BISD Mid Year Report 22

2021-22 MID -YEAR REPORT

Message From Table of Contents The Superintendent   2 Message From The Superintendent BISD Community,   3 Curriculum and Instruction   4 Human Resources While we still face the challenges of educating our students during a pandemic, I am overwhelmed with Career and Technical Education hope for the future of our district. We have continued to fight harder, find new and innovative ways to educate   5 Federal Programs our students and, most importantly, provide support   6 Guidance and Counseling for those who may struggle. This is at times an arduous task, but I believe it is this universal hopefulness and Office of Innovation expectancy that will keep us all moving forward. Hope Business and Finance for an end to the pandemic, hope for the future of the students in BISD, hope for our entire community and   7 Leadership Development and Student Discipline most importantly hope for a kinder and more gentle world for our children. Police Department Transportation At the start of the 2021-22 school year, we pledged to Student Services make every moment matter more with a “beast mode” mindset. I challenged all of our staff and students to 16,747 give it their all without any hesitation. Included in Students this document is a small snapshot of what we have accomplished so far this year by maximizing the time. 1,014 2,301 I’d like to thank our faculty and staff for staying focused Teachers Staff and loyal in their commitment to our students. And to our parents and community stakeholders, thank you for 128 616 being steadfast in your resolve to entrust us with the privilege of educating the students of Beaumont. Business Volunteers Partners Shannon Allen, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools 2

Curriculum and Instruction HB 4545 Implementation Trauma-Informed Leadership The Office of Curriculum and Training Instruction has continued the process of Given the COVID-19 pandemic, district implementing House Bill 4545, as mandated by leadership noticed a need for additional the TEA in July 2021. During the fall semester, the training in helping campuses deal with certain following has been implemented: social and emotional challenges. The Office of Curriculum and Instruction made a dedicated focus • Training for campus and district leadership on the starting in late 2020 on building the capacity of our components leaders and teachers in trauma-informed strategies. This groundwork resulted in a trauma-informed • Created structures for all campuses to utilize plan of action to build understanding and a de- including templates for student data spreadsheets, escalation culture within our schools, which began tracking materials for attendance, recording implementation in the fall of 2021 and continues tutoring hours and parent correspondence throughout the 2021-22 school year. • Vetted a variety of high-quality instructional Establishment of the BISD Newcomer materials to determine the ones best suited to the Center needs of our students The BISD Newcomer Center will allow the district to identify and assist students • Created HB 4545 student tutoring packets and who have recently come to the US adapt to the teacher tutoring guides in all STAAR-tested areas educational system. Overseen by the Newcomer/ English as a Second Language Dropout Prevention • Provided supports with live Zoom, on-site and Coordinator, the program will provide classroom recorded tutoring instruction training support and facilitate assistance from all district departments. Currently, 44 students have been • Allocated $2.5 million dollars to support hiring identified as enrolling in the fall semester. highly-qualified retire/rehire tutors, materials printing and a dedicated campus lead of What is HB 4545? Accelerated Instruction for each campus. Texas House Bill 4545 was passed during the 87th Legislature that Roughly 6,500 students are currently being served provides students who do not pass the by the program. Further implementation of the STAAR test with 30 hours of accelerated remaining components of the program will be instruction through campus-based ongoing throughout the spring semester. tutorials. The legislation also removes the grade retention requirement for students who do not pass STAAR in fifth and eighth grade. The legislation is also specific in the fact that the tutorial opportunities are targeted and within a small group setting in order to effectively improve student outcomes. 3

Human Resources Career and Technical Education Onboarding Process Improvements The Office of Human Resources K-8 Readiness Program increased efficiency with the employee The K-8 Career Readiness Program onboarding process by implementing hosted the CTE Roadshow for the an electronic process through TalentEd, our first time during the fall semester. current Applicant Tracking System. The move to In just three months, the department electronic onboarding has resulted in more efficient brought career awareness and hands-on interactive finalization of required personnel file documents. exploration opportunities to 5,755 students at 12 It also provides the district the ability to track an campuses. applicant’s process in completing all required documentation by sending electronic action item Expansion of the Audio/Video emails to them throughout the process. Production Program The Audio/Video Production Updated Compensation Plans program has been expanded At the June meeting, Beaumont ISD’s to West Brook High School and Board of Trustees voted to approve the the Taylor Career Center. This 2021-22 school year budget presented by administration. The approved compensation expansion affords more students plan included an increase to teacher salaries by the opportunity to earn an Adobe Industry-Based $800, as well as equity adjustments for counselors, Certification. Advanced students are enrolled at diagnosticians, speech language pathologists and the Taylor Career Center and receive work-based assistant principals. Those roles identified to receive training. Students enrolled in the program are equity adjustments received letters detailing the responsible for shooting, editing and producing adjustments given and the impact on their salaries. high-quality videos, animations and graphics at the All other employees who met required criteria Beaumont ISD Memorial Stadium, offering them received a one percent increase in salary. The additional real-world experience. district was also able to provide a one-time stipend of $1,000 and a retention stipend of 4% of all returning employees’ salaries. Hiring Statistics (July 2021-present) Roles Number of Hires Teacher..............................................146 Aide.....................................................55 Retire-Rehire Tutor.................................38 Parent/School Liaison............................14 Nurse.....................................................6 Speech Language Pathologist...................5 Transportation Bus Driver.........................5 Counselor...............................................8 Food Service Worker................................6 Custodian.............................................14 4

Federal Programs What are ESSER Funds? The Elementary and Secondary ESSER Funding School Emergency Relief Traditionally, the Department of Federal Programs completes (ESSER) grant is a federal applications for and manages Title I, Title II, Title III and Title IV grant provided as part of the grants. However, this year BISD saw a drastic increase in available congressional COVID-19 funding opportunities and applied for, received and managed the four Title relief package. Signed into grants and ESSER II, ESSER III, Texas COVID Learning Acceleration Supports law on March 27, 2020, the (TCLAS) and three state-based grants for COVID-19 assistance. This has Department of Education brought our total of federal funding up from approximately nine million awarded these grants ­to dollars a year to nearly $105 million. state educational agencies for the purpose of providing Provision of Instructional Programs/Technology local educational agencies The Federal Programs Department worked collaboratively with with emergency relief funds all content and program areas to provide funding for various to address the impact that instructional programs and technology such as MyON, Education Galaxy and COVID-19 has had, and STEMscopes. These programs help teachers and students fill learning gaps. continues to have, on elementary and secondary Funding for Additional Staff schools across the nation. The Through federal funding appropriated to BISD, multiple positions main requirement of the use were created with Human Resources. The district now has a of these funds is specifically to Communities in Schools program at every campus, which assists students ensure that student outcomes and families with wrap-around services. Each campus now has a devoted increase and to build programs Parent and Family Engagement Liaison, increasing the initiative from seven that will fill the learning gaps staff to twenty-three. These liaisons provide the home-to-school link that is caused by the pandemic. needed to ensure parents and families are partners in education with the district. Additionally, 10 campus-based instructional coaches were added to support teachers and provide in-the-moment assistance. A district- level instructional coaching coordinator was also added to the Office of Curriculum and Instruction to train, oversee and support the campus instructional coaches. 5

Guidance and Counseling Office of Innovation Parent Webinars and Student Support District Innovations and School The Guidance and Counseling Department Action Planning held several parent and student webinars The Office of Innovation successfully obtained multiple covering topics such as suicide prevention, grant funds totaling over one million dollars to support cyberbullying and graduation requirements. The school improvement initiatives and planning for department also implemented additional student innovative school models for the district. support provided through our new dropout prevention coordinator and counselors. These leaders work School Improvement Initiatives together to ensure that all students who are credit The Office of Innovation has supported the deficient have a plan in place to ultimately achieve development and implementation of school their high school diploma in a timely manner. improvement plans to raise academic achievement Partnerships and Additional Mental across campuses by: Health Resources • Providing supports for effective instructional practices In order to continue to increase the amount focused on classroom rigor, lesson alignment, of mental health support for our students, formative assessments and frequent coaching the department has added additional • Creating Effective Schools Framework Aligned mental health partnerships including Circle of Hope, Campus Targeted Improvement Plans Charlie Health, Woodlands Center and ,soon, Sarah • Delivering professional development sessions in Street Wellness Group. These programs are designed A-F accountability and curriculum implementation, to assist students and families, both in person and standards-driven instruction and services for special virtually, in the areas of crisis intervention, medication populations management, substance abuse and mental health counseling, as well as individual and family case Business and Finance management. Bond Repayments: 6 In addition to the scheduled bond payments, the district defeased $10,815,000 in Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds with a Net Present Value Savings to the taxpayers of over $2.7 million. District Financial Health: The district received an “Unmodified” opinion (otherwise known as a “clean audit”) on the June 30, 2021 audit. This is the sixth consecutive year of the district receiving an unmodified opinion. The district also earned a Superior rating for the third consecutive year on the state’s Financial Integrity Rating System (FIRST) Online Ticketing/Payments System: The district successfully implemented online ticketing for athletic and campus events which also allows the district to accept credit card payments for other district fees, when necessary, allowing for ease, convenience and increased security when receiving payments.

Leadership Development Transportation and Student Discipline First Semester Numbers Threat Assessment Team 458,830 miles driven BISD has 23 employees on the Threat 467,104 student riders Assessment Team. This team is activated when a campus receives a credible threat of violence, Student Services self-harm or other criminal behaviors. The team then takes steps to identify and mitigate these behaviors Need My Transcript by supporting district/campus leadership. Currently, Implementation BISD has team members representing administrators, Student Services has launched a law enforcement, teachers, Special Education, platform for online ordering of counselors and behavior interventionists. transcript/education records. The platform, Need My Transcript, has increased efficiency in Team members have been trained in the operations, enhanced financial controls and greatly following areas: improved customer satisfaction with electronic • Digital Threat Assessment delivery of records. • Train the Trainer • Sandy Hook Promise Increased Student Support • Two-day Summer Conference Student Services identified and provided support (transportation, During the fall Semester, the teams have investigated referrals to agencies, various supplies, 15 incidents. The teams provide “next steps” for the etc.) to over 600 Highly Mobile students (McKinney- student and campus, which could include, counseling, Vento, Foster Care and Military-Connected daily check-in with behavior interventionist or Students) to remove barriers to enrollment and attendance. The department also partnered Police Department with the Parent Involvement Department and Communities in Schools to strengthen the Walk-Through Metal Detectors and school-community partnership as a means to Safety Screenings enhance services to improve student attendance BISD has implemented walk-through for McKinney-Vento students. Working together, metal detectors and hand wand security the partnership team re-engaged 15 potential screening for all secondary campuses. Currently, dropouts and re-enrolled 22 students who were high schools currently not attending school. are conducting security 7 screenings every day, while middle school screenings are conducted twice a week. This process provides an additional safety enhancement to the school environment.

Beaumont ISD Board of Trustees Joe A. Evans, Jr. - Trustee, Tillie Hickman - Trustee, Dr. Shannon Allen - Superintendent of Schools, Stacey Lewis, Jr. - Secretary Robert C. Dunn, Sr. - President, Denise Wallace-Spooner - Trustee, Kevin Reece - Trustee, Woodrow Reece, II - Vice-President Beaumont Independent School District 3395 Harrison Avenue Beaumont, Texas 77706 (409) 617-5000 www.bmtisd.com It is the policy of the Beaumont Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, handicapping condition, or age in its programs, services, activities, or employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The Beaumont Independent School District is committed to providing a free and appropriate public education for all students.