Plano • September 2016 edition 2 16 Education FOCUS S PLANO ISD 2 16 Three Plano ISD teachers earn funds from STEM Teaching Award By Cassidy Ritter Plano ISD teachers Bryan Yee, Laura Spear and Raymond Morton received the Texas Instruments Innovations in STEM Teaching Award this year. e award honors science, technol- ogy, engineering and math teachers in Richardson, Plano, Dallas, Gar- land, Mesquite and Lancaster. Award recipients are given a $10,000 prize, $5,000 of which must be used for professional development or classroom innovation. “e TI Foundation is very focused on working with school districts to help improve STEM teacher effective- ness,” said Gail Chandler, director of citizenship communications for TI. “ere’s a tremendous shortage of those good math and science teachers and that’s why we work hard to make sure the really good ones get recog- nized and rewarded.” TI has given $250,000 to PISD teachers through the award since 2007, Chandler said. Award recip- ients are nominated by his or her principal, and each teacher has a different plan for the prize money. Yee, PISD’s 2016 Secondary Teacher of the Year, has taught at Plano Senior High School since 2007 and said he intends to use his award to create videos for his classes. “A lot of times students are out [of the classroom], so ... if someone is out, they can actually watch this video and get a different perspective other than just reading the book,” he said. “Reading the book is great, but sometimes hearing someone talk about it and hearing specific exam- ples we used in class helps a lot.” Education Foundation opens first teacher supply store in Plano By Cassidy Ritter A recent survey of PISD teachers showed that almost 50 percent of teachers spend more than $250 a year out of their own pockets, and 15 percent spend more than $500 a year on supplies for their students and classrooms. at is why the Plano ISD Education Foundation opened Plano’s first Classroom Resource for Education, or CORE, Store, located at 3900 W. 15th St., Ste. 102. e CORE Store provides school supplies to teachers at no cost, said Jean Callison, chairwoman of the CORE Store Committee and former president of the Plano ISD Education Foundation’s board. e foundation is a nonprofit orga- nization that generates support for priority projects identified by PISD. “ere’s no money changing hand[s],” Callison said. “e teachers don’t pay for the supplies.” e store opened in August and allows teachers at Title I schools to shop by appointment. Callison said the store would eventually serve all students in Plano. For more information, contact the CORE Store at 469-752-8272. THE CORE STORE 15th St. Medical Ave. Coit Rd. FOOD 4 KIDS Children are not immune to food insecurity. Each week the North Texas Food Bank provides 1,400 chronically hungry children, right here in Plano, with a backpack filled with kid friendly shelf stable items via the Food 4 Kids – Plano program. You can get involved too. Provide food and hope for our kids. Volunteer. Donate. Advocate. Visit ntfb.org/planokids to find out how you can make a difference in the lives of hungry children across our city.
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Plano Edition • September 2016Plano • September 2016 edition
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P L A N O I S D2 16Three Plano ISD teachers earn funds from STEM Teaching Award By Cassidy Ritter
Plano ISD teachers Bryan Yee, Laura Spear and Raymond Morton received the Texas Instruments Innovations in STEM Teaching Award this year.
The award honors science, technol-ogy, engineering and math teachers in Richardson, Plano, Dallas, Gar-land, Mesquite and Lancaster.
Award recipients are given a $10,000 prize, $5,000 of which must be used for professional development or classroom innovation.
“The TI Foundation is very focused on working with school districts to help improve STEM teacher effective-ness,” said Gail Chandler, director of citizenship communications for TI. “There’s a tremendous shortage of those good math and science teachers and that’s why we work hard to make
sure the really good ones get recog-nized and rewarded.”
TI has given $250,000 to PISD teachers through the award since 2007, Chandler said. Award recip-ients are nominated by his or her principal, and each teacher has a different plan for the prize money.
Yee, PISD’s 2016 Secondary Teacher of the Year, has taught at Plano Senior High School since 2007 and said he intends to use his award to create videos for his classes.
“A lot of times students are out [of the classroom], so ... if someone is out, they can actually watch this video and get a different perspective other than just reading the book,” he said. “Reading the book is great, but sometimes hearing someone talk about it and hearing specific exam-ples we used in class helps a lot.”
Education Foundation opens first teacher supply store in PlanoBy Cassidy Ritter
A recent survey of PISD teachers showed that almost 50 percent of teachers spend more than $250 a year out of their own pockets, and 15 percent spend more than $500 a year on supplies for their students and classrooms.
That is why the Plano ISD Education Foundation opened Plano’s first Classroom Resource for Education, or CORE, Store, located at 3900 W. 15th St., Ste. 102.
The CORE Store provides school supplies to teachers at no cost, said Jean Callison, chairwoman of the CORE Store Committee and former president of the Plano ISD Education Foundation’s board.
The foundation is a nonprofit orga-nization that generates support for priority projects identified by PISD.
“There’s no money changing hand[s],” Callison said. “The teachers don’t pay for the supplies.”
The store opened in August and allows teachers at Title I schools to shop by appointment. Callison said the store would eventually serve all students in Plano.
For more information, contact the CORE Store at 469-752-8272.
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FOOD 4 KIDS
Children are not immune to food insecurity. Each week the North Texas Food Bank provides 1,400 chronically hungry children, right here in Plano, with a backpack
filled with kid friendly shelf stable items via the Food 4 Kids – Plano program.
You can get involved too. Provide food and hope for our kids. Volunteer. Donate.
Advocate.
Visit ntfb.org/planokids to find out how you can make a difference in the lives
of hungry children across our city.
Community Impact Newspaper • communityimpact.com18
Community Impact Newspaper • communityimpact.com18
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2015-16 Plano ISD feeder pattern 2015-16 Plano ISD total students 54,689
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The IB World School at Plano East High School
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E D U C A T I O N S P O N S O R S
2015-16 Plano ISD school boundaries
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District and school targetsResults from the 2015-16 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or
STAAR, tests were released this summer. Community Impact Newspaper publishes STAAR results by campus and by district.
The following charts show how students performed on the annual exams as well as district information such as enrollment numbers and feeder school patterns.
In August, districts and campuses received accountability ratings of Met Standard, Met Alternative Standard or Improvement Required based on STAAR and end-of-course exam results from the 2015-16 school year and other indicators.
District scores by grade2015-16 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) passing results
Grade 3 Reading 85% Math 88%
Grade 4 Reading 87% Math 87%
Grade 5 Reading 89% Math 92%
Grade 6 Reading 88% Math 90%
Grade 7 Reading 88% Math 90%
Grade 8 Reading 93% Math 85%
End-of-course,all grades
English I: 88%, English II: 88%, algebra I: 92%, biology: 97%, U.S. history: 98%
2015-16 statistics State District
Economically disadvantaged 58.93% 28.57%
English Language Learners (ELL) 16.87% 13.49%
Average annual salary of teachers $51,892 $54,832
Accountability ratingsIn the performance index accountability system, first implemented in 2012-13, ratings are as follows:
Met Standard (MS): met performance targets
Met Alternative Standard (MAS): met performance targets for charter operators and alternative education campuses
Improvement Required (IR): did not meet one or more performance targets
2015-16 Plano ISD accountability rating MS
INTRODUCING THE
Helping all students in Plano Independent School District succeed in the classroom by equipping teachers with donated classroom resources.
3900 West 15th StreetSuite 102Plano, TX 75075469.752.8190Accepting donations
“It is so exciting to see this vision become a realit�. The CORE store will help teachers fill in the gaps where their st�dents’ families cannot afford. It is another way as a communit� that we can suppor� our teachers and st�dents.”
— Jean Callison, Plano ISD Education Foundation Immediate Past President
Plano ISD Education Foundation helping kids achieve…
PURE GENIUS!
Donate. Volunteer. Get involved. www.pisdeducationfoundation.org
469.752.8272
Helping Plano ISD students achieve their full potential since 1993.
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57 Wilson MS 876 39.3% 82% 81% 83% 83% 75% 94% 70% 81% 72% 63, 66
Sources: Texas Education Agency, Plano ISD/Community Impact Newspaper
Because of computer problems with some STAAR tests, of the approximately 3 million students tested throughout the state in 2015-16, 14,220 scores for students who had computer problems were not used when calculating the campus and district accountability results.
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59 Clark MS 1,578 27.2% 89% 97% 92% 92% N/A 66
60 Jasper MS 1,405 8.5% 96% 100% 97% 97% N/A 67
61 Shepton MS 1,517 21.1% 79% 97% 86% 91% N/A 67
62 Vines MS 1,140 28.6% 82% 97% 89% 88% N/A 66
63 Williams MS 1,178 47.2% 78% 94% 79% 82% N/A 65
Plano ISD Academy MS 307 12.1% 83% 100% 96% 96% 100% N/A
*** West of Coit Rd.: 49, 61, 66 | East of Coit Rd.: 57, 62, 65 About 60 percent of Plano ISD students complete the Algebra I course and pass the end-of-course exam in middle school. As a result, the outcomes in high school on the state EOC exam reflect the performance of a smaller proportion of students than may be typical of many school districts.
*** West of Coit Rd.: 49, 61, 66 | East of Coit Rd.: 57, 62, 65
With the exception of the IB World School at Plano East Senior High School, which serves grades 9-12, senior high schools in Plano ISD serve grades 11 and 12. Therefore, the EOC results reported for Algebra I, Biology, English I and English II indicate only those few students who were not successful on previous exams given in grades 9 and 10.