ASPIRE/Value-Added Training
HISD has developed ASPIRE (which stands for Accelerating Student Progress Increasing Results and Expectations) as a framework for consolidating academic improvement efforts throughout the organization. There are four core components of the ASPIRE model: developing human capital; improving teaching and learning; informing practice; and recognizing excellence. EVAAS (Educational Value Added Assessment System) is the cornerstone of the informing practice component and is also used to measure and communicate our district’s focus on student achievement.
Listed below are a number of different avenues the Central Region is following to ensure that all community members have an opportunity to learn more about value-added analysis and how it fits with HISD's ASPIRE framework.
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| Community Presentations at Campuses |
| During the week of May 5-9 each school will present the EVAAS model and the ASPIRE framework to their community. [view by date and time] |
| Benbrook Elementary School |
May 8: 6:30 PM |
| Black Middle School |
May 9: 10:00 AM |
| Blackshear Elementary School |
May 6: 5:00 PM |
| Browning Elementary School |
May 9: 9:00 AM |
| Clifton Middle School |
May 9: 9:00 AM |
| Crockett Elementary School |
May 8: 5:00 PM |
| Cullen Middle School |
May 7: 5:30 PM |
| DeBakey High School |
May 13: 7:00 PM |
| Dodson Elementary School |
May 8: 5:30 PM |
| Durham Elementary School |
May 6: 7:00 PM |
| Field Elementary School |
May 5: 3:30 PM |
| Foster Elementary School |
May 8: 4:30 PM |
| Garden Oaks Elementary School |
May 7: 6:00 PM |
| Gregory-Lincoln Elementary & Middle Schools |
May 7: 2:00 PM |
| Hamilton Middle School |
May 6: 6:00 PM |
| Hartsfield Elementary School |
May 6: 6:00 PM |
| Harvard Elementary School |
May 5: 6:30 PM |
| Helms Elementary School |
May 6: 8:30 AM |
| Hogg Middle School |
May 7: 5:00 PM |
| High School for Law Enf. & Criminal Justice |
May 8: 6:30 PM |
| Houston Academy for International Studies |
May 8: 6:00 PM |
| HSPVA |
May 5 & 6: 7:00 PM |
| JW Jones Elementary School |
May 8: 8:15 AM |
| Lamar High School |
May 5: 12:00 PM & 6:30 PM |
| Lanier Middle School |
May 9: 8:30 AM |
| Lockhart Elementary School |
May 6: 4:30 PM |
| Love Elementary School |
May 9: 1:30 PM |
| MacArthur Elementary School |
May 6: 4:30 PM |
| MacGregor Elementary School |
May 5: 8:30 AM |
| Memorial Elementary School |
May 8: 5:30 PM |
| Oak Forest Elementary School |
May 7: 1:00 PM |
| Peck Elementary School |
May 8: 5:30 PM |
| Poe Elementary School |
May 6: 8:30 AM |
| Reagan High School |
May 7: 6:00 PM |
| Rice Elementary & Middle Schools |
May 7: 4:00 PM |
| River Oaks Elementary School |
May 7: 6:00 PM |
| Roberts Elementary School |
May 5: 12:00 PM |
| Ryan Middle School |
TBA |
| Scarborough High School |
May 5: 5:30 PM |
| Sinclair Elementary School |
May 7: 6:00 PM |
| Smith Elementary School |
May 6: 8:30 AM |
| Stevens Elementary School |
May 5: 8:30 AM |
| Stevenson Elementary School |
May 7: 5:30 PM |
| Thompson Elementary School |
May 6: 6:00 PM |
| Travis Elementary School |
May 6: 6:30 PM |
| Turner Elementary School |
TBA |
| Twain Elementary School |
May 7: 6:30 PM |
| Waltrip High School |
TBA |
| Wainwright Elementary School |
May 8: 4:00 PM |
| West University Elementary School |
May 9: 8:00 AM |
| Wharton Elementary School |
May 7: 6:00 PM |
| Whidby Elementary School |
May 8: 6:00 PM |
| Wilson Elementary School |
May 9: 8:30 AM |
| Yates High School |
May 7: 4:00 PM |
| By date and time |
| MacGregor Elementary School |
May 5: 8:30 AM |
| Stevens Elementary School |
| Field Elementary School |
| Lamar High School |
May 5: 12:00 PM |
| Roberts Elementary School |
| Scarborough High School |
May 5: 5:30 PM |
| Harvard Elementary School |
May 5: 6:30 PM |
| Lamar High School |
| HSPVA |
May 5: 7:00 PM |
| Helms Elementary School |
May 6: 8:30 AM |
| Poe Elementary School |
| Smith Elementary School |
| Lockhart Elementary School |
May 6: 4:30 PM |
| MacArthur Elementary School |
| Blackshear Elementary School |
May 6: 5:00 PM |
| Hamilton Middle School |
May 6: 6:00 PM |
| Hartsfield Elementary School |
| Thompson Elementary School |
| Travis Elementary School |
May 6: 6:30 PM |
| Durham Elementary School |
May 6: 7:00 PM |
| HSPVA |
| Oak Forest Elementary School |
May 7: 1:00 PM |
| Gregory-Lincoln Elementary & Middle Schools |
May 7: 2:00 PM |
| Rice Elementary & Middle Schools |
May 7: 4:00 PM |
| Yates High School |
| Hogg Middle School |
May 7: 5:00 PM |
| Cullen Middle School |
May 7: 5:30 PM |
| Stevenson Elementary School |
| Garden Oaks Elementary School |
May 7: 6:00 PM |
| Reagan High School |
| River Oaks Elementary School |
| Sinclair Elementary School |
| Wharton Elementary School |
| Twain Elementary School |
May 7: 6:30 |
| JW Jones Elementary School |
May 8: 8:15 AM |
| Wainwright Elementary School |
May 8: 4:00 PM |
| Foster Elementary School |
May 8: 4:30 PM |
| Crockett Elementary School |
May 8: 5:00 PM |
| Dodson Elementary School |
May 8: 5:30 PM |
| Peck Elementary School |
| Memorial Elementary School |
| Houston Academy for International Studies |
May 8: 6:00 PM |
| Whidby Elementary School |
| Benbrook Elementary School |
May 8: 6:30 PM |
| High School for Law Enf. & Criminal Justice |
| West University Elementary School |
May 9: 8:00 AM |
| Lanier Middle School |
May 9: 8:30 AM |
| Wilson Elementary School |
| Browning Elementary School |
May 9: 9:00 AM |
| Clifton Middle School |
| Black Middle School |
May 9: 10:00 AM |
| Love Elementary School |
May 9: 1:30 PM |
| DeBakey High School |
May 13: 7:00 PM |
| Ryan Middle School |
TBA |
| Turner Elementary School |
TBA |
| Waltrip High School |
TBA |
| Community Connections Meetings by Feeder Patterns |
| Date - Feeder |
Time |
Location |
Notes |
May 12 - Scarborough/Waltrip Feeder Patterns |
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. |
Clifton Middle School |
Each of these meetings will be led by the corresponding executive principal and will address her plan for improving academic achievement using EVAAS data. |
| May 14 - Reagan Feeder Pattern |
Reagan High School |
| May 21 - Lamar Feeder Pattern |
Lanier Middle School |
| May 22 - Yates Feeder Pattern |
Peck Elementary School |
| Principals' Training - Completed |
April 10
Principal Training |
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
HMWESC Room 2C07 |
Principals will be trained by feeder pattern. Each feeder pattern session will last two hours. Principals will review the various data reports available to them and begin to plan their campus community meetings. |
| PTA/PTO Presidents’ Training - Commpleted |
| April 21 - Yates Feeder Pattern |
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Central Region Office |
PTA/PTO presidents will be allowed to bring up to four members of their executive boards. They will be trained on understanding the information provided to schools by EVAAS and how this data, as a part of the ASPIRE framework, is used to help school communities plan for instruction. |
| April 21 - Lamar Feeder Pattern |
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
| April 23 - Reagan Feeder Pattern |
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
| April 24 - Scarborough/Waltrip Feeder Patterns |
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
| April 28 -Evening Session |
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |