February 27, 2024- The Center for Model Schools (CMS), formerly the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE), has named the Boerne Independent School District a 2024 Innovative District for their systemwide focus on instruction and organization structures to increase student growth with College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR), as well as innovative Professional Learning. Boerne ISD team leaders worked relentlessly to develop a vision focused on the needs of their students and community.
Boerne ISD is one of only 12 Innovative Districts from across the United States that will share its best practices at CMS’s 32nd Annual Model Schools Conference. The event provides a professional learning forum for thousands of passionate educators and leaders to network together and support one another.
BISD was selected to present twice, with “Raising the Bar with CCMR”, which will be led by Chief Instructional Officer Larissa Flores, along with Career & Technical Education Director Heather Willis, Advanced Academics Director Cindy Bills, BHS Principal Shane Wilson and CHS Principal Dr. Beto Hinojosa, while Dr. Jayne Burton, Director of MTSS and Professional Learning, along with Renee Munn, Director of Early Childhood Learning, will present "Communities, Collaboration, and Coaching: Accelerating Student Growth through Vision-Driven Professional Learning."
Flores, Willis, Bills, Wilson, and Hinojosa will be sharing details on the success of CCMR district initiatives and how the implementation of these initiatives have led to a 15% increase from 2022 to 2023.
Burton and Munn will share Boerne ISD's innovative approach to professional learning, which emphasizes the importance of communities, collaboration, and coachin gin driving student success.
“Innovative Districts are strategic about decision-making and are purpose driven” says Dr. Linda Lucey, Program Chair and CMS Associate Partner. “Each of the 2024 Innovative Districts have leadership teams continuously focused on developing cultures of success.”
Selected annually based on rigorous criteria, Innovative Districts have evidence of growth year over year; aligned vision and structures; and are intentional about instructional decisions.
“Moving a system forward for progress in challenging circumstances is hard, exhausting work.” says Dr. Lucey. “The hard work has paid off with this group of inspiring leaders. We are proud to have the opportunity to learn from them and celebrate their success with them.”
The Center for Model Schools is a division of learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
To learn more about the 32nd Annual Model Schools Conference, please visit ModelSchoolsConference.com.
