Texas Council of Women School Executives Schedules October Meeting

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You are invited to join the Texas Council of Women School Executives.

Wed. October 15, 2014

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Texas Education Agency has Officially Secured a Waiver for Evaluation System

 AUSTIN – The U.S. Department of Education has notified Commissioner of Education Michael Williams that a request to extend the state’s conditional waiver from specific provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (more commonly known as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), has been granted.

The extension will run through the 2014-2015 school year pending approval of the agency’s proposal for new teacher and principal evaluation and support systems in Texas. The systems are a specific component of the federal waiver and are scheduled to be piloted in school districts and charters during the 2014-2015 school year.

Texas secured a conditional waiver from specific provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 2013. To learn more about the state’s NCLB waiver, please visit: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=25769803880.

For an overview of the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System, please visit http://txcc.sedl.org/our_work/tx_educator_evaluation/index.php.

How Cool is Your Community Engagement: #IceBucketChallenge?

How cool is the #IceBucketChallenge?  It certainly brought a lot of attention to a needed cause.

Some schools took the challenge and got the students involved.  It makes you wonder, how educators could use this idea on their campus?

If your campus or classroom did something like this to bring attention to an important cause in your community - come share about it at the Un-Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 30th.

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge took YouTube by storm. Celebrities got in on the battle with exotic locations and elaborate water falls; this is an absolutely massive year for charitable giving.

Bill Gates accepts Mark Zuckerberg’s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and nominates Elon Musk, Ryan Seacrest and Chris Anderson from TED to participate and raise awareness for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He adds a portion of DESIGN thinking to this video. This is an interesting idea for all learners to share their thinking this way.