Pillar 1: Instructional Equity

Equitable access to high-quality teaching. Implement training programs that build systems to accelerate teacher growth. This includes creating welcoming and inclusive working environments providing development opportunities and differentiated support for hiring to ensure equitable access to high-quality teaching, teacher education, certification, experience, and mobility.

Racial Equity Priorities

The REO ensures a cornerstone of success for all students by providing access to Proficient 1 teachers and additional academic resources.

• Early Hiring Supports afford high priority campus (HPC) leaders the opportunity to interview and hire teacher candidates before non HPCs for the purpose of closing the Proficient 1+ teacher gap. HCM provides this opportunity prior to each job fair.
• Literacy Acceleration Specialists diagnose, prescribe, and administer differentiated reading strategies to first through fifth grade students who have yet to master grade level reading expectations.
• High Priority Campus (HPC) Teacher Stipends were increased to recruit and retain Proficient 1+ teachers at high priority campuses.
• African American Studies is a high school course that exposes students of all ethnicities to AA culture, contributions, and events, using resources from Black History 365.

Instructional Equity Pillar Metric

Pillar 1 Metric: For this pillar, we assess students’ access to high-quality instruction, measured through the percent of students assigned to a teacher rated Proficient I or higher on TEI. ​

Target: Our target for this measure is based on the percentage of teachers identified as Proficient I or higher on TEI. As a result, the target may shift slightly between years.