FWISD Schools on the RISE

Fort Worth ISD RISE Schools Embrace "Seven Habits of Highly Successful Schools"


7 Critical Factors for Success Explored in Video

"Who wants to go to college?"

That's how a video detailing the work of Fort Worth ISD's RISE schools begins -- starting with the end in mind. Transforming schools to create and support a college-going culture is one of the goals.


RISE stands for Redesign to Increase Schools of Excellence. It unifies three transformational school improvement grants under one initiative and is being utilized at 25* Fort Worth ISD campuses. (*See below.)

The three grants are the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), the Texas Title I Priority Schools (TTIPS), and Texas Turnaround Leadership Academy (TTLA.) Each one of the 25 RISE schools receive a combination of funding from two or more of these sources.


However, RISE will help all of our schools:


· Find new ways to teach and lead -- and make those strategies work for years to come. · Create fair teacher evaluations that help everyone be better at what they do.


· Reward educators for a "class act" performance.


RISE continues the work begun by PEAK --learning from both PEAK's successes and its challenges.


"Fort Worth ISD is continuing a journey to transform our schools to better meet the needs of our students," says Dr. Josie Hernandez-Gutierrez, District Steward in the Office of Transformational Leadership and School Improvement.


The critical success factors are 7 factors that research shows supports school change and school improvement.




"And we base all of our change and goals on these 7 critical success factors to improve our schools," says Dr. Gutierrez. "It's how we streamline our work. It's how we focus our work."


The video also features interviews with some of the RISE principals including, in order of appearance, Orlena Whatley, Versia Williams Elementary; Rodrigo Durbin, Meadowbrook Middle School; Gayla Dawson, Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School; Erin Deel, Daggett Middle School; Rodney White, Glencrest Sixth Grade; Ronnita Carridine, Morningside Elementary School; Andrea Harper, principal, T.A. Sims Elementary; and Erika Moody, A.M. Pate Elementary.


*The 25 RISE campuses are:


Como ES

Daggett MS

Diamond Hill-Jarvis HS

Dunbar HS

Dunbar MS

Dunbar 6th

Eastern Hills HS

Forest Oak MS

Glencrest 6th

Handley MS

INA

Kirkpatrick MS

Meadowbrook MS

Mitchell Blvd ES

Morningside ES

North Side HS

Oaklawn ES

A.M. Pate ES

Polytechnic HS

T.A. Sims ES

South Hills HS

Sunrise-McMillian ES

W.J. Turner ES

Versia Williams ES

O.D. Wyatt HS

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Education

Tags:

• RISE
• DEC
• 9
• 2011

[DQMOORE]

I was a student of T.A. Sims Elem. 1990-1995 in the Magnet Program. I also spent my 6 grade year at Morningside Middle. both schools Had "Real" teachers that cared about the students and their education. I learned alot of spanish while attending these schools and I use alot of it right today.In my Opinion RISE is a wonderful idea. I wish you all much continued success.