Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Software Programs in Brownsville Independent School District
Explore the comprehensive assessment of software programs at Brownsville Independent School District, highlighting strengths, areas of improvement, and valuable recommendations to enhance educational outcomes for students. Discover insights on software usage, impacts on teachers and students, along with specific strengths and areas of need identified by educators.
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BROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Software Programs June 2023 Principals Meeting
Software: ELLevation Teams TEAM 3 Elliott Quezada Agustin de Lucio Hadassah Hernandez Raquel Alvarado TEAM 1 Dolores Emerson Amalia Hinojosa Debra Jenney Dr. Rentfro TEAM 14 Patricia Rodriguez SE Lorena Martinez Lorena Lozano HIlda Soto CTE TEAM 6 Julie Salinas Sandra Garcia Maria Gonzalez Norma Cisneros TEAM 8 Dr. Juan Chavez Michael Benavidez Gaby Martinez Michael Garcia 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Campuses Benavides Manzano Breeden Garden Park Lopez Brite Oliveira Vermillion Southmost Del Castillo Perkins Egly Putegnat Teachers # of Teachers Interviewed 18 6 18 18 18 BROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Software Cost: $369,400 renewal for 2023-2024 # of Students Impacted: 15,113 Usage: 2,852 active teacher users 86% active usage BROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Strengths There is a lot of teacher data and it s friendly. There is cumulative data. It has videos and anchor chart. The data of this software is very telling. It is easy to navigate. It is easy to understand. The software is user friendly and accessible from any place. It has extra lessons to address bilingual instruction and notifications when form are due (get emails). I am better versed using it and uploading writing samples. I use it to monitor bilingual students. Some of the strengths of Ellevation are that we can go in there and look at cumulative record of the bilingual students. We can look at the previous writing. We can look at what the teachers had uploaded. We can gather information to have a starting point for the students, along with accommodations. This facilitated the process with the bilingual clerk. It has good strategies and activities for all students, not just bilingual. For new teachers, it has lots of strategies for learning. They can use for ELL or any student. I like that it has a lot of the hands on activities. It separates our groups based on ability. BROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Areas of Need The strategies from the scope and sequence that are linked are not taking directly to the suggested activity. The updates take 48 hours when students come in. It has good ideas and lessons, but they are watered down. The kids at this school are at a higher level, so the lessons are not as rigorous. Teachers need more time to explore what is available because the tool seems to offer more. Some of the lessons are kind of generic, nothing new. For a new teacher it is very helpful. For advanced or veteran teachers, there is nothing new. BROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Recommendations 1 2 Continue Recommendation to continue with this software to ensure that Replace 3 the teachers of Emergent No need to replace at this time, as the software contains Bilingual students continue to Delete have access to their student Emergent Bilingual and No need to delete at this time. Emergent Bilingual teachers data, effectively monitor all Monitored student information Emergent Bilingual, M students, accessible to Principals, LPAC software recommendation of and have access to instructional administrators, LPAC 63% shows their satisfaction strategies tailored by support committees and Emergent with the software and all of its levels according to the four Bilingual teachers. components. language domain. Department professional development will be BROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT available for all users.
