Whitman Elementary - Tulsa Public Schools

Whitman ES District Capacity
District: Tulsa Public Schools
The District’s value‐added scores are distributed on a 1 to 5 point scale, with three being the District’s average
for that grade/course. Teachers whose students grow more than predicted (more than the District average for
similarly situated students) are high value‐added teachers and teachers whose students grow less than
predicted are low value‐added.
The data within File 4‐Equitable Distribution reveals that some Priority Schools have a disproportionately high
number of low value‐added teachers and that some Priority Schools have, on average, higher value‐added
teachers. As explained within other sections of the capacity documentation, the District is leveraging this new
information and will be using it for recruitment, retention, and placement initiatives.
DETERMINATION OF CAPACITY BY REVIEWERS AND COMMENTS
Strategies for recruitment of teachers and administrators
DISTRICT EVIDENCE OF CAPACITY SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW
Information responsive to this request is found in the response to the request for information regarding
“Effective recruitment, hiring, induction and retention of effective school personnel and the release of
ineffective personnel in a timely manner.” Please see File 7‐Human Resource Policies file in the site additional
documentation folder.
This document describes the District’s use of several significant recruitment strategies for teachers and
leaders, including, but not limited to:
• Teach For America
• Urban Educator Pipeline Programs with Higher Ed Partners
• Gallup Insight Tools
• TPS Leadership Development Program
• Assistant Principal Internship Program Pilot
• Emerging Leadership Academy
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