MISD seeks to track success of programs

By Phil Major
publisher@wood.cm
Posted 5/20/21

Mineola school trustees want to know if the programs offered by the district are yielding long-term success for MISD students.

Specifically, what are students doing who earn professional certifications through high school career and technical (CTE) programs doing with that training, Trustee Glen Dossett asked.

High school counselor Melisia Foster outlined how the district plans to follow students for the next two years to try to learn that answer.

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MISD seeks to track success of programs

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Mineola school trustees want to know if the programs offered by the district are yielding long-term success for MISD students.

Specifically, what are students doing who earn professional certifications through high school career and technical (CTE) programs doing with that training, Trustee Glen Dossett asked.

High school counselor Melisia Foster outlined how the district plans to follow students for the next two years to try to learn that answer. The district will obtain contact information for graduating students and ask them to respond to surveys each year thereafter.

Trustee Jackie Rodieck questioned whether two years would be far enough out to get a sense of whether students are utilizing their certifications.

She said trustees want information to know whether the dollars the district is investing in programs is paying dividends in the real world.

She suggested waiting four years to follow up, rather than seeking input each year.

Foster outlined the district’s program to get students CCMR qualified, which is college, career and military readiness, as required by state standards.

Dossett said a statistic showing 53% of MHS seniors are considered college-ready by the state seems to be misleading.

Foster acknowledged that students who did not meet the narrow state criteria nonetheless do well in college, and may have earned CCMR qualification in other areas.

Some 66% are considered career or work-force ready, she said.