New Mexico Innovation in Education 2023 Nomination Form

There is a clear need for innovative school systems and practices with the potential to close the opportunity gap and grow outcomes for New Mexico’s students. Launched in 2022, Teach Plus New Mexico’s innovation work has focused on holistically understanding students’ and communities’ needs, listening to the teachers who serve them on a daily basis, and highlighting innovative and effective approaches that are generating results for students. Throughout this process, our goal is to amplify and expand these practices, giving more students the opportunity to access innovative models of teaching and learning. Earlier this year we highlighted schools with innovative approaches to instructional practices, support systems, and family or community engagement in our report Growing Outcomes Through Innovation: Instruction, Support, and Engagement.

This year, we are looking to highlight schools with proven innovative practices and systems in the following areas:

Innovations in teaching early literacy and math: Instructional practices focused on student-centered, individualized instruction designed to increase student engagement and outcomes in early literacy and math.
Innovative support for underserved student groups: Systems focused on providing high-quality support and connected to improved outcomes for students experiencing homelessness, in foster care, and students with disabilities. (Note: these three groups have the lowest graduation rate.)
Innovations to increase high school graduation rate: Practices that move beyond expected high school experiences, integrate unique programs or inputs, and meet the individual needs of students to increase the graduation rates and post secondary success in order to improve quality of life.

Specifically, we are looking for innovative practices and systems that:

Have produced a measurable increase in student engagement, student learning and/or student performance
Can be replicated with fidelity in a variety of districts and regions

If you know of a school that has proven outcomes related to one or more of these areas, nominate them as a Teach Plus Innovative School in Education. Selected schools will be featured in a statewide report and will host a learning session for educational stakeholders from across the state at our Innovation in Education event to be held in the summer 2024 in Albuquerque.

1. Name and level of school you are nominating: *This question is required.

2. What is the name of your school district or charter school: (School districts are listed first, followed by charter schools.) *This question is required.

If you selected "Other" above, please provide the name of your school district or charter school here.

3. Location of school

4. Please select the school's category of innovation. *This question is required.

5. Please provide a brief description of the innovative model or practice. Explain how the school’s innovation is driving growth in academic improvement as well as narrowing the gaps in student achievement.

6. How long has the school been implementing this innovation?

7. Does the school have data to support the effectiveness of their innovation? (Data examples: iStation data, district assessment data, graduation rates over time, student attendance data by grade/subgroup, CTE program completion rates by subgroup, improvements in classes passed by subgroups).

8. Please share any student, teacher, or school story that supports the effectiveness of this innovation.

9. Please share evidence of the impact of this innovation on student growth and outcomes.

10. Please share anything else you would like us to know about this innovation.

11. List any awards or recognitions received by the teachers, principal, or as a school.

12. Please provide the name and contact information of the point person we can reach out to with additional questions about the nomination and the innovation. *This question is required.

13. We’d love to have photos to illustrate the work. If you have photos available, please upload them. If students or teachers are featured in the photo, please make sure they have signed media releases. (optional)

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14. First Name *This question is required.

15. Last Name *This question is required.

16. Email Address *This question is required. This question requires a valid email address.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss a submission, please contact Aimee Parra at aparra@teachplus.org.