An evaluation of Opportunity Culture, a report on campus improvement plans and the hiring of an associate superintendent on the agenda for an Ector County ISD Board of Trustees workshop Tuesday.
The meeting is set for 6 p.m. in the first-floor board room of the administration building, 802 N. Sam Houston Ave.
According to supplemental agenda material, ECISD chose to implement Opportunity Culture to provide equitable access to excellent instruction for all students; recruit and retain excellent teachers; provide all teachers with excellent development and advanced career opportunities.
Campuses were selected by:
>> Leader readiness: Principals that lead this work on campus must have the ability to think innovatively about staffing and classroom composition.
>> School need – Schools that have traditionally struggled with staffing are considered a prime candidate for the innovative staffing models Opportunity Culture employs.
>> Student Performance – Areas of the district that would receive the biggest impact by increasing the time students learn from effective teachers are priority.
The 2020-21 group of campuses were: Blackshear; E.K. Downing; Sam Houston; and Ross elementary schools; Crockett and Wilson & Young middle schools; and Odessa High School.
The 2021-22 group includes: Burnett, Dowling, Fly, Goliad, LBJ, Noel and Pease elementary schools; Bonham and Bowie middle schools; and Permian High School.
Texas Tech University evaluated the data.
On a separate item, the board will consider hiring an associate superintendent. That person will take the place of Stephanie Howard, who was deputy superintendent. Howard is now superintendent of Crane ISD.
