Harmony board considers targeted improvement plan for Harmony Science Academy Austin

Harmony Public Schools staff presented a targeted improvement plan for Harmony Science Academy Austin and asked the board to authorize submission to the Texas Education Agency.

The presentation, led by Mustafa Al Findad, area representative for Harmony Public Schools Central Texas, summarized the campus's accountability history, current interim assessment results and two prioritized focus areas developed with Region 13: developing instructional leaders with clear roles and responsibilities (lever 1.1) and strengthening data-driven instruction (lever 5.3). Mustafa Al Findad described the campus as Harmony's first Austin campus and said the TIP would be submitted to TEA if the board approved it.

Why it matters: The campus has been identified for targeted improvement by TEA because of low performance on a specific accountability domain. The plan sets numeric short-term…