Six Pillars and One Overarching Goal
There are six specific strategic pillars that shall be leveraged in order to achieve equitable academic outcomes for all students.
Overarching Goal: Equitable Academic Outcomes
Pillar 1: Instructional Equity
Pillar 2: Programmatic Equity
Pillar 3: Equitable Leadership and Operations
Pillar 4: Culturally Competent and Diverse Workforce
Pillar 5: Internal and External Community Engagement
Pillar 6: Facility and Location Equity
Dallas ISD's racial, socio-economic, educational equity policy specifically focuses on addressing inequities that exist for African American students and English Language Learner students. Below is the composition of the district.
Overarching Goal: Equitable Academic Outcomes
Prepared and culturally competent
The overarching goal of the six pillars is to achieve equitable academic outcomes for all students.
Students grades 3-12 meet or masters STAAR ELA, Math and EOC tests.
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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.
Percent of teachers with a rating of Proficient 1 or higher: Districtwide, Accelerating Performance Campuses, and High Priority Campuses
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Department Partnerships
Next Board Update
Pillar 2: Programmatic Equity
Equitable access to & experience in district programming
Identify key indicators to remove systematic differences and create equitable access to programs such as early childhood, special education, gifted and talented, dual language programs with English as a second language, dyslexia, advanced placement and collegiate academies, in addition to monitoring and reducing student discipline data relative to African American students.
Number and percent of students enrolled in advanced coursework, Pre-AP and AP courses.
Department Partnerships
Office of Transformation and Innovation
Next Board Update
February 11, 2021 – Discipline and Special Education
May 13, 2021 – Choice Programs
Number and percent of qualified students enrolled in Choice Programs
Pillar 3: Equitable Leadership and Operations
Equitable access to high-quality leadership
Advance racial, socio-economic, and educational equity practices and operating systems through coordinated coherent and accountable leadership at every level of the organization. This shall include practices of intentionally measuring, disaggregating, monitoring and reporting on data for African American and English language learners to understand the impact of the District’s systems on these two populations.
Department Partnerships
Next Board Update
June 10, 2021 – Principals
Above are the percent of campuses in which faculty and staff are positive about Tacher-Principal Trust and Campus Culture and Environment.
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Pillar 4: Culturally Competent and Diverse Workforce
A racially diverse and culturally responsive workforce
Intentionally invest in an equity mindset for all individuals throughout the District with the purpose of developing a racially diverse and culturally responsive workforce. This shall include building teacher and staff cultural competency and culturally responsive pedagogy implemented by teachers.
99.85%
Percent of teachers who completed cultural intelligence
training in October 2020
9,396
Total teachers who completed cultural intelligence
training in November 2020
Pillar 5: Internal and External Community Engagement
Meaningful and authentic engagement of all stakeholders
Establish the racial, socio-economic, and educational equity collective impact model for the purposes of encouraging meaningful and authentic engagement of all stakeholders.
Let’s Talk! is an online customer service and communication tool to help Dallas ISD staff better serve the community. The goal of Let’s Talk! is to build stronger community relationships, identify opportunities for engagement, and spot potential crises before they occur. Let’s Talk also offers unique features to help the district improve customer service.
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Pillar 6: Facility and Location Equity
Equitable access to high-quality facilities
Develop facility and location impact priorities for the purposes of establishing solutions, understanding the quality of life of students and addressing the human and social needs of students.
Below are the average Facility Condition Index (FCI) scores for each respective feeder pattern. The FCI provides a benchmark to compare the relative condition of one campus facility to all campus facilities. The lower the FCI, the better the condition of the building and the lower the need for remediation.