April 19, 2021 Minutes

Members Present

• Mark Speier - L
• Rafael Betancourt - M
• Gabriela Luna - L
• Meghan Rodriguez - S
• Stephanie Square - S
• Fred Daniels - 
• Rosangella Espinoza - 

 [confirm shirt size for each member]

Spring 2021 Exam Schedule

We have numerous exams to be administered during the 6th cycle which begins the first week in May. Click here to view Spring 2021 Exam Schedule for East ECHS Students. On exam dates below, non-testing students should remain at home and engage in asynchronous learning. Only testing students report to campus.

High Schools –  Waiver  [VOTE]

Below is the only waiver we plan to apply for this year. 

Alternate Start/End Times

The purpose of this waiver is to request alternate Start/Dismissal times for East Early College High School. Our bell schedule is required to align with Institute of Higher Education (IHE partner), Houston Community College so our students may take advantage of college level courses during each class period. As an Early College High School it is imperative that our school hours align with the times that Houston Community College Classes are offered at the Southeast Campus - Felix Fraga location so that our students can take courses that count both toward their Associate Degree and their High School Diploma. East ECHS will begin at 7:50 and end at 3:30 each day. Metric for success will be percentage of students taking dual credit and college coursework and decrease in number of students taking courses at other HCC campus.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY

Staff Updates

Please be advised one teacher has decided to pursue a unique opportunity to attend grad school and will not be returning next school year. Please do not share this information with students! Teacher would like to for this information to come directly from teacher at a later time.

Next year master schedule

This is a draft of next year's master schedule.  Once it is reviewed with SDMC, we will share with faculty. 

NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS

Program of Study updates

Please be advised next year seniors will be first completers of our CTE Program of Study. One major update for next year is juniors will have option for Level 3 course. 

• Geology - Original/Standard Level 3 course
• Chemistry - for students interested in pursuing AS degree 

This required an adjustment to master schedule to close two sections of GEOL and open two CTE electives. 

Junior level teachers will now have a common planning at B3 and all junior college courses will be taught by our professors with the exception of GOVT 2306!

CELEBRATION!!! - Mr. Betancourt hired by HCC as a Chemistry Professor and our campus labs have been approved for use.

Senior Events

Please visit www.houstonisd.org/classof2021 and click on "Events." Remaining events include

• May 13th Signing Day
• May 14th HCC Graduation
• May 21st Prom 
• June 3rd Senior checkout
• June 4th Car Parade
• June 12th Commencement Exercises
  • Location changed to Dyer - Last year was at Barnett.

Summer PD

We have 11 teachers registered for AVID Digital XP. We also plan to have all Advanced Placement teachers attend Summer Institute (only required every two years)

Summer school info

Next SDMC Meeting Focus

Please be sure to review our most recent accountability data and be prepared to discuss goals and plans. Use links below to access most recent data.

2020 Accountability Reports

2020 College, Career, and Military Readiness

Texas Academic Performance Report

PREVIOUS School Accountability Update

• 99/100

  Component Score	Scaled Score	Rating
  Overall		99	A
  Student Achievement		98	A
  STAAR Performance	78	95
  College, Career and Military Readiness	100	100
  Graduation Rate	100	100
  School Progress		97	A
  Academic Growth	74	84	B
  Relative Performance (Eco Dis: 88.2%)	89	97	A
  Closing the Gaps	100	100

• Met Standard 99/100 Overall Performance
• 4/7 Distinctions
• Our PREVIOUS SIP focus was on increasing number of students who score at masters grade level
• 20 points increase in masters grade level in Algebra I
• 5 points increase in masters English I
• 1 point decrease in masters Biology
• 2 point decrease in masters in English II
• 19 point increase in masters grade level in U.S. History

SDMC Vacancies 

Vacancies are listed below. PTO to identify new members. East ECHS faculty to begin nomination process. Voting to take place during May faculty meeting.

Role of SDMC

An SDMC shall be established at each school to:

• Assist the Principal
• Advise the Principal

The SDMC is exclusively an advisory role

Approve staff development of a campus nature.

The Principal has the final authority in fiduciary and financial decisions. The principal will be held accountable for compliance with all laws, regulations, policies and procedures.

Responsibilities of SDMC

History: The Houston Independent School District Board of Education established and approved the campus-level planning and decision making process in 1992. The process includes the creation and maintenance of a Shared Decision Making Committee (SDMC) at each school to review goals, objectives, and programs.

Reviewing and making recommendations regarding the school’s organizational structure

Establishing procedures to periodically obtain broad based community, parent and staff input

SDMC Survey

​Texas Education Code §11.252(d) requires that HISD Shared Decision-Making Committees (SDMCs) be surveyed every two years to evaluate the effectiveness of the district's decision-making and planning policies, procedures, and activities.  The process is designed to ensure that Shared Decision-Making Committees are effectively structured to positively impact student performance.

The survey requests information on your role in the SDMC, the organization of the committee, the involvement of the committee in the school, and the results of the SDMC involvement in the school.  All responses will be kept anonymous. 

Please complete the SDMC survey by May 21, 2021, using the link below or by copying and pasting the link in the URL address line in your browser:

 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3L689CV

Committee members who do not have access to the Internet can receive a hard copy.  Please contact your campus main office for a hard copy of the survey.

 Thank you for your participation in this process

 Next meeting is scheduled for May 17, 2021.

NO FURTHER COMMENT OR QUESTIONS.

MEETING AJOURNED AT 4:21 PM.