View upcoming professional development sessions by Critical Success Factor using the links below.
For more information about these workshops or using Focus and Priority School funds, please
contact leadership@esc4.net or call 713.744.6344.
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Region 4 has the resources to support your summer school interventions. Instructional coaching also can be
provided to assist teachers in effective implementation of these resources. Please contact the appropriate
Region 4 director from the list below to discuss your needs.
Accountability and Leadership | Ingrid Lee | 713.744.6821 |
Digital Learning | Richard Armand | 713.744.6839 |
English Language Arts/Reading | Dr. Jennifer Brock | 713.744.6355 |
Mathematics | Dr. Sharon Benson | 713.744.6815 |
Response to Intervention | Dr. Sharon Benson | 713.744.6815 |
Science | Anne Douglas | 713.744.6375 |
Social Studies | Dr. Jennifer Brock | 713.744.6355 |
Special Education | Dr. Ginger Gates | 713.744.6586 |
Do You Need Intervention Resources to "Focus" on Closing the Achievement Gap?
Be aware of these upcoming deadlines!
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Be sure to make any necessary budget amendments to access Focus and Priority
school funds by July 17, 2017.
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To utilize this year's available Focus and
Priority school grant funds, all purchases
must be received by September 30, 2017.
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Criticial Success Factor 1:
Improve Academic Performance
Academic performance is the foundational Critical Success Factor. Through ongoing monitoring, schools can ensure that instruction is data-driven and focused on increasing the academic performance of all students. Curricular alignment is also a critical aspect of this critical success factor.
Texas College and Career Readiness Profile Planning Guide for TTIPS Schools
Individualized Support Selections
Criticial Success Factor 2:
Use of Quality Data to Drive Instruction
Critical Success Factor 2 emphasizes the effective use of multiple sources of disaggregated data. It is not only the use of data to drive instructional decision making that is significant but also the ongoing communication of data with others that provides the greatest opportunity for data to have a positive impact on student-learning outcomes.
Criticial Success Factor 3:
Increase Leadership Effectiveness
Leadership effectiveness targets the need for leadership on campus to exhibit characteristics and skills known to promote and implement positive educational change. Of the elements proven to have the greatest degree of impact on student achievement, school leadership is second only to classroom instruction.
July 5, 6, and 13 (3-day session)
School Counselors' Symposium
September 12, November 28, and February 15 (3-day session)
T-TESS Administrator Academy for Campus Leaders: Coaching Essentials
September 13, October 24, November 28, January 9, February 13, and March 20 (6-day session)
New School Counselor Academy (Elementary)
September 13 and September 19 (2-day session)
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
September 20, November 7, January 17, and March 22 (4-day session)
Aspiring Administrator Academy
September 26, November 8, January 24, and March (4-day session)
New Principal Support Cohort
Goal Setting: Making the SMART Connection to Today's Needs
Goal Setting and Professional Development Planning to Support T-TESS and T-PESS
Individualized Support Selections
Criticial Success Factor 4:
Increase Learning Time
Criticial Success Factor 5:
Increase Family and Community Engagement
Involvement: School, Parents, and YOU
Criticial Success Factor 6:
Improve School Climate
August 30
School Counselors' Symposium
Criticial Success Factor 7:
Increase Teacher Quality