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Teachers, district get ready for new year
By ROYCELYN BASTIAN
As a cheerleader for Splendora Independent School District, Dr. Thomas Price, superintendent, held a convocation to help pump enthusiasm into his staff.
In the Splendora High School gymnasium, teachers, staff and district personnel heard speeches from Price regarding district goals to help increase its Texas Education Agency ratings.
“Our ratings have improved tremendously from last year and it took a lot of hard work to make it happen,” Price said. “We are going to work harder this year to make sure our students are a success.”
Going over the district goals for the year, the superintendent stated that by August 2009 at least three of the schools will be recognized and by 2011, two of the schools will be named exemplary. Currently, Peach Creek Elementary achieved the recognized rating from the TEA.
Another district goal was to create a vocational plan to determine what the vocational opportunities are near and around Splendora ISD for students when they graduate.
“The plan will include the following: market survey, student survey, and the training/resources available to patrons of the district,” Price said.
On the elementary level, each sixth-grade student will have a career profile on file by the middle of the school year. The profile will aide employees in helping students determine what they want to do after they graduate from high school. The profiles will be signed by the students, parents and counselors.
“The sixth-graders will also be on level and ready to enter Splendora Junior High School,” he said.
On the secondary level, an increase in courses offered in the Career Certification Pathway will allow students more choices to decide what they want to do after high school. The program will have courses such as criminal justice, entertainment and sports marketing, medical fields, welding, workforce cooperative, cosmetology, culinary arts, auto mechanics, floral design, agricultural science, building trades, business and administration, and technology applications.
In addition to the district’s goals, incentive rewards were given out to various campuses for their increase in test scores, maintaining attendance and retaining employees.
“The board of trustees implemented this incentive plan with the goal of increasing student and teacher attendance, improving students’ test scores and retaining employees,” Price said.
According to the district, at Greenleaf Elementary, employees met the campus attendance incentive for a 2 percent salary reward, and some of the employees met the requirements for the Texas Excellence Educator Grant for monetary awards. The total amount of money given was $135,048.
Just like Greenleaf, Peach Creek Elementary receive a 2 percent salary reward for meeting the attendance rate. Additionally, money was given for the campus reaching recognized rating. The school received $108,073.
A total of $35,277 was given to Splendora Junior High School for meeting the campus attendance incentive for the prior school year. At Splendora Intermediate School, $110,529 was given for meeting the attendance incentive as well as meeting the requirements for the Texas Excellence Educator Grant for monetary awards.
In the Splendora High School gymnasium, teachers, staff and district personnel heard speeches from Price regarding district goals to help increase its Texas Education Agency ratings.
“Our ratings have improved tremendously from last year and it took a lot of hard work to make it happen,” Price said. “We are going to work harder this year to make sure our students are a success.”
Going over the district goals for the year, the superintendent stated that by August 2009 at least three of the schools will be recognized and by 2011, two of the schools will be named exemplary. Currently, Peach Creek Elementary achieved the recognized rating from the TEA.
Another district goal was to create a vocational plan to determine what the vocational opportunities are near and around Splendora ISD for students when they graduate.
“The plan will include the following: market survey, student survey, and the training/resources available to patrons of the district,” Price said.
On the elementary level, each sixth-grade student will have a career profile on file by the middle of the school year. The profile will aide employees in helping students determine what they want to do after they graduate from high school. The profiles will be signed by the students, parents and counselors.
“The sixth-graders will also be on level and ready to enter Splendora Junior High School,” he said.
On the secondary level, an increase in courses offered in the Career Certification Pathway will allow students more choices to decide what they want to do after high school. The program will have courses such as criminal justice, entertainment and sports marketing, medical fields, welding, workforce cooperative, cosmetology, culinary arts, auto mechanics, floral design, agricultural science, building trades, business and administration, and technology applications.
In addition to the district’s goals, incentive rewards were given out to various campuses for their increase in test scores, maintaining attendance and retaining employees.
“The board of trustees implemented this incentive plan with the goal of increasing student and teacher attendance, improving students’ test scores and retaining employees,” Price said.
According to the district, at Greenleaf Elementary, employees met the campus attendance incentive for a 2 percent salary reward, and some of the employees met the requirements for the Texas Excellence Educator Grant for monetary awards. The total amount of money given was $135,048.
Just like Greenleaf, Peach Creek Elementary receive a 2 percent salary reward for meeting the attendance rate. Additionally, money was given for the campus reaching recognized rating. The school received $108,073.
A total of $35,277 was given to Splendora Junior High School for meeting the campus attendance incentive for the prior school year. At Splendora Intermediate School, $110,529 was given for meeting the attendance incentive as well as meeting the requirements for the Texas Excellence Educator Grant for monetary awards.
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