HEB ISD School & Family Magazine Winter 2017-18 | Page 10

Demonstration Classrooms Families, colleagues, campus and district administrators celebrated last school year’s Continuous Improvement Demonstration Classroom awardees Oct. 12 for establishing the standard of excellence in HEB ISD. They set the bar for student achievement in the district by embracing the Continuous Improvement structure in their classrooms. What are Demonstration Classrooms? These classrooms serve as demonstrative models for how teachers and students use a systems- based approach to continuous improvement to improve teaching and learning. District leadership also used demonstration classrooms to recognize teachers who were utilizing the framework to improve processes and outcomes when HEB ISD implemented Continuous Improvement 14 years ago. Who received the honor? For the 2016-2017 school year, 69 teachers were awarded Continuous Improvement Demonstration Classroom honors. These awardees represent both secondary and elementary campuses. How are Demonstration Classrooms chosen? Teachers complete Continuous Improvement rubrics individually and with their campus administrator. If their rubric results show proficiency, teachers then collect portfolio samples demonstrating implementation of a systems approach to continuous improvement in their classroom. Curriculum and Quality Learning team as well as a panel of Executive Leadership Team members then evaluate portfolio and student achievement results and determine which classrooms to recognize. 8