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Monday, January 16, 2017
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Howe ISD Innovation Plan committee discusses 2017-18 calendar https://www.txfb-ins.com/insurance/agent/Grayson/23242/LorettaAnderson
The Howe ISD Innovation Committee. Enterprise photo A group of district employees, parents and business representatives gathered to discuss proposed innovations within the district that conforms to TEA statutes. With charter school in Texas playing by a different set of rules than public schools, the Texas legislature devised the "District of Innovation" which allows the public schools to have some of the same flexibilities as the charter schools. The ignition switch for Howe was the start date of the 2017-18 school year. The TEC states that a school district may not begin instruction for students for a school year before the fourth Monday. However, Howe is proposing an exemption to start on the third week in August in or.der to not push the school year into June.
instructor, recruit individuals from the field, including individuals from certain trades and or vocations with industry knowledge and experience. The candidates would have to meet the district's criteria including a criminal background check in compliance to SBEC rules.
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The district is also seeking to issue a probationary contract period for new teachers for up to two years for an experienced teacher that has been employed in public education for at least five of the previous eight years.
Another proposed exemption is for the length of the school day. The TEC states that reference to a day of instruction means 420 minutes of instruction. Howe ISD, up until this year, had utilized early release days for staff development, primarily for technology training and data analysis. The Howe "We want to start on the third teachers have requested that they Monday (in August) to keep reinstate them back into the everything normal where we can calendar. Current law included still get out in May." said Wilson. TEA waiver process in order to employ early release days. Because Howe ISD also proposed an of the uncertainty in the future of exemption for teacher the waiver process, Howe ISD is certification. TEC states that a seeking flexibility in utilizing up to person may not be employed as a six early release days to be used for teacher, librarian, educational aide, staff development or semester administrator, or school counselor exams. Howe ISD is making the by a school district unless the proposal with the understanding person holds an appropriate that early release time will not certificate or permit used. count toward the mandated 75,600 However, Howe ISD, as a small minutes of instruction for students. district, feels that the requirements inhibit Howe ISD's ability to hir The committee approved their qualified teachers to instruct some proposed exemptions and it will be CTE (Career and Technical put in front of the Howe ISD Board Education) courses and non-core of Trustees this month for approval. electives. The proposal would allow Howe to utilize experienced If approved, the current 2017-18 teachers to teach an elective in a calender calls for the school year to closely related certification area, start on August 21, 2017 and finish hire a community college on May 25.
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