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Taylor ISD outlines 2025'6 professional development plan and a baseline tracker for student extracurricular engagement
Summary
District administrators presented a 2025'6 professional development plan emphasizing mentor coaching, math instruction, PBIS and a new universal screener (iReady), and reported a tracker showing 86% of secondary students were involved in extracurricular activities this year.
District leaders presented the 2025'6 professional development (PD) plan and an update on efforts to increase student engagement through well-rounded experiences.
Professional development plan: - Focus areas: mentor coaching for new teachers (years 0—), PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports), a renewed emphasis on mathematics instruction, and continued focus on lesson alignment, engagement, rigor and critical writing in classroom walk-throughs. - Partnerships and certification: The district will continue a partnership with the University of Texas "Thrive" program (Leadership/TAB?) for mentor coaching and referenced summer ESL certification offerings in collaboration with Region 13 service center. - Scheduling and feedback: The district will run a two-day mentor training, a large PD kickoff in August and five embedded PD days through the year. Staff reported past PD average ratings of 4.7 on a 5-point scale and said they will continue to survey attendees after sessions.
Student engagement and extracurricular tracker: - Staff presented a campus-by-campus tracker used to establish a baseline of involvement. According to the tracker, 86% of secondary students participated in at least one extracurricular or well-rounded experience (clubs, athletics, band, choir, leadership jobs, special Olympics, spelling bees, student council, etc.). Elementary participation was lower but staff noted that all elementary campuses have classroom jobs and a range of events and activities. - Next steps: The district plans to expand club offerings, survey students on interests at the high school level and refine the tracker for more granular reporting.
Why it matters: Staff said the PD plan is tied directly to the district strategic goals for increasing academic achievement and continuous professional development. The engagement tracker will be used to measure expansion of extracurricular offerings and to target supports for emergent bilingual students through a Region 13 partnership.
Board questions: Trustees asked whether PD feedback had been incorporated into planning; staff cited a specific example where mentor meeting scheduling moved from PD days to end-of-day workdays after feedback. Trustees also asked about the timeline for reporting final ESL certification counts after the last summer session.
Ending: District staff said they will report final ESL certification numbers and continue to refine PD pathways and the extracurricular engagement tracker during the year.
