Catalyze Change, Teach in HISD

The Vision for HISD:

By the Year 2030, HISD will conduct wholescale systemic reform of 150 schools in order to significantly narrow achievement gaps and prepare students for a Year 2035 workplace and world.

Click below to learn more about how you can be a catalyst for change:

The number one variable in raising student achievement is the quality of instruction.

The HISD system currently serves some students far worse than others.

Houston ISD’s Reading and Math Proficiency scores are where they should be:

FOURTH GRADE MATH

% of fourth grade students at proficient or above:

FOURTH GRADE Reading

% of fourth grade students at proficient or above:

EIghth GRADE MATH

% of eighth grade students at proficient or above:

Eighth GRADE Reading

% of eighth grade students at proficient or above:

Gaps between White and Black and White and Hispanic students has gotten worse:

Fourth Grade Math

% of fourth graders at proficient or above in math by demographic:

FOURTH GRADE Reading

% of fourth graders at proficient or above in math by demographic:

We are announcing three exciting new opportunities for teachers to change the trajectory of HISD:

Special Education Teachers and Specialists

New Education System

Central Office School Supports

Significantly Narrow Achievement Gaps

Students prepared for a year 2035 world and workplace

Foundational

Expand leadership density
Improve the quality of instruction
Strengthen Central Office effectiveness
Improve reading instruction Pre-K through 4th grade
Improve SPED and SEL services

Innovative

Create a new education system
Implement new staffing model
Implement new principal and Teacher Evaluation systems
Create an Earned Autonomy System
Develop and implement Year 2035 Competencies and Experiences

Outcomes, Impact, and Inputs

Opportunity:

Recruit 1,200 lead teachers
Provide incentives for reading and math teachers at D and F schools
Implement spot observations and on-the-job coaching at F, D, and C1 schools
Conduct NWEA MAP and DIBELS assessments District-wide
Improve summer school instruction and rigor

Impact:

Local:

Change the academic trajectory for over 200,000 students
Be the first, large urban district to narrow the achievement gaps to single digits
Prevent the growth of a Year 2035 competencies gap
Create proof points for the broader district and the HISD communities for wholescale redesign

Education:

Break the myth that it takes years to turn-around failing schools
Create proof points for wholescale systemic reform
Support or help guide districts to use split screen strategy for transformation
Help catalyze the creation of a new education system

Design Principles:

Learning is increasingly focused on how to think and on Year 2035 competencies
Instruction is highly differentiated in every class period
Students are provided with both content knowledge and required experience
Staffing model provides high-quality instruction 100% of the time
Learning happens everywhere and anytime
Employees spend their time honing their craft, for which they are compensated fairly.