The AHISD administrative team worked with the Board of Trustees to determine five target areas of focus for the 2025-26 school year that compliments our commitment to Community Based Accountability.
Each of these Target Areas has corresponding goal outcomes for our work. The five Target Areas are: Academic Rigor; College, Career & Military Readiness; Hiring and Recruitment of High Quality Staff; Technology Integration; and Bond-Construction Planning.
Download the 2025-26 Target Areas/Goal Outcomes to learn more.
Academic Rigor - Pillar I
Ensure that instruction aligns with expectations of standards and challenges all learners through a focus on curriculum development and designing engaging work for students.
Goal Outcomes:
-90% of all students meet grade level expectations on STAAR and MAP screeners.
-Decrease by half the performance gap between all students and economically disadvantaged student groups.
-85% of all students make a year's worth of progress in a year's time on TIA student growth measures.
2025-2026 High leverage areas of focus:
-Refine Campus and Department Community Based Accountability Reports to include qualitative and quantitative data
-Continue TIA student growth assessments in all courses
-Continue implementation of Math and ELAR Vertical Frameworks and Instructional Matrix
-Review instructional resources and practices with an emphasis on streamlining online subscriptions.
-Continue refining structures for Professional Learning Communities within new bell schedules at AHJS and AHHS and revised master schedule at elementary campuses
College, Career, and Military Readiness: Pillar II
Increase opportunities for students to earn industry-based certifications and college credit.
Goal Outcomes:
-90% of graduates are college, career, and military ready, as defined by TEA.
-Increase % of students earning Industry-based certifications. Half of students in CTE pathway programs will earn IBC by senior year.
-Create a pathway for students to earn 60 dual credit college hours and an associate’s degree while in high school.
2025-2026 High leverage areas of focus:
-Support new AP teachers, and new DC courses
-Support new position of College Admissions and Postsecondary Success Advisor and review support systems needed to support students and families through transition to post-secondary.
-Provide additional opportunities for test preparation for PSAT, SAT, and TSIA.
-Streamlining CTE courses to align with new TEA course pathways and promote IBC exam preparation.
-Embed college bridge prep course into senior-level English and add an elective Math Bridge course for students who are not CCMR-yes by senior year.
Recruitment and Retention of High Quality Staff: Pillar VI
Increase and incentivize the continued growth and retention of AHISD employees.
Goal Outcomes:
-Overall staff turnover rate in AHISD is below state average.
-AHISD attains a teacher turnover rate of 10% or lower. (in 2024-2025: 5.1%, in 2023-2024: 12.5%, in 2022-2023: 15.8%, in 2021-2022: 25.28%)
-AHISD maintains or improves the staff's positive responses to the February Feedback Survey about job satisfaction. (2025: 98% Positive Responses, 2024: 98% Positive Response, 2023: 96% Positive Responses; 2022: 91% Positive Responses; 2019: 84% Positive Responses)
2025-2026 High leverage areas of focus:
-Teacher Incentive Allotment Application- Implement approved TIA plan for evaluating student growth and teachers. Submit full data to TEA for validation check by Texas Tech University.
-Teacher Retention Strategies- (Partially self-funded medical insurance plan, strategic stipends for hard to fill positions, look for other low cost money saving benefits to enhance salaries)
-Second year implementation of the following mentor program initiatives: “Mentors Make A Difference” Program/ “Second Year Strong” Program/Establish a baseline self-efficacy score framework from our new employee survey
Bond 2023 (Pillar VII)
Provide updated learning spaces at all campuses, continue to address safety and security, and allow the district to be better community partners with additional parking, improved traffic flow, and outdoor and meeting spaces.
Goal Outcomes:
-Safe, efficient and within-budget renovations at CE/ WE
-Safe, efficient and within- budget completion of AHHS academic wings and AHISD Athletic Complex at Robbins
-Design completed for Project #3 (Howard ECC, AHJS)
2025-2026 High leverage areas of focus:
-Utilize the Bond Community Council of AHISD community stakeholders for communication transparency
-Partnership between LPA, Project Control and AHISD through scheduled meetings
-Involvement of Building Committee (Trustees) in planning and approval of expenditures
-Ongoing, monthly communication about Bond Construction Updates at regular board meetings
Technology Guidelines (Pillar III, IV, V)
Provide classroom technology guidelines, tools, and resources to maximize learning for all students.
Goal Outcomes:
-90% of students, staff and parents strongly agree or agree that the use of instructional technology in the classroom is appropriate. (Currently, 73%)**
-90% of technology learning walks by administrators demonstrate proficient or distinguished integration in classrooms.
2025-2026 High leverage areas of focus:
-Publish AHISD Technology Framework for reference for 2025-2026 school year
-Support purposeful technology integration by guiding instructional practices and promoting balanced screen time.
-Utilize AHISD Technology Integration / Expectation Matrix to ensure appropriate tech use in classrooms
-Revisit and refine screen time expectations with staff to ensure alignment with district values
-Collaborate with teachers to identify and share examples of meaningful, instructionally-aligned tech integration
-Provide guidance and support to ensure technology enhances—rather than dominates—teaching and learning
-Advance digital literacy and keyboarding readiness through strategic planning and stakeholder input.
-Develop and implement a district-wide keyboarding plan that aligns with student needs and instructional time
-Continue supporting digital literacy efforts, including exploration of responsible AI use in education
-Ensure any potential device transitions are guided by what’s best for students and supported by stakeholder feedback
-Strengthen parent engagement through clear communication and increased visibility into classroom learning.
-Work toward the adoption of a consistent district-wide communication tool to streamline messaging
-Support teachers in sharing student learning and digital work with families in meaningful ways
-Create and curate family-friendly resources to help parents understand the tools their children use
-Evaluate and refine our technology practices to ensure they’re effective, aligned, and sustainable.
-Publish AHISD Technology Framework for reference for 2025-2026 school year
-Facilitate ongoing work with the Technology Committee to gather input and guide district tech decisions
-Regularly review digital tools and programs to ensure they support instructional priorities
-Use data and staff feedback to determine whether tools are meeting intended outcomes’
Budget 2026-27 (Pillar VII)
Provide community engagement opportunities for input into annual budget process and ensure strategic plans and operational decisions maximize financial performance:
Goal Outcomes:
-Plan for 25-26 Budget pending the outcome of the 89th legislative session to ensure the financial support- both short term and long term- needs for every child to grow academically and to protect AHISD culture.
-Maximize resources for district operations through accurate and efficient reporting of financial data to AHISD stakeholders.
2025-2026 High leverage areas of focus:
-Outline the current financial constraints in funding public education.
-Identify components of financial performance that limit resources for students and families.
-Guide AHISD stakeholders and the Board of Trustees regarding the annual maintenance and operation tax rate adoption, and work closely with AHISD leaders on gathering data to best inform members concerning matters pertaining to tax ratification election (TRE) for copper pennies, interest and sinking fund tax rate, etc.
-Prioritize cost-pruning measures with input from ad-hoc advisory groups and AHISD stakeholders.
-Work with AHISD communications to promote transparency and understanding concerning the difference in maintenance & operations funding and debt funding which supports construction projects.
-Measure bond indebtedness and property value growth to forecast the effects on the interest and sinking fund tax rate on AHISD taxpayers.
-Measure year-by-year fund balance with projections to focus on related impacts regarding available cash on-hand at the end of each fiscal year and during low tax collection months.
-Offer regular, repeated training sessions for campus/department secretaries regarding the TEA financial accountability. Conduct training sessions with activity sponsors to review the rules and responsibilities behind oversight of activity funds.
-Ensure timely annual financial reporting reflects actual financial conditions with respect to proficient performance on School FIRST indicators 1 (data submitted by deadlines) and 16 (accuracy of data).