Factors

Data Sources

Identified Strengths

Areas to Address (Priorities)

Summary Narrative

Academic Achievement and Student Needs

STAAR summary reports, eduphoria

Continue to address all subject areas so that Hillside may be able to meet or exceed the state standard. Continue to increase the percentage of commended status for GT students to at least 90% and Non GT coded students commended performance status to Hillside students Hispanic and economically 50%. The LEP population STAAR scores are as disadvantaged students continue to make gains in follow: Reading Grade 3: 78%; Grade 4: 68%; Reading, Math, Writing, and Science in STAAR. . Grade 5: 91%. Math- Grade 3: 61%; Grade 4: 82%; In the GT sub group which is 3% in the upper Grade 5: 94%. Writing- 79% Science- 82%. The grades; Reading 62% of students earned Level III: SPED population STAAR raw scores are as follow: Advanced status and Math 40% earned Level III: Reading- Grade 4: 33%; Grade 5: 100%. WritingAdvanced status. With STAAR results the students 17%. Math- Grade 4: 67%; Grade 5;75%. Overall are expected to meet or exceed the standard. the scores were comparable to district's scores. We will continue to address student needs through the bilingual transitional models (ETM and AETM), SIOP strategies, small group instruction, pull out, and tutoring. All subgroups will continue to be progressed monitored throughout the year. Our priority is for students: 1. to be on the college readiness path based on Advanced Academic Performance established at the elementary level via early intervention, rigorous instruction, and active The decision making process involves a consistent monitoring of all established programs. 2. collaborative approach in which the stakeholder's to be given an opportunity to be successful in all needs are carefully considered. Our campus budget academic subjects by providing supplemental is designed and developed to target the needs of the activities, resources, and opportunities for students and campus based on data. excellence. 3. ensuring parents are familiar with the expectations of the student academic goal, familiarity with the CIP, student/parent compact, CIT public meetings and the results of state academic testing. All teachers and staff are highly qualified. Summative data indicates that professional development activities have proven effective. Hillside Elementary has systems in place that allow teacher to build capacity within our organization. New teachers are supported through mentoring and coaching model. Teachers maintain accurate academic, behavior, and attendance records with all students. 1. Continue to address the coaches model. Instructional coaches will continue to work side by side with teachers in order to deliver quality "first teach." 2. Continue to communicate with students who have frequent absences and tardies by having administrative conferences with parents and immediate teacher parental contact with parents. 3. Continue to provide due process for all students who have discipline incidents. Our priority is to ensure that: 1. The bilingual transitional models (ETM and AETM) are being implemented correctly. We must ensure that ELL students are at the recommended levels on TELPAS. All teachers must ensure that LEP students are identified; to include 1st and 2nd year exited students. 2. All subgroups will continue to be progressed monitored throughout the year to include but not limited to deaf education, special education, 504, DRD, GT, and economically disadvantaged.

Hillside Elementary will continue to strive for Advanced Academic Performance by continuing to address the needs of all students, specifically our subgroup population (Hispanic and Eco.Disadvantaged, and SPED) Our TIER II students will continue to receive effective intervention by carefully targeting the student expectations.

School Culture, Climate, B. Organization, and Processes

Teacher surveys,Campus Improvement Plan, CIT agendas, CLT minutes,Communications Committee minutes, CSH minutes, 2012 CNA reports, 2012 STAAR summary reports,and Parental Meeting Agendas.

Hillside Elementary's vision and mission is the guiding force that will ensure that our students have the academic learning tools to be successful in post secondary education. All stakeholders will work collaboratively to ensure that each child has the best learning opportunity possible.

Staff Quality, Recruitment, C. Retention, and Professional Development

Certification reports, Human Resources reports, Eduphoria reports, AEIS reports, PDS transcripts, instructional coach's planners, OLE mandatory trainings, Staff Development district site, GPCs, District Job Fair Documentation

Hillside has a positive discipline intervention in place and will continue to provide a positive and interactive learning environment for all students. The administration will vigorously implement intense attendance intervention strategies for Pre-Kinder and Kinder students who make up the majority of the high percentage of high absences.

D.

Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Our teachers implement the EPISD standards based curriculum to ensure that the taught, written, and EPISD standards based curriculum, tested curriculum are aligned to the STAAR test. forethought, lesson plans, common Teachers use Eduphoria reports to examine which assessments, Eduphoria reports, Section student expectations need to be addressed and 504 files, SPED IEPs, DRD files and develop student cohorts for early and consistent SST's. intervention. The readiness and supporting standards are monitored by teachers to ensure vertical alignment.

Hillside Elementary teachers will continue to participate in monthly school-wide PLCs in order to continue the disaggregation of assessment data. Teachers will collaborate and share best practices in order to address instructional gaps. We will also continue to focus on all areas of need established by the campus in order to continue to move our school towards the Exemplary level.

E.

Family and Community Engagement

Hillside Elementary provides at least 1% of our Title I funds to support parental engagement activities. Parents are involved in the campus decision making process by having them serve on our CIT. Parents' choice of parent classes are done via a survey done at the beginning of the school year. Parents linguistic needs are met by ensuring Partners in education,Parent Involvement that all communication is properly translated to 1. Increase the number of parent volunteers by at agendas, sign in sheets, purchase orders, Spanish. The required parent meetings established least 10%. campus budget by the district are accomplished. The Parent Liaison provides other meaningful meetings to support student learning and encourage parents to have access to the parent portal, have an updated phone number on file so they may receive the telephone messenger messages sent out by our school, and highly encourage email addresses to be on file for immediate and quicker communication.

Our school is sensitive to parents' needs. The CIT committee is made up of: parent, business representative, and community representative. Hillside Elementary understands that parent involvement in their child's education is pivotal, thus provides them with monthly classes so that they have a better opportunity to help their students be successful.A parent newsletter is sent home monthly to publicize school events.

F. Technology

Physical inventories, purchase orders, campus budget, PDS transcripts, lesson plans, student work, computer lab schedules, school website, Hillside Studio, STAR Chart

1. Our campus has two computer labs that are used for Easy Tech practice and /or instruction and for after school tutoring. 2. Our teachers have received training on how to use the Smartboards to support their classroom instruction. 3. All classrooms have computers which have internet access. All teachers have been issued a district lap top and IPAD. The school website has increased activity by teachers posting their individual links.

1. Every classroom will be issued 2-4 ipads for student use. 2. Technology instruction will continue to progress and new technology updates are available. We have made progress on the STAR chart, but need to continue to improve at least by one level on all domains. We will continue the development of teacher sites on the school web page.

Hillside Elementary will continue to support all technology initiatives set forth by EPISD. We will ensure that TIER II 5th grade students have access to the Science Intervention Lab by providing a science teacher to facilitate that instruction. Our campus will continue to subscribe to web based instructional programs that reinforce content areas. The school website will continue to formulate as teachers develop their individual classroom sights. The integration of ipads will continue to develop.

G. Demographics

PEIMS reports, State Standards, STAAR Results

1. We shall continue to address the needs of targeted sub-groups by implementing and monitoring that students are given ample opportunities to learn the Hillside Elementary is a campus that has consistent readiness and supporting standards.Hillside will demographic patterns. We primarily serve Hispanic have goals in place to gain distinction in the 4 areas: students that are economically disadvantaged. In 1- Academic Achievement in Reading/ELA-----looking at our STAAR data the main gap exists in Target is 50% or higher 2-Academic Achievement in our LEP students, Economically Disadvantaged Mathematics-------Target is 50% or higher 3-Top 25 students, and the Special Education sub-groups. We percent Student Progress-----------Target is Q1 will continue to incorporate meeting the standards (quartile #1) We are currently in Q#3. Out of 40 for state mandated tests. schools we fall in between #22 and #23. Our goal is to be in the top 13 schools which is equivalent to Quartile #1.

Hillside will continue to provide opportunities for all economically disadvantaged students and LEP students to meet the state STAAR and other state mandated tests by debriefing with teachers and allowing for teachers to plan as a grade level in order to ensure horizontal alignment that will lead to vertical alignment of all subject areas.