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Upcoming Sessions
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Upcoming Dates and Deadlines
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for January and February 2017.
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Check out the Secondary Counselor Handbook of Online Listing and Resources for CCRS Information, Graduation Plan Information and MORE!
Visit our website!
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MATH
ELA/R
Social Studies
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Wishing you a positive & productive 2017!
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A new year can represent 365 opportunities - opportunities for learning, growth, relationships, partnerships, and success. We hope this new year has a positive impact on you and your campuses through many blessings and opportunities in the year ahead!
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Who's Who and What's New in the ESC Region 12 General Education Department
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Meet the Region 12 Science Team. Pictured from top to bottom are Judy York, Jeanine Wolf, and Lisa Cisneros. Click the picture below to visit the Science webpage for additional information related to Science.
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Coming SOON! General Education 2017 Summer Training Brochure
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Our Summer 2017 Professional Development Brochure will be coming soon. We hope your teachers make plans to join us for upcoming summer trainings!
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Our Next Curriculum Council Meeting is Wednesday, February 15!
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Join us on February 15th to hear the latest TEA news and information from each of our ESC Region 12 Departments:
- General Education
- Special Education
- Federal Programs
- Principal Leadership
- State Testing
- Accountability
- Information Services
Don't miss this opportunity to hear the latest updates and to collaborate and network with your colleagues from across the region.
In addition, we will explore and discuss two different student growth measures, Portfolios and Student Learning Objectives, that Texas districts can choose to use as part of each teacher's T-TESS evaluation.
Register Today!
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Instructional Materials Showcase
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Please plan to join us at ESC Region 12 for our Instructional Materials Adoption Showcase in Support of Proclamation 2017 on Thursday, February 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Vendor representatives will have an opportunity to share and showcase materials and answer questions throughout the day. Join us to learn more about the instructional materials available tor 2017.
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Math and Reading Academy Dates
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This summer we will once again provide math and reading academies for
teachers of math and reading students on
eligible campuses for the grade levels specified below. The
FLIER of dates can be accessed by clicking the image above or the orange hotlink. Registration is not available at this time, but teachers can begin considering dates for attendance.
- Mathematics achievement academies for teachers who provide math instruction to students at the kindergarten or first grade level (Senate Bill 934, 84th Texas Legislature, 2015)
- Literacy achievement academies for teachers who provide reading instruction to students at the second or third grade level (SB 925, 84th Texas Legislature, 2015)
- Reading-to-learn academies for teachers who provide reading comprehension instruction to students at the fourth or fifth grade level (SB 972 84th Texas Legislature, 2015)
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Beginning in the 2017-2018 school year, appraisal systems in Texas, whether the state-recommended system or a locally developed system,
will need to include a measure of student growth at the individual teacher level.
Possible student growth measures include...
- portfolios
- student learning objectives
- value added measures or
- district pre- and post-assessments
For an overview of each of these options, please click the following link to see a TEA document called
Measures of Student Growth
. The document describes each measure and provides pros and cons for the different measures as well.
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Portfolios
Join us at Curriculum Council on February 15 to
discuss TEA's expectations for portfolios and how this student growth measure can help meet the requirements of T-TESS.
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Student Learning Objectives
Region 12 will be providing a TEA training on Implementing Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) to support the use of SLOs as a measure of student growth. The dates for the one-day training are listed below:
Registration will be open on or before May 1st.
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Content Pages on Our New Website
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Be sure to share this newsletter with your teachers so they know to visit our content specific websites. The hotlinks are listed below.
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2017 Citizen Bee Competition
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The 2017 Citizen Bee Competition will be held on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 from 8:30 - 1:00. For more information or to register a team, please contact Denny Warren at 254.297.1161 or [email protected].
Topics for the competition Include:
- The Constitution
- Documents
- People
- Landmark Supreme Court Cases
- Civic Values and Skills
- Current Events
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In Case You Missed It: TEA Updates
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The following are links to correspondence from TEA regarding or impacting curriculum,
instruction and assessment.
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TEA Resources and Information for Texas Teachers
Texas Gateway is a free online resource library for educators and parents provided by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Click the image above to visit the Texas Gateway.
The Texas Gateway provides access to resources-such as videos, interactives, formative assessments, professional development courses, and other classroom support materials-designed to strengthen classroom instruction to help every student succeed.
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TEA Webpages for Teachers
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Seven Schools Spotlighted in TEA
Best Practice Case Studies
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has spotlighted seven campuses across the state as part of a best practices case studies project. The TEA best practice studies project highlights how each campus, designated by TEA as High Performing and High Progress Title I Reward Schools, excels in critical areas such as academic performance, teacher quality, school climate and leadership effectiveness.
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TEA Identifies Seven Local Campuses as
Title I Reward Schools
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) identified 300 campuses across the state as High-Performing and/or High-Progress Title I schools for 2015-2016. Seven schools from Region 12 were among these and have been identified as Reward Schools.
- Hubbard Elementary (Hubbard ISD) - High-Progress and High-Performing
- Paul and Jane Meyer Public HS (Rapoport Academy) - High-Progress and High-Performing
- La Vega Elementary (La Vega ISD) - High-Progress and High-Performing
- Hewitt Elementary (Midway ISD) - High-Progress
- Leon Heights Elementary (Belton ISD) - High-Performing
- Crawford High School (Crawford ISD) - High Performing
- Speegleville Elementary (Midway ISD) - High-Performing
Title I schools are defined as campuses with a student population of at least 40 percent low-income.
The identification of high-performing and/or high-progress is based on statewide reading and mathematics assessments under the State Accountability System in the 2014-2015 school year and graduation rates.
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Final 2015-2016 TAPR Available
The final 2015-16 Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR) are now available. The TAPR combines details of district and campus academic performance with reports on finances, programs and demographic data. To access the TAPR for your campus or district click the following
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Stay in the know with TEA email updates
To sign up for TEA updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please visit this
SITE
and enter your contact information. About 60 different topic-specific subscriptions are available.
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Math Games for the Classroom with Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks
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This summer, ESC Region 12 is excited to host Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks on July 14 here at ESC Region 12. In this interactive, hands-on math games workshop, participants will learn how to use and easily implement games as a teaching strategy. The session will focus on critical areas of the TEKS and provide fun and low stress ways to work on fluency with
students. Don't miss this exciting opportunity. Click the image above or this orange link for a FLIER to share with your staff and colleagues.
Friday, July 14, 2017 | 9 am - 4 pm
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Texas SUCCESS: Students Using Curriculum Content to Ensure Sustained Success - January and February Dates
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The following approved vendors have a statewide license to provide FREE supplemental reading and mathematics instruction to all Texas students in grades for which accelerated instruction is required. For more information visit the following TEA website: www.texassuccess.org
Texas SUCCESS approved vendors for FREE access by Texas districts:
ESC Region 12 FREE Training Dates (One district representative per session may attend this TOT) Register Now!
- Compass Learning, Grades 6-8 Reading:
- Istation, Grades 3-5 Reading:
- Apex Learning, English I and English II:
- Think Though Math, Grades 3-Algebra I:
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John Wink is Back to Present "The First Twenty Days for Teachers"
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Join John Wink on July 21st for
this interactive and technology-rich session. Participants will learn how to create the most rigorous and engaging learning environments in the first twenty days of school by mastering the first 4 levels in the Hierarchy of Learning:
- Resources for Learning
- Classroom Routines and Procedures
- Relationships for Learning
- Student Engagement in Learning
The greatest teachers create excellence by developing empowering learning environments where students are inspired to own their learning.
Don't miss this exciting learning opportunity.
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 Join us this winter/spring for social studies professsional development and walk away with powerful strategies and tools to use to promote student engagement.
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"Dig in" to digital inovation and passion based learning with Andi McNair. Join these sessions for strategies that motivate and engage your classroom learners. Reserve your spot today. Click to register!
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