1. Welcome Back TAG!
August 16th, 2017

2. River of Life – Another year added!
What was your highlight(s) of the summer?

3. Major Accomplishments
State of the School 2017
Major Accomplishments
A look back…
A look forward…

4. District Updates A-F Ranking System Deferred for 2 years TEI Updates
AP teachers will transition back to Category A teachers
According to budget; salary cap was removed
DTR timeline now once every three years
Raises for maintaining proficiency level
Emphasis on student growth and SEL
Budget cuts, TRE going to vote
No major impacts on TAG.
TEI impacts will be discussed more in depth during updated training tomorrow afternoon.

5. District Updates A-F Ranking System Deferred for 2 years TEI Updates
AP teachers will transition back to Category A teachers
According to budget; salary cap was removed
DTR timeline now once every three years
Raises for maintaining proficiency level
Emphasis on student growth and SEL
Budget cuts, TRE going to vote
Risk & Resilience Network
Student Mastery Tracking

6. District Updates A-F Ranking System Deferred for 2 years TEI Updates
AP teachers will transition back to Category A teachers
According to budget; salary cap was removed
DTR timeline now once every three years
Raises for maintaining proficiency level
Emphasis on student growth and SEL
Budget cuts, TRE going to vote
Risk & Resilience Network
Student Mastery Tracking

7. District Updates A-F Ranking System Deferred for 2 years TEI Updates
AP teachers will transition back to Category A teachers
According to budget; salary cap was removed
DTR timeline now once every three years
Raises for maintaining proficiency level
Emphasis on student growth and SEL
Budget cuts, TRE going to vote
Risk & Resilience Network
Student Mastery Tracking
Discretionary Funds
$82,277

8. District Updates A-F Ranking System Deferred for 2 years TEI Updates
AP teachers will transition back to Category A teachers
According to budget; salary cap was removed
DTR timeline now once every three years
Raises for maintaining proficiency level
Emphasis on student growth and SEL
Budget cuts, TRE going to vote
Risk & Resilience Network
Student Mastery Tracking
Discretionary Funds
Discretionary Funds
% Cut
$82,277
$7,045
- 91%

9. Discretionary Funding Impacts
Budget Impact on TAG
Discretionary Funding Impacts
Funds prioritized for direct instructional supplies
No subs paid for field trips; utilize parent volunteers
Elevates the importance of PTSA Gifting
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District Budgetary Impacts
District limiting substitutes used for AAs

10. Bottom Line on Budget
Discretionary budget is completely unconnected to personnel.
Title 1 provides us with extra funds that help (~$7,000 this year)
There is a good chance that this gets reversed and we get a reasonable budget to work with
Discretionary budget cut, if sustained, will certainly impact us but we can and will manage.

11. State of the WWTV Feeder
Executive Director: Joe Miniscalco
Feeder Focuses

12. State of the WWTV Feeder
Executive Director: Joe Miniscalco
Feeder Focuses
Effective, teacher-owned PLCs that impact practice
- Content Teams & Grade Level Teams

13. State of the WWTV Feeder
Executive Director: Joe Miniscalco
Feeder Focuses
Effective, teacher-owned PLCs that impact practice
- Content Teams & Grade Level Teams
(2) Monitoring student progress and mastery
- Work towards identifying and spreading best practices
that we already have here at TAG

14. State of Townview
Townview partnership with Dallas Institute to build a combined Humanities Department in Academic Center and SEM
Eventually, all humanities teachers would be dual-certified
Working to align a humanities curriculum
Up to us to determine how and to what extent TAG is involved
Townview Excel U.P. (Accelerated University Pathway)
Still in planning stages; no real details available yet
Wouldn’t impact practice at Townview staff level

15. State of TAG
Possible partnership with UTSW’s Risk and Resilience Network!
TAG Alumni Network is off the ground!
TAG will be federally recognized as a Title 1 school this year for the first time in its history!

16. State of TAG
TAG will be federally recognized as a Title 1 school this year
for the first time in its history
AP Qualifying Rate
72.9%
78.6%
82.1%
83.5%
85%
ACT Composite
28*
30* 29 30 31
SAT Composite
1287
1297
1339
1380
1420
Low SES
26.7%
26.2%
30.9%
33.3%
35.2%
41%**
* Optional for seniors
** Estimated based on current information

17. Overall Position: Strong

18. TAG Action Plan: 2017-18 Required document that gets posted.
Captures the biggest goals and focus areas of our school. Two of the three are required and, frankly, it’s hard to argue them.
- student academic achievement
- climate and culture
You will do more of this in your content team meetings next week and define teacher actions and make suggestions.

19. TAG Action Plan:
Protocol: Mackey will explain each Key Action and Metric 10 minutes in groups to discuss big picture +  something you agree with -  something you don’t agree with ?  something you have questions on
Required document that gets posted.
Captures the biggest goals and focus areas of our school. Two of the three are required and, frankly, it’s hard to argue them.
- student academic achievement
- climate and culture
5 min at each action item – I explain each goal and the metrics.
Small groups talk about the action plan.
You will do more of this in your content team meetings next week.

20. TAG Action Plan
Protocol: Mackey will explain each Key Action and Metric 10 minutes in groups to discuss big picture +  something you agree with -  something you don’t agree with ?  something you have questions on Content teams will discuss more in depth and consolidate feedback for document, including specific teacher actions
Required document that gets posted.
Captures the biggest goals and focus areas of our school. Two of the three are required and, frankly, it’s hard to argue them.
- student academic achievement
- climate and culture
5 min at each action item – I explain each goal and the metrics.
Small groups talk about the action plan.
You will do more of this in your content team meetings next week.

21. Key Action #1

22. Key Action #2

23. Key Action #3

24. Upcoming Events

25. Reflection
On the notecard provided, please write your name and answer the following question.
What are you most excited about for this coming year?
Other than budget, what are you most worried about going into this year?
What do you want/wish/need from me as your principal this year in order for you to have a positive, successful, and fulfilling year?
Your name!

26. Final Task
There are whiteboard markers, erasers, and four whiteboards in each student groups’ area. Spend the next 15 minutes writing messages welcoming our kiddos to the TAG family!!