Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions

1. Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions • Houston Independent School District • ESC Region IV • Houston

2. Introduction and Background Information • Administrators • Principal, Assistant Principal and Dean of Instruction • Instructional Staff • Fifty-Three Teachers • Support • Business Manager • Magnet Coordinator • Counselors • Registrar • Librarian • Technologist • Clerical • Custodial Staff • Cafeteria Staff

3. Introduction and Background Information Mission Statement To provide a challenging, well balanced college preparatory program which focuses on educational experiences in science and the health professions and furthers an understanding and appreciation of our multicultural and diverse community. “Where Excellence is a Tradition”

4. Introduction and Background Information • 1st Health Science Magnet Program • Located in Texas Medical Center • Enrollment 867 students • Ethnically Diverse • 20.6% African American • 29.5% Hispanic • 40.36% Asian • 0.23% American Indian • 9.2% white • 48% Eligible for free or reduced meals • 42.2% Gifted and Talented • 98.7% Attendance Rate • Drop out/Mobility rates less than 1% • 100% passage on TAKS and STAAR by all grade levels

5. Effectiveness of Curriculum and Instruction • Campus decision making process • Curriculum developed over 40 years • Instructional Teams collaborating • Ongoing forums to revise and adjust • Shared Decision Making Committee • Principal’s Advisory Council

6. Effectiveness of Curriculum and Instruction DeBakey HSHP Required Four Year Course Sequence: 5 years of Math (culminating in AP Calculus/Statistics) 5 years of Science (culminating in an AP Science) 4 years of Health Science • Health Science Orientation • Health Care Science • Health Science Technology I (3 rotations/ double periods) • Health Science Technology II (3 rotations/ double periods) 4 years of English 4 years of Social Studies 3 years of Language Other Than English (same language) 1 year of Information Systems 1 year of Fine Arts 1.5 years of Physical Education 1 semester of Communications / Speech 1 semester of Study Skills 1 semester of SAT prep

7. Effectiveness of Curriculum and Instruction • Consistently implemented: • Instructional teams meet on a regular basis • Teachers implement and maintain the curriculum • Teachers use common assessments • Administrators lead the instructional teams • Ancillary staff provides support

8. Effectiveness of Curriculum and Instruction • Measure the Effectiveness: • Administrators provide academic achievement data summaries to staff • Instructional teams review student performance data • STAAR EOC • TAKS • Advanced Placement • PSAT/SAT • Common Assessments

9. Effectiveness of Curriculum and Instruction • Design of effective instruction for all students • Research current instructional trends and latest best teaching practices • Participate in Professional Development • Utilize Professional Learning Communities to: • review trends and practices and • share teaching and learning strategies in order to enhance student learning and achievement.

10. Effectiveness of Providing Opportunities for All Students to Achieve To ensure that “all” students achieve: • Teachers serve as coaches to all students • Teachers recommend students for enrollment in: • Tutorials • Pre AP and AP classes • Teachers differentiate instruction • Technology is utilized • Counselors, Magnet Coordinator, and Administrators provide opportunities for conversations with students and parents regarding academic opportunities and assistance.

11. Effectiveness of Providing Opportunities for All Students to Achieve • Goal is to provide learning opportunities for “all” students • Evident by the number of students participating in before and after school tutorial classes • The mastery and successful course completion • Teachers conduct an evaluation of the tutorial program that includes parent and student input. • Results of: • Advanced Placement Exams • PSAT, SAT and ACT • TAKS / STAAR • Common Assessments

12. Effectiveness of Providing Opportunities for All Students to Achieve

13. Effectiveness of Providing Opportunities for All Students to Achieve

14. Effectiveness of Providing Opportunities for All Students to Achieve

15. Effectiveness of the Coordination of the Title I Program with Other Programs • Coordination of Title 1 funds with • State and local funds • Professional development allocations • Magnet funding • Entitlement funds for special populations • Grants

16. Effectiveness of the Coordination of the Title I Program with Other Programs • All students benefit • Primary goal mastery and successful course completion • Use of common assessments • Cycle grades • Semester passing rate • Course completion • Collaborative and comprehensive effort by all staff, students and parents

17. Effectiveness of the Coordination of the Title I Program with Other Programs

18. Effectiveness of the Coordination of the Title I Program with Other Programs • Summer Math Academy • Provides an opportunity for incoming 9th graders to complete Algebra 1 in the summer and begin Geometry in the 9th grade. • Provides students in grades 10 -12 additional support in math. • Use of APEX Learning and credit recovery

19. Effectiveness of the Coordination of the Title I Program with Other Programs • Additional Opportunities Provided: • Instructional and support staff provides additional tutoring and support during lunch breaks, on line access, extracurricular activities and academic competitions.

20. Effectiveness of Professional Development • Appropriate professional development • Team members request specific professional development for their teaching area • Campus wide professional development plan • Advanced Placement Training • Gifted and Talented Training • District required professional development • STAAR • Teacher Appraisal and Development

21. Effectiveness of Professional Development • Implementation of professional development acquired • Implementation of knowledge and skills in classroom instruction • Share developed instructional knowledge and skills with team • Classroom observations • Increase student achievement

22. Effectiveness of Professional Development • Measuring the effectiveness of professional development • Use of newly obtained knowledge and skills in instruction • Observation of classroom instruction • Common assessments • Appraisal and Development

23. Effectiveness of Professional Development • Sustaining the utilization of the knowledge and skills from professional development • Professional development presentations to teams • Integration of cross discipline and specific learning strategies to teams • Observations by student teachers and visiting teachers

24. Effectiveness of Partnerships with Parents, Families, and the Community • Process of developed partnerships with parents, families, and community • Entrance agreements between student, parent & school • School sponsored events • Open house • Grade level forums • College night • Parent Teacher Association • Affiliation Agreements • Community Volunteering • Community Advisory Committee

25. Effectiveness of Partnerships with Parents, Families, and the Community • Effectiveness and impact of partnerships with parents, families, and community

26. Effectiveness of Partnerships with Parents, Families, and the Community • Houston Independent School District • Baylor College of Medicine • Texas Medical Center • University of Houston • Methodist Hospital • Harris County Hospital District • DeBakey Veterans Hospital

27. Closing • Established in 1972 as a partnership between HoustonISD and Baylor College of Medicine. • 1st established medical high school in nation/world • 40 years consistent in academic excellence • College Preparatory Program • 100% of seniors identified as Texas Scholars • 100% of graduates accepted into college or university • 47.79% qualify for free or reduced meals • 98.70% attendance rate • Scholarship offers: • 2009 -$9,496,144.00 • 2010 -$15,258,434.00 • 2011 -$18,186,177.00 • 2012 -$30,800,000.00

28. Closing 2012 TAKS Commended • Class of 2013 (12th Grade) • Reading – 79% • Math – 99% • Social Studies - 100% • Science – 94% • Class of 2014 (11th Grade) • Reading – 61% • Math – 85% • Social Studies – 96% • Science – 83% STAAR EOC: • Class of 2015 (10th Grade) • Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2 – 100% 2> • English 1, Writing – 100% 2> • World Geography – 100% 2> • Biology – 100% 2>

29. Closing State and National Awards • Texas Education Agency and Houston Exemplary High School since 1994 • Texas Business and Education Coalition, 2009-2011 • Top 100 High Schools, U.S. News and World Report 2009-2012 • Top 100 High Schools, Newsweek Magazine 2009-2012 • 100 High School Challenge Top 100, Washington Post 2011 • National Title 1 Distinguished School Recognition, 2006-2007 • Greater Houston’s Children at Risk Top High School, 2008-2012 • Greater Houston’s Children at Risk Top Math and Science, 2009-2012 • Texas Honor Roll - Just for Kids School, 2004-2006 • National Blue Ribbon Award School,1998, 2003, 2009 • New American High School,1998 • NASSP Breakthrough High School,2004 • ICLE National Model School, 2004 • ACT College Readiness Award, 2009, 2011 • NCEA High Performing School Award,2009-2011

30. Closing International Recognition: Invited in 2008 by the Government of the State of Qatar to open a branch campus in Doha Qatar in the Middle East. State Model for: • Lower Rio Grande Mercedes, Texas • Corpus Christi, Texas • Laredo, Texas Host visiting schools: provide structure and curriculum information.

31. Closing • “has produced more medical professionals who were minority and low socio economic students than any other high school” – Dr. Robert Austin, Community Advisory Committee • “I am proud of this school…it sets the standards..the school prepares them for life” – Dr. Michael E. DeBakey • “As a proud alumnus, DeBakey High School, for me, provided an opportunity…no matter your status, creed, color, or socio economic status” - Dr. Ronald Cotton, Class of 1998 • “has brought pride to the community”- Dr. Bill Thomson, Baylor College of Medicine