immediateinstructional feedback to teachers.

Henry Hall, CeceliaGalvan, MorganCrowder, RonAnthony, KarenGipson, DanielMcKay, AustinGunter, and KristyCage



Performance Objective 3: Every graduating senior will have acquired 3 hours of college credit or a CTE license/certification prior to graduating highschool.





1) Create a CTE campaign to encourage males to join cosmetology and earn abarber's license upon graduation. Plan junior high visits to Apollo and Liberty topromote CTE programs.

Ron Anthony andTasha Shell


2) Offer dual credit courses in English 3 & English 4.

STEM teachers andprofessors fromRichland College




Goal 3: RISD has high performing, student focused teachers.

Performance Objective 1: All teachers will have a full understanding of literacy and all students will develop sufficient literacy skills for 21st Centuryliving.





1) Offer Academic Literacy Lab (ALL) courses to all students who scored below3400 on the English I and English II EOC.

Jill McMakin andKristy Cage


2) Provide literacy staff development to all teachers and staff during teacher inservice (Notice and Note, Sign Post).

Kristy Cage and JillMcMakin



Performance Objective 2: Administration will develop an "employer of choice" climate and culture. Teacher turnover rates will not exceed the districtaverage of 15.3%.





1) A staff spirit and appreciation committee will be created to increase and spreadschool spirit and pride.

Henry Hall




2) Each month teachers and staff will submit RAMMY nominations for those staffmembers who have excelled in promoting the school vision.

Morgen Crowder


3) Teachers with zero-two years experience will participate in the RISD mentoringprogram (RPM). This will allow for ongoing coaching and support of new teachers.

Kendall Perry, newteachers, andmentors


4) BHS will implement and supplement the district mentoring program to supportnew staff through the Berkner Buddy program. All new Berkner staff will be pairedwith a veteran staff member. The Berkner Buddy will assist the new staff memberwith transitioning into Berkner and provide support throughout the school year.

Kendall Perry, HenryHall, Cecelia Galvan


5) Instructional Coach will lead New Teacher Academy to address classroommanagement, technology integration, and instructional concerns of new teachers.RAM New Teacher Academies will be held on Wednesdays during lunches to assistnew teachers in an array of topics.

Kendall Perry andCecelia Galvan


6) Administration will develop an "employer of choice" climate and culture.

All Administratorsand CILT team.


7) The teacher turnover rate shall not exceed the district average of 15.3%.

All Administrators


8) BHS will identify, recruit and hire high performing staff utilizing the RISDTeacher Profile.

All Administrators





Performance Objective 3: Administration will identify, recruit, and hire high performing staff utilizing the RISD Teacher Profile.





1) Administration will identify master's degree level candidates for vacant positionsin core and STEM content areas.

Administrators




Goal 4: RISD ensures excellence in operations.

Performance Objective 1: The number of ISS and OSS suspensions will decrease by 20%. Positive interaction and respect among all students will improve.





1) Conduct student assemblies to promote positive student behavior and character.Other items discussed will be RPE (Reflect, Plan, and Execute), dress code, tardypolicy, ID policy, bullying, harassment, dating violence, internet safety, BHS andRISD expectations. SROs will present their role on campus and Crime Stoppers.

Administration, SROJones, SRO Gibson


2) Conduct PBIS staff development and cultural/diversity awareness professionaldevelopment to assist with classroom management and response to school disciplineissues.

Ron Anthony,Daniel McKay, PBISteam


3) Restructure ISS and develop the RAM Academic Center (RAC).

Ron Anthony


4) Develop and promote the RAM (Respectful, Accountable, Motivated) Campaignand provide incentives to those students who are exemplifying the premise of theRAM Campaign.

Ron Anthony andPBIS team





Performance Objective 2: Student end-of-year survey results will indicate that students are respectful to one another, resulting in reduced incidents ofbullying and harassment, as well as an increase in awareness about dating violence prevention and internet safety. Berkner will have a decrease in substanceabuse reports.





1) Campus intervention specialist and peer mediators will be utilized for counseling,mediation, and mental health support.

Andy Giron andAngelo Rodriguez


2) Show bullying video and dating violence videos to all students during KRAM topromote positive student behavior and character. Educate all students using minilessons about appropriate internet behaviors, including interacting with otherindividuals on social media and cyberbullying awareness and response.

Stephen Lawra,Osniel Rives, andadministrators


3) Implement an open door policy for any student to come and discuss issues ofbullying, dating violence, and harassment.

Administrators



Performance Objective 3: Students and staff will actively engage and promote efficient methods for meeting their health needs. In accordance with thecoordinated health plan, Berkner will see an increase in student attendance, and improvement within the following benchmarks: Fitness Gram data, StudentAssistance Team data, counseling and nurses reports.






1) Nursing staff will monitor student data reports for immunization compliance andcommunicable disease issues to ensure all students are meeting districtrequirements. They will also regularly update the Dallas County Health Departmentof any flu like related absences students or staff might have.

Nursing staff

2) The Campus Emergency Response Team will conduct AED drills each semesterin an effort to be prepared to respond quickly if a cardiac event should occur.

Nursing staff

3) Administer Teen Screen to all students with parent permission in 9th grade. School and DistrictCounseling staff

4) Provide Suicide/Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention training for allfaculty and staff and set goals for the coordinated health program.

Counseling andNursing staff




Goal 5: Student Performance

Performance Objective 1: Improve student performance and ensure 100% of students are rated "Met Standard" on Algebra I STAAR






1) Maintain ESL sheltered classes for Algebra I.

Tanya Gent andDouglas Stenberg



2) Maintain Saturday Schools that include rotations for special education and ELLstudents.

Algebra I, ESL, andSPED teachers



3) Increase the Algebra I Level II Final Standard from 29% to 43% through targetedtutoring, quality instruction, and reinforcing skills.

Karen Gipson andTanya Gent

4) Implement quarterly monitoring of data and CIP progress. All administratorsand CILT





Performance Objective 2: Improve student performance and ensure 100% of students are rated "Met Standard" on English I STAAR






1) Enroll identified students in Academic Literacy Lab (ALL) 1, 2, 3, or InnovativeEnglish 2 or 3. Implement Notice and Note and Sign Post.

ELA teachers andcurriculumspecialists.



2) English teachers and curriculum specialists will conduct individual writingconferences with all students enrolled in English I, English II, Innovative 1,Innovative 2, Innovative 3, and Innovative 4

ELA teachers andcurriculumspecialists



3) Conduct a writing camp for all English I students during PSAT testing.

English teachers




ELA teachers


5) Strategically create master schedule to allow for the continuation of a daily PLCperiod for ELA teachers which allows teachers to work collaboratively to analyzedata and implement post secondary readiness skills and differentiated instructioninto their lessons.

English teachers





6) Increase the English I Level II Final Standard from 39% to 51% through qualityinstruction, targeted tutoring, and reinforcing skills.

Kristy Cage, AbbeyPardue and JillMcMakin



Performance Objective 3: Improve student performance and ensure 100% of students are rated "Met Standard" on English II STAAR






1) Enroll identified students in Academic Literacy Lab (ALL) 1, 2, 3, or InnovativeEnglish 2 or 3. Implement Notice and Note and Sign Post

ELA teachers andcurriculumspecialists.



2) English teachers and curriculum specialists will conduct individual writingconferences with all students enrolled in English I, English II, Innovative 1,Innovative 2, Innovative 3, and Innovative 4,

ELA teachers andcurriculumspecialists

State System Safeguard StrategyCritical Success Factors

CSF 1 CSF 2


ELA teachers




4) Strategically create master schedule to allow for the continuation of a daily PLCperiod for ELA teachers which allows teachers to work collaboratively to analyzedata and implement post secondary readiness skills and differentiated instructioninto their lessons.

English teachers



5) Increase the English II Level II Final Standard from 43% to 54% through qualityinstruction and targeting tutoring.

Kristy Cage and JillMcMakin



Performance Objective 4: Improve student performance and ensure 100% of students are rated "Met Standard" on Biology STAAR







Biology, ESL, andSPED teachers


2) Strategically create master schedule to allow for the continuation of a daily PLCperiod for Biology teachers which allows teachers to work collaboratively toanalyze data and implement post secondary readiness skills and differentiatedinstruction into their lessons.

Biology teachers





3) Increase the Biology EOC Level II Final Standard from 59% to 67% throughquality instruction and targeted tutoring.

Daniel McKay andPaula Rilling



Performance Objective 5: Improve student performance and ensure 100% of students are rated "Met Standard" on US History STAAR





1) Strategically create master schedule to allow for the continuation of a daily PLCperiod for US History teachers which allows teachers to work collaboratively toanalyze data and implement post secondary readiness skills and differentiatedinstruction into their lessons.

US History teachers



2) Increase the US History Level II Final Standard from 68% to 74% throughquality instruction and targeted tutoring.

Morgen Crowderand Tracy Miller-Cook





Performance Objective 6: Increase the number of National Merit Scholars/Commended Students.





1) Seventy five Junior level students will be targeted based on sophomore PSATscores to participate in campus and district provided tutoring and campus feewaivers.

Tanja Dutton, KristyCage, MorgenCrowder



Performance Objective 7: All administrators, counselors, PreAP and AP teachers will complete the initial GT training or annual GT update.





1) Counselors and administrators will complete trainings approved by ED ofCounseling, ED of CCR, and ED of BHS area schools. PreAP and AP teachers willattend AP Summer Institutes or trainings approved by their Curriculum Directors tomeet GT requirements.

Morgen Crowder,Florence Woods,Henry Hall





Performance Objective 8: Maintain status as an AVID National Demonstration Site through revalidation process.




1) Increase the number of African-American males in AVID by actively recruitingand AVIDizing BHS.

Kristy Cage andVeronica Cole


2) Provide professional development on AVID strategies and implementation to allstaff members. Increase the number of state and national AVID trained staff from27% to 50%.

Kristy Cage andVeronica Cole


3) Increase the number of seniors who apply to college from 80% to 90% and whoare accepted into college from 88% to 95%.

Kristy Cage,Veronica Cole, andBrittany Arrington



Performance Objective 9: Students will be proud to attend and graduate from Berkner High School.








1) Increase the graduation rate from 88.3% to 95% by maintaining the College andCareer Readiness Center in the counseling office to support students and continuingthe Compelling Why program to establish a positive relationship between thestudent and school environment and encourage students to graduate.

Ron Anthony,Veronica Cole,Rebecca Jimenez,Cecelia Galvan


2) Create a school spirit committee to increase school spirit and pride throughoutthe student body.



3) Freshman orientation will be held to welcome the incoming Freshman, providetours of the building and showcase Berkner student groups to encourage newstudents to get involved.

Administrators andCounselors


4) BHS will be Recognized or higher on CSEAS (Community and StudentEngagement Accountability System).

All administratorsand CILT




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