Comparison+of+Austin+ISD+vs.+Hemphill+ISD+District+Improvement+Plan

The Hemphill ISD DIP lists four main goals and the objectives to reach these goals. These four goals and objectives are: __Goal 1 Student Success__ Objective 1: Demonstrate Proficiency of the State Assessment Objective 2: Close the Achievement Gap of Special Populations Objective 3: Focus on Student Improvement

__Goal 2 Develop a Strong Curriculum Utilizing Technology__ Objective 1: Provide a Data-driven Core Curriculum Objective 2: Utilize Technology Objective 3: Provide Timely, Useful Staff Development Objective 4: Align the Curriculum Horizontally and Vertically Objective 5: Provide Instruction by Highly Qualified Personnel

__Goal 3 Provide a Safe, Positive Learning Enviornment__ Objective 1: Build Student Self-Esteem Objective 2: Teach Conflict Resolution Objective 3: Teach Drug and Alcohol Refusal Skills Objective 4: Ensure Staff and Student Safety Objective 5: Maintain Aesthetics of the Campus

__Goal 4: Promote Partnerships between the School, Home & Community__ Objective 1: Promote a Good Communications Objective 2: Opportunities for Parental Involvement

Within each objective in the Hemphill ISD DIP is listed an activity/strategy, Title 1 School Wide Compenent, Person(s) Responsible, Timeline, Resources, Formative Evaluation and Data Sources. The reason I listed all the goals and objectives in the Hemphill ISD DIP is because I think they are very vague.

Also listed in the Hemphill ISD DIP is the Comprehensive Needs Assessment and it's results, criteria for State Compensatory Education, Federal-State-Local Funding Sources but it does not mention the amount of funds from each source.

The Austin ISD DIP is much more detailed in its contents. Listed are the Continuous Improvement Plan, Alignment Plans, Long-Range Action Plans, Strategic Plans, Several Reports and Meeting Minutes, Questions to guide and direct the Core Management Team stimulating the thought process and possible responses, charts showing how funds from State Compensatory Education and External Grant Funding are allocated along with a description of the desired results, measureability, activities, resources and timelines for the PBMAS.

I felt that the Austin ISD DIP was much more specific when it came to listing the funds for their Goals and Objectives.

I don't know if there is a specific template for each school district to use when developing and reporting their DIP but I feel it would be very helpful in regards to locating, understanding and comprehending this data (at least for me).