District of InnovationBirdville ISD’s Initial Year Plan and

Development Template for 2016-2017

House Bill 1842 passed by 84th Legislative session

Shared with Board DOI concept and requirements

Resolution was approved by Board

Board review of DOI Plan

District of Innovation

TASB Potential Areas of Innovation

Site-based decision making processes

Uniform school start date

Minimum minutes of instruction

Class size ratio

90% attendance rule (still

compulsory)

Student discipline provisions

Teacher certification

Teacher contracts

Teacher benefits (minimum salary, duty-free lunch,

planning periods)

Teacher appraisal system

Birdville: Local Innovation Plan

Length of School Day

First Day of Instruction

Minimum Attendance

REQUIREMENTS OF THE EDUCATION CODE THAT INHIBIT THE GOALS OF THE PLAN FROM

WHICH THE DISTRICT WILL BE EXEMPT UPON ADOPTION OF THE PLAN

Process Used to Develop and Review Plan

Committee researched other DOI plans

Committee brainstormed problems and potential

solutions

Sub-committee reviewed problems/solutions with

district stakeholders

Committee identified relief needed to employ

solutions

Plan drafted by sub-committee

Committee reviewed draft and provided

feedback on each action

Plan revised by sub-committee

TEE Committee reviewed actions and provided

feedback

Plan revised by sub-committee

TEE Committee Feedback Rotations

Rotations

I do not support this

I can support this with these revisions

I support this

• Debbie Kneggs

• Director of Federal, State and Local Programs

Objective 1

• Crysten Caviness

• Coordinator of Professional Learning and Curriculum Management

Objective 2

• Julie Hyman

• Coordinator of Advanced Academics and Gifted and Talented

Objective 3

Reflections

Birdville: Local Innovation Plan

operate efficiently to maximize resources and

empower teachers to address student identified

needs that produce optimal learning.

embrace, implement, and support innovative approaches that expand

the opportunity for students and staff to

personalize and enrich learning based on a

multiple-tiered indicator system that goes beyond

state accountability measures.

use the DOI process to maximize learning for all

students based on a mastery learning approach

where exposure to content is limitless and

not time bound or location specific.

Birdville ISD will…

Objective 1Birdville ISD will use the DOI process to maximize learning for all students based on a mastery learning approach where exposure to content is limitless and not time bound or location specific.

1a. Develop and offer more online learning opportunities for acceleration (online and blended), intervention (blended only), credit recovery (online and blended) and enrichment, such as foreign language (online and blended) K-12.

1b. Investigate and develop the best model for Birdville students who want to simultaneously complete high school while earning up to 60 post-secondary credit hours (early college high school or a virtual school of choice).

1c. Investigate, design and implement elementary schools of choice, such as: Early Childhood Center, G/T Academy, Non-Graded School/competency-based, STEM/STEAM, Fine Arts Academy, Humanities, Language Immersion

Objective 2Birdville ISD will embrace, implement, and support innovative approaches that expand the opportunity for students and staff to personalize and enrich learning based on a multiple-tiered indicator system that goes beyond state accountability measures.

2a. Investigate and develop a plan to purchase a Data Management System that has the following functionality:• Personalizes the learning progression of

students/staff based upon multiple metrics• Groups students/staff based upon multiple metrics

for programming purposes• Facilitates the construction and use of dynamic

dashboards that inform the personalization of learning pathways for students/staff

• Integrates with Skyward and Munis so that student and staff information can be utilized more effectively and efficiently

2b. Develop a Community-Based Accountability System that includes indicators of student success, including the following:• Indicators that support Birdville ISD’s Portrait of

a Graduate and Strategic Plan• Authentic assessments that reflect real-world

applications, such as Project-Based Learning and Capstone products

• Student participation in community-based service learning projects

• Measures for student creativity and innovation

Objective 3Birdville ISD will operate efficiently to maximize resources and empower teachers to address student identified needs that produce optimal learning.

3a. Establish mini-mestercourse offerings to coincide with the conclusion of the Dual Credit College Schedule.

3b. Develop a plan to support teachers in implementing a School of Choice that is non-graded and based on mastery with pathways for elementary students to progress through a standards-based curriculum based on mastery rather than seat-time or chronological-age (Mastery vs. Seat time)

3c. Establish alternate start times for high schools, including Shannon High School, as a pilot in the Raise Your Hand Texas Blended Learning Grant

Next Steps:

District of Innovation Plan

Board approve posting of DOI Plan

DOI Task Force continue to refine plan

Schedule a public meeting on proposed plan

Final approval of DOI Plan by Board

May 26 Board adopted Resolution for becoming a District of Innovation

June 23 Held a public hearing to consider developing local innovation plan

June -September

Conducted meetings with the BISD District/ Community/Parent Task Force to review suggestions and develop a plan to present to the TEE Committee and to the Board of Trustees

September 12

Presented the District of Innovation Plan to the TEE Committee and the BISD District/Community/Parent Task Force to receive input and approval to move forward with presenting the plan to the Board of Trustees

September 14

Made revisions to the plan based on input from the TEE Committee and the BISD District/Community/Parent Task Force

Timeline

September20

Present plan to Board and request that the plan be posted on District website for 30 days

September 21

Notify the Commissioner of Education that Birdville ISD has posted their District of Innovation Plan on the website

October 25 Conduct a public meeting and present the final plan to the TEE committee for a final approval by majority vote

October 27 Present plan to the Board of Trustees as a Separate Action Item

Send plan to TEA once it is approved

Any substantive changes to how Birdville ISD does business will be effectuated through policy changes, which will

be voted on by the Board of Trustees independently.

The plan is a five-year plan and can be amended by the Board of Trustees.

Timeline

November/December 2016

Finalize plan

Begin design work on selected actions

Determine measures for success

Develop deployment plans