Prioritizing and Writing Equity Goals

(This is the previous assignment to help with the assignment below)

Head Start promotes the school readiness of infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children from low-income families.

· Head Start mission is to lead, to be the untiring voice that will not be quiet until every vulnerable child is served with the Head Start model of support for the whole child, the family, and the community.

· Head Start is compelled to provide services to low-income children and families.

· Head Start is to ensure that the most at risk and vulnerable children have access to the program's critical services.

· Head Start programs are free and funded by the government and is designed to promote school readiness for children from low-income families.

· Head Start encourages parent involvement through regular home visits and special activities.

· Head Start have assessments to improve children's outcomes.

· Head Start provides professional development on equity for all staff.

· Head Start staff makes sure that the focus is on the success for all children ensuring that they will be successful.

· Head Start teaches self-help skills to the children as well as to the families of the children we serve.

Assignment:  Prioritizing and Writing Equity Goals

 – Two pages, 3-5 goals. As a principal (or as in other leadership roles), you must take  all  the equity data that you collected in your Equity Audit (with your building leadership team) and prioritize equity goals (not just in one diversity area, but across  all  the equity data you collected).  Your equity goals must start with achievement goals to eliminate achievement inequities and all other goals must support and be explicitly linked to these achievement goals. Envision this as something you would present to your school board or staff.

Specifics:

1. Stick to 2 pages with 3-5 goals. 

2. All goals are specific and measurable  and begin with achievement . Goals are not confused with plans to achieve the goal—i.e., the goal is increasing achievement.  Increasing the capacity of teachers to be culturally relevant is a means to that goal, not necessarily a goal in and of itself.

3. Goals address the key equity issues in your school.

EXAMPLES

SMART Goal Student Achievement:

Academic Goal #1: Improve the literacy skills of students at ABC Elementary  Improve reading achievement (scoring as at or above benchmark on Spring STARs) for 1,2, 3, 4, and 5th grade students over a three year period.

· from low-income homes from 59.01% to 100% over the next three years (with 13.3% growth each year)

· of color from 53% to 100% over the next three years (with 15.6% growth each year)

· who are Asian from 50% to 100% over the next three years (with 16.6% growth each year)

· who are African American from 38% to 100% over the next three years (with 20.6% growth each year)

· Hispanic from 51.4% to 100% over the next three years (with 16.2% growth each year)

· from linguistically diverse backgrounds from 34% to 100% over the next three years (with 22% growth each year)

· Labeled for special education from 38% to 100% over the next three years (with 20.6% growth each year)

· for all 1,2,3, 4, and 5th grade students from 75% to 100% over the next three years (with 8.3% growth each year)

Academic Goal #2: Improve the math skills of students at ABC Elementary  Improve math achievement (scoring as at or above benchmark on Spring STARs) for 1,2 3, 4, and 5th grade students over a three year period.

· from low-income homes from 51.9% to 100% over the next three years (with 16.03% growth each year)

· of color from 67.9% to 100% over the next three years (with 10.7% growth each year)

· who are Asian from 50% to 100% over the next three years (with 16.6% growth each year)

· who are African American from 48% to 100% over the next three years (with 17.3% growth each year)

· Hispanic from 77% to 100% over the next three years (with 7.6% growth each year)

· from linguistically diverse backgrounds from 63% to 100% over the next three years (with 12.3% growth each year)

· Labeled for special education from 62% to 100% over the next three years (with 12.6% growth each year)

for all 1,2,3, 4, and 5th grade students from 82% to 100% over the next three years (with 6% growth each year)