Region XIII 2009-2010 Catalog

v.07/14/09

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Education Service Center Region XIII is one of 20 service centers that serve Texas educational needs. We are a non-regulatory agency; our relationship with school districts is collaborative and supportive. Our purpose is to aid teachers and administrators in their role as educators of our children. We serve as a liaison between the Texas Education Agency and the local schools districts and the schools they serve by disseminating information, conducting training, and providing consultation for both federal and state programs. Our staff is composed of knowledgeable educators dedicated to excellence in education.

Although we provide services and tools nationwide, our assigned regional area encompasses:

60 School districts•

17 Counties•

19 Charter schools•

17 Private schools•

8 Institutes of higher education•

Region XIII

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BURNET

WILLIAMSON

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MILAM

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BASTROP

TRAVIS

BLANCOGILLESPIE

KENDALLCOMAL

GUADALUPE

HAYS

CALDWELL FAYETTE

GONZALES

REGION XIII

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VisionRegion XIII will set the standard for excellence in educational service through leadership, responsiveness to client needs, and quality products that improve student performance.

Mission/GoalsInitiate collaboration with our clients in the development of a quality •educational environment.

Provide client-focused quality products and services in a timely •and efficient manner, which promotes improved performance in schools.

Initiate collaboration with our clients to close the gap between •current and desired student performance.

Board of Directors

W. Charles AkinsMember

Gary L. BarnettMember

Leroy M. LorenzMember

Ron McMichaelMember

Contact UsEducation Service Center Region XIII5701 Springdale Rd.Austin, Texas 78723

512.919.5313 phone512.919.5374 faxwww.esc13.net

Pat Pringle Region XIII Executive Director

Don RogersMember

Richard V. StueweMember

John TateMember

Ramona Trevino Member

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Are you looking for an opportunity to discuss the latest topics and

collaborate with other key members in your field?

Region XIII has the solution.

Network Meetings


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Network Meetings

Behavior Staff Support NetworkThe Behavior Staff Support Network addresses the challenges and concerns of staff who work with children with behavioral needs--teachers, behavior specialists, paraprofessionals, and LSSPs. Participants gain knowledge of best practices and new strategies for addressing problem behaviors. Participants will also receive free admission to three behavior workshops along with these three network support meetings.

Date Workshop ID Contact

10/06/09 FA0915668 Leah [email protected]

12/02/09 FA0915670

04/20/10 SP1015672

Bilingual/ESL DirectorsDuring these meetings, participants will have opportunities for collaboration with other educators who are working to address the needs of Limited English proficient students. The purpose of this meeting is to share information, network, collaborate, and address current issues and updates regarding Bilingual/ESL language programs and instruction.


09/15/09 FA0915721 Janet O’[email protected]

11/10/09 FA0915722

02/10/10 SP1015724

04/14/10 SP1015726

Bilingual Evaluation Leadership NetworkThis three-day series focuses on training and support for personnel (Educational Diagnosticians and LSSPs) who evaluate English language learners for special education eligibility. Topics to be addressed include: review of current issues in bilingual education, review and analysis of best practices in evaluating bilingual students, selection and use of test instruments, appropriate evaluation procedures, and report writing. Case studies will be used through the series.


10/28/09 FA0915352 Martha [email protected]

01/20/10

04/01/10

CTE: Career & Technical Education Shared Service ArrangementEach year the CTE SSA/Coop members develop a program of work. Together, we complete the strategic plan that moves all CTE programs forward within a district, including guidance/counseling. All member districts are provided products and services.


09/23/09 FA0915462 Miya [email protected]

01/21/10 SP1015463

05/13/10 SP1015464

Counselor Leadership NetworkThe network provides the opportunity for counselors to hear and share with fellow campus counselors, attend presentations by Texas Education Agency and Region XIII staff, and build a network of support with fellow counselors.

For more information, contact: Arnette [email protected] 512.919.5209

To register for Network MeetingsVisit http://ecampus.esc13.net. 1.

Log in to the E-campus system. If you do not have an account 2. already set up, please do so.

Once logged in with your account information, enter the Workshop 3. ID listed next to the meeting date.

Click the Register button. 4.


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CSCOPE Campus Leadership SupportCSCOPE Campus Leadership Support meetings are intended to provide new information and revisit implementation ideas to sustain district abilities to support teachers in the use of CSCOPE curriculum. Meeting attendance is encouraged for district curriculum leaders, campus administrators, as well as teacher leaders in CSCOPE districts.


09/16/09 FA0915407 Cindy [email protected]

11/18/09 FA0915408

01/20/10 SP1015409

04/14/10 SP1015410

Curriculum CouncilThe Curriculum Council provides district curriculum and special education leaders up-to-date information about major curriculum, instruction, and assessment initiatives. All central office personnel and campus level administrators with district responsibilities are encouraged to attend. At each meeting, members will receive a State Board and Legislative Update, a TO DO List (deadlines and responsibilities), a program addressing urgent needs for leaders in curriculum and special education, and time to network.


09/03/09 FA0914936 Ervin [email protected]

10/08/09 FA0914951

11/05/09 FA0914952

01/07/10 SP1014953

02/11/10 SP1014954

04/08/10 SP1014955

05/06/10 SP1014956

08/05/10 SU1014957

Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs and Alternative Education Programs (DAEP & AEP)These meetings are designed for administrators and staff that work at Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs or Alternative Education Programs. Participants will have an opportunity to network and share ideas and resources with other alternative educators. Participants will receive training, materials, and resources at each meeting and can request which trainings will be covered throughout the year.


08/31/09 FA0915497 Lindy [email protected] 512.919.5417

10/26/09

12/14/09

02/23/10

04/19/10

06/08/10

Dyslexia Coordinator’s MeetingThis meeting is an opportunity and forum for District Dyslexia Coordinators to discuss dyslexia topics.


10/08/09 FA0915308 Judy [email protected] 512.919.5168Susan [email protected]

02/03/10 SP1015309


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Family Liaison Action GroupThe Family Liaison Action Group is a coordinated statewide system for collaboration between ESCs, LEAs, and parent organizations that will result in parents receiving accurate and consistent information.


09/09/09 FA0915746 Ann [email protected]

10/14/09

11/11/09

12/09/09

01/13/10

02/10/10

03/10/10

04/14/10

05/12/10

G/T Directors/Coordinators Contact MeetingThese contact meetings offer opportunities for district G/T coordinators, G/T directors, curriculum directors, and other interested educators to discuss important topics.


10/1/09 FA0915911 Janet [email protected]/8/09 FA0915912

3/24/10 SP1015914

Homeless Education Focus GroupsThe purpose of this session will be to disseminate information, determine needs, and identify opportunities for collaboration. This is an informal opportunity for districts to discuss topics regarding homeless education.


10/20/09 FA0915768 Sandy [email protected]/02/10 SP1015769

04/27/10 SP1015770

Instructional Coaching Support NetworkThe Instructional Coach Support Network is a series of monthly meetings designed for instructional coaches, facilitators, and specialists. These meetings provide opportunities for coaches to learn about up-to-date research and models, and allow time to collaborate and share ideas related to coaching.


09/17/09 FA0915613 Lisa [email protected]/29/09 FA0915614

11/19/09 FA0915615

12/15/09 FA0915616

01/27/10 SP1015617

02/23/10 SP1015618

03/25/10 SP1015619

05/20/10 SP1015620

Low Incidence Disability Specialists NetworkThis series of meetings is designed for district-identified specialists who support teachers working in programs for students with most significant cognitive disabilities. Identified specialists will meet to determine training needs including but not limited to TAKS/Alt and the issues surrounding special ed teachers becoming increasingly proficient with the delivery of general education content in the classroom (AGC).


09/30/09 FA0915675 Nichole [email protected]/18/09

02/19/10

05/07/10


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Life Skills New Teacher Support NetworkAre you a new LIFE Skills Teacher in your first or second year of teaching? Have we got the support network for you! The LIFE Skills New Teacher Network is designed to provide ongoing support and training throughout the year. Practical skills, meaningful instruction, and student-centered outcomes, along with developing a professional identity will be emphasized in this network.


09/26/09 FA0915664 Nichole [email protected]/24/09

01/30/10

02/27/10

05/01/10

Literacy Leadership NetworkThe Region XIII Literacy Team has provided a networking forum for curriculum coordinators and language arts directors to discuss current educational trends, exchange ideas and solutions, and share resources.


11/03/09 FA0916131 Rebecca [email protected]

04/15/10 SP1016137

Math Directors NetworkThe Math Directors Network provides district and campus leaders with TEA, SBOE, and legislative updates along with time to discuss relevant issues with peers. These meetings are particularly important as the 4x4 plan is implemented and high schools face the transition to End-of-Course Assessments.


09/03/09 FA0915521 Carol [email protected]

11/05/09 FA0915523

01/07/10 SP1015525

03/04/10 SP1015527

05/06/10 SP1015528

PEIMS Coordinator NetworkDesigned for district and charter school PEIMS Coordinators, this network will include updated PEIMS information provided by TEA. Topics include (but aren’t limited to) pending PEIMS Data Standards change documents, Student Attendance Accounting Handbook changes, and changes to Edit+.


09/08/09 FA0916103 John [email protected]

04/22/10 SP1016122

Principal’s NetworkThe Principal’s Network keeps campus administrators up-to-date and informed on all of the latest information at the state and federal level related to successful campus administration. The network provides the opportunity for administrators to hear from and share with fellow campus administrators, hear presentations by TEA and Region XIII staff, and build a network of support with fellow principals.


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tary 09/14/09 FA0915218 Lauralee Pankonien

lauralee.pankonien @esc13.txed.net512.919.5433

11/09/09 FA0915220

01/11/10 SP1015224

04/12/10 SP1015226

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ary 09/14/09 FA0915219

11/09/09 FA0915223

01/11/10 SP1015225

04/12/10 SP1015227


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PPCD Coordinators NetworkNetwork meetings of PPCD coordinators and lead teachers in regional districts. There will be six meetings at Region XIII this year. This training is supported by IDEA-B funds. Invitation only.


09/24/09 FA0915992 Stacey Shackelfordstacey [email protected]

10/29/09

12/10/09

01/14/10

02/25/10

04/08/10

Related Service Leadership Network Meetings This series of meetings supports best practice service delivery by district occupational and physical therapists by addressing important and upcoming issues in the field. A variety of topics will be discussed based on the unique needs of the participants. This is not open to the public; members are designated by district leadership.


10/02/09 FA0915691 Nichole [email protected]

12/14/09

02/24/10

04/20/10

Response to Intervention NetworkRtI Network support meetings are offered as a support link to district RtI staff. This is an opportunity for networking and sharing of information.


09/14/09 FA0916116 Stephaine [email protected]

10/12/09

02/08/10

04/12/10

School Nurses NetworkSchool Nurses Networking is an opportunity for professional development, collaboration, and exchanging of materials pertaining to school nursing. In some meetings, nurses have the opportunity to receive CNEs. The Texas School Nurses Organization Meeting (TSNO) is in conjunction with the School Nurses Networking Meeting.


09/19/09 FA0915646 Cheryl [email protected]

01/23/10 SP1015647

04/17/10 SP1015648

Science Leadership NetworkThe Science Leadership Network provides district and campus leaders with TEA, SBOE, and legislative updates along with time to discuss relevant issues with peers.


09/09/09 FA0915456 Jennifer [email protected]

11/12/09 FA0915457

02/23/10 SP1015458

05/11/10 SP1015459

Safe and Drug Free School Information MeetingsThis meeting is designed to assist participants in serving the Safe and Drug Free School (SDFS) needs of their districts as well as meeting Title IV requirements. Participants will also receive a limited number of free seats to SDFS workshops provided by Region XIII. Topics will include suicide prevention, forming crisis response teams, and much more.


10/13/09 FA0915683 Leah [email protected]

01/13/10 SP1015687


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Strategic Instruction Model Advisory NetworkThe SIM Advisory Network supports certified Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) professional developers, potential professional developers, and administrators or teacher leaders that are involved in campus-wide projects using the Content Literacy Continuum framework. The purpose of the advisory group is to provide a professional learning community that supports the capacity of our districts to provide quality professional development and impact student learning in secondary schools.


10/05/09 FA0915738 Candice [email protected] 512.919.5494

Gina [email protected]

01/28/10 SP1015739

Social Studies Leadership NetworkThis is a meeting for all principals, social studies curriculum coordinators, social studies teachers, and department chairs. You will receive the latest information and updates regarding social studies. Information is shared regarding meetings, workshops, the latest news from TEA, conferences, successful strategies, local museums and libraries, and much much more!


10/15/09 FA0915740 Jodi [email protected] 512.919.5425

04/08/10 SP1015741

Special Education Leadership NetworkThis leadership network for special education directors will focus on state and regional priorities and is intended to provide current information and networking opportunities for directors. A variety of topics will be addressed at each meeting based on the unique needs of the network.


09/10/09 FA0915138 Shirley [email protected] 512.919.5375

11/12/09 FA0915139

01/21/10 SP1015140

02/18/10 SP1015141

04/15/10 SP1015142

05/13/10 SP1015143

Superintendents Regional AdvisoryThis committee consists of the school district superintendents and charter school leaders. At the monthly meeting, the chair of the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC), elected by the membership, directs the meeting with the assistance of Region XIII’s executive director. The agenda consists of updates in legal issues, the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) executive and legislative committee reports, and a featured speaker. The topics addressed by the speaker are varied but pertinent to school operations and student learning. The RAC is also called on from time to time to provide input and share in Region XIII decision-making.


08/05/09 No registration required. Invitation only.

Pat [email protected] 512.919.5301

09/09/09

10/28/09–10/29/09

Superintendent Retreat


01/25/10 Annual ESC Midwinter Breakfast


04/14/10

Visionaries in Technology and Learning (ViTAL)Visionaries in Technology And Learning (ViTAL) is a meeting open to all educators interested in integrating technology into the learning process. Topics ranging from network security to the use of Web 2.0 tools in the classroom are covered.


10/08/09 FA0916133 Carol [email protected] 512.919.5444

01/19/10 FA0916136

05/06/10 SP1016138

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Executive Services

Executive ServicesLisa Gregory | 512.919.5301The Executive Services department is led by our Executive Director, Pat Pringle. The department provides services, including the Commissioner’s Cabinet for Regional Services (CCRS), in which a cabinet of executive directors from all of the regional service centers meets to discuss issues related to service center initiatives and operations; the Governmental Relations of CCRS, which tracks funding and legislation that has a direct impact on Education Service Centers (ESCs) and districts; a Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) that meets to discuss a variety of topics pertinent to school operations and student learning; and the Region XIII Board of Directors whose primary responsibilities include adoption of the budget, approving interlocal agreements with other entities, and employing an executive director.

FacilitiesJanet Basey | 512.919.5228The facilities department is responsible for planning, maintaining, and providing a safe environment for Region XIII staff and visitors. The facility manager oversees all aspects having to do with the Region XIII facility, including emergency plans, fire alarm information, cubicle etiquette, and meeting rooms. In addition, our facilities are available for rental to the public after business hours for events, such as weddings and parties.

Science Materials / Media [email protected] | 512.919.5351 ph | 512.926.4406 faxRegion XIII has formed a cooperative with the Living Science Center at Region 20 to serve the living science material needs of teachers in our area. The Science Material Center provides a broad spectrum of materials and services for all grade levels, including over 100 living specimens, models, and tools. Teachers may preview the collection and are encouraged to order online by visiting: http://web.esc20.net/livsci/.

Human ResourcesJanet Basey | 512.919.5228The Human Resources department provides support to employees of Region XIII. The department maintains the development of the employment application, employs and processes new staff, administers benefits and compensation, compiles mandatory Human Resources records, monitors rules and regulations in compliance with the law, and conducts exit interviews.

Texas Education Telecommunications Network (TETN)Carol Willis | 512.919.5372The Texas Education Telecommunications Network (TETN) is a partnership between the Texas Education Agency and the 20 regional ESCs. TETN facilitates communications among educational entities throughout Texas to improve student performance and to increase efficiency of educational operations via an effective statewide telecommunications network. TETN provides videoconferencing, a cost-effective approach to communication that enables live, interactive audio/video communication between two or more locations.Region XIII is the fiscal agent of the network and is responsible for the consortium budget and the TETN office. This service is not available to anyone outside the consortium at this time.

Quality ManagementJanet Basey | 512.919.5228Education Service Center Region XIII is ISO 9001:2000 certified.

Pat PringleExecutive Director

512.919.5301

Region XIII Executive Services division provides support to both internal and external clients and includes programs and services, such as Texas Education Telecommunications Network (TETN), Human Resources, Facilities, Science Materials, and other executive-specific services.


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Administrative Services

School Board TrainingJoe Thedford | 512.919.5282Region XIII provides school board training based on the state framework for school board development. Trainings are offered onsite at Region XIII, cluster sites, and districts. Services include the state required training for new and experienced board members and legislative updates.

Business Manager CooperativeJoe Thedford | 512.919.5282Region XIII provides technical assistance, school finance, and investment training to business managers in the region. Monthly meeting are an opportunity to network and gain valuable new skills in managing the business functions of a school district.

Purchasing CooperativeJoe Thedford | 512.919.5282Region XIII and Region 20 share in a Purchasing Cooperative to assist districts in securing the best price and value in purchasing supplies and food products for their operations. Information about the cooperative, including a vendor application may be accessed at www.esc20.net (2013 Purchasing Cooperative).

Media ServicesJoe Thedford | 512.919.5282Video on Demand (VOD) is a rich media collection consisting of over 3,300 videos, 23,000 core concept clips, 6,000 audio files, 25,000 educational photos, clip art images, 5,000 print resources, and a databank of 15,000 quiz questions and 1,000 premade quizzes.

Bus Driver TrainingFrances McAdams | 512.919.5361Region XIII provides school bus driver training for our districts to meet state requirements for certification. Individuals seeking School Bus Driver Certification are required to attend a 20-hour certification course covering content prescribed by the Texas Department of Public Safety and pass the state exam of the course material. Experienced school bus drivers are required to attend an 8-hour refresher course every three years and pass a state exam of the material. The training schedule is available at https://www5.esc13.net/busdriver. Online registration is available at https://www.ecampus.esc13.net/login.

Field Services Joe Thedford | 512.919.5282Region XIII provides technical assistance to superintendents and facilitates communication among districts, the Texas Education Agency, and Region XIII.

E-Rate, STAR Chart and Technology Plan Support (for Districts)

Bob Avant | 512.919.5316Support and guidance is provided upon request for districts completing the STAR Chart and their Technology Plans. General guidance only is provided on filing for E-Rate.

Troops to TeachersMeryl Kettler | 512.919.5484 or Dale Reynolds | 512.919.5477Texas Troops to Teachers (TTT) is a federally funded program designed to relieve teacher shortages in public schools by assisting retiring and separating military personnel in becoming teachers in their next careers. At the state level, the Texas Troops to Teachers Office provides information and guidance to participants on all aspects of teacher certification.

Joe ThedfordDeputy Executive Director

512.919.5282

Region XIII Administrative Services division provides support to both internal and external clients and includes programs and services, such as Information Services, State and Federal Special Programs, Statewide School Finance, Business Management, and general administrative services.


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Information ServicesBob Cadenhead | 512.919.5382The focus of the Information Services department is to provide products, services, and support to improve district efficiency and effectiveness in the areas of operations, education, and use of technology. Information Services is made up of three core teams: Information Technology, Data Services, and Distance Learning.

Information TechnologyTexas Education Network (TXED)Paul Chavez | 512.919.5303 The TXED Network is a regional telecommunications network that is available to all districts in Region XIII. Through this safe, reliable, and secure regional infrastructure, Region XIII is an Internet Service Provider to many districts, providing:

High Speed Internet Access•Network Security Services•

External Firewall Management ·E-mail Filtering for Spam and Viruses ·Intrusion Detection ·

Web Content Filtering•Network Monitoring•Network Infrastructure Support•E-mail Hosting•Web Hosting•DNS Management •

ConsultingNetwork Infrastructure Consulting•Network Security Consulting•

Data ServicesAs a member of the Texas Computer Cooperative, Data Services sells and supports two business and student administrative software products: iTCCS and RSCCC.

iTCCSCindy Cluck | 512.919.5369An ESC-hosted Web-based solution with applications for business, human resources, student services, and PEIMS:

Business–Accounts Receivable; Asset Management; Budget; •Budget Change Request; Employee Access; Finance; Payroll; Personnel; Position Management; Requisition; Work OrderStudent–Attendance; Classroom; Discipline; FLAPS; Grade •

Reporting; Graduation Plan; Health Services; Historical; Master Schedule Building; OEYP/ESY; Registration; Scheduling; Special Education; Street Directory; Test Scores; Electronic integrated Web-based Gradebook; Parent PortalData Access Region Thirteen (DART) Web Reporting System–•The DART Web Reporting System extends the functionality of the iTCCS system by allowing the user to submit custom reports via the Internet.

RSCCCJohn Shaffer | 512.919.5400A district-hosted suite of applications for business, student, and PEIMS services:

Business–Accounts Receivable, Asset Management, Budget, •Finance, Human Resources, RequisitionStudent–Attendance; Discipline; Registration; Scheduling; •Special Education; Student Health Assessment Records and Evaluation (SHARE); Test Scores. A Web-based electronic gradebook and parent portal suite is included.

PEIMSJohn Shaffer | 512.919.5400The ESC PEIMS team provides explanations of the overall collection and submission requirements for PEIMS, PET, PID, and student records data using the Texas Student Record Exchange System (TREx) and Edit+ systems. All training is based on the TEA Data Standards, TREx Data Standards, Financial Accounting Resource Guide, and Student Attendance Accounting Handbook. Interpretations and resolution of Edit+ data editing fatal errors, special warnings, warnings, and PID errors are available.

Business and Student Process ConsultingJohn Shaffer | 512.919.5400 The Data Services team can provide consultation on best practices to improve operations for business and student processes.

Distance LearningCarol Teitelman | 512.919.5444

Video Conferencing ConnectionsVideo conferencing connections are provided for students to access museums, experts, and other schools around the world through virtual field trips and collaborative projects. Faculty connections are made for collaboration and professional development. Services are provided to school districts and the Region XIII staff.


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Distance LearningThe Distance Learning program bridges daily dual credit classes as well as American Sign Language classes from the Texas School for the Deaf.

Consulting ESC provides guidance for the specifications, purchase, and support of distance learning equipment. The Region XIII Distance Learning program also evaluates and deploys content for classrooms, as well as professional development.

Special ProgramsCraig Henderson | 512.919.5390The Region XIII Special Programs team provides services for Child Nutrition, Comprehensive School Health, Federal Program SSA Support, State Programs, Homeless Education, and Migrant Education to school districts and charter schools within the region and across the state.

Child NutritionRosa Winn | 512.919.5390

The Region XIII Child Nutrition Programs offer training and technical assistance to local school districts, charter schools, Residential Child Care Institutions, and Private Schools. Services include: providing a link between the Texas Department of Agriculture and local school districts, technical assistance, School Meals Initiative (SMI) compliance review, and professional development workshops, including the annual CNP Summer Conference.

Coordinated School HealthCheryl Myers | 512.919.5462

The mission of the Texas School Health Network is to serve as the central coordinating point and collaborative catalyst to promote healthy school environments and healthy behaviors of all students and school personnel. The regional School Health Specialist provides in-service trainings, workshops, and technical assistance to school districts. The specialist works in partnership with schools, parents, the community, and agencies/organizations to deliver health education, health services, and physical education so that all children have the opportunity to achieve optimal health.

Federal Program Shared Services Arrangement (SSA) Support Craig Henderson | 512.919.5390

Region XIII supports members of the Shared Services Arrangements by providing training and technical assistance at free or reduced fees.

State ProgramsCraig Henderson | 512.919.5390

Region XIII State Programs provides training and technical assistance in multiple areas of state programs, such as program effectiveness and compliance. Covered programs include State Compensatory Education, Bilingual-ESL, Career and Technical Education, Optional Extended Year, and others based on client needs.

Homeless EducationSandy Lawrence | 512.919.5304

Region XIII Homeless Education Program provides resources and technical assistance for after-school tutoring programs, workshops, and local training for school and agency personnel. The program also provides leadership in resource development, emergency school supplies and clothes, and family involvement opportunities.

Migrant EducationSigi Huerta | 512.919.5324

The purpose of the Migrant Education program is to provide migratory children, ages 22 and younger, with the opportunity to meet the same challenging state content and performance standards established for all children. Region XIII provides professional development and technical assistance to districts with Title I, Part C funds and collaborates with other ESCs and states to foster instructional continuity and facilitate attainment of the objectives of the Texas Migrant Education Program.

Performance Based MonitoringCraig Henderson 512.919.5349

Region XIII provides training, technical assistance, and products relating to program effectiveness and compliance.


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Statewide School FinanceOmar Garcia | 512.919.5349 The Region XIII Statewide School Finance department provides revenue templates, technical assistance, and staff development to school districts, administrators, and ESCs throughout the state.

Business ManagementFrank Haby | 512.919.5385The Region XIII Business Management group provides internal and external services for general business office functions, as well as print and mail services.

Business OfficeFrank Haby | 512.919.5385

The Business Office provides internal services to Region XIII staff in the areas of payroll, accounts receivable/payable, and other general business offices needs.

Print and Mail ServicesFrank Haby | 512.919.5385

Region XIII provides print and mail services to all Region XIII staff.


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Academic Services

Certification DepartmentDr. Lauralee Pankonien | 512.919.5433The Region XIII Certification Department is committed to meeting your certification needs from superintendent to bus driver. When you certify through Region XIII, you can be confident that the certification follows the requirements of the certifying entity and that the curriculum is rigorous and relevant. Region XIII certification programs are based on industry standards established for those areas, paired with what professional development experts know to be best practices in adult teaching and learning. The Region XIII Certification Department has developed a balance of content delivery methods based on district as well as participant needs.

Certification Programs available through Region XIII include teacher (all certification areas), principal, superintendent, paraprofessional, master reading teacher, bus driver, school nurse, and more.

Instruction and Student SupportsAlbert Felts | 512.919.5419 The quality of education that districts provide their students is in direct relation to the quality of their teaching staff. Professional educators (teachers, counselors, and administrators), whether seasoned veterans or early professionals, benefit from accessing the most up-to-date methods for teaching, for creating learning environments that are safe and orderly, and for providing comprehensive systems for guidance.

Career and Technical Education provides an avenue for students to find relevance in their core curriculum as well as providing career pathways for postsecondary endeavors. In all of this, we know that the future success of all students depends on school completion. This department provides support to districts in setting up school-wide and classroom behavior systems; in developing research-based pedagogy; in creating strong

systems of counseling and guidance; in assuring clear pathways of courses leading to postsecondary readiness; and in many more ways to ensure that students are successful in completing their K-12 education.

Behavior ServicesSandy Smith | 512.919.5358

The Behavior Services team provides districts and schools with professional development and technical assistance in the area of behavior management, from the campus level to the individual student. Safe Schools support is also available through this team. The Behavior Team is comprised of both general education and special education specialists.

Instruction What happens behind the closed door of the classroom is the biggest determinant of success of the students in that classroom. Sound, rigorous, and relevant instruction is the key to student success. The Instruction team provides coaching, training, and support for teachers and campuses to ensure that quality instruction happens in all classrooms.

Instructional CoachingLisa Wyatt | 512.919.5163Region XIII works with campus and district administrators to customize a coaching program to fit the needs of the school. Teachers of all experience levels benefit from instructional coaching. Instructional coaching is a cost-effective way to make a vast impact on teacher quality and student achievement. Region XIII has a cadre of instructional coaches that work one-on-one in teacher classrooms to assist with implementing proven instructional strategies.

Ervin KnezekDeputy Executive Director

512.919.5306

Region XIII Academic Services division is committed to helping schools meet rigorous standards for performance, ensuring that all students have access to quality instruction in an environment that is challenging, appropriate, and safe. Working collaboratively with local education agencies, the Texas Education Agency and other state agencies, institutes of higher education, and other groups, the Region XIII staff provides professional development, technical assistance, management of educational programs, and educational products to schools and districts in our service area.


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Strategic Instruction ModelCandace Bixler | 512.919.5494The Strategic Instruction Model provides teachers and students a bank of instructional tools to maximize learning in academically diverse classrooms. The SIM Content Enhancement Routines (Tier 1) and Learning Strategies (Tier 2) are proven to increase the recall, comprehension, and application of knowledge in all content areas while providing a tiered level of support. The SIM team offers professional development and technical assistance at the district, campus, and classroom level.

College and Career ReadinessMiya Brevard | 512.919.5164

The CCR team provides services to assist in school completion and dropout prevention. Included in this group is the Counselor Services Network as well as technical assistance for campus counseling programs. Additionally, Career and Technical Education specialists provide training and support for campus programs and district initiatives.

Leadership DevelopmentLauralee Pankonien | 512.919.5433The Leadership Development team provides a comprehensive set of services and tools for campus leaders to maximize their ability to initiate and sustain meaningful school improvement.

The services of the Leadership Development department include Instructional Leadership Development; PDAS training and certifications; and the Principal Certification Network (PCN), which provides a high-quality certification program designed to prepare aspiring educational leaders for the role of principal through an alternative route. This department also coordinates regular meetings with campus principals to help them meet the demands of leadership within the educational system.

IDEA CoordinationShirley Sanford | 512.919.5375The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) is a broad-based piece of legislation that guides the work of districts in delivering services to 3- to 5-year-old students with disabilities. This department supports districts as they implement the major components of IDEA and works to ensure that all students have access to the general curriculum. In addition, this department provides ongoing support to districts in meeting federal and state compliance requirements.

Access to General CurriculumJim Gonzales | 512.919.5224

Access to General Curriculum provides professional development and services that facilitate students with disabilities gaining access to curriculum and instruction based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in the least restrictive environment. This team provides professional development services in teaching multicultural and diverse learners to help educators effectively determine appropriate educational services for all students, meet the educational needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) students, and prevent the inappropriate referrals of CLD students to special education. The team provides professional development and services to parent liaisons in the Local Education Agencies (LEAs).

Curriculum Access and Resources for InclusionMonte Parker | 512.919.5424

Students with significant disabilities must have access to the curriculum in an environment that is least restrictive and provides for the highest quality instruction. The Curriculum Access and Resources for Inclusion team provides professional development and technical assistance to educators supporting students with autism, cognitive disabilities, deaf/blindness, visual impairments, and students who are medically fragile. The team also provides support for assistive technology, speech language pathology, and occupational and physical therapy. Clients have access to state-of-the-art equipment and software for viewing and/or borrowing for trial periods through the Assistive Technology Preview Center/Lending Library and from the Visual Impairment staff. Additionally, there is an extensive Autism library with books and other materials that are available for short-term loan.

IDEA Compliance and SupportMartha Blanton | 512.919.5207

IDEA Compliance and Support team provides professional development and services on issues regarding special education laws, regulations, and rules. The focus for this team is to provide compliance and monitoring support, including residential facility tracking, and Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS) for special education programs; statewide assessment and student evaluation; services to charter schools for special education; residential and non-educational applications; IEP facilitation; and special education funding.


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Regional Day School Program for the DeafDiane Christopherson | 512.919.5357

The Regional Day School Program for the Deaf team provides services to eligible students with auditory impairments from age birth to 22 for those districts that are in membership in the Regional Day School Program for the Deaf Shared Services Agreement.

Teaching and LearningJennifer Drumm | 512.919.5459The Teaching and Learning department provides districts with professional development and support systems to ensure all students reach high academic standards of achievement. Professional development related to core content areas and curriculum support is provided by the staff associated with this department.

LiteracyRebecca Lang | 512.919.5242

The Literacy team provides professional development and services that build teacher, campus, and district capacity to teach the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skill (TEKS) and prepare all students for success on state assessments.

MathematicsCarol Gautier | 512.919.5148

The Mathematics team provides services that build teacher, campus, and district capacity to teach the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and prepare all students for success on state assessments. Professional development opportunities focus on high quality mathematics instruction incorporating instructional strategies designed for the conceptual development of mathematical concepts. Math specialists are available to design and deliver professional development in school districts and can assist with the technical aspects via phone conversations or on-site technical assistance.

ScienceJennifer Jordan-Kaszuba | 512.919.5368

Focused on building teacher, campus, and district capacity, the Science team provides professional development, technical assistance, and other services related to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), TEKS revision process, 4x4 plan implementation, and transitioning to End-of-Course exams at the high school level. In addition to public workshops, personalized professional development and consultation services are available.

Social StudiesJodi Kuhn | 512.919.5425

The Social Studies team provides professional development, technical assistance, and services that build teacher, campus, and district capacity to teach the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skill (TEKS) and prepare all students for success on state assessments.

Differentiation and Program SupportSusan Maxey | 512.919.5373Differentiation and Program Support provides districts with professional development and support systems to ensure all students reach high academic standards of achievement. Staff in this department provides information regarding state program compliance, as well as professional development related to best practices and differentiated instruction for young children, diverse learners, English Language Learners (ELLs), and students in Advanced Academics.

Advanced AcademicsJanet Newton | 512.919.5285

The Advanced Academics team provides professional development and technical assistance to improve services for gifted/talented students and those served in advanced academics programs and to increase district capacity to implement the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students.

Dyslexia/504Judy Butler | 512.919.5168

The Dyslexia/504 team provides professional development, technical assistance, and services to districts, charter schools, parents, and others in the identification and instruction of students with dyslexia. The team works to increase district capacity to implement the procedures set forth in the Dyslexia Handbook.

Early ChildhoodStacey Shackelford | 512.919.5451

The Early Childhood team provides professional development, technical assistance, and materials to support pre-kindergarten, preschool, Preschool Programs for Children with Disabilities (PPCD), kindergarten teachers, and administrators. It also serves to increase district capacity to implement the Texas Pre-kindergarten Guidelines.


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English as a Second Language/Bilingual (ESL/Bilingual)Janet O’Keeffe | 512.919.5333

The ESL/Bilingual team provides professional development, technical assistance, and services to improve the academic achievement of students who are ELLs and increase district capacity to implement the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS).

Center SupportProfessional LearningLee Rutledge | 512.919.5452

Region XIII is committed to providing high-quality professional learning. This team coordinates professional development activities for Region XIII staff and external clients upon request. Services include: team-building, planning, leading meetings, teacher leadership development and support, and small group facilitation.

Marketing/Communications/ProductClee Upchurch | 512.919.5205

The Marketing/Communications team provides strategy, public relations, and marketing and advertising support for Region XIII. The Product team manages the development and distribution of educational products for use in instruction and management.

Staff DevelopmentTom Gibson | 512.919.5330

The Staff Development team at Region XIII is committed to making access to workshops and events as easy as possible for internal and external clients. This team also ensures a quality training environment through audiovisual help desk support.

Special ProjectsCSCOPECindy Hamilton | 512.919.5146

CSCOPE is a comprehensive, customized, user-friendly curriculum management system built on the most current research-based practices in the field. Its primary focus is to impact instructional practices in the classroom to improve student performance. ESC Region XIII provides leadership in the statewide development of CSCOPE materials and provides professional development and technical assistance to districts in implementing and developing their local curriculum with CSCOPE.

TSTEMJennifer Drumm | 512.919.5459

The Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (TSTEM) Initiative has a goal of improving student achievement in all demographic groups, specifically historically underrepresented populations in math and science as determined by state and national standards. This initiative is a central new component of the Texas High School Project (THSP). The STEM Center provides schools with educator coaching and professional development and also assists with developing specialized programs designed to prepare all students for college. Transformation 2013, a collaborative effort of Education Service Center Region XIII and Region 20, is committed to ensuring that STEM academies and local STEM efforts are supported and developed.

Systemic Change InitiativesStephaine Camarillo| 512.919.5479The department of Systemic Change Initiatives provides support to campuses implementing change which involves working collaboratively with campus leadership teams in aligning school improvement efforts to optimize success with all students

Campus TurnaroundStephaine Camarillo | 512.919.5479

The Campus Turnaround team trains and supports members of Technical Assistance Teams (TATs), Campus Intervention Teams (CITs), and campus improvement leadership teams from campuses rated Academically Unacceptable (AU) and potentially AU under the state accountability rating system to ensure well-functioning and effective teams that support the efforts of campuses to become high-performing and successful with all students.

Response to Instruction (RtI)Stephaine Camarillo | Readiness & Implementation | 512.919.5479Jennifer Drumm | Curriculum & Instruction | 512.919.5459Albert Felts | Behavior & Student Assistance Teams | 512.919.5419

Response to Instruction/Intervention provides a continuum of services which include high-quality instruction and tiered intervention strategies aligned with individual student need, frequent monitoring of progress to make results-based academic or behavioral decisions, and the application of child response data to important educational decisions (such as those regarding placement, intervention, curriculum, and instructional goals, and methodologies).


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Data, Accountability, Assessment, and GrantsDan Arrigona | 512.919.5236Quality instruction is tied to the ability of educators to understand, discuss, and make decisions about data. Quality administration is tied to the ability of educators to build and understand systems that are based on a strong understanding of accountability and assessment policies, integrate multiple sources of data, and focus funding on district and campus improvement. The Region XIII Data, Accountability, Assessment, and Grants Team provides services to assist educators in planning for and creating data-based systems and that improve administration, instructional practices, and student performance.

Accountability Policies Erin Monge | 512.919.5308

The Data, Accountability, Assessment, and Grants Team provides workshops, technical assistance, updates, and “Accountability Open Houses” on the policies and procedures of the state and NCLB accountability systems.

Student Information SystemsArielle Arizpe | 512.919.5131

Region XIII supports WebCCat and AESIT. WebCCAT, the Web-Based Comprehensive Curriculum Assessment Tool, provides educators with a repository of more than 33,000 questions mapped to the TEKS that can be used to create online or offline (paper) assessments. AEISIT is a comprehensive test data analysis tool for the TAKS, SDAAII, TELPAS, and local level assessments.

AssessmentJacquelin Hyman | 512.919.5411

Assessment tools and resources include policy updates, time lines, frameworks, and district test coordinator training.

Data DIGsDan Arrigona | 512.919.5236

Data DIGs are professional development services that help district and campus leadership teams understand and use multiple sources of data to create comprehensive needs assessments and create plans for school improvement. Data DIGs bring leadership teams together to focus on team building, data driven dialog, data sources, and accountability policies in order to create and sustain high levels of student achievement

INOVAJacquelin Hyman | 512.919.5411

Region XIII INOVA workshop and technical assistance services are designed to increase TAKS scores, improve the ability to match appropriate interventions with students’ needs, and enhance the long-term instructional effectiveness at the campus and district levels.

RAMPArielle Arizpe | 512.919.5131

RAMP, the Referral Assessment Management Portal, is a Web-based data system for entering, summarizing, reporting, and using office discipline referral information. The purpose of RAMP is to improve the ability of school personnel to develop safe and effective educational environments.


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Texas Initiatives

Texas High School RedesignThe Texas High School Redesign initiative is committed to increasing graduation and college enrollment rates in every Texas community. The project is dedicated to ensuring that all Texas students leave high school prepared for college and career success in the 21st century economy.

High School RedesignEileen Reed | 512.919.5334

The High School Redesign team promotes a rigorous curriculum; ensures a highly qualified, effective teacher in every classroom; builds leadership capacity; and stimulates the creation of multiple pathways for learning and postsecondary success. The Lone Star Leader Project assists campuses in the planning and implementation of redesign initiatives upon request.

Leadership Initiatives The purpose of Leadership Initiatives is to realize lasting improvement in student achievement and build capacity by helping administrators and teachers grow into thoughtful, focused, and collaborative leaders.

Leadership DevelopmentDonna Janssen | 512.919.5136

The Leadership Development team provides powerful professional development opportunities, such as individualized Leadership Effectiveness Coaching, as well as comprehensive training to become a Leadership Effectiveness Coach. Specific skill development workshops include Crucial Conversations, Crucial Confrontations, and Influencer. Customized trainings are also available to meet campus and district needs.

School Enhancement Process: Building Instructional Leadership CapacityGrace Gutierrez | 512.919.5240

The School Enhancement (SE) Process is a job-embedded professional development focused on instructional leadership that occurs continually over then entire school year. An SE Specialist assists in the instructional leadership development of administrators and supports them by providing rubrics and tools for walk-throughs and observations, semiweekly one-on-one time for development of feedback skills, and weekly reflective time for campus administration to discuss instructional leadership skills.

Campus Snapshot: External On-Site Data CollectionNieves Reynolds | 512.919.5407

The Campus Snapshot provides an outside perspective of the current condition of a campus as improvement initiatives are beginning. The Campus Snapshot process includes a pre-assessment perception survey given to teachers, students, and parents followed by a day of classroom observations and interviews with students, parents, administration, and staff. After the Campus Snapshot data has been collected, a one-day data review session allows administration and staff to disaggregate the findings and decide on the next steps.

School ImprovementThe purpose of School Improvement is to work in conjunction with the Texas Education Agency to improve student performance and provide schools with information, clarification, resources, and technical assistance regarding the school improvement process.

Eileen ReedDeputy Executive Director

512.919.5334

Region XIII realizes that the educational community must move forward with bold and comprehensive efforts to improve Texas high schools. Region XIII Texas Initiatives division collaborates with schools and communities to promote quality instruction in order to maximize student performance. The goal of this division is to provide up-to-date information and services that support the Texas High School Redesign initiative.


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School Improvement Resource Center (SIRC)Erica Coppic | 512.919.5252

The SIRC team provides information and clarification regarding Title I and NCLB School Improvement requirements. They conduct needs assessments through on-site visits and assist school personnel in developing and implementing an effective Campus Improvement Plan. They facilitate the Campus Administrator Mentor (CAM) program and the Technical Assistance Provider (TAP) program. SIRC is also responsible for the statewide annual Texas School Improvement (TSI) conference.

Texas Turnaround Center (TTC)Christina Brown | 512.919.5143

The Texas Turnaround Center (TTC) provides training, tools, and resources to Education Service Center (ESC) Turnaround Teams to enhance their capacity to provide technical assistance to underperforming districts and schools. Each ESC Turnaround Team supports districts and schools identified as low-performing in the state’s accountability rating system. The support TTC provides ESCs includes coordinating semiannual network meetings, creating professional development materials, facilitating webinar presentations by national experts, and coordinating periodic symposiums on topics pertaining to school reform.

Advanced Academics & Special ProjectsMarilyn Peebles | 512.919.5392The Advanced Academic Programs team provides direction and leadership to districts statewide to meet the needs of gifted/talented and academically advanced students in K-12 programs. The team oversees the development and implementation of federal/state initiatives, including the Texas Performance Standards Project, the Gifted/Talented Equity Project, Online Training for G/T Teachers, and the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies.

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Teacher Certificationkids.esc13.net | 512.919.5366 | [email protected] Region XIII Educator Certification Program (ECP) is a teacher preparation and certification program that provides professionals from different fields an alternative to the traditional college route to certification. This rigorous, field-based program integrates theory with practice, allowing teacher-interns to make valuable contributions to public schools as they build strategies for success in the classroom.

Certification Cohort Areas of Certification

General Education Elementary EC–4: Generalist •Bilingual Generalist•

Middle Level 4–8: English Language Arts •English Language Arts/Social Studies•Generalist•Mathematics•Mathematics/Science •Science •Social Studies•

Secondary Level 8–12:Most content areas available•

Special Education All Level EC–12:Generic Special Education•

BESST Offers same general education certification, however, applicant must have teaching position secured and have employing district solicit application.

Certification Cohort Areas of Certification

Career and Technical Education

Agricultural Science 6–12Business Education 6–12Family & Consumer Sciences

Composite 6–12•Hospitality, Nutrition, and Food Sciences 8–12•Human Development and Family Studies 8–12•

Health Science Technology 8–12Marketing Education 8–12Technology Education 8–12Trades and Industrial Education 8–12 Math/Physical Science/Engineering 8–12

Transition to Teaching

Participants contracted to teach in Austin ISD or Taylor ISD.

Mathematics 8–12Mathematics/Science 8–12Science 8–12Chemistry 8–12Math/Physics 8–12

Austin ISD Teacher Academy

Participants contracted to teach in Austin ISD.

Elementary :Bilingual Generalist

Middle Level 4-8: Math and Science

Secondary Level 8-12: Math and Science

Diane PotterCoordinator

512.919.5325

Region XIII certification programs are based on industry standards established for those areas paired with what professional development experts know to be best practices in adult teaching and learning. The Region XIII Certification Department has developed a balance of content delivery methods based on district as well as participant needs.



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Principal Certificationwww.esc13.net/pcn | 512.919.5366 | [email protected] Principal Certification Network (PCN) at Region XIII provides a high quality certification program designed to prepare aspiring educational leaders for the Principalship through an alternative route.

Superintendent Certificationwww.esc20.net/tsci | 210.370.5200 | [email protected] Texas Superintendents’ Certification Institute (TSCI) prepares future leaders to meet the evolving challenges faced by schools of the new millennium by redefining educational leadership. TSCI is a high-quality, comprehensive certification program designed exclusively to prepare aspiring educational leaders for the superintendency through non-traditional means.

Professional Level CertificationsAppraiser Certification: ILD and PDASChris O’Reilly | www5.esc13.net/ild | www5.esc13.net/pdas | 512.919.5208 | [email protected]

Bus Driver CertificationFrances McAdams | www5.esc13.net/busdriver | 512.919.5361 | [email protected]

ESL CertificationAdela.Mancias | www5.esc13.net/bilingual | 512.919.5480 | [email protected]

Master Reading TeacherSusan Patteson | http://www5.esc13.net/mrt | 512.919.5401 [email protected]

School Nurse Certifications/AssessmentsCheryl Myers | 512.919.5462 | [email protected]

National Level CertificationsStrategic Instruction Model (SIM) Professional Developer CertificationCandace Bixler | www5.esc13.net/sim | 512.919.5494 | [email protected]

Wilson Reading System Level 1 CertificationSusan Patteson | 512.919.5401 | [email protected]

Federal Level CertificationsID and Recruiter for MigrantSigi Huerta | 512.919.5324 | [email protected]

Paraprofessional CertificationSusan Patteson | www.esc13.net/paraprofessional | 512.919.5401 | [email protected]

Local Level CertificationsAutism Specialist CertificationMonte Parker | 512.919.5424 | [email protected]

Behavior Coach CertificationSandy Smith | www5.esc13.net/pbs/coach.html | 512.919.5358 | [email protected]

Speech-Language Pathologist Master’s DegreeKathy Clapsaddle | 512.919.5396 | [email protected]

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www.esc13store.com512.919.5247

Accountability/DataAEIS IT 2008

This is a tool used to disaggregate state assessment results at the student, classroom, grade, sub-populations, campus, and district level. It includes a customized district data CD with Class Roster pre-loaded

for new districts. State data will be available for download for existing districts to import. License includes unlimited technical support throughout the 2009-2010 school year.

$1,500

State Program Monitoring GuideAn easy-to-use online guide to ensure that state programs meet compliance requirements. SPMG can help ensure compliance by assessing the following special programs: Bilingual Education / English as a Second Language,

Career and Technology Education, Dyslexia, Gifted and Talented, Optional Extended Year, Pre-kindergarten notification, and State Compensatory Education.

Starting at $800 depending on the number of students

WebCCATWeb-Based Comprehensive Curriculum Assessment Tool (WebCCAT) provides educators with a repository of more than 33,000 questions mapped to the TEKS that can be used to create online or offline (paper) assessments of

student ability in the areas of language arts, math, science, and social studies for grades 3-11.

$1,750

Bilingual/ESLELL Instructional Strategy Sheets

The English Language Learner Instructional Strategy Sheets are an essential, user-friendly tool that will assist every classroom teacher with effective strategies for English Language Learners.

Each sheet contains a carbon-copied checklist of strategies for methods, pacing, materials, and grading. Sheets are available for Self-Contained, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math classrooms. ELL Instructional Strategy Sheets can be utilized not only by each teacher, but by the LPAC as documentation of accommodations provided during each grading period.

$15

Behavior SupportRAMP

WebCCAT (Web-Based Comprehensive Curriculum Assessment Tool) provides educators with a repository of more than 33,000 questions mapped to the TEKS that can be used to create online or offline

(paper) assessments of student ability in the areas of language arts, math, science, and social studies for grades 3-11.

Starting at $600

Essential Español for School Health Care Providers Reference

The Essential Español for School Health Care Providers is a Spanish language quick reference guide for personnel, specifically health care providers, who interact with Spanish

speaking students and parents.

$15

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Bilingual/ESL cont’d Spanish Quick Reference Cards

The Spanish Quick Reference Card contains words and sayings in English with the Spanish translation (with phonetic pronunciation). This tool assists front office staff and classroom

teachers effectively communicating with parents, guardians, and students that speak/understand Spanish.The Spanish Quick Reference Card for parents (Tarjeta de communicacion rapida) can also be used by parents that speak Spanish.

$15

English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) ToolkitThis ELPS Toolkit is designed to help teachers incorporate the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) when planning lessons and delivering instruction.

The toolkit contains

a copy of the ELPS;•guidelines for differentiating instruction and interactive strategies for •developing academic language;a section on lesson planning which includes resources and strategies for all •the components of a lesson plan designed with English learners in mind and sample lesson plan templates;corresponding ELPS, sample sentence stems and classroom strategies for •English learners for all educators including those who use the 5E method of

instruction.

$45

ESL Academy Participant NotebooksThis interactive 4-day training module for K-12 teachers in the area of English as a Second Language (ESL) is based on the Domains and Competencies of the ESL TExES exam and

is designed for to prepare classroom teachers for the ESL TExES and to prepare classroom teachers and other educators to work with English language learners (ELLs) at all levels and in all content areas.

**This notebook is ONLY to be purchased by trainers that have attended the ESL Academy TOT (Training of Trainers).

$50

CSCOPEScope and Sequence Books

The CSCOPE Scope and Sequence books are sold in each subject area (Math, Social Studies, Science, and English Language Arts) and grade span. The books include Vertical Alignment Documents, Year at a Glance Documents, and TEKS Verification Documents for that subject and grade span. To view a sample of this product, visit www.esc13store.net.

The Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative (TESCCC) has developed CSCOPE, a comprehensive, customized, user-friendly curriculum support system. In addition to the curriculum, CSCOPE encompasses resources for implementation, monitors the curriculum, and

establishes an accountability process to ensure a quality implementation.

NOTE: These books are only available for sale to districts that have purchased CSCOPE. Please visit www.cscope.us for purchasing information.

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Language ArtsNeuhaus ProductsThese products were developed by the Neuhaus Education Center and can be used to implement a scientifically-based reading program.

Product Name About PriceAlphabetic Activities with Alphabet Mats and Alphabet Arcs

develop instant letter recognition which is a strong predictor of reading success $25

Alphabetizing Cards enable students to arrange, and if necessary rearrange, cards as they practice alphabetizing by the first letter, the second letter and both the first and second letters

$25

Establishing the Alphabetic Principle Teacher’s guide

activities that develop the understanding that spoken words have sounds that can be represented in writing

$75

Expository Cards to use when thinking about expository texts before, during and after reading $25

Foam Squares for use with multisensory grammar (Note: A qualified trainer is required for this product, for further information please contact Region XIII.)

$30

Instant Word Recognition 20 charts of high-frequency words or irregular reading words on transparencies $25

Manipulative Paragraph Writing Outlines-Grades 1-8

activities for teaching the structure of descriptive, narrative and persuasive paragraphs $15

Multisyllabic Word Puzzles Grades 1-5 & secondary remedial classes

read the syllables and match them to form words $15

Narrative Cards individual sets of cards for students to use when answering the five “wh” questions about a short narrative text and when thinking about multichapter narrative texts before, during, and after reading.

$25

Oral Language Grades K-1, 1-5 ESL, bilingual and resource classes

encourages development of oral language through six topic-based units $25

Parent/Tutor Package expository cards, narrative cards, the doubling rule, and alphabetizing $25

Phonological Awareness Grades K-1, 1-5 ESL, bilingual, and resource classes

develop students’ sensitivities to the sound structure of the language, specifically rhyming, awareness of syllables, and phonetic awareness

$25

Six Types of Syllables Level 1 Grades 1-5 and secondary remedial classes

students learn and review the definition of a syllable, the six syllable types, and the sounds of the vowels in each syllable type

$35

The Doubling Rule hands-on activity that teaches students a strategy to determine whether or not to double a final consonant before adding a suffix to a word

$15

Two Syllable Word Puzzles-Level 2 Grades 1-4, and secondary remedial classes

students read the syllables and match them to form words $25

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ParaprofessionalParaprofessional Strategies

P a r a p r o f e s s i o n a l s Effective Reading and Writing Strategies binder and Paraprofessional Effective Math Strategies binder will help districts meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind

Act of 2001 that required all Title I schools to employ a highly qualified workforce.

$55

8th Sense Student Handbooks Don’t want to waste prep time making copies? We have the perfect solution for you! The 8th Sense Student Handbooks are spiral-bound and include all the student activity sheets and guided practice. Each book is intended for one student. Sold in sets of 10. Student Assessments are sold separately.

$65

8th Sense AssessmentsLike the Student Handbook, this set provides you with a method of having all the student assessments at your fingertips without having to make copies! Student Assessments are grouped by objective and come in sets of 30 (for each assessment in that objective).

$25

Math5th Sense Math Book

This book is designed to help 5th grade students be successful with TAKS objectives in Mathematics. Strategies for all learners, activities for group or individual settings, objective assessment to review understanding, and teacher notes are included.

Available in Spanish.

$95

8th Sense Math Book 8th Sense is a tool designed to help 8th grade students be successful on the TAKS objectives in Mathematics. Strategies for all learners, activities for group or individual settings, objective assessment to review understanding, and teacher notes are included.

$95

Leadership DevelopmentInstructional Leadership Development (5-day) Participant Binder

The Instructional Leadership Development (ILD) Participant Binder contains six compo-nents to assist administrators in becoming more effective instructional leaders and in

improving the quality of student performance in schools. It is the accompanying material for the five-day (36 hour) Instructional Leadership Development (ILD) training, the prerequisite re-quired for administrators seeking certification as PDAS appraisers. The binder is the required text for all participants taking the ILD training.

$50

Principals Planning GuidesThe Principal’s Planning Guides (PPGs) are designed to provide practical suggestions to issues that affect student academic performance on a

campus. The subject of each guide is intended to meet the needs of Title I campuses that are in the School Improvement Program.

Sets include the following topics: Special Education, ELL/LEP, Parental Involvement, Mathematics, TEKS-based Instruction at TAKS Standards

$5.50–$15.50

Parent ResourcesFamily Frameworks Put your Title I funds to work to increase school-

family connections! Districts can use this comprehensive resource to implement a successful, quality family-involvement program at all grade levels. Curriculum units include lesson plans, ready-to-use parent handouts, background

information, and a listing of resources. Contact Debora Bartosh at 512.919.5420 for more information. Cost is per participating high school. All middle and elementary campuses that feed to the high school are a part of the subscription.Price Includes:

Training for two individuals •Online access•Trainer of Trainer manual •


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Social StudiesESPG Activity Cards

Analysis is the heart of social studies but how do you get your students to ask the right questions and use the correct vocabulary in explaining their analysis? ESPG Activity Cards can help your students

become more comfortable with higher level learning and using the language of the TAKS test. The ESPG Activity Card is a TEKS/TAKS focused resource that students can refer to when analyzing, categorizing, and describing the economic, social, political, and/or geographical characteristics, causes, or effects of an event.

$20

SpeechSpeech and Language Tools

This set of tools is designed to help classroom teachers, interventionists, and student problem-solving teams determine if intervention is necessary for students with potential speech and

language disabilities in the areas of language, articulation, or fluency (stuttering). These tools are ideal for Speech-Language Pathologists to share with teachers and instructional staff to support Tier I interventions for speech and language skills in the classroom.

*Bonus Material Included* Instructional strategy sheets included for all areas at no extra cost.

$20

Texas Symbol CardsAre you looking for a different and fun way to help students learn the Texas Symbols?

Texas Symbol Cards can be used to start the year, as a filler activity during

the year, or to end the school year. The set of cards include names of Texas symbols and a description of the symbols.

$10

Special EducationData Dashboard

Are you looking for an easy way to see all of your major Special Ed data sources? The data dashboard combines all of the major data sources: PBMAS, AEIS, SPP, and statewide assessment

data, into a single dashboard allowing special education directors to examine current trends while providing real-time comparisons to future statewide assessment mandates.

This invaluable tool provides special education directors and other users with pre-loaded data, allowing them to see the big picture quickly and efficiently. You will receive one free training onsite at Region XIII with the purchase of this product.

First year $3,500Second year and beyond $2,500

Scaffolding Accommodations Accommodations are educationally appropriate and can be very effective in enabling students to access the general curriculum. These cards

provide classroom teachers with specific, concrete suggestions for building cognitive strategies that will enable students to function more independently in their work and not rely as heavily on accommodations.Includes the following:

Aligned with the current Texas •Student Assessment Program Manual Accommodations.Aligned to the four accommodation •categories - presentation, response, setting, and timing and scheduling.Accommodation guidelines for TAKS •Accommodated and TAKS Modified represented.

$35

ScienceScience TEKS Charts

The state of Texas has identified science as a core subject area to be taught at each grade level. Students are to become proficient in the Texas standards known as the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). This chart is both a reference and a planning

tool for teachers and will answer the question, “Which TEKS are eligible for testing on the 5th grade science TAKS?”

$10–$18

Grade TEKS

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2.9A— Identify the external characteristics of different kinds of plants and animals that allow their needs to be met.

2.9B— Compare and give examples of the ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environment.

33.1A— Demonstrate safe practices during fi eld and laboratory investigations.

3.3A— Analyze, review, and critique scien-tifi c explanations, including hypotheses and theories, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientifi c evidence and information.

3.3B— Draw inferences based on informa-tion related to promotional materials for products and services.

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3.3D—Evaluate the impact of research on scientifi c thought, society, and the environ-ment.

3.6A—Measure and record changes in the po-sition and direction of the motion of an object to which a force such as a push or a pull has been applied.

3.6B—Identify that the surface of the Earth can be changed by forces such as earth-quakes and glaciers.

33.8A— Observe and describe the habitats of organisms within an ecosystem.

3.8B—Observe and identify organisms with similar needs that compete with one another for resources such as oxygen, water, food, or space.

3.8C—Describe environmental changes in which some organisms would thrive, become ill, or perish.

33.8D—Describe how living organisms modify their physical environment to meet their needs such as beavers building a dam or humans building a home.

3.11A—Identify and describe the importance of earth materials including rocks, soil, water, and gases of the atmosphere in the local area and classify them as renewable, nonrenewable, or inexhaustible resources.

33.11C—Identify the planets in our solar sys-tem and their position in relation to the Sun.

3.11D—Describe the characteristics of the Sun.

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4.3A— Analyze, review and critique scientifi c explanations, including hypotheses and theories, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientifi c evidence and information.

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4.3C— Represent the natural world using models and identify their limitations.

4.6A— Identify patterns of change such as in weather, metamorphosis, and objects in the sky.

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4.11A—Test properties of soils including texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support life.

4.11B—Summarize the effects of the oceans on land.

4.11C—Identify the Sun as the major source of energy for the Earth and understand its role in the growth of plants, in the creation of winds, and in the water cycle.

55.1A—Demonstrate safe practices during fi eld and laboratory investigations.

5.2A—Plan and implement descriptive and simple experimental investigations including asking well-defi ned questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and selecting and using equipment and technology.

55.2B—Collect information by observing and measuring.

5.2D—Communicate valid conclusions. 5.2E—Construct simple graphs, tables, maps, and charts using tools including com-puters to organize, examine, and evaluate information.

55.3A—Analyze, review, and critique scientifi c explanations including hypotheses and theo-ries, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientifi c evidence and information.

5.3B—Draw inferences based on information related to promotional materials for products and services.

5.3C—Represent the natural world using models and identify their limitations.

55.4A—Collect and analyze information using tools including calculators, microscopes, cameras, sound recorders, computers, hand lenses, rulers, thermometers, compasses, balances, hot plates, meter sticks, timing devices, magnets, collecting nets, and safety goggles.

5.5A—Describe some cycles, structures, and processes that are found in a simple system.

55.5B—Describe some interaction that occur in a simple system.

5.6A—Identify events and describe changes that occur on a regular basis such as daily, weekly, lunar, and seasonal cycles.

5.6B— Identify the signifi cance of the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles.

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5.6C—Describe and compare life cycles of plants and animals.

5.7A—Classify matter based on its physi-cal properties including magnetism, physical state, and the ability to conduct or insulate heat, electricity, and sound.

5.7B—Demonstrate that some mixtures maintain the physical properties of their ingredients.

55.7C—Identify changes that can occur in the physical properties of the ingredients in solu-tions.

5.7D— Observe and measure characteristic properties of substances that remain constant.

5.8 A—Differentiate among forms of energy including light, heat, electrical, and solar energy.

55.8 B—Identify and demonstrate everyday examples of how light is refl ected, such as from tinted windows, and refracted such as in cameras, telescopes, and everyday eyeglasses.

5.8 C—Demonstrate that electricity can fl ow in a circuit and can produce heat, light, sound, and magnetic effects.

55.8 D—Verify that vibrating an object can produce sound.

5.9 A—Compare the adaptive characteristics of species that improve their ability to com-pete, survive, and reproduce in an ecosystem.

5.9 B—Analyze and describe adaptive char-acteristics that result in an organism’s unique niche in an ecosystem.

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5.9C– Predict some adaptive characteristics required for competition, survival and repro-duction by an organism in an ecosystem.

5.10 A—Identify traits that are inherited from parent to offspring in plants and animals.

5.10 B— Give examples of learned charac-teristics that result from the infl uence of the environment.

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5.11 A—Identify and observe actions that require time for changes to be measurable, including growth, erosion, dissolving, weath-ering, and fl ow.

5.11 B—Draw conclusions about “what hap-pened before” using data such as from tree-growth rings and sedimentary rock sequences.

5.11 C—Identify past events that led to the formation f the Earth’s renewable, non-re-newable, and inexhaustible resources.

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5.12 A—Interpret how land forms are the result of a combination of constructive and destructive forces such as deposition of sedi-ment and weathering.

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TAKS Practice TestsThe practice tests are used to practice the TAKS testing format. These are available in all subject areas for all grade levels and are a great resource

for teachers to use to: Model and discuss the test taking process.•Demonstrate the meta-cognitive steps that •students need to be using during reading and answering multiple choice questions. Teach literary elements based on the TEKS•

The TAKS reading selections were written by Texas teachers and are designed to be interesting, meaningful, and reflective. The student assessments have TEKS based items which correlate with TAKS Objectives. Note: Due to copyright issues, you must order one assessment per student.

$30 for classroom set

Learning Strategies Summary Card These cards are research-based instructional

strategies that help students learn and perform by utilizing an eight stage instructional process and progress monitoring as Tier II instruction. The Learning Strategies Summary card set includes a flow chart of the

instructional process and a brief description of several specific strategies.

$9

Content Enhancement Summary Card These cards are research-based instructional

strategies designed to increase comprehension of content for every learner in the general education classroom as Tier I instruction. The Content Enhancement Summary card provides a snapshot of each routine: the name, the purpose

and an example of the graphical device.

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TAKS/BenchmarkTAKS Toolkit - Elementary or SecondaryThese toolkits are designed to meet the needs of Elementary and Secondary TAKS, and TAKS Accommodations. The TAKS Toolkits include one Scaffolding Accommodation book, one 5th or 8th Sense Math Book, one of each TAKS Practice Tests for grades 2-5 (all subjects, English only) or grades 6-12 (all subjects, English only), and one Data Exploration Tool kit & Side by Sides Tool for Analysis of TAKS 3-5 or TAKS 6-12.

The Scaffolding Accommodations book is designed to assist teachers in •helping students move away from relying on accommodations that are not allowable on state assessments. The 8th Sense Math book contains strategies designed to help 8th grade •students be successful with TAKS objectives in Mathematics. The TAKS Practice Tests are used to practice the TAKS testing format. •The Data Exploration Tool kit and Side by Sides Tool for Analysis of •TAKS 6-12 is a tool that uses item analysis of the TAKS from current and previous year assessments to plan for instruction by analyzing areas of strength and weakness in the curriculum.

$225TAKS Open-Ended Response

TAKS Open Ended Responses (OER) bound set is a set of resources for immediate classroom use or for providing a format for resources teachers want to create themselves. Included are OER checklists, boxes, close reading checklist, annotation rubric, simplified rubrics, OER question stems, and a bibliography of helpful references. Teachers can reproduce the material as is or use it as a springboard for classroom needs. By purchasing this product, you will get precise, targeted methods for relieving mystry of what to do on TAKS OER.

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Strategic Instruction ModelStrategic Instruction Model (SIM) Summary Cards

PLANNING AND LEADING LEARNING PLANNING AND LEADING LEARNING

EXPLAINING TEXT, TOPICS, & DETAILSEXPLAINING TEXT, TOPICS, & DETAILS

used to plan a course around the critical concepts and course questions and then to introduce the course concepts, questions, standards, and rituals to students

helps students transform information into clear main ideas and essential details with a concise summary statement

used to plan units and to show students how the unit’s critical information, concepts and questions are related

used to promote understanding and recall of terms (vocabulary word, people, place, events) integral to the course or unit of study

course organizer

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Content EnhancementTM

C Cue course questions O Outline critical concepts/units U Uncover community principles R Reveal learning rituals S Share performance options E Explain course standards

F Focus on the topic R Reveal main ideas A Analyze details M Make a “So what” statement E Extend understandings

C Create a context R Recognize content structures A Acknowledge unit relationships F Frame unit questions T Tie content to tasks

D Designate the term E Explore the clarifi ers F Figure out the core idea I Identify knowledge connections N Note its usage or concept E Explain what it’s not S Set up an example sentence

Course Organizer

Adapted from The Concept Anchoring Routine. Copyright for the templates are held by th authors of The Concept Anchoring Routine.

This Course6th Grade Social Studies

Course StandardsWhat? How? Value?Content:

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Course Questions:How canyou connect the events and relationships between Washington state, US, and 1. World History/?Why and how do opinions differ based on historical evidence?2. How have creativity, ideas, and technology in uenced historical and social change?3. How can you use sources and geographic tools to discuss relationships of people?4. How can you make the connection between the physical and human characteristics to 5. places and regions?How can you analyze and interpret the interpret the interaction between people and their 6. environment?How has the diversity of cultures affected individuals, groups, and societies?7. How were the basic ideas of American democracy applied in the founding documents of 8. our country?Why do we have government and how is it organized?9. Why do we have international policies and how are they determined?10. How do citizen rights and responsibilities and principles of civi11. c involvement affect you?

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helping students make connections and finding patterns by examining the past and present and making

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When is it right to use one strategy instead of another?Can you say it? If no, use Word ID, if yes, can I see a pre x or suf x? If yes, use mapping, if no, use LINCs.

Discover sounds & contextisolate the beginning

Does it have a PREFIX?What does it mean?

List the partsindicate a reminding word

Separate the endingSay the stem

What is the ROOT?What does it mean?

Note a LINCing storyCreate a LINCing picture

Examine the stem (rule of 2s and 3s)Check with someone, Try the dictionary

Does it have a SUFFIX?What does it mean?

Self Testfold the paper so you only see 1st and last columns)

Key TopicVocabulary Strategies

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Reading to WriteLast Unit/ExperienceSentence Sense

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Go for the Gold Test TakingUnit Schedule Unit Map

Unit Self-Test Questions

How do you go about researching the answers to questions?1. How will you do it differently on the next project?2. How do you take notes so they are paraphrased? List two strategies you can use.3.

Unit Relationships

compare and contrastanalyzingcause and effect evaluating

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Student Name: Date:

What you want to know and why

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Places to find information (2. Information-Seeking Strategies) The sources and the information within the sources (3. Location and Access)

the sources to locate information and take notes (4. Use of Information)

the information and creating a product.(5. Synthesis)

the assignment (6. Evaluation)using six steps of research to

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The Clarifying Table

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Animals that lay eggs.Use it to describe... Example of...

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Most snakes are oviparous because they lay eggs.

©2009 Region XIII, Adapted from University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. 2008. “SIM Content Enhancement,” www.kucrl.org/sim©2009 Region XIII, Adapted from Leslie Herod, MEd, and University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning.“SIM Learning Strategies.”

Learning StrategiesTM

Mastery? NoYes

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Mastery? NoYes

Mastery?No Yes Go to another strategy

Go to another strategy

Instructional Process

©2009 Region XIII, Adapted from Leslie Herod, MEd, and University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning.“SIM Learning Strategies.”

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ContentsAccess to General Curriculum ..................................................................................................................................................................................41

Accountability ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................41

Assistive Technology ................................................................................................................................................................................................41

Behavior ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................42

Bilingual/ESL ............................................................................................................................................................................................................43

College and Career Readiness .................................................................................................................................................................................44

Counselors ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................44

CSCOPE ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................44

Deaf Education .........................................................................................................................................................................................................44

Dyslexia ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................45

Early Childhood ........................................................................................................................................................................................................45

Gifted and Talented ..................................................................................................................................................................................................46

Homeless Education .................................................................................................................................................................................................46

IDEA Coordination - Special Education ...................................................................................................................................................................46

Instruction and Student Support ..............................................................................................................................................................................47

Instructional Coaching ..............................................................................................................................................................................................47

Leadership Development ..........................................................................................................................................................................................47

Literacy .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................48

Math ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................49

Migrant Education ....................................................................................................................................................................................................50

Multiple Low Incidence Disabilities ..........................................................................................................................................................................50

PEIMS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................51

Professional Learning ...............................................................................................................................................................................................51

Professional Learning Communities .........................................................................................................................................................................52

Related Services .......................................................................................................................................................................................................52

Response to Intervention..........................................................................................................................................................................................52

School Health ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................52

Science .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................53

Special Programs .....................................................................................................................................................................................................54

Speech Language Pathology ...................................................................................................................................................................................54

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Access to General CurriculumAdapted PE for ME

In this workshop, participants learn how to provide students with enriching movement activities, based on best practices in Adapted Physical Education (APE). Participants learn the following: APE activities they can do with all ability level of students, how they can use APE as a great time for inclusion, and how to use simple materials and fun movements to help all children with range of motion, strength, balance, muscle control, and attention.

Workshop ID: SP1015904Date(s): 01/23/10

IEP Best Practice: FIE to the IEPIn the new age of enrolled grade level instruction and assessment for all, it is time to revisit the IEP process for special education students. This one-day workshop reintroduces and reinforces best practices in IEP development.

Workshop ID: FA0915880Date(s): 10/07/09

Power of 2: Co-teachingA successful, collaborative partnership between a special ed and general ed teacher can enrich the educational experience for all students. In this workshop, participants gain ideas for creating a caring, structured, and engaging co-teaching environment where students follow multiple pathways to accomplish learning outcomes.

Workshop ID: SU1015654Date(s): 06/17/10, 06/18/10

Strategies for Accessing the General Curriculum in the Science Classroom

This series is designed to assist teachers with meeting the diverse needs of the students found in the ever-changing science classroom.

Workshop ID: FA0915608Date(s): 10/22/09–10/23/09

AccountabilityData DIG

A Data DIG provides your schools leadership team with a structured opportunity to analyze your schools effectiveness and set goals for improvement by looking at campus data. Following the research of Victoria Bernhardt and using a Campus Data Analysis Workbook that is customized to your school, the Data DIG guides your team through the process of analyzing multiple measures of data student learning, demographics, school process, and perception. For additional information, please visit www.esc13.net/data_assessment.

Data, Accountability, and Planning CooperativeThe Data, Accountability, and Planning Cooperative provides member districts with services and technical assistance to increase district and campus: understanding and ability to disaggregate data, understanding of state and federal accountability systems, increase awareness of the Texas College Readiness Standards, improve ability to conduct comprehensive needs assessments, and improve the quality of district and campus planning for school improvement and turnaround. For additional information, please visit www.esc13.net/data_assessment.

Assistive TechnologyAAC, Literacy and Autism Spectrum Disorders

How can reading and writing support receptive and expressive language for students with autism? This workshop will demonstrate the design and implementation of literacy-based language interventions with the premise of the innate potential of every student. Participants will learn how to create literacy tools that address communication through play, academics, inclusion, vocational, home and community environments.


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Digital Reading: From Evaluation to Implementation

Reading is more than just decoding, and digital reading presents new opportunities and challenges in the 21st century. Struggling readers now have access to text reader applications to support decoding, fluency and comprehension, but is it appropriate for all students? In this workshop, the presenter will describe multiple types of digital reading supports, as well as how they can be used strategically. Multiple strategies will be demonstrated to help students make reading to writing connections.


Exploring the Vocabulary of Dynamic Display Communication Devices

Choosing a dynamic display communication device for a student can be an intimidating task. How do you determine the most appropriate vocabulary program for a student in need of a communication device? This session will introduce the vocabulary organization systems of many of the dynamic display devices currently on the market. Participants will learn the advantages and disadvantages of each and will have hands-on opportunties to learn and compare.


Universal Design for Learning with Computer Assisted Centers and Freeware (Tier 1)

Do you have students in your classroom that are struggling readers and/or writers? Are your students proficient in using the accessibility features in Windows and Word? Is technology part of your toolbox for RtI? What is universal design for learning? How can you use the classroom computers to support differentiated instruction across subject areas? How do you really know if/what/how well your students are learning at the computer? If you want answers to these questions and hands-on demonstrations of techniques, then this is the workshop for you.


Guided Reading for Students with Significant Disabilities

This session introduces guided reading as an instructional framework for literacy instruction for students with significant disabilities. Participants explore adaptations for students with a wide range of disabilities, and a variety of instructional strategies are demonstrated through video examples. Participants leave with resources for instruction and a number of complete lessons.


BehaviorBehavior Inclusion

Two-day intensive training on establishing and/or maintaining an inclusion-oriented behavior program (i.e., FOCUS) Participants will gain an understanding of the components of quality programming for students with behavioral issues and will leave with the tools necessary for implementation.

Workshop ID: SU0915731Date(s): 08/06/09–08/07/09

CHAMPs Classroom ManagementCHAMPs is a positive and proactive classroom management training. The focus of the training is to provide educators with tools and skills to assist students to be highly engaged and sucessful in any educational environment.


Leadership in Behavioral and Academic Support1st annual conference dedicated to professional training, dissemination of research and understanding of issues related to the promotion of best practices for students with behavior and learning problems. Conference is held in conjunction with Texas A&M University and Texas State University.


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SIM Potential Professional Developers InstituteThe Potential Professional Developers Institute precedes the one-year apprenticeship required for certification in the Strategic Instruction Model Professional Development Program for Content Enhancement.


Bilingual/ESLBilingual Literacy Seminar

At this one-day institute, keynote speaker Dr. Margarita Calderon addresses how teachers can help students develop strong reading and writing skills in Spanish, while teaching academic English at appropriate proficiency levels and at an adequate pace. The focus of this institute is to strengthen teachers’ abilities to help ELLs learn content and English in order to be academically successful.


Distinguishing Language Differences from Learning Disabilities for English Language Learners

In this workshop, participants explore the distinguishing characteristics between language differences and learning disabilities in English Language Learners. Through a comprehensive, collaborative approach, educators establish an understanding of second language acquisition, cultural influences on teaching and learning, and effective instructional techniques which are likely to result in academic success.


Dyslexia and English Language Learners: Identification, Assessment, and Authentic Case Studies – Two Day Training

In this two-day workshop, Dr. Criselda Alvarado will discuss issues related to dyslexia and English Language Learners. She will expand on the identification of learning disabilities and assessment, specifically focusing on dyslexia. Participants review case studies and apply the information to authentic scenarios of learning profiles for dyslexia identification.

Workshop ID: SP1015671Date(s): 01/19/10–01/20/10

ELPS Toolkit Training: Planning and Teaching for English Learners

This workshop orients educators to the ELPS Toolkit, a product designed to help teachers incorporate the English Language Proficiency Standards when planning lessons and delivering instruction for students who are English learners. The training provides an overview and modeling of strategies for differentiating instruction, developing academic language, planning ELPS-based lessons for English Learners using a sheltered approach, and incorporating the 5E model.


English Language Learner Institute 2009This one-day institute features a keynote address and breakout sessions that focus on the needs of educators of English language learners. Keynote speaker Maria Elena Arguelles will address vocabulary instruction for English learners.


ESL Academy 2009-2010This four-day workshop provides a foundation on language acquisition and explores best practices in ESL instruction, while preparing participants for the TExES Exam #154: English as a Second Language Supplemental.

Workshop ID: FA0915788Date(s): 10/12/09, 10/14/09, 10/19/09, 10/20/09

Sheltered Instruction Plus: Support for English Language Learners

This two-day training designed for content-area secondary and intermediate elementary teachers explores incredibly dynamic, hands-on strategies for sheltering instruction in the content areas. Participants come away from this training with a comprehensive plan for successfully teaching ELLs that includes the following: welcoming English learners; constructing language-rich, interactive classrooms; differentiating instruction; and planning instruction with the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS). Participants receive a copy of Sheltered Instruction Plus by John Seidlitz.

Workshop ID: SP1015964Date(s): 02/11/10– 02/12/10

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College and Career ReadinessWork-Based Learning Endorsement for Career Preparation and Cooperative Education Programs

This workshop is designed to satisfy the State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC) assignment rule for Work-Based Learning in Agricultural Science, Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Trades and Industrial Education. This workshop is a great opportunity for Career and Technical Education teachers who are seeking the endorsement to teach a Work-Based Learning course.


Content Reading Strategies in CTE“I. Do. Not. Teach. Reading.” Okay, you’re already hooked into whatever this is that will give you “reading” training without trying to turn you into a reading teacher. This session will address reading but only through the lens of “content acquisition.” Come learn how to help your students access your content more efficiently. We’ll include reading strategies that will transfer to your students’ other courses, including upcoming college and career reading needs. I’ll also show you how what you already do really can impact your student’s TAKS scores.


Dropout Prevention and Recovery Conference:Best Practices for College and Career Readiness

Share best practices and evidence-based strategies to address the barriers that keep students from graduating high school.


CounselorsSecondary Counselor Academy

Join in a lively discussion of ways career development activities can support NCLB mandates for student success in school. See how counselors can provide information required by Senate Bill 158 and Senate Bill 518 to students. Topics of discussion and updates include the following: Achieve Texas, financial aid, 4x4, TREx (electronic transcripts), college readiness, SB 673, and ARD/Transition Guidance.

Workshop ID: SU1016146Date(s): 07/27/10

CSCOPECSCOPE District Administrator Training

Administrators, curriculum leaders, and teacher leaders from CSCOPE districts will benefit from attending this training. During this session, we explore CSCOPE through the lens of an instructional leader in order to accomplish the following: Explore the components and uses of the CSCOPE Curriculum System; Support teacher implementation and monitor instructional delivery of CSCOPE; Ensure that all students have access to a TEKS-based curriculum; Develop a common vocabulary; Navigate the CSCOPE Website; Use CSCOPE as a leadership tool.


CSCOPE SPARC: High School Math 2nd Six Weeks

By the end of each SPARC session, participants have a six-weeks plan, ready to be implemented in their classrooms. Participants participate in vertical and grade-level curriculum discussions, are involved in demonstrations of selected lesson activities, discuss applicable instructional strategies, and plan both individually and collaboratively.


Leading Change: Making CSCOPE Work for School Improvement

This workshop is designed to help school leaders understand the forces that influence the change process and direct these forces for continuous school improvement. Learn how to use CSCOPE implementation to lead change effectively rather than react to it.


Deaf EducationGiving Language a Hand: Using Sign Language in Early Childhood

Using sign language in an early childhood classroom improves communication skills and can improve poor behavior resulting from children’s frustration with language. Besides that, it’s fun! In this workshop, participants learn why using sign language in the

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classroom is effective and receive resources for acquiring more skill with sign language. By the end of the day, educators are able to sign two preschool songs and communicate using 50 different signs. This training is funded by IDEA-B federal funds.


DyslexiaWilson Reading System Applied Methods (3-Day Training)

In this fifteen-hour workshop, participants will learn the multisensory structured language principles and techniques of the Wilson Reading System (WRS). A Wilson trainer will describe general program concepts and provide hands-on instruction in the lesson plan format. Participants will be able to begin using the Wilson Reading System. Level I certification training or ongoing online support is recommended for in-depth teacher professional development and improved student outcomes.


Wilson Reading System Level 1 Certification Training

Wilson Reading System, an Orton-Gillingham-based intervention, is designed for adults and for students in grades 3-12, but it can be used with younger children. The program has been used successfully in school settings with small groups or even as the spelling curriculum for an entire class. The program is sequenced in 12 steps. Words are decoded and encoded by students from the beginning. Certification takes place in monthly seminars and observations during the school year. Please see the online catalog for full details of the requirements of this certification program.

Workshop ID: FA0915680Date(s): 09/17/09, 10/14/09, 11/09/09, 01/12/10, 03/22/10, 05/10/10

Dyslexia: Compiling the Dyslexia Assessment Data into Summaries/Reports

In this session, participants review the essential data for a formal dyslexia assessment and compile data into a format for an ARD or Dyslexia Assessment Meeting. Using case study examples, participants build their capacity for making a determination for dyslexia services within a school setting.


Establishing Dyslexia Services in the School System: State Guidelines, Laws & Codes

This presentation provides a framework for setting up a dyslexia program in a public or charter school system. Participants discuss the definition for dyslexia, state laws and codes, and guidelines and procedures for providing dyslexia assessments in school districts.


Section 504: Advanced Issues and Legal UpdatesIn this session, an attorney who specializes in Section 504 reviews advanced 504 issues related to behavior/manifestation, ADHD and health issues, Section 504/IDEA, dyslexia, secondary grades, honors courses, class ranking, modifications, and legal updates. Participants discuss authentic case hearings.


Early ChildhoodContent Connections Series

Region XIII Early Childhood Specialists are teaming up to offer a year-long strand of interactive, practical workshops to build your content knowledge and your tool box of activities aligned with new Pre-k Guidelines and Kindergarten TEKS. These workshops target kindergarten, pre-k, PPCD, preschool, and Head Start teachers. Each training addresses the needs of special education and English language learner students.

Workshop Name Workshop ID Date(s)

Classroom Arrangement to Maximize Learning

SU0913187 08/06/09

Literacy-Make It, Take It FA0916126 09/26/09

A Picture’s Worth: Art in Preschool FA0915990 11/11/09

Getting the Most from Your Learning Centers

FA0915917 12/03/09

Visual Connections: Using Digital Cameras in Preschool

SP1015991 01/25/10

Math in Groups and Math in Centers SP101591802/09/10, 04/13/11

New and Fun Strategies for the Bilingual Classroom

SP1015929 03/31/10



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Early Childhood InstituteThe Early Childhood Institute 2009 is a two-day institute including a featured speaker along with break-out sessions designed to address the needs of Pre-k, PPCD, and Kindergarten teachers, service providers, paraeducators, parents, and childcare staff. Sessions focus on academic areas as well as the unique needs of early childhood settings including a special focus on behavior strategies and cultural and languagediversity. The conference is funded by IDEA-B funds.


Gifted and TalentedDifferentiation for All Learners: Accepting the Challenge

At this one-day institute, educators explore tools and strategies for differentiating their classes to meet the diverse needs of their students: K-12, elementary, middle school, high school, special education, gifted and talented, and limited English proficient. Featured speaker, Susan Winebrenner, is the author of many books, including Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom and Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom.


Gifted/Talented 30-Hour Training SeriesThe Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students requires that “teachers who provide instruction and services that are a part of the program for gifted students have a minimum of thirty clock hours of staff development that includes nature and needs of gifted/talented students, assessing student needs, and curriculum and instruction for gifted students”(4.1A, p.8). This course is designed to fulfill this requirement, while providing teachers with research-based, practical methods to serve gifted/talented learners in their classrooms.

Workshop ID: FA0915708Date(s): 10/07/09, 10/14/09, 10/28/09, 11/11/09, 11/18/09

Homeless EducationHomeless Education Focus Groups 1–3

The purpose of this focus group is to disseminate information, determine needs, and identify opportunities for collaboration in homeless education programs. These are informal opportunities for

you to voice questions or concerns regarding homeless education. Region XIII project staff are available to brainstorm ideas, provide support, and answer questions.

Group Number Workshop ID Date(s)

Focus Group 1 FA0915768 10/20/09

Focus Group 2 SP1015769 03/02/10

Focus Group 3 SP1015770 04/27/10

Liaison Training on McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

In this workshop, participants discuss the McKinney-Vento federal homeless education legislation and explore key provisions the district must have in place for students in homeless situations. This session addresses the following topics: liaison duties; identification of homeless students and school enrollment; delivery of services; available resources.


IDEA Coordination - Special Education

Advanced IEP FacilitationPreventing conflict and intervening early to solve differences is a goal of all professionals, especially in the context of special education. Even professionals with considerable experience leading ARD/IEP meetings can benefit from enhancing their skills. Participants will work through an Advanced IEP Facilitation training which is skill-based, experiential, and interactive. Structured exercises and group discussion aimed at clarifying specific challenges and providing practical strategies for intervention are included.


The Basics: Facilitating IEPsSpecial education requires groups of parents and professionals to work toward consensus in planning educational programs for children. Sometimes this process is less than productive, and conflicts arise. Come learn communication skills, meeting management techniques, and consensus building tool(s) that foster true collaboration.




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Instruction and Student SupportRtI Tier I Strategic Instruction Model Content Enhancement Series

The Strategic Instruction Model Content Enhancement Routines are research validated methods proven to teach content in ways that all students can understand and remember key information and guaranteed to fulfill the needs of your RtI model. These routines work in all content areas and will become a powerful bank of strategies you’ll use over and over all year long.


“Unpacking” the Big Questions—Teaching Critical Thinking with SIM Question Exploration Guide

Fall: FA0915712 10/08/09

Spring: SP1015931 01/21/10

Dynamic Duo for Note-taking and Vocabulary Building: Framing and Clarifying SIM Routines

Fall: FA0915848 11/05/09

Spring: SP1015851 02/18/10

Tools for Mastering Content concepts—Concept Comparison and Concept Anchoring SIM Routines

Fall: FA0915850 12/03/09

Spring: SP1015852 04/08/10

RtI Tier II Strategic Instruction Model Learning Strategies Series

This series is directed toward teachers of students who require Tier II interventions focusing on College and Career Readiness Skills. Participants will be introduced to the foundations of the Strategic Instruction Model and receive instruction on the implementation of research-based interventions to help students acquire the skills necessary to understand grade-level materials.


Paraphrasing FA0915847 09/01/09

Identification and Word Mapping

FA0915846 10/13/09

Proficiency and Fundamentals of Sentence Writing

SP1015854 02/02/10

Inference and Self-Questioning

SP1015854 02/23/10

Instructional CoachingInstructional Coaching Institute

The Instructional Coaching Institute provides a definition of what coaches do, distinguishes between effective and ineffective coaching practices, and provides an overview of the current state of research on coaching. This dynamic institute addresses the following: What an instructional coach does; The various roles of coaches; Specific communication strategies a coach uses to build relationships with teachers and administrators; A “toolbox” of resources for coaches; And much more!


Leadership DevelopmentAcademy for Teacher Leadership 2009-2010

This workshop provides a professional learning opportunity for exemplary teachers who are already displaying the potential to become teacher leaders. This is an opportunity for school administrators to recognize, reward, and develop your finest teachers by selecting them to be part of the Academy for Teacher Leadership. The goal of this cohort of teacher leaders is to develop essential leadership capabilities as a change agent for your campus.


Influencer TrainingInfluencer Training is ideal for school leaders and teams looking to overcome profound, persistent, and resistant problems in their work or organization. Participants will develop skills to diagnose the root of a problem using a six-source model in order to identify the high-leverage behaviors to create desired results. This robust influence strategy can be applied on any scale to create cultural transformation.

Workshop ID Date(s)

SP1016239 01/18/10–01/19/10

SP1016240 04/15/10–04/16/10Related Product:

SIM Summary Cards

PLANNING AND LEADING LEARNING PLANNING AND LEADING LEARNING

EXPLAINING TEXT, TOPICS, & DETAILSEXPLAINING TEXT, TOPICS, & DETAILS

used to plan a course around the critical concepts and course questions and then to introduce the course concepts, questions, standards, and rituals to students

helps students transform information into clear main ideas and essential details with a concise summary statement

used to plan units and to show students how the unit’s critical information, concepts and questions are related

used to promote understanding and recall of terms (vocabulary word, people, place, events) integral to the course or unit of study

course organizer

framing routine

unit organizer

clarifying routine

Content EnhancementTM

C Cue course questions O Outline critical concepts/units U Uncover community principles R Reveal learning rituals S Share performance options E Explain course standards

F Focus on the topic R Reveal main ideas A Analyze details M Make a “So what” statement E Extend understandings

C Create a context R Recognize content structures A Acknowledge unit relationships F Frame unit questions T Tie content to tasks

D Designate the term E Explore the clarifi ers F Figure out the core idea I Identify knowledge connections N Note its usage or concept E Explain what it’s not S Set up an example sentence

Course Organizer


This Course6th Grade Social Studies

Course StandardsWhat? How? Value?Content:

_______Process:

_______

Course Progress Graph

Course Questions:How canyou connect the events and relationships between Washington state, US, and 1. World History/?Why and how do opinions differ based on historical evidence?2. How have creativity, ideas, and technology in uenced historical and social change?3. How can you use sources and geographic tools to discuss relationships of people?4. How can you make the connection between the physical and human characteristics to 5. places and regions?How can you analyze and interpret the interpret the interaction between people and their 6. environment?How has the diversity of cultures affected individuals, groups, and societies?7. How were the basic ideas of American democracy applied in the founding documents of 8. our country?Why do we have government and how is it organized?9. Why do we have international policies and how are they determined?10. How do citizen rights and responsibilities and principles of civi11. c involvement affect you?

Student Name: Time:Teacher: Course Dates

helping students make connections and finding patterns by examining the past and present and making

predictions for the future.

is about

Essential details: Essential details: Essential details:

how

1st step

2nd step

3rd step

So What? (What’s important to understand about this?

The FRAME

Jefferson High School, Portland OR.

To say the word To know what it means by its parts

Main IdeaWord Identi cation

Main IdeaLINCs

Main IdeaWord Mapping

To know what it means with pictures

is about...ways to help you understand words

When is it right to use one strategy instead of another?Can you say it? If no, use Word ID, if yes, can I see a pre x or suf x? If yes, use mapping, if no, use LINCs.

Discover sounds & contextisolate the beginning

Does it have a PREFIX?What does it mean?

List the partsindicate a reminding word

Separate the endingSay the stem

What is the ROOT?What does it mean?

Note a LINCing storyCreate a LINCing picture

Examine the stem (rule of 2s and 3s)Check with someone, Try the dictionary

Does it have a SUFFIX?What does it mean?

Self Testfold the paper so you only see 1st and last columns)

Key TopicVocabulary Strategies

Bigger Picture

Reading to WriteLast Unit/ExperienceSentence Sense

Current Unit

The Big 6 ResearchNext Unit/Experience

Go for the Gold Test TakingUnit Schedule Unit Map

Unit Self-Test Questions

How do you go about researching the answers to questions?1. How will you do it differently on the next project?2. How do you take notes so they are paraphrased? List two strategies you can use.3.

Unit Relationships

compare and contrastanalyzingcause and effect evaluating

Unit Organizer


Student Name: Date:

What you want to know and why

(1. Task Definition)

Places to find information (2. Information-Seeking Strategies) The sources and the information within the sources (3. Location and Access)

the sources to locate information and take notes (4. Use of Information)

the information and creating a product.(5. Synthesis)

the assignment (6. Evaluation)using six steps of research to

locate answers to questions

is about...

by evaluating

by organized

by using

by locating

by examining

by determining

The Clarifying Table

Term

OviparousCore Idea

Animals that lay eggs.Use it to describe... Example of...

Most shMost frogs

Clari ers

Animals who give birth to young by laying eggs.Eggs deposited out-side of mother’s bodyEggs may be fertilized before they are laid(birds and reptiles) or after they are laid ( shand amphibians.

Knowledge Connections

My sh lay eggs in my aquarium.

Use it to describe... Example of...

PeopleNight lizards

Example Sentence

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Most snakes are oviparous because they lay eggs.

©2009 Region XIII, Adapted from University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. 2008. “SIM Content Enhancement,” www.kucrl.org/sim



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Differentiate with Small Group InstructionIn this one-day workshop intended for kindergarten to second grade teachers, participants learn how to put guided reading into action to create independent readers. Participants explore methods for grouping students and matching readers with the appropriate leveled text and managing classroom time and resources to support small-group instruction.


Fundations: Wilson Language Basics K-3Fundations is a supplemental phonics/spelling program, designed to be used with existing literature-based reading instruction to provide a comprehensive language arts program. Skills are taught explicitly and systematically with scaffolded activities to allow for extensive practice. Assessments conducive to an RtI model are used to monitor students throughout the program The program can be adapted for intervention through supplemental activities and home support packets. Parent instructions are in English or Spanish.


Master Reading TeacherThe Master Reading Teacher (MRT) Training directly addresses the six standards identified by SBEC for the Master Reading Teacher: Interrelated Components of Reading from Early Childhood through Grade 12; Assessing Reading Competence; Designing and Managing Effective Instruction; Literacy and the Second-Language Learner; Reading Disorders; Support and Professional Development for Adult Learners. Prospective participants must complete an application packet and a preliminary assessment.

Workshop ID: SU1015674Date(s): 07/06/10–07/9/10, 07/12/10–07/16/10, 07/19/10–07/23/10, 07/26/10–07/30/10, 08/2/10–08/6/10

ILD: Instructional Leadership DevelopmentThis is a 36-hour prerequisite training prior to attending PDAS. The modules focus on Data-Driven Decision Making; Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment; Supervision; Professional Development, Organizational Management and Community Partnerships.


Powerful Strategies for Educational LeadersPowerful Strategies for Educational Leaders is a revitalizing workshop to enhance your leadership skills and focus on strategies that create success. This workshop will assist school leaders to dramatically improve the quality of their professional lives. Participants reconnect with the values which support strong educational leadership and create new possibilities for themselves, staff and schools. In conjunction with the workshop, participants will receive one-on-one professional leadership coaching.


PDAS: Professional Development and Appraisal System

This is the Commissioner of Education’s recommended teacher appraisal process. As a result of this training, administrators will receive PDAS Appraiser Certification status and will be authorized to appraise teachers using PDAS.


Literacy6+1 Traits and Effective Writing Workshop for Grades 4-10

In this two-day workshop, educators of grades 4-10 learn the 6+1 traits of writing, and how the traits connect to the TAKS scoring and effective writing process. Teachers, both general ed and special ed, who teach students taking any of the Texas writing assessments should attend this training. Attendees use teaching strategies to enhance students’ revision and editing skills.


Related Products:

Neuhaus ELA Products



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R.E.W.A.R.D.S. - Big Word Decoding TrainingThe Reading Excellence Word Attack and Rate Development Strategies (REWARDS) is a system specifically designed to help students who may fit one or more of the following categories: students who need to improve their TAKS scores in the area of vocabulary, including prefixes, root words, suffixes; students in grades 4-5 who have mastered single-syllable words and are ready for multisyllabic words; and students in grades 6-12 who lack word identification skills and are slower oral readers than their peers. Participants learn many hands-on techniques to use in teaching the REWARDS process and motivational strategies to keep students engaged.


TAKS Open-Ended ResponseTAKS Open-Ended Response (OER) Student success on the TAKS Open-Ended Response (OER) starts with how well educators understand the task and how student responses are evaluated. In this workshop, participants explore the OER reading task, study the rubric deeply, and compare the OER and essay response requirements. This workshop is appropriate for teachers of students in grades 9-12, as well as teachers of lower grades who want to help prepare their students for high school success.Workshop ID: FA0916149Date(s): 09/24/09

TEKS-TAKS Grade 4 Writing (Starting from Square One)

This workshop is designed specifically for 4th grade teachers, whose students take the writing portion of the TAKS. The presenter guides participants through an examination of the TEKS, while clarifying student expectations. Participants evaluate sample compositions using the TAKS rubric and walk away with lessons and activities for each TAKS writing feature.


Math2nd Sense Training

These two-day workshops provide lessons for engaging, hands-on, minds-on learning. Training includes teacher lessons, student activities, and mini-assessment. Each participant receives a Sense book, which includes instructional materials for each of the grade-level objectives. Meets the content standards for NCLB highly qualified teachers.


Fostering Algebraic ThinkingThe modules presented in this four-day training center on analyzing student work, listening to students, documenting patterns of student thinking, and asking questions of students. The goal of these sessions is to help mathematics teachers in grades 6-10 learn to identify, describe, and foster algebraic thinking in their students and understand students’ thinking through the analysis of different kinds of data, such as student work and classroom observations. This training is also appropriate for fifth grade teachers. Look for Fostering Geometric Thinking in Spring/Summer 2010!

Workshop ID: SP1016078Date(s): 02/17/10, 03/09/10, 04/15/10, 05/11/10

Mathematics for English Language LearnersThis two-day training is designed to assist secondary mathematics educators in meeting the needs of English Language Learners through the implementation of research-based instructional strategies in specific mathematics contexts. The workshop includes an examination of the special needs of this population in the mathematics classroom, strategies for the development of language specific to mathematics, strategies for planning lessons for English Language Learners, strategies for the delivery of rigorous and relevant instruction using the 5E instructional model, and techniques for the implementation of appropriate mathematics assessment.


Related Product:

TAKS Open-Ended Responses

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8th Sense

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5th Sense



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Math Content SeriesEach Math Content Series workshop is two days. Concepts will be introduced through hands-on, concrete experiences. Strategies for ELLs, intervention, and special education are included. Participants will receive a book for classroom use. Trainer of Trainer module is geared toward curriculum specialists.


Instructional Strategies for Conceptual Teaching of Whole Number Operations (Grades 3-5)

FA091553709/22/09–09/23/09

Instructional Strategies for Conceptual Teaching of Operations with Fractions and Decimals (Grades 6-7)

FA091554109/21/09–09/22/09

Instructional Strategies for Conceptual Teaching of Linear Functions (Grade 8 and Alg 1)

FA091554809/23/29–09/24/09

Instructional Strategies for Conceptual Teaching of Percents, Fractions, and Decimals (Grades 6-8)

FA091556710/06/09–10/07/09

Instructional Strategies for Conceptual Teaching of Counting, Comparing, and Patterns (Grades K-2)

FA091556310/19/09–10/20/09

Conceptual Development of Fractional Parts (Grades 3-5)

FA091557111/03/09–11/04/09

Instructional Strategies for Conceptual Teaching of Whole Number Addition and Subtraction (Grades K-2)

FA091596311/11/09–11/12/09

Trainer of Trainers--What Do You Mean “Compatible Numbers”?

SP101565705/10/10–05/11/10

Migrant EducationIdentification and Recruitment of Migrant Students Make-Up Session 09-10

This two-day session is a program compliance requirement for returning and new Migrant Program Recruiters and Reviewers. Participants receive updates and specific instructions for conducting eligibility interviews, completing the Certificate of Eligibility, and other critical components of the eligibility process.


New Generation System (NGS) NGS is a Web-based, interactive national database for the Migrant Program. The presenter provides advanced descriptions of NGS system components, program timelines, reports, PEIMS requirements, quality control, and compliance information. Participants receive a copy of the Migrant Program New Generation System Implementation Guidelines.

NGS Advance Training 2009–10This training, required annually, is designed for returning staff with Migrant Program responsibilities.


NGS Guidelines and Updates 2009–10This training, required annually, is designed for new staff only with Migrant Program responsibilities.


NGS Hands-On 2009–10This training, required annually, is designed only for new staff with data entry responsibilities. The session builds on information presented in the NGS Guidelines & Updates workshop. NGS Data Entry Specialists will practice with hands-on activities and tasks in the System.


Multiple Low Incidence DisabilitiesBeat the Heat Summer Institute 2010

Beat the Heat is ESC Region XIII’s multi-day conference for teachers, parents, paraeducators, related service providers, and other professionals working with students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Strands include literacy, math, Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities, deaf/blind, autism, assistive technology, behavior, and more. Course content is developed to meet the needs of new and veteran teachers.




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FACTER in Routines and Coordinated Sets of Activities for Secondary Students with Significant Disabilities

For special needs learners, a routine is a predictable, structured aspect of the day and is a critical intervention for fostering student independence. Participants will learn how to develop functional routines for their classroom addressing areas of need in career, community, leisure, academic, transition and daily living skills. Participants will learn concrete methods and strategies using FACTER: Functional Assessment and Curriculum for Teaching Everyday Routines.

Workshop ID Date(s)

FA0915692 09/14/09

SP1015693 01/22/10

New LIFE Skills Teacher Bootcamp 2009-10Are you a teacher assigned for your first or second year to the self-contained classroom for students with significant disabilities? In this three-day training, participants will explore practical strategies, tools, and resources needed in the LIFE Skills or AU classroom, so that they feel well prepared for those first months of school and beyond.


Person-Centered PlanningDo you want to learn best practice tools for supporting positive outcomes for your general ed and special ed students both now and after graduation? Do you need a process that addresses drop-out prevention or effective transition? Person-Centered Planning is a framework for planning, making decisions for and working toward the preferred future of a student, based on their strengths, capabilities, preferences, lifestyle, and cultural background.

Workshop ID Date(s)

FA0916180 10/19/09

SP1016181 01/26/10

PEIMSFall and Mid-year PEIMS Records Training

The Region XIII PEIMS Team presents information on each of the records to be submitted in the Fall PEIMS process and in the Mid-Year PEIMS process. Student records include demographic, identification, enrollment, CTE, special education, and leaver data. Staff records include demographic, identification, payroll summary and accounting, contracted instructional staff, and staff responsibility data. Finance Budget data and Mid-Year PEIMS (Finance Actuals) records are discussed.


Summer and Extended-Year PEIMS RecordsThe Region XIII PEIMS Team presents information on each of the records to be submitted in the Summer PEIMS process and in the Extended Year PEIMS process. Student records include demographic, identification, basic attendance, special education attendance, CTE attendance, course completion, discipline, Title I, and special education child restraint data. Extended-Year records include demographic, identification, Optional Extended-Year Program, and Extended School Year Services data.


Professional LearningCrucial Confrontations Training

Crucial Confrontations Training directly addresses gaps between expectations and performance with a model that ensures individual, team, and organizational effectiveness. Participants learn to master face-to-face discussions, hold people accountable, motivate without using power, enable without taking over, and move to action. Step-by-step processes are taught and practiced to equip participants with the tools and skills to manage difficult situations and resolve them for positive results. The training is customized to address the unique needs and circumstances faced by school leaders.

Workshop ID Date(s)

FA0916236 11/11/09–11/12/09

SP1016238 03/01/10–03/02/10



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Response to InterventionRtI Academy

The RtI Academy will consist of 6 training sessions throughout the school year designed to increase the capacity of campuses to provide early intervening services (with an emphasis on reading), aligned with the general education curriculum, to at-risk students and students with disabilities, as measured by student progress and performance.

Workshop ID: SU0916121Date(s): 08/13/09, 09/28/09, 11/02/09, 01/25/10, 04/13/10, 06/16/10

RtI Fifth Annual InstituteThe Response to Intervention (RtI) Institute will be offering practical tools and strategies for supporting the RtI framework at your campus. The breakout sessions will include: Progress Monitoring Tools/Resources, Data Analysis, Reading and Math Interventions/Resources, CSCOPE and RtI, SIM, RtI and our Accountability Systems, Crucial Conversations, Legal Issues and much more.


School HealthNew School Nurse Orientation

In this session, participants integrate nurse education theory with effective nurse skills and practices in a school setting. The presenter will discuss state health mandates (i.e., immunizations, screenings, diabetic care, students with asthma) and health related resources. Participants explore strategies and best practices for assessing students; documentation; and collaborating with school staff, parents, and the community.


Overcoming Mental Health Barriers for Academic Success

Eliminating Barriers for Learning is an education program for elementary and secondary school teachers and staff that focuses on mental health issues in the classroom. The overall goal is to help eliminate barriers to learning by understanding and addressing mental health issues in the school environment.


Crucial Conversations TrainingThis training provides high-leverage skills for individuals, teams, and organizations that under-communicate, withhold information, or fail to act with unity and conviction. Participants learn to catch problems early and resolve disagreements candidly and respectfully, maximize input from people closest to the work, and make better decisions and then take more committed action.

Workshop ID Date(s)

FA0916233 10/30/09, 11/20/09, 12/11/09

SP1016234 03/29/10, 04/30/10, 05/14/10

Rich Allen: 4-Day Facilitator TrainingThe Power to Train is a four-day facilitator training for trainers, presenters, speakers, facilitators, and teachers —anyone who needs to deliver a message with impact from the front of the room. Presenter Rich Allen focuses on teaching skills and techniques which are simple and practical so that you can use them immediately in your own workshops. By using Rich’s techniques, based on brain research, your participants will learn faster and remember more.


Professional Learning CommunitiesProfessional Learning Communities Conference

The Professional Learning Communities (PLC) Conference provides an overview of PLCs, what makes them successful, and the research behind the benefits of PLCs. Featured speakers Richard and Rebecca DuFour are national leaders who will lead participants in bringing PLC concepts to life in the real world of schools.

Workshop ID: SP1015330Date(s): 01/14/10, 01/15/10

Related ServicesWriting with Alternative Pencils-Make and Take

Writing is an essential component of literacy instruction for students with (and without) disabilities. Alternative “pencils” have been designed for students with physical, cognitive, auditory and visual limitations. In this hands on course, participants will walk away with examples of alternative “pencils,” teaching strategies, sample goals, and a variety of fun writing activities.




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Parenting and Paternity Awareness ProgramThe P.A.P.A. Program is a public education project for youth sponsored by the Office of the Texas Attorney General (OAG). Its goals are to promote responsible parenthood, build a basic understanding of paternity and child support laws, encourage the involvement of non-custodial parents, prevent relationship violence, and support the formation of strong, stable families. The 2007 edition of the P.A.P.A. curriculum and companion video is distributed as part of this OAG-provided 6-hour training.

Workshop ID: FA0915632Date(s): 09/10/09, 09/16/09

Suicide Prevention Gatekeeping TrainingThis train-the-trainer session provides district personnel the facts and skills necessary to develop district-wide suicide prevention protocols, as well as information to help them build and train campus-level gatekeeping teams. Participants receive simple training modules that are easy to teach, including sample forms and procedures to adapt to their district needs.


Unlicensed Diabetic Care Assistant TrainingThe Unlicensed Diabetic Care Assistant (UDCA) training meets HB 984 mandates for training requiring schools to provide consistency for the care of students with diabetes in Texas. Participants gain information about the mandate, diabetes, and diabetic emergencies. A hands-on simulation of skills: checking a blood sugar, administering insulin, and administering glucogon will occur.


ScienceHands-on Science Series

Managing the many aspects of a science classroom can be challenging. This series offers one-day trainings on a variety of topics with immediate implementation results for the classroom. Series includes notebooks and journaling, management, and manipulatives by grade band.

Grade Level Workshop ID Date(s)

Elementary (K–5) FA0915781 10/06/09

Middle School (6–8) FA0916232 10/05/09

Exploring Inquiry Through the Nature of ScienceThese workshops will model activities and provide teachers with strategies to increase the amount of inquiry occurring in the classroom.


Elementary (K–5) FA0916256 10/13/09–10/14/09

Middle School (6–8) FA0916257 10/13/09–10/14/09

High School FA0916258 10/07/09 & 10/20/09

Science Content and Instructional Strategies Series

Aimed at connecting content with instructional strategies, this series will focus on strengthening instructional strategies with a specific content focus. Other content areas of focus can be found in our online catalog.

Instructional Strategies for Earth Science Concepts


Elementary (K–5) FA0916162 11/09/09–11/10/09

Middle School (6–8) FA0916159 11/09/09–11/10/09

Instructional Strategies for Ecology: High School


High School FA0915598 11/09/09–11/10/09

Science Strategies for English Language Learners

Are you struggling with teach two foreign languages to your ELL students at the same time? Yes, science has a language of its own. These workshops provide techniques and strategies to help engage and motivate your ELL students in science. Strategies can be utilized in the classroom immediately.


Elementary (K–5) FA0916254 09/28/09–9/29/09

Secondary (6–12) FA0916255 09/28/09–9/29/09

Related Product:

Science TEKS Charts

Grade TEKS

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2.9A— Identify the external characteristics of different kinds of plants and animals that allow their needs to be met.

2.9B— Compare and give examples of the ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environment.


3.3A— Analyze, review, and critique scien-tifi c explanations, including hypotheses and theories, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientifi c evidence and information.


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3.3D—Evaluate the impact of research on scientifi c thought, society, and the environ-ment.

3.6A—Measure and record changes in the po-sition and direction of the motion of an object to which a force such as a push or a pull has been applied.

3.6B—Identify that the surface of the Earth can be changed by forces such as earth-quakes and glaciers.

33.8A— Observe and describe the habitats of organisms within an ecosystem.

3.8B—Observe and identify organisms with similar needs that compete with one another for resources such as oxygen, water, food, or space.

3.8C—Describe environmental changes in which some organisms would thrive, become ill, or perish.

33.8D—Describe how living organisms modify their physical environment to meet their needs such as beavers building a dam or humans building a home.

3.11A—Identify and describe the importance of earth materials including rocks, soil, water, and gases of the atmosphere in the local area and classify them as renewable, nonrenewable, or inexhaustible resources.

33.11C—Identify the planets in our solar sys-tem and their position in relation to the Sun.

3.11D—Describe the characteristics of the Sun.

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4.3A— Analyze, review and critique scientifi c explanations, including hypotheses and theories, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientifi c evidence and information.

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4.3C— Represent the natural world using models and identify their limitations.

4.6A— Identify patterns of change such as in weather, metamorphosis, and objects in the sky.

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4.11A—Test properties of soils including texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support life.

4.11B—Summarize the effects of the oceans on land.

4.11C—Identify the Sun as the major source of energy for the Earth and understand its role in the growth of plants, in the creation of winds, and in the water cycle.

55.1A—Demonstrate safe practices during fi eld and laboratory investigations.

5.2A—Plan and implement descriptive and simple experimental investigations including asking well-defi ned questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and selecting and using equipment and technology.

55.2B—Collect information by observing and measuring.

5.2D—Communicate valid conclusions. 5.2E—Construct simple graphs, tables, maps, and charts using tools including com-puters to organize, examine, and evaluate information.

55.3A—Analyze, review, and critique scientifi c explanations including hypotheses and theo-ries, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientifi c evidence and information.

5.3B—Draw inferences based on information related to promotional materials for products and services.

5.3C—Represent the natural world using models and identify their limitations.

55.4A—Collect and analyze information using tools including calculators, microscopes, cameras, sound recorders, computers, hand lenses, rulers, thermometers, compasses, balances, hot plates, meter sticks, timing devices, magnets, collecting nets, and safety goggles.

5.5A—Describe some cycles, structures, and processes that are found in a simple system.

55.5B—Describe some interaction that occur in a simple system.

5.6A—Identify events and describe changes that occur on a regular basis such as daily, weekly, lunar, and seasonal cycles.

5.6B— Identify the signifi cance of the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles.

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5.6C—Describe and compare life cycles of plants and animals.

5.7A—Classify matter based on its physi-cal properties including magnetism, physical state, and the ability to conduct or insulate heat, electricity, and sound.

5.7B—Demonstrate that some mixtures maintain the physical properties of their ingredients.

55.7C—Identify changes that can occur in the physical properties of the ingredients in solu-tions.

5.7D— Observe and measure characteristic properties of substances that remain constant.

5.8 A—Differentiate among forms of energy including light, heat, electrical, and solar energy.

55.8 B—Identify and demonstrate everyday examples of how light is refl ected, such as from tinted windows, and refracted such as in cameras, telescopes, and everyday eyeglasses.

5.8 C—Demonstrate that electricity can fl ow in a circuit and can produce heat, light, sound, and magnetic effects.

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5.11 B—Draw conclusions about “what hap-pened before” using data such as from tree-growth rings and sedimentary rock sequences.

5.11 C—Identify past events that led to the formation f the Earth’s renewable, non-re-newable, and inexhaustible resources.

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Special ProgramsBreakfast Talk: Application for Federal Funding and Compliance Reports 11–12

This comprehensive workshop provides training on the completion of the NCLB SAS Consolidated Application for Federal Funding and Compliance Reports, as well as program updates. Each participant receives a detailed notebook containing application, instructions, program updates, and a calendar of deadlines.


Federal and State Program Updates 2009–10 Part 1

This workshop provides detailed updates on legislation, Performance Based Monitoring, PEIMS, Title I Provisions for Homeless Education, Family Involvement Community Resources, and documentation. This workshop is provided at no cost to Homeless Education Co-op Members, Federal Programs Shared Services Members, and State Comp Ed Members.


State Compensatory Education TrainingThis workshop addresses program compliance and legislative updates; audit and monitoring compliance issues; and program, budget, and PEIMS program requirements. The resource document, State Compensatory Education Planning Guide for Administrators, is provided. This document serves as a resource for key provisions and strategies for implementing State Compensatory Education.


Speech Language PathologyArticulation and Language Eligibility in the Schools Boot Camp

This session provides updated information on previous trainings of the Articulation and Language Eligibility templates developed by the TSHA Eligibility Taskforce. Presenters discuss examples of completed district eligibility manuals and answer questions about the implementation process. Updated topics include differentiating for RtI versus referral, recommendations for 3- to 5-year-old students, normative data, and more. 5.0 TSHA CEUs pending.

Workshop ID: FA0915873Date(s): 09/28/09, 10/05/09, 10/12/09

Communication Strategies for Students with Significant Disabilities

This workshop is designed for teams of TVIs, SLPs, and Life Skills teachers along with parents and related staff. Registration is by application only. The presenter reviews the Communication Matrix assessment tool and discusses how to move forward with programming based on that assessment.


Ethics for SLPsDoing the right thing can be challenging! Learn how to apply information from the Code of Ethics and the licensure rules to help you make ethical decisions in your daily practice. This 2-hour webinar qualifies for the 2 hours of Ethics CEUs required to maintain SLP licensure in Texas. 2.0 TSHA CEUs pending.


IEP Best Practice: FIE to the IEP for SLPsIn the new age of enrolled grade level instruction and assessment for all, it is time to revisit the IEP process for special education students. This one-day workshop reintroduces and reinforces best practices in IEP development.


Speech in the Schools 101: New SLP BootcampAre you a new school-based SLP with a few questions about the whole process? Would you like a little help understanding the ARD and your role in it? Does the idea of working with your caseload of students make you want to reconsider? This workshop will provide the new school-based SLP with tools to start the year off right! Part of this session is designed to explore some of the key issues affecting the SLP as a part of the ARD committee. Useful and practical tips for complying with paperwork requirements, while still ensuring that the needs of the individual student are met, will be provided. Additionally, information on best practices in service delivery in the schools will be shared.


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Beat the Heat Summer InstituteThis is a multi-day conference for teachers, parents, paraeducators, related service providers, and other professionals working with students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.

Workshop ID: SU1015389Date: 06/14/10–06/16/10

Bilingual Literacy SeminarDr. Margarita Calderón will address how to develop strong reading and writing skills in Spanish and while teaching academic English at appropriate proficiency levels and at adequate pacing to help ELLs.


Child Nutrition Programs Summer WorkshopThis program initiative is based on compliance of the National School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, After School Snack Program, Summer Feeding and Seamless Summer Feeding Programs administered by the United States and Texas Departments of Agriculture.

Workshop ID: Please check E-campus for workshop ID.Date(s): 06/02/10–06/04/10

Coaching for Educational LeadersThis conference draws coaching professionals and those interested in leadership development for a unique networking experience specifically created for those in the educational community.


CSCOPE Leadership ConferenceThe CSCOPE Leadership Conference focuses on helping to improve student achievement through successful implementation of the CSCOPE Curriculum management system.

Workshop ID: FA0915469Date: 11/10/09

Differentiation InstituteSusan Winebrenner, a full-time consultant who helps school districts translate research into practice, presents strategies for teaching gifted students and for teaching kids with learning difficulties.


Dropout Prevention and Recovery ConferenceShare best practices and evidence-based strategies to address the barriers that keep students from graduating high school.


Dyslexia Conference 2009Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, nationally-renowned educational consultant, author, researcher, and trainer will deliver the keynote address on reading fluency. Afternoon sessions will address ELLs, and elementary and secondary instruction.


Early Childhood InstituteThis two-day institute is designed to address the needs of Pre-k, PPCD, and Kindergarten teachers, service providers, paraeducators, parents, and childcare staff.


English Language Learner InstituteThis year’s keynote speaker, Maria Elena Arguelles, will address vocabulary instruction for English learners.


G/T Back to School SpecialStart the school year off with fresh ideas to help you light the fire of learning in your classroom.

Workshop ID: SU1015611Date: 08/02/10

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High School and Middle School Youth SummitsThe Youth Summits are designed to foster leadership and social skills to impact student achievement. Students will attend breakout sessions and gain practical skills to be more successful in school.


High School SP1015494 03/10/10

Middle School SP1015493 03/09/10

High School Summit/HSTW State ConferenceWorkshop Name Workshop ID Date(s)

Preconference SP1015725 06/06/10

Conference SP1015723 06/06/10–6/08/10

Hill Country Librarians’ ConferenceToday’s librarians need cutting edge strategies to provide relevant learning environments in our schools. Collaboration, e-learning, and interactive learning environments are a few of the issues which will be presented by current experts in library science.


Hill Country Summer InstituteThis two and one-half day institute focuses on evaluation and legal issues pertinent to Educational Diagnosticians and LSSPs.

Session Workshop ID Date(s)

Session I SU1015467 06/09/10–06/11/10

Session II SU1015468 06/23/10–6/25/10

Literacy InstituteCome learn from and interact with internationally-known authors, Dr. Keith Polette (Read and Write It Out Loud and Teaching Grammar Through Writing) and Lori Jamison Rog (The Write Genre, Marvelous Mini-Lessons for Teaching Beginning Writing).


Elementary (K–5) FA0915480 10/21/09

Secondary FA0915487 10/21/09

2009 Principals’ ConferenceWorkshop ID: FA0915471Date(s): 11/09/09

Professional Learning Communities (PLC) ConferenceThis conference provides an overview of PLCs, what makes them successful, and the research behind the benefits of PLCs. Featured speakers Richard and Rebecca DuFour will lead participants in bringing PLC concepts to life in the real world of schools.


RtI InstituteThe Response to Intervention (RtI) Institute will be offering practical tools and strategies for supporting the RtI framework on campus.


Sheltered Instruction InstituteThis three-day training will explore dynamic, hands-on strategies for sheltering instruction in the content areas for English language learners.

Workshop ID: SU1015611Date: 08/10/10–08/13/10

Social Thinking InstituteStudents with Asperger Syndrome often have unique challenges in the areas of perspective taking, executive functioning and theory of mind. Michelle Garcia Winner has worked for many years to determine those needs and to create very effective techniques to support these challenges or deficits.

Workshop ID: FA0916194Date: 09/24/09–09/25/09

Southwest Symposium for Leadership in Behavior Disorders and Positive Behavioral Support

This one-day conference features national presenters in the area of Positive Behavior Interventions and supports and is held in conjunction with Texas A&M University and Texas State University.


Texas School Improvement ConferenceThis conference is a professional learning forum to support Title I principals and practitioners in their efforts toward School Improvement. Attendance is required of all principals of schools in the School Improvement Program (SIP) and principals are encouraged to bring a team of up to four members.

Workshop ID: FA0914998Date: 9/30/09–10/01/09

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