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Community Conversations with Dr. Terry Grier

9/19/2011

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All HISD Residents Invited to Community Conversations with Superintendent Dr. Terry Grier

Town Hall Meetings Come One Year After Adoption of Strategic Direction

 

September 12, 2011 – HISD Superintendent Dr. Terry Grier has scheduled a series of six Community Conversations in October to discuss the district’s progress toward accomplishing the goals established last year when the Board of Education adopted itsStrategic Direction.

The town hall format will allow for an unscripted two-way conversation in which community members can ask questions (in person or via e-mail) and participate in the discussion.

            Developed over a six-month period in partnership with the community, HISD’s Strategic Direction identifies five core initiatives designed to help make HISD the best public school system in America. Those initiatives are:

·         Effective teacher in every classroom

·         Effective principal in every school

·         Data-driven accountability

·         Rigorous instructional standards and supports

·         Culture of trust through action

Since the Strategic Direction’s adoption, HISD has made significant progress toward placing an effective teacher in every classroom and an effective principal in every school. In the spring, the Board of Education authorized the implementation of a new teacher appraisal and development system and the HISD administration has moved toward creating a similar system for principals. Additionally, HISD has created a Leadership Development Department tasked with grooming the district’s next generation of campus leaders from within the ranks of current educators.

Last week, HISD demonstrated its commitment to data-driven accountability when the Board of Education authorized a $10.3 million technology plan that will give teachers and principals quick access to a broad range of detailed student academic data and create a more efficient information technology network.

The district’s efforts to raise the level of academic rigor in all schools paid off in the spring when the number of students scoring at the tough “commended” mark on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills reached record levels. The number of HISD students posting scores on college-level Advanced Placement exams that are high enough to earn college credit is at a record level. This fall, every HISD high school is offering a minimum of 15 AP classes, compared to last year’s minimum of 10 AP classes.

Community Conversations Schedule
October 4 – Sam Houston MSTC High School, 9400 Irvington

            Staff: 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

            Community: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

October 6 – Chavez High School, 8501 Howard

Staff: 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

            Community: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

October 11 – Sharpstown High School, 7504 Bissonnet

Staff: 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

            Community: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

October 18 – Wheatley High School, 4801 Providence

Staff: 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

            Community: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

October 20 – Worthing High School, 9215 Scott

Staff: 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

            Community: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

October 24 – Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center, 4400 W. 18th Street

7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
 Although the Community Conversations are still weeks away, Dr. Grier is asking HISD residents to begin the dialogue about HISD’s direction today. Questions for Dr. Grier may be submitted via e-mail at contactus@houstonisd.org.

The Houston Independent School District is the largest school district in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States with 281 schools and more than 200,000 students. The 301-square-mile district is one of the largest employers in the Houston metropolitan area with nearly 30,000 employees.

For more information, visit the HISD Web site at www.houstonisd.org.

Jason Spencer

General Manager, Communications and Media Relations

Houston Independent School District

(713) 556-6390

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