Equity and Inclusion Goals for 2024-2025 School Year at Eastern

EASTERN Goals 2024-2025 School Year DR. CATHLEEN PLESNARSKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MR. JOSEPH GREB, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MR. GERRY ROONEY, CTE SUPERVISOR

2023 2023- -2024 EASTERN Goals 2024 EASTERN Goals Access to Programming Climate and Culture Placement after High School

Climate and Culture: Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Climate and Culture: Create and maintain a positive school climate where students and staff feel safe, respected, heard, and valued. Improved Key Indicators by Subgroup Regular Attendance: At least 85% of our students exhibit regular attendance within all subgroups. Implement EASTERN s Equity Action Plan to promote equity in all facets of EASTERN s operations to become a culturally proficient school that recognizes and values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Retention: At least 85% of our students retain (at EASTERN) within all subgroups. Climate and Culture Survey: At least 90% overall positive responses for all students within all subgroups.

*Change in Data Calculation ^Lagging indicator (class of 2022)

Key Indicator by Subgroup 2023-2024 Regular Attendance 22-23 76.0% Regular Attendance 23-24 78.9% Retention 22-23 Retention 23-24 Indicator Regular Attendance: At least 85% of students within all subgroups. Retention: At least 85% of students within all subgroups. EASTERN Average 84.0% 67.8% 94.4% 84.2% 83.3% 66.7% Asian (6)(8) Black or African American (62) (80) 72.0% 72.1% 71.4% 67.0% Regular Attendance: increase from 76% to 79% from last year Below 85% in all subgroups Action Steps to Improve: Continue intervention and collaboration with districts 71.2% 74.7% 81.8% 51.2% Hispanic (32) (32) 85.7% 72.0% 42.9% 64.3% Multiracial (7) (13) 79.8% 82.6% 86.1% 71.6% White (174) (166) 76.9% 80.2% 80.0% 68.8% Female (84) (120) Retention: Significant decrease from last year Below 85% in all subgroups Action Steps to Improve: Note Change in data process 77.8% 78.2% 82.0% 67.0% Male (198) (180) 72.7% 78.8% 80.2% 64.0% IEP (113) (113) 80.7% 79.0% 82.3% 70.2% No IEP (169) (187) 71.9% 73.0% 83.1% 77.4% Ec. Dis (74) (92) No Ec. Dis. (208) (208) 78.1% 82.0% 80.8% 64.2% *Disproportionality in Outcomes

Overall Climate and Culture 2024-2025 Goal: 90% in each subgroup Black or African American Asian Hispanic Multiracial White 21 110 71 30 321 98.1% 96.8% 95.9% 95.0% 97.1% Nonbinary/ Transgender 17 No Man Woman LGBTQ+ IEP/504 IEP/504 347 344 197 89 217 97.0% 93.6% 96.8% 95.8% 97.0% 96.0% Overall Positive Response: 97% Response Rate: 83.4%

Climate and Culture Actions Key Actions through the Equity Committee Student Focus Group Meetings December and May December Student Focus group Food, Social Activities, and School-to-Career Connections Senior Recognition Professional Development August - Supporting Non-traditional students (female students in male-dominated programs) Committee January Examination of Zaretta Hammond s Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching February- Teacher Reflection: Climate and Culture Data by program Other Core Values Program: Use Themes to teach and recognize soft skills Statewide Recognition: EASTERN s Equity work will be featured as a Best Practice

Access to Programming Educational Programming: Continuously improve current programming and expand based on labor market need and student interest. Ensure that all incoming students can access their career and technical program of choice. Enrollment: At least 95% of applicants enter their first-choice program. 2024-2025: 70.2% First choice program (368 of 524) Waitlist: Less than 5% of applicants are waitlisted and unable to enter their first, second, or third- choice programs. 2024-2025: 27.1% Waitlisted (142 of 524) 96.3% of admitted students were placed in their First choice program Largest waitlists: Welding and Electrical followed by Construction and Automotive

Placement Student Achievement: Foster student achievement and outcomes in completing the program and transitioning to post-graduation career plans. Ensure that all EASTERN students are positively placed after graduation as measured by graduate surveys administered in October after graduation. 2021-2022: 88.7% 2022-2023: 87.8% 2023-2024: 89.4% Response Rate: At least 85% of our graduates are represented in the placement data. 2021-2022: 78% 2022-2023: 95% 2023-2024: 93% Placement: At least 95% of our survey respondents have a positive placement post-graduation.

Placement EASTERN's Revised data collection. Adding student provided contact information, participating school data and cold calling non- respondents has increased EASTERN's percentage of contacted students. Gaps or needs in programs. Additional career/post-secondary information sessions, job site visits, pre-apprenticeship and career fairs i.e. Welding Technology has added job site tours to Steam Fitters Local, Iron-Workers Local and the Philly Naval Yards to showcase future opportunities. These are in addition to in house visits from post- secondary institutions. Analyzing and refining the process i.e. Protective Services students take volunteer positions in EMT and fire. Changed to a positive placement in the next reporting cycle as it directly relates to the students' studies in the program.