Cimarron Elementary Launches Targeted Improvement Plan: What Families in Cimarron Need to Know and How to Share Feedback
For families in Cimarron with children at Cimarron Elementary, the school’s newly developed Targeted Improvement Plan (TIP) for 2025-2026 is more than a document — it’s a roadmap for strengthening student achievement and ensuring every child shows measurable academic growth.
Cimarron Elementary leaders are asking parents and community members to take a few minutes to review the campus plan and provide feedback through an online survey. For many families, this is an opportunity to better understand how instructional decisions are made and how campus leadership is working to support both students and teachers.
Parents can review the plan and complete the survey here.
What Is Cimarron Elementary’s Targeted Improvement Plan?
The Cimarron Elementary Targeted Improvement Plan (TIP) 2025-2026 outlines specific strategies the campus will implement throughout the school year to improve student outcomes, with a strong emphasis on academic growth for all learners.
The Campus Leadership Team (CLT) — which includes the principal, assistant principals, instructional coach, instructional coordinator and counselor — has prioritized accountability goals focused on student growth, particularly within Domain 3.
For families, that means the campus is placing deliberate focus on ensuring students are not only meeting grade-level standards but also making meaningful progress year over year.
How the Plan Will Be Implemented This School Year
The Targeted Improvement Plan includes clear milestones and monitoring efforts across the 2025-2026 school year.
Leadership Oversight and Weekly Teacher Support
Beginning in January 2026, campus leaders established a consistent cadence of leadership meetings to monitor implementation of the TIP.
Members of the Campus Leadership Team are conducting weekly observation-and-feedback cycles for all core content teachers, supporting strong first instruction and small group teaching. Defined leadership roles across Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) help ensure instructional consistency.
For parents, this translates to regular coaching and real-time feedback for teachers — a structure designed to improve classroom instruction and responsiveness to student needs.
Weekly Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
In February 2026, all core content teachers began participating in weekly PLC meetings with documented next steps. These meetings focus on collaboration, lesson planning, reviewing student data and identifying adjustments needed to support learning.
Assessment Planning and Data Monitoring
By March and April 2026, the CLT will develop and share an annual assessment calendar for the 2026-2027 school year, including screeners, formative assessments, interim assessments and state testing dates.
Assessment tracking and data analysis will be embedded into leadership meeting agendas, ensuring student performance trends are regularly reviewed and instructional adjustments are made when needed.
In addition, campus leaders will complete Research-Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS) training by April 2026 and ensure all teachers complete RBIS training before the 2026-2027 school year.
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Instructional Priorities: What Students Will Experience
The campus has aligned its improvement efforts with the Effective Schools Framework (ESF), focusing on two primary areas:
High-Quality Instructional Materials and Assessments (ESF Lever 4)
Students will engage daily with TEKS-aligned instructional materials and assessments designed to promote rigor and appropriate grade-level expectations.
Teachers will use district-provided resources aligned with TEKS and RBIS to strengthen literacy and numeracy through explicit instruction, modeling, guided practice and independent application.
Families may notice increased focus on academic discourse, vocabulary development, problem-solving and deeper comprehension across subject areas.
Effective Instruction and Professional Learning (ESF Lever 5)
Teachers will receive differentiated professional development based on classroom observation data. Campus professional learning is centered on TEKS-aligned lesson design, data analysis and refining instructional practices to support both intervention and enrichment.
This means instructional decisions are guided by real student performance data — not guesswork.
Additional Staffing and Support
To meet the needs of this improvement strategy, Cimarron Elementary has added several staffing supports:
- Student Support Assistant Principal
- Behavior Specialist Paraprofessional
- 0.5 Social Worker
- Principal Coach
- Increased targeted support from Teaching & Learning departments
For families, these additions represent increased behavioral, social-emotional and instructional leadership support on campus.
Why Parent Feedback Matters
School improvement planning is not meant to happen behind closed doors. By inviting families in Cimarron to review the Targeted Improvement Plan and complete the campus survey, Cimarron Elementary is seeking partnership.
Parent insight can help campus leaders:
- Identify areas of strength
- Understand concerns
- Clarify communication
- Strengthen family-school collaboration
Even a few minutes spent reviewing the plan and sharing feedback can help shape instructional priorities and support systems moving forward.
What Happens Next?
The Targeted Improvement Plan will continue to be monitored throughout the school year with ongoing leadership meetings, classroom observations and data analysis cycles.
Families are encouraged to:
- Review the Cimarron Elementary Targeted Improvement Plan.
- Complete the parent feedback survey.
- Stay engaged with campus updates.
For parents searching for information about Cimarron Elementary school improvement efforts, student growth plans, TEKS-aligned instruction, or how to provide feedback to their child’s campus, this is the opportunity to participate directly.
Community partnership plays a meaningful role in school success — and Cimarron Elementary is opening the door.
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Tiffany Krenek has been on the My Neighborhood News team since August 2021. She is passionate about curating and sharing content that enriches the lives of our readers in a personal, meaningful way. A loving mother and wife, Tiffany and her family live in the West Houston/Cypress region.