Leading Learners: With Teachers in Focus

Growing Lead-Learners

Utilizing the principles of professional learning communities, teacher teams and leaders are empowered to make decisions that benefited all kids and the campus as a whole. Use this infrastructure to build the capacity to grow leaders!

We are excited to share 5 steps to school improvement that are grounded in the research of Robert Marzano and Rick DuFour as well as his successful experience as a school practitioner. 

Watch this short video on what to expect.

Registration Open Now! Attend one or all - register for what date fits your schedule and team calendar. Seminar Dates: October 30, 2014, January 12, 2015, April 16, 2015

Overview of New Evaluation Tool for Teachers: Nov. 5th

YOU ARE INVITED TO…

An Overview of the NEW TEXAS Teacher Appraisal System

For Superintendents, Administrators, Principals, Curriculum Directors, and District Leadership Team members

November 5, 2014  

1:00 pm-3:00 pm

This session will be recorded!  

A link to the recording will be posted here, and sent through the Principals Listserv.  More information to follow.

Sheila Collazo, T-TESS  Academy Director, NIET (National Institute for Excellences in Teaching) will be at Region 7 to present:

T-TESS: the "NEW" Teacher Appraisal and Support System

This session will provide an overview of the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System, T-TESS, which is the new Texas teacher appraisal system designed to support teachers through professional development, helping them grow and improve in all areas of professional practice. Come and learn more about the components of T-TESS and about the 2015-2016 Statewide roll out.

Click here to register for Session #046168

A new Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS) is under development and has been designed utilizing extensive input from the state’s teachers, principals, and administrators.  As part of the state’s waiver from specific provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has submitted to the U.S. Department of Education specific details of a new teacher evaluation and support system that are in pilot-phase in as many as 72 school districts and charters in the 2014-2015 school year.  The Region 7 ESC district designated for the pilot program is Martinsville ISD.  Read more at the Texas Comprehensive Center.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month: Let's Make Shift Happen

I had the pleasure of learning about Conscious Discipline in a session at Region 7ESC recently and met two ambassadors, Donna Porter and DJ Baptiste, who brought a very powerful message. Watch this video to learn more about them.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Research shows that anti-bullying campaigns and exclusionary tactics make bullying worse! Conscious Discipline is about transformational change, so this month, take time to educate yourself on the bully-victim dynamic and how to help in a whole new way!

Dr. Becky Bailey released a public service announcement recently, "How To Make a Bully from Scratch." The short film showed us that bullying is a relationship issue and that bullies and victims are often cut from the same cloth. The film also takes us down a sad but predictable road we call the Bullying Path. Along the way, there were stops. 5 to be exact. They are highlighted by road signs that are really HUGE red flags.

Today's short film will blow you away! You will never guess where and when bullying begins. Learn the signs and then learn the interventions. WE CAN CORRECT THE COURSE!

Short Film

"The Secret of Bullying: 5 Signs We Can't Afford to Miss"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzftHNh7xP8&list=UUUVecCCnEseDxWTDeran1lQ

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