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29-04-2025
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ECISD leaders take on challenge of rigorous Holdsworth leadership programs
Apr. 28—Leadership development has been an area of focus in Ector County ISD's strategic plan for the past five years and this semester three district leaders — Superintendent of Schools Keeley Boyer, Executive Director of Leadership Mauricio Marquez, now Chief of Schools, and Executive Director of Human Resources Matthew Spivy — completed the 18-month Leadership Collaborative training through the Holdsworth Center. The experience was provided through generous grants from the Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP) and the Scharbauer Foundation, both recognizing the importance of investing in education leaders to ensure student success and community prosperity. The Holdsworth Center philosophy is driven by the belief that great leaders can push student achievement levels to new heights, and Holdsworth partners with Texas public school districts to help educators become experts at leadership and to grow stronger leaders within their own systems. "Through our partnership with the Holdsworth Center, we have defined what leadership looks like in ECISD," Boyer said in a news release. "We have improved our leadership pipelines and have developed and implemented high leverage strategies for preparing our future school leaders." "The 18-month journey was rigorous, challenging but certainly an amazing experience," said Mr. Marquez. "I'm truly blessed to have had the opportunity to continue to learn and grow through this experience of participating in the Holdsworth Leadership Collaborative." The participants did not work in isolation. They collaborated with leaders from other Texas school districts, gaining different perspectives for similar situations and concerns. Out of this training came an ECISD task force dedicated to defining the core characteristics and skills an ECISD leader should possess. ECISD's Leadership Definition is now centered upon expectations of great leaders to Evolve (grow), Empower (others), and Excel (culture of excellence) in their role. "I believe one of the greatest aspects of the Holdsworth Center experience was the focused collaboration," said Dr. Spivy. "This helped us narrow our focus and develop a pathway to ensure that our district leaders Evolve, Empower, and Excel in leading and serving the students of ECISD." In addition to the Leadership Collaborative, nine ECISD principals and their leadership teams are in the final stages of the Holdsworth Campus Leadership Program and another five assistant principals recently completed the Holdsworth Aspiring Principals Program, a program designed to help school districts build a strong bench of future principals. The training sets up school district leaders to focus on a specific, localized instructional challenge that a school or district identifies. Earlier this month, Denise De Loera, a principal intern at Pease Elementary and a participant in the Aspiring Principals program, was recognized by the Holdsworth Center as a Champion of Hope, a celebration of the inspirational growth of those in Holdsworth programs. "We believe that investing in educational leadership is fundamental for securing a prosperous future in the Permian Basin," said Tracee Bentley, President and CEO of the PSP. "The Holdsworth Center has proven to be an exceptional partner, equipping public school leaders with the tools, skills and top tier training we need to elevate the quality of education in our region. Our continued partnership provides a valuable opportunity to ensure all students across the Permian Basin have access to the education they need to succeed. Congratulations to Dr. Boyer, Mr. Marquez, Dr. Spivy and Ms. De Loera for completing the program and for being leaders in education for our community. We are proud to partner on this important work with ECISD." Locally, ECISD's leadership development pipelines include principal interns, principal fellowships, an aspiring principal academy, and the Principals Incentive Allotment which pays significant dollars to the most effective principals each year.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- General
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ECISD leaders complete rigorous leadership training
ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – According to officials at Ector County ISD, leadership development has been an area of focus in the district's strategic plan for the past five years. This semester, three district leaders – Superintendent of Schools Dr. Keeley Boyer, Executive Director of Leadership Mauricio Marquez, and Executive Director of Human Resources Dr. Matthew Spivy – completed the 18-month Leadership Collaborative training through the Holdsworth Center. The experience was provided through generous grants from the Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP) and the Scharbauer Foundation, both recognizing the importance of investing in education leaders to ensure student success and community prosperity. The Holdworth Center philosophy is driven by the belief that great leaders can push student achievement levels to new heights, and Holdsworth partners with Texas public school districts to help educators become experts at leadership and to grow stronger leaders within their own systems. 'Through our partnership with the Holdsworth Center, we have defined what leadership looks like in ECISD,' said Dr. Boyer. 'We have improved our leadership pipelines and have developed and implemented high leverage strategies for preparing our future school leaders.' 'The 18-month journey was rigorous, challenging but certainly an amazing experience,' said Mr. Marquez. 'I'm truly blessed to have had the opportunity to continue to learn and grow through this experience of participating in the Holdsworth Leadership Collaborative.' The participants did not work in isolation. They collaborated with leaders from other Texas school districts, gaining different perspectives for similar situations and concerns. Out of this training came an ECISD task force dedicated to defining the core characteristics and skills an ECISD leader should possess. ECISD's Leadership Definition is now centered upon expectations of great leaders to Evolve (grow), Empower (others), and Excel (culture of excellence) in their role. 'I believe one of the greatest aspects of the Holdsworth Center experience was the focused collaboration,' said Dr. Spivy. 'This helped us narrow our focus and develop a pathway to ensure that our district leaders Evolve, Empower, and Excel in leading and serving the students of ECISD.' In addition to the Leadership Collaborative, nine ECISD principals and their leadership teams are in the final stages of the Holdsworth Campus Leadership Program and another five assistant principals recently completed the Holdsworth Aspiring Principals Program, a program designed to help school districts build a strong bench of future principals. The training sets up school district leaders to focus on a specific, localized instructional challenge that a school or district identifies. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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16-04-2025
- Business
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Board discusses budget scenarios
Apr. 16—The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees discussed possible budget scenarios for 2025-26 and hired a chief technology officer and chief schools officer during Tuesday night's meeting. Chief Financial Officer Deborah Ottmers said the legislature is leaning toward passing House Bill 2. Ottmers emphasized that things can change. If HB 2 passes as currently ECISD's revenue may increase by $21.4 million. The board walked through projections for next year's revenue, how that would impact the dollar amount in fund balance, the possibility of the Texas Legislature passing House Bill 2 with an increase in revenue that may include a requirement to spend about 40% of that on teacher pay scale salaries, and how they could best give all employees a raise or a retention incentive or a combination of the two without putting the district's financial future at risk, the board recap said. Trustees approved naming Lauren Tavarez as chief technology officer. She was director of digital learning for five years heading the committee that achieved the Trusted Learning Environment Seal. Prior to that she was the Blended Learning Coordinator helping lead the implementation of blended learning, an Instructional Technology Specialist, a principal, an assistant principal, and a campus curriculum facilitator. Mauricio Marquez was named chief of schools officer. He was an executive director of leadership. Marquez has worked for ECISD for 27 years, the past three as an executive director of leadership (principal supervisor). He served as a principal for 15 years at Odessa High School, Crockett Middle School, and Blackshear Elementary. He recently completed the Holdsworth Leadership Collaborative program. The vote was 6-0-1 with board member Delma Abalos abstaining. The board unanimously approved contracts for administrators, teachers, and other professional support employees. Associate Superintendent of Operations Anthony Sorola gave a bond update at the meeting and in an interview afterward. "What's exciting is that we're now a year and a half into our bond program and so much of what we've done with our program is planning. Of course, our middle school construction is underway. It's been underway since January," Sorola said. "We're going to see a number of our other projects begin construction the next couple of months," he said. The JROTC facility at Permian High School, the Transition Learning Center and Ag Farm are all about to begin construction in the next few months. The board approved Mid-Tex of Midland as the contractor for the JROTC firing range. General maintenance projects are underway throughout the district. "It's a very large bond program," Sorola said. Work may move more quickly during the summer when school is out. The first three years of the bond program is when most of the work will be taking place. During years four and five, he said they will see a lot of maintenance and maintenance repairs. But most of the major construction is within the first three years, he said. Sorola said groundbreaking for the career and technical center will be in June or July, hopefully June. The JROTC firing range will have its groundbreaking very soon as well. Everything is on track, Sorola said. He added that it's challenging because a lot of the same general contractors, subcontractors and consultants are being used for Midland ISD's bond so it requires a lot of coordination. In other business: — Trustees voted 5-0-2 to approve updated board goals and performance measures. These will serve to guide the creation of the strategic plan. The first three are areas required by the state — percentage of students meeting or exceeding Meets Standard on state assessments will increase, the percentage of 3rd grade students meeting or exceeding Meets Standard on the state assessment will increase, and College Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) of high school graduates will increase. Trustees also created additional goals titled Classroom Excellence and A Culture of Excellence — for every school, every department, and every job title in the District. Board members also approved 19 indicators of success that will help track progress toward the goals. Those indicators cover areas from attendance, academic growth, kindergarten readiness, STAAR performance, CCMR, graduation rate, and school connectedness. Board members Abalos and Dawn Miller abstained because they wanted more ambitious goals. — In opening comments, Superintendent Keeley Boyer updated trustees on Crockett Middle School's journey to becoming an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme — the school is ahead of schedule and moving out of planning stages to authorization status earlier than anticipated.
