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Texas Impact Network
Texas Impact Network
A Model for American Public Education
A joint venture between Educate Texas and the Commit Partnership, The Texas Impact Network works with state and regional partners to help districts improve the futures of teachers and students.
A Model for American Public Education
A joint venture between Educate Texas and the Commit Partnership, The Texas Impact Network works with state and regional partners to help districts improve the futures of teachers and students.
TEACHING SCHOOLS HOW TO SUCCEED
The Texas Impact Network supports pioneering school systems implement the changes enabled by the passage of HB 3.
Develops, implements, and evaluates the evidence-based strategies funded through HB 3
Facilitates a network of peers to share best practices and strategies
Assists school systems, teachers and students in realizing the full benefits of HB 3 funding
257 SCHOOL SYSTEMS
The Network impacts more students than the K-12
enrollment of 46 states!
2.6M STUDENTS
48% of Texas public school enrollment
1.9M STUDENTS
Experiencing economic instability 57% of Texas’ ‘eco-dis’ public school enrollment
363K BLACK STUDENTS
52% of Texas’ Black public school enrollment
1.7M HISPANIC / LATINX STUDENTS
59% of Texas’ Latinx/a/o public school enrollment
KEY INITIATIVES
REWARDING TOP TEACHERS
The Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) attracts and retains effective educators at traditionally hard-to-staff schools by empowering teachers with the opportunity to earn six-figure salaries.
A SYSTEM OF SOLUTIONS
The Texas Impact Network plays a supporting role in advocating for a sustained commitment to equitable school financing through a multi-channel approach that shares data, lifts the voices of champions, and shares stories of courageous and exemplary models.
DATA
The HB 3 Implementation Dashboard provides real-time information on the interest and participation of districts in initiatives across the state of Texas. Daily updates provide an accurate snapshot for stakeholders to track progress.
STORIES
Identifies passionate, student-centered practitioner voices to promote HB 3. Superintendents, staff, and principals have been placed on panels, hosted at legislative meetings, and provided other platforms (e.g. blogs, social media, presentations) to tell their stories of implementation and student benefits.
VOICES
Effectively demonstrates a strong, united message across school leaders statewide. The Texas Impact Network employed this capability most recently for an April 2023 hearing of the House Education Committee during which several superintendents testified in support of expanding the Teacher Incentive Allotment.
GROWING SUCCESS
The TIA directly supports school systems through the design and launch of rigorous, multi-measure teacher evaluation and professional development systems approved by TEA. The expertise provided informs strategic compensation, professional development, and staffing strategies to increase the likelihood of successful TIA implementation.
The Program Continues to Grow:
6,246
Teachers have received a TIA designation!
485 School Systems with 3.3M+ Students
Have fully implemented or are in the process of implementing TIA.
168 School Systems with 1.4M+ Students
Have fully implemented TIA.
Teachers in TIA districts make:
$1,750 MORE*
Master teachers in TIA districts make:
$20,000 MORE*
* in base salary than teachers in non-TIA districts, on average.
FOCUSED STAFFING SOLUTIONS
HALF DAYS. TOTAL DIFFERENCE.
Provides elementary schools with funding for up to 30 additional half-days of instruction to enhance teacher pay, mitigate learning loss, and prevent “summer slide,” when students lose some of the achievement gains made during the school year. The effects of the global pandemic on learning loss increased the number of school systems interested in this program.
REWARDING TOP TEACHERS
Supports regionally diverse school systems through the statewide ADSY Planning and Execution program and the Texas Education Agency (TEA), as well as direct support.
TEA identified three models for systems looking to implement ADSY:
MODEL 1
Voluntary Summer Learning: A base 180-day calendar and up to 30 days of summer programming for a targeted subset of students.
MODEL 2
Intersessional Calendar: A base 180-day calendar with up to 30 additional days interspersed over the full year for accelerated learning and enrichment with a subset of students.
MODEL 3
Full Year Redesign: A revamped 210-day calendar and revised daily schedules to increase time for teacher planning and collaboration, student enrichment and breaks during the school day.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE ONE SYSTEM AT A TIME
Any Texas school system can access ADSY. Current participating schools span the state and range from small schools to major urban systems. The largest, Dallas ISD, approved Intersessional and Full Year Redesign calendars.
104 School Systems
60K Students
Attended an elementary campus with additional days in the 2021-2022 school year.
20 Days
Added to school year calendars at these campuses, on average.
CREATING TIME TO TEACH AND LEARN
Intersession and Full Year Redesign Toolkit
Intersession and Full Year Redesign Toolkit
REWARDING ACHIEVEMENTS
Provides Outcomes Bonus Funding to school systems when students take the next step in their planning by enrolling in postsecondary institutions, completing an industry approved credential, and/or enlisting in the military by the fall following graduation. These bonuses are distributed equitably, with more funds awarded for students experiencing economic instability.
FUNDING SUCCESS STORIES
Every Texas school system with high school graduates is automatically eligible to receive CCMR Outcomes Bonus Funding. By ensuring awareness of this bonus funding, it can be used to analyze the effectiveness of current CCMR programming and identify strategies to improve student outcomes.
This is done through three connected initiatives:
- Bi-monthly convenings of the CCMR-focused staff in our regional partner organizations around the state.
- Technical assistance for select school systems to analyze the effectiveness of their current CCMR programming, develop comprehensive CCMR plan, and implement key strategies to increase the number of college and military-ready students.
- Expanding awareness and use of the Texas College Bridge program to increase the number of students accessing personalized college preparatory coursework in high school.
EMPOWERING RURAL SYSTEMS
To help rural systems with tight resources, the Rural CCMR Accelerator Program extends expert coaching and student support services to select Texas school systems.
The Accelerator Program helps participating schools:
- Analyze the effectiveness of their current CCMR programming
- Develop CCMR plans that identify no-cost to low-cost, high-impact CCMR strategies to address school system gaps
- Implement the plan and access increased CCMR Outcomes Bonus funding to continue improving postsecondary outcomes
REGIONAL FOCUS. STATEWIDE IMPACT.
Targeting support at the regional level, the Network aims to build capacity and touch all school systems within the portfolio of regional partners through the professional learning community. The professional learning community breaks down regional silos between individuals with the same goals and allows for sharing of resources, best practices and collaborative problem-solving.
College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus and Exam Reimbursements
College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus and Exam Reimbursements
College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus and Exam Reimbursements
College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus and Exam Reimbursements
CCMR Outcomes Bonus Funding Data, FY21 & 22
CCMR Outcomes Bonus Funding Data, FY21 & 22
College, Career & Military Readiness In Deep South Texas
College, Career & Military Readiness In Deep South Texas
College, Career & Military Readiness In Deep South Texas
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College, Career & Military Readiness In Deep South Texas
College, Career & Military Readiness In Deep South Texas
STARTING AT THE TOP
Chief Financial Officers in Texas school districts play a pivotal role in the success of the students they serve. In order to improve student outcomes, CFOs must play a pivotal role in catalyzing new ways of thinking, acting, and investing that re-envision overall resource usage as opposed to just incremental changes.
COLLABORATE TO BE GREAT
Brings together school finance leaders from across Texas who are committed to transforming outcomes for students and maximizing the impact of their districts’ resources. The Network supports CFOs by equipping them with the knowledge and skills to act as strategic leaders within their districts and providing them a venue for meaningfully collaboration and learning.
The CFO Strategy Network is facilitated by Education Resource Strategies (ERS). For over a decade, ERS has been leading networks of strategic CFOs focused on rethinking the use of resources to transform schools and systems.
STRENGTHEN NUMBERS
The CFO Strategy Network is accessible to any school system in the state of Texas There are currently more than 40 districts serving more than one million Texas students in the Network.
The Texas Impact Network co-sponsors the CFO Strategy Network with the Texas Education Agency. As part of this network, the CFO Strategy Network offers its members unique opportunities and benefits, including:
- Regular Convenings: The CFO Strategy Network convenes regularly through virtual and in-person convenings to engage collaboratively in cutting-edge topics in CFO leadership.
- Network of strategic-minded CFO peers: Members of the CFO Strategy Network gain access to a community of CFOs from similar-sized districts who are committed to sharing experiences, insights and challenges.
- Access to leading-edge data and tools: Strategy Network members gain access to (and receive training/facilitation with) the full suite of data and tools that ERS has developed for its clients over the past 15 years of working with more than 40 school districts and ten states.
INVESTING IN STUDENT SUCCESS
Unpacking Enrollment and Demographic Changes
Unpacking Enrollment and Demographic Changes
Unpacking Enrollment and Demographic Changes
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