Workshops

A–F: Making the Grade

Virtual Texas Accountability Support System Workshops to Help Lead Your Campus to Success

Reach your maximum potential in the new state accountability system and lead your campus to success. The following sessions are designed to assist campus administrators in understanding the A–F Texas Accountability System, in addition to learning high-leverage strategies that will help the campus make the grade.

The following sessions will be provided via Zoom:

• October 14—Domain I: Student Achievement—Strategic PLC Framework, Teacher Action Plans, and Monitoring
• October 28—Domain II: School Progress—Program Evaluating, Goal Setting, and Progress Monitoring
• November 4—Domain III: Closing the Gaps—Current Performance of Students, Evaluation of Tiered Instruction, and Teacher Efficacy

Administrator Induction 1-Year Academy

For First-Year Principals and Assistant Principals to Help Grow Your Leadership Capacity

The Region 4 New Administrator Induction Program has gone virtual! This 1-year academy is ideal for helping first-year principals and assistant principals to grow their leadership while fulfilling Texas Administrative Code §241.25.

Meetings are held at three locations within the region: West, East, and Southeast. All sessions will begin in an online format and will move to face-to-face as state and local guidelines allow. Mentors attend at no cost.

KEY BENEFITS

• 4 Cohort Meetings at Your Choice of Location: WEST, EAST, or SOUTHEAST Region
• Develop Professional Network: Connect with Peers and Mentor Support
• Leadership Hot Topics: High-Impact Leadership Strategies, Relationship Building, Community Engagement, Time Management, and Observation and Feedback

TWO OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM

Option 1

• Orientation for mentors and new administrators (half-day session)
• 4 Professional development sessions
• Vital Smarts® Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when the Stakes Are High training and participant toolkit
• Mentors attend for free!

Click the following regions to learn more: WEST: Starts 9/23 | EAST: Starts 9/22 | SOUTHEAST: Starts 9/24

Option 2

• Orientation for mentors and new administrators (half-day session)
• 4 Professional development sessions
• Mentors attend for free!

Click the following regions to learn more: WEST: Starts 9/23 | EAST: Starts 9/22 | SOUTHEAST: Starts 9/24

T-PESS Rubric Update Virtual Workshops

Explore Training For the Texas Principal Evaluation and Support System

The Texas Principal Evaluation and Support System (T-PESS) Update training is for staff members from school districts and charter schools who will be utilizing the T-PESS model to evaluate and support principals. This training will be provided at no cost. 

 

 

The following session options will be provided via Zoom. Choose one:

• October 21: T-PESS: Prinicipal Evaluation and Support System Training
• November 11: T-PESS: Prinicipal Evaluation and Support System Training
• December 9: T-PESS: Prinicipal Evaluation and Support System Training

 

 

 

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Teacher Professionalism Training Series

School leaders: Do you want to instill a sense of confidence and professionalism that permeates across your campus or district?

Teachers: Do you want to maximize your effectiveness in such a way that you are able to make a difference in your own professionalism and influence in and even beyond the classroom?

 

Teacher Professionalism Online Courses by Region 4 can help you achieve this and more.

 

These dynamic and engaging for-credit trainings can help new and experienced teachers to build confidence, enhance communication skills, and promote positive relationships in a variety of settings.

 

Explore four engaging online modules that can be completed at a teacher's own time and pace. Watch the video below to learn more. Click the links to view each module.

 

• MODULE 1: Interacting with Team Members and Professional Personnel
   
• MODULE 2: Teacher-Student Interactions
   
• MODULE 3: Interacting with the Community
   
• MODULE 4: Interacting with Parents

 

 

Campus/district site licenses are available. For more information, contact solutions@esc4.net.

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More Accountability and Leadership Workhops

 

The following links provide a general listing of workshops by area of interest, if they are currently available. Click here to search for session topics not listed below.

 

Accountability Leadership Network

 

Accountability Supports
 

At-Risk and Compensatory Education

 

Chief Academic Officers Network

Counseling and Guidance Supports

 

Equity Planning

 

Focus and Priority Schools

Foster Care Supports and McKinney-Vento Support (Homeless)

 

Instructional Leadership Trainings

 

Leadership Supports—Crucial Conversations for Administrators and Administrator as Influencer
 

Migrant Education Program—Title I, Part C

 

Paraprofessional Training

 

Performance-Based Monitoring and District PBMAS Supports
 

School Improvement and Student Performance Support and TAIS Critical Success Factors

 

State and Federal Programs and ESSA

 

Title III Support

 

Title Programs Support

 

T-TESS, T-PESS, AEL, and SLO Trainings

 

 

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Visit our Conferences page for a listing of upcoming special events. For more information, e-mail leadership@esc4.net or call 713.744.6344.