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Enhance the Learning Environment of the Classroom and Campus with Tribes

Tribes is an upcoming opportunity for you and your teachers to learn a vital set of structures and strategies to enhance the learning environment of your classrooms and entire campus.

The Tribes Learning Communities (TLC) process that can transform the culture of classrooms on your campus!  REGISTER HERE.

Tribes TLC has been chosen by the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) as one of the 22 Select Programs, which is the highest possible rating.

Watch the featured video for a brief explanation of the Tribes process.  Click HERE for video.

The 24-Hour Basic Course is being offered during the month of February, 2015 on the following dates.    REGISTER today.

·        Feb. 6

·        Feb. 13

·        Feb. 19

·        Feb. 25

Register for Tribes Learning Communities


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T-TESS Overview Recording Available

T-TESS Overview Recording Available

 

The T-TESS overview session with Sheila Collazo, T-TESS Academy Director at the National Institute for Excellences in Teaching (NIET), took place Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, and the recorded session is available to view online. Click here to access the video. The presentation slides have been requested and will be shared at a later date.  For more information about the process and about joining the Refinement Year, contact Regina Davis, rdavis@esc7.net.  For more information about T-TESS, visit the Leadership Development website.

Organizing and Refining Your Workflow- WEBINAR

Do you sometimes feel like you need to come up for air - because you are drowning in that overwhelmed feeling?

More and more information - emails, meetings, projects - head our way and keeps us from performing our best. 

This one-hour webinar discusses five practices that you can use as a school leader or teacher to help you gain a better handle on managing all that stuff!

Who:  Administrators, Curriculum Directors, Principals, Teachers

When: available ON DEMAND 

No Fee for Members of the Admin Leadership Coop

Register by requesting a link:  A recording is also available - ON DEMAND

An Introduction to T-TESS, Session Recording and Sign up for Refinement Year

T-TESS Overview Recording Available

The T-TESS overview session with Sheila Collazo, T-TESS Academy Director at the National Institute for Excellences in Teaching (NIET), took place Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, and the recorded session is available to view online.

Click here to access the video. 

The presentation slides have been requested and will be shared at a later date.

Refinement Year & Training

Region 7 districts and charter schools interested in participating in the refinement year should notify Regina Davis at rdavis@esc7.net or 903-988-6841  as soon as possible. A list of all interested districts and charter schools will be sent to  TEA for consideration. At this time, no definitive answer on how refinement year districts  and charter schools will be selected has been provided by TEA. Refinement Year Requirements If chosen by TEA to participate in the refinement year, one or more campuses in a  district can participate in the refinement year. It is not mandatory that all campuses  within a district participate. For T-Tess, administrators supervising teachers will need  to participate in one of the three day trainings being offered in summer 2015.  For T-PESS, administrators supervising principals will need to participate in the  three day training being offered in summer 2015. Districts and charter schools  not chosen to participate in the refinement year will not need to attend either training. Refinement Year Benefits Districts and charter schools selected as refinement year participants will have the  opportunity to: Provide input on the systems prior to the statewide rollout Become familiar with the instruments prior to the statewide rollout Teacher and administrator growth through goal-setting and conversation 2015 Region 7 Refinement School Training (Registration Coming Soon!) T-TESS:  June 17, 18 & 19, 2015 and August 4, 5 & 6, 2015 P-TESS:  September 8 & 9, 2015

For more information about the process and about joining the Refinement Year, contact Regina Davis, rdavis@esc7.net. For more information about T-TESS, visit the Leadership Development website.

Webinar: Five Practices for Refining and Organizing Your Workflow

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Do you sometimes feel like you need to come up for air - because you are drowning in that overwhelmed feeling?

More and more information - emails, meetings, projects - head our way and keeps us from performing at our best. 

This one-hour webinar discusses five practices that you can use as a school leader or teacher to help you gain a better handle on managing all that stuff!

Who:  Administrators, Curriculum Directors, Principals, Teachers

When: available ON DEMAND 

No Fee for Members of the Admin Leadership Coop

Register by requesting a link:    A recording is also available - ON DEMAND

Gifted & Talented in Region 7 of the Great State of Texas

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Gifted & Talented Program Website

We'd like to know:  

Who is your campus/district contact for 

Gifted and Talented programming ?

PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM http://goo.gl/forms/t2F02Pnac7

Professional Development at Region 7 ESC:  

Meet our Specialists

Janice Baker, Gifted/Talented Specialist

I have worked with students and teachers for 30 years to ensure all learners experience appropriate challenges and the support needed to ensure learning at all levels.

I want to help teachers understand how to implement rigorous lessons to challenge 

Donna Ashby, Gifted/Talented Specialist

I began my educational teaching career in my late twenties after marrying and having two children.  Through my children, I discovered a gift and passion for teaching and have sought continual knowledge and exploration of learning ever since.

I believe that all children are born with an innate ability to create and utilize creative thinking.   Education must be the impetus by which we foster creativity in children and encourage innovative thinking.

Education is the foundation of our nation and I am honored and humbled to be a teacher.

Creativity is a constant companion that ebbs and flows, cursing through every thought, idea, dream… until it finds an outlet, expressing itself in myriad tones, movements, colors…creations.

~Donna Ashby

A Definition

The state’s goal for G/T students is to ensure that those students who participate in G/T services demonstrate skills in self-directed learning, thinking, research, and communication. G/T students develop innovative products and sophisticated performances that reflect individuality and creativity and are targeted to an audience outside the classroom.