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STAAR Tests and A–F Accountability

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) tests are a major component of the state’s A–F Accountability system. This article explains how various A–F Accountability components use STAAR results. Accountability Subset The Accountability Subset includes enrolled students used in A–F Accountability calculations. Students must meet two criteria for inclusion. Domain 1: Student Achievement […]

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Content Services District Partnerships

12 months

3,600+

A yearlong, data-driven professional learning partnership that builds instructional alignment and content expertise for core teachers through collaborative district cohorts.

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Start Talking 3 Pack - Teaching Essentials (Card-Set Plus Virtual Tool)

The Start Talking 3-Pack provides academic language-rich sentence starters, organized in four easy categories to enrich academic conversations and written assignments for students. It's the ultimate tool to guide students who find themselves stuck in conversations or written assignments. Included in this bundle are three uniquely bound sets, plus the Start Talking Virtual Edition. Each set includes: Sentence Starters - Focuses on Bloom’s Taxonomy. Accountable Talk - Sentence starters to help improve academic conversations. Question Starters - Help students think critically and problem solve. Subject Specific - Content-area specific sentence starters. ESF Alignment Supports Lever 5.1 Effective classroom routines and instructional strategies 3x Start Talking, Screw Post Card-Set, 34 Cards Each, 4" x 6" Start Talking, Virtual Tool, 33 Pages The Start Talking 3 Pack was produced and is maintained by the Strategic Instruction team at Region 13.

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How to Plan An Impactful Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week is right around the corner, the first week of May. And if you are anything like most school leaders, you are already buried. Testing season is in full swing, teacher evaluations and end-of-year summative evaluations are piling up, and the daily demands of running a campus do not wait. Planning something truly […]

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Conference

LID CON
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$200

Discover an enriched summer conference tailored exclusively for educators that support students with significant cognitive disabilities and complex access needs!

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Template for Estimating State Aid

This template is designed to help develop annual budgets, monitor over/under state aid payments during the year, and for long-range planning, as it typically gives users the ability to project state aid for at least four subsequent school years.

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Facilitated IEP Meeting

Watch this video of an IEP meeting demonstrating the use of facilitation skills and techniques to learn how you too can implement these valuable and effective skills/techniques.

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STAAR Blueprint Breakdowns and Response Rubrics

These Blueprint Breakdowns provide insight into the construction of STAAR tests. Each Breakdown lists the number of questions, possible points, number of assessed standards, and a student expectation performance snapshot from the 2025 STAAR test results. Math

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$200

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Certification

Paraprofessional Certification

3 days

$300

This three day certification training instructs you on the role of paraprofessionals, the stages of learning, and scientifically based strategies for paraprofessionals to assist in reading, writing, and math instruction.

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$200

Discover an enriched summer conference tailored exclusively for educators that support students with significant cognitive disabilities and complex access needs!

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Reading by Design
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$1,300

An Individualized Literacy Intervention is a systematic, multisensory approach aligned with research-based practices for developing literacy. This dyslexia intervention follows an intensive, explicit, and cumulative design for remediation of reading and writing skills at all grade levels.

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Reading by Design
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$1,300

An Individualized Literacy Intervention is a systematic, multisensory approach aligned with research-based practices for developing literacy. This dyslexia intervention follows an intensive, explicit, and cumulative design for remediation of reading and writing skills at all grade levels.

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ESL Academy
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$400

This three-day academy provides a foundation on language acquisition and explores best practices in ESL instruction while preparing participants for the TExES Exam #154: English as a Second Language Supplemental.

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Educator Certification Information Sessions

Anyone interested in learning more about becoming a certified teacher through our program is invited to join us for a live info session or watch a pre-recorded info session. Learn more about our programs with an ECP Education Specialist! Our info session

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Alternative Teacher Certification Checklist

Are you interested in becoming a teacher, download our free checklist! This checklist will guide you before, during, and even after the certification process. To learn more about ESC Region 13’s Educator Certification Program and to get started on your path to

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Early Childhood Back to School Bootcamp 2026 (ECSE): Nurturing Young Minds for a Bright Future
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$240

Kick off the year with a four-day, hands-on Early Childhood Special Education boot camp featuring practical strategies, evidence-based practices, and optional make-and-take materials for PreK and ECSE settings.

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Materials Labels (Bilingual)

This includes printable labels that help early childhood teachers organize classroom materials in a way that supports independence, literacy development, and classroom routines.

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Sample Visual Daily Schedule (Bilingual)

This visual daily schedule uses pictures to help young children understand and follow the flow of their day, supporting the development of skills related to independence, routine, and transitions, all in alignment with the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines.

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Professional Development

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Behavior Learning Community Series

Custom Dates

400+

Empowering educators and supporting positive student behavior This series is designed to provide staff with knowledge, skills, and effective practices for preventing, understanding, and responding to student behavior across PreK–12 settings. Participants will

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More than Nouns and Verbs: Elevating Grammar Instruction in Secondary RLA

$100

This course supports secondary RLA teachers in developing research-based strategies for teaching grammar, integrating instruction with reading and writing, assessing student understanding, and collaborating with colleagues to strengthen classroom practice.

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EduProtocols for Every Classroom: Engaging and Effective Strategies for K-12 RLA

$100

Discover EduProtocols, low-prep, high-impact instructional frameworks that boost collaboration, critical thinking, and literacy, with ready-to-use strategies for K–12 Reading/Language Arts.

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Impact Coaching Training

Customizable

In this two-day workshop, participants will learn and apply specialized coaching skills, tools, and competencies to utilize in the T-TESS and T-PESS observation cycles or any conversation about teaching and learning.

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School Operations

New School Hero

Provides practical solutions to create distraction-free learning environments, including CellockED, a secure signal-blocking pouch that locks student cell phones to promote focus and academic engagement.

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MOS Equipment

Helps schools and organizations reduce digital distractions by preventing cell phones and connected devices from disrupting focus, learning, and productivity.

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Encore Data Products, Inc.

Supplies products designed to meet the evolving needs of modern classrooms, including headphones, audiovisual technology, accessories, and sanitary supplies to schools and organizations nationwide.

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Data Center Warehouse, LLC

Provides technology hardware, software, and IT services to public sector organizations through state and national contracts, specializing in end user devices, infrastructure, licensing, and cybersecurity.

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Infosec IQ Cybersecurity Training

$87.50+

Empower your team. Protect your organization. Infosec IQ is an industry-leading platform for security awareness and phishing simulation training. Equip your staff with the knowledge and confidence to identify cyber threats — and transform your organization’s

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Workshop

Writing for Wellness: Empowering Youth Through Self-Discovery and Creative Expression

$210

San Marcos campus: A hands-on workshop that equips educators with creative writing strategies to support youth self-expression, resilience, and mental wellness.

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Writing for Wellness: Empowering Youth Through Self-Discovery and Creative Expression

$210

La Grange campus: A hands-on workshop that equips educators with creative writing strategies to support youth self-expression, resilience, and mental wellness.

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Writing for Wellness: Empowering Youth Through Self-Discovery and Creative Expression

$210

San Marcos campus: A hands-on workshop that equips educators with creative writing strategies to support youth self-expression, resilience, and mental wellness.

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Writing for Wellness: Empowering Youth Through Self-Discovery and Creative Expression

$210

Marble Falls campus: A hands-on workshop that equips educators with creative writing strategies to support youth self-expression, resilience, and mental wellness.

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Esports Coaching: Tools and Techniques for Building, Growing, and Sustaining a Successful School Program

$125

A hands-on workshop designed specifically for esports coaches looking to take their program to the next level.

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The most helpful support I have received, has been the workshops that have allowed me to build my knowledge about teaching while also meeting new teachers who are dealing with the same struggles as me. it gives me a chance to relate to issues that other new teachers are dealing with and find out how they have dealt with them.

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Region 13 School District

There are so many great things to take away from this program. One of the most valuable things I have learned during this class is how to be an effective coach. Learning how to coach teachers and how to deliver feedback to them whether it is positive or negative has been a great learning experience for me. This class has given me the confidence to do that and has provided me with the steps and the tools that I need to do so. The number of resources that this program supplies is amazing! I have thoroughly enjoyed this course!

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Behavior Coach Endorsement Program

The Educator Certification Program gave me the skills to excel this past year. The program gave me the tools to run an effective classroom and to truly enjoy becoming a teacher.

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Construction Technology Certification, Region 13 School District

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I always look forward to reading your emails. They are easy to understand, full of information, and help with the anxiety during all of this [accountability].

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Accountability Director, Region 13 School District

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