DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN

District Improvement Plan

District Improvement Plan

Board Goals

Provide a safe, secure and orderly environment throughout the district for students, staff, parents and patrons of the Irving ISD, while also making emergency preparedness a high priority. 

Prepare students for life beyond high school, meet No Child Left Behind standards, and strive for an Exemplary district rating in the Texas Accountability System by annually improving student achievement and other indicators on each campus. 

Ensure equal access to advanced academic programs, elective classes, extra-curricular and co-curricular activities for all students and strengthen advanced academic, core and elective curricula. 

Expect all professional staff to effectively facilitate teaching and learning by using technological resources to engage students so that all graduates can succeed in a 21st century environment. 

Provide salary, benefits, staff development, and working conditions conducive to recruiting and retaining a highly qualified, ethnically diverse staff. 

Encourage and assist all parents to be active partners in the education of their children and expand opportunities for parental and community  input to decision makers 

Introduction

Board Policy BQA (Local) states, “The District Improvement Committee (DIC) shall be involved in establishing and reviewing the District's education plans, goals, performance objectives, and major classroom instructional programs.” Each year DIC members contribute many hours to this process. Your various perspectives are essential to the preparation of a district improvement plan that will provide direction for the upcoming school year (Lattimore et.al. 2004). Thank you for your ideas, your time, and your dedication to Irving ISD.

SAFETY & SECURITY

Board Goal #1

Provide a safe, secure and orderly environment throughout the district for students, staff, parents and patrons of the Irving ISD, while also making emergency preparedness a high priority. 

Performance Objective 1

All external threats to the safety of students and staff in the 2008-09 school years will be mitigated appropriately and according to training so that no one is seriously harmed. 

Needs Assessment

2007 Safety Audit Results: 95% of campuses - Acceptable Results

2007 Gun-Free Schools Report: No guns at school reported

2007 Crisis Management Training: 100% of campuses trained

2008 Bus Safety Training: Implemented system to meet requirement for training all students and staff 2007 Security Cameras: 181 cameras (Irving High 55, Nimitz 36, MacArthur 36, Academy 17,

UBCL 8, RAC 9, Lamar 10, Bowie 10)

2007 Irving Police Department Security Report: 192 criminal activity reports for middle  schools (e.g. criminal trespass, simple assault, criminal mischief, theft, arson, reckless damage) 

Performance Objective 2

Assure that all students and employees feel safe at school and that students develop the ability to resist engaging in unsafe behaviors. 

Core Academic Performance

(Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies)

Board Goal #2

Prepare students for life beyond high school, meet ...