Hillsborough Choice Options Hillsborough County Public Schools Tampa, Florida Presented by Superinte

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Hillsborough Choice OptionsHillsborough County
Public Schools Tampa, Florida Presented
bySuperintendent MaryEllen Elia Dr. Pansy
HoughtonU.S. Department of Education Office of
Innovation and ImprovementWeb Broadcast
onPublic School Choice From Research to
PracticeNovember 19, 2008
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Demographic Information

• Hillsborough County, Florida
• 8th largest school district in the nation, 3rd
  largest in Florida
• Over 200,000 students in 235 schools and centers
• Approximately the size of Rhode Island with
  urban, rural and suburban areas
• More than 52 of the student body is eligible for
  federal free reduced price meals
• At 23 of our Title I sites, over 90 of the
  students are eligible for free and reduced price
  meals

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Goal of the VPSC Grant

• Goal Expand and enhance Hillsborough County
  Public Schools
• Voluntary Public School Choice
  Program
• Objective 1 Provide a wide variety of choices to
  all students in participating schools
• Objective 2 Increase the percentage of students
  at low-performing schools who have the
  opportunity to attend high-performing schools.
• Objective 3 Improve the academic achievement of
  secondary school students who are at greatest
  risk of not meeting challenging academic
  standards and not completing high school.

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Performance Measures Baseline Data (Examples)
Office of Innovation and Improvement , U.S.
Department of Education Web Broadcast - 11/19,
2008
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Development of Hillsborough Choice- VPSC 1st
Grant
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From Past to PresentHow Did We Get Here

• 1st VPSC Grant
• Board Approved Extensive Reorganization of four
  choice program offices
• Creation of Hillsborough Choice Options

• Why
• To meet the needs of our families
• To create a more seamless family friendly process
• To eliminate duplication of services

Listening to our families
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From Past to PresentHow Did We Get Here
Attractor Programs

• Stakeholder feed back indicated a desire for
  schools with a strong focus on academic
  achievement supported by rigorous course work
• Created Attractor sites with special programs to
  raise student achievement and increase diversity
• Attractor school sites were chosen based on
• School capacity
• Location
• Overall academic performance as measured by AYP
• School eligibility for Title 1

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Hillsborough Choice OptionsAttractor Programs
Examples

• Bank Street Model of Education at Temple Terrace
  Elementary
• Partnership with Trinity Charter School
• Teachers operate as a facilitator within the
  classroom
• Students learn by reflecting on their own
  experiences and observations

• Single Gender Classes at James Elementary
• Partnership with Academy Prep Private School
• Single gender classes will increase the breadth
  of educational opportunity for all students
• Students are separate for academic classes only

• Rigorous Academic Programs (RAP)
• Increase students opportunities to take
  advanced-level courses
• Extensive and ongoing professional development
  for school site staff
• Use data to inform and drive the teaching
• College readiness for all

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From Past to Present Increase ParticipationSchoo
l Choice Applicants Offers

• Enrollment Patterns
• Enrollment patterns for students new to the
  Hillsborough Choice program exceeded targeted
  goals for the 2004/2005 , 2005/2006, 2006/2007
  and 2007/2008 school years with 60.4, 69.7,
  16.69 and 7.72 of students enrolling in a
  higher performing school as defined by AYP
  criteria.

• Academic Gains
• Students enrolled in a school through the school
  choice option during 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and
  2006/2007 school years demonstrated statistically
  significant achievement gains in reading
  (t19.54, 22.83, 9,99, p lt 0.05) and mathematics
  (t27.71, 32.79. 17.38, p lt0.05.

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From Past to Present School Choice - Increase in
Applicant Pool
233 Increase
New Grant
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From Past to PresentIncrease Enrollment

• Enrollment Count
• For 07-08 08-09 school year
• Choice Options selections are offered the
  previous school year

School Choice
New Grant
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College Readiness Focus for All

• The district has implemented a College
  Readiness/Post-secondary reform model for all
• Created Partnerships
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• College Boards EXCELerator Schools Project
• 25 high schools
• 45 middle schools
• University of South Florida

• How are we making gains?
• Through our various partnerships
• Through staff development trainings
• Making conscious data driven decisions that
  inform instruction
• The state of Florida awarded the District an
  overall A grade for academic performance during
  the 07-08 school year

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College Readiness Focus for All
The bottom line is that many more students are
taking AP courses and passing those courses.
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College Readiness Focus for AllCareer and
Technical Education Options

• Career Academies
• small, personalized learning communities
• subset of students and teachers for a two-,
  three-, or four-year span
• Career academies includes
• A small learning community
• A college-prep curriculum with a career theme
• Partnerships with employers, the community, and
  higher education
• Over 75 Programs of Study

• Advanced Placement andCareer and Technical
  Education
• For the 2007-2008 School Year, 82 of students
  taking Advanced Placement are also taking Career
  and Technical Education (CTE) courses.
• Office of Program Policy Analysis Government
  Accountability Report (OPPAGA) October 2007

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Communication Efforts

• Direct Mail
• Application Guide
• Save the Date postcard
• Internal Marketing Team (at each school site)
• Applications in English Spanish (other
  languages on request)
• Application Guides
• Newsletter Blurbs
• Poster
• Presentations as requested

• Media
• Newspaper (local and community)
• Radio
• Television
• Parent-Link (Immediate Response Information
  System)
• Parenting/Family publications
• include our content (dates, stories, etc.) on
  their websites and in newsletters

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Communication Efforts

• Community Partnerships
• City Parks Recreation Centers
• County Parks Recreation Centers
• Family Support Resource Centers
• Hispanic Services Council
• Public Libraries
• YMCA
• Tampa Housing Authority
• Education Channel

• Website
• Downloadable Application (English Spanish
  -other languages on request)
• En Español Link
• Online Application System
• School Locator
• Feedback Database
• Link to specific program sites (career and
  technical)

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Hillsborough Choice All-in-One ApplicationNew
for 2008-2009

• New for the 08-09 application period to
  Hillsborough Choice Options
• Note The 08-09 application period starts in the
  07-08 school year
• All-in-One Application
• School Choice
• Magnet
• Choice
• Career and Technical Programs
• NCLB Choice
• Choice Hardship
• Four to Five Application Periods

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Hillsborough County Public SchoolsPreparing
kids for the future!Thank You!