1. Cultural Proficiency
Action Plan
McNabb Elementary, Spring ISD
ASE 587 Cultural Proficiency

2. BASIC BACKGROUND/DEMOGRAPHICS
 2006: McNabb became the 20th elementary campus established in Spring ISD
 The school was named in honor of Ginger McNabb, a teacher and assistant
principal who passed away after a short battle with cancer
 McNabb’s projected enrollment: 550 students
 McNabb’s actual opening enrollment: 650 students
Grade # % Ethnicity Teachers Students
Pre-K 46 6.7 African
9.1% 38.5%
American
Kinder 116 16.9
Hispanic 9.1% 33.2%
First 109 15.9
Second 98 14.3 White 81.8% 23.1%
Asian or Pacific
Third 93 13.6 Islander
0% 5%
Fourth 112 16.4 Native
0% 0.2%
Fifth 107 15.6 American

3. OBSERVED STRENGTHS
Students
Programs aimed at lower achieving students
Teachers
New teacher support
Horizontal teaming
Technology is integrated into instruction
Staff input into policies and procedures
Informal leadership roles are recognized and encouraged

4. PRIMARY NEED AREAS
Teachers
Lack of Hispanic and African American teachers
Lack of professional development opportunities focused on language
and dialects
Students
Lack of school-wide community service projects
Lack of formal and informal means to assimilate new students into
the McNabb learning community
Community
Few opportunities for parents to visit and feel welcome on campus
Lack of professional development on strategies to utilize the internet
to communicate and build relationships

5. MAJOR BARRIERS
Time
Lack of school-wide community service projects
Lack of applicants
Hispanic and African American teachers
Convince teachers of the need
Professional development opportunities focused on
language and dialects
Professional development on strategies to utilize the
internet to communicate and build relationships

6. PROPOSED ACTIONS: STUDENTS
Short Term Long Term
 Implement two school-wide community  Implement two school-wide community
service projects projects per semester
• Toys for Tots • Two projects in the area
• Food drive for the Houston Food Bank • Two international projects
 Implement a program at each grade level  Implement a school-wide program that
that addresses new students and their addresses new students and their
assimilation into the McNabb learning assimilation into the McNabb learning
community community
• Create a buddy system where new students • Orientation with the school counselor
are paired with existing students (school focus)
• Orientation in grade levels • Orientation in the grade level (grade level
focus)
• Buddy system (relationship building and
support)

7. PROPOSED ACTIONS: TEACHERS
Short Term Long Term
 Increase the number of Hispanic and  Increase the number of Hispanic and
African American teachers to 25% African American teachers to 35%
• Recruit within the district • Recruit within the district
• Recruit out of district • Recruit out of district
• Recruit out of state • Recruit out of state
• Recruit out of country • Recruit out of country
• Signing bonuses • Signing bonuses
 Provide professional development  Provide professional development
opportunities focused on language and opportunities focused on language and
dialects once in the fall and once in the dialects twice in the fall and twice in the
spring spring
• Contract specialists in language • Utilize the trainer of trainers model to
development to provide the professional provide the professional development to
development to trainers and to teachers teachers

8. PROPOSED ACTIONS: COMMUNITY
Short Term Long Term
 Create an inviting environment for  Create an environment where parents and
parents the community feel valued
• Implement a monthly “Second Cup • Organize teacher needs and assign parent
of Coffee” to encourage parents to volunteers to meet the needs
visit the school
• Include parents in school-wide
community service projects
 Provide professional development on  Provide professional development on
strategies to utilize the internet to strategies to utilize the internet to
communicate and build relationships communicate and build relationships
• Internet pen pals in the district nationally and internationally
• Internet pen pals in the city (across • Internet-based lessons
districts) • Utilize internet for specialized research
• Internet pen pals across the state