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We collaborate with schools throughout our region to provide high quality services, professional development, resources, and support that ensures student success.

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Workshop

STAAR Reading Boot Camp

$120

Across the state, students' STAAR reading scores demonstrate they often struggle with reading longer and more complex reading passages. In STAAR Reading Boot Camp you will learn useful reading strategies to teach your students to build their reading skills as well as their ability to understand and to comprehend their reading.

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Conference

CIMA 2021: Conference on Instruction for Multilingual Advancement
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$200

CIMA will be a full day of sessions delivered by experts from the fields of Bilingual, ESL, and LOTE education. Participants will leave feeling equipped and empowered to improve learning outcomes for all students acquiring languages.

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What we do

We are here to help your school succeed

Events & Trainings

Our in-person and online events are research designed and support new and experienced educators of all types.

Customizable Services

From instructional coaching to comprehensive program planning and support, our specialists work with your schools to ensure success.

Relevant Resources

We create free resources and paid products designed to make the lives of educators more effective and efficient.

Help all your students succeed

Building Inclusive Classrooms

Building inclusive classrooms is critical to the success of all of your students. See how we're helping districts and schools across the region build more inclusive classrooms.

Workshop

Math for All! Designing Inclusive Mathematics Learning Environments – Whole Number Addition and Subtraction, Kindergarten – Grade 3

Free

Through hands-on activities, participants will explore how cognitive processes associated with disabilities, including dyslexia and related disorders, impact the learning of whole number addition and subtraction.

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Article

What Is Universal Design for Learning?

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for designing your instruction based on principles that allow all of your students to have access to the general curriculum. Every classroom is full of diverse students with their own unique learning styles. You might have a student who speaks two languages, a student who loves to […]

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Workshop

Literacy for All! Designing Inclusive Literacy Learning Environments – Foundational Literacy Skills, Grades 4-12

Multiple Dates

Free

The purpose of this session is for participants to understand why older students must be taught the literacy skills that are normally taught in grades K-5 and how to make the instruction age appropriate. Kindergarten – 3rd grade teachers are welcome to attend.

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Event

Math Instruction for All

$65

We will explore the latest evidence-based tools to help you teach meaningful math to all students. From exploring objects to solving complex word problems, your students will master the skills needed to take the next step in their math journey.

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Accommodation Central

We want all of our students to learn and succeed. With the appropriate, successfully implemented accommodations, students can reach their fullest potential. However, finding current information about accommodations can be challenging, confusing, and complicated. Our mission is to provide everything you need in one place: accommodations that support student learning, relevant examples, steps for implementation, practical tips, and details about state testing allowability.

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Article

Designing for All: Universal Design for Learning in the Classroom

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) offers all students a variety of ways to engage with the content you’re teaching. Today’s students enter classrooms with a wide range of skills, needs, and interests. At the same time, much of the curriculum available to teachers is narrowly focused, making it hard to meet the diverse needs of […]

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Career growth

Grow your educational career

This year focus on growing your already spectacular career through our certifications, speciality programs, and workshops dedicated to education professionals of all types.

Article

How to Become A Superintendent in Texas

The role of a superintendent is complex. They are the face of a school district and serve as a liaison between their community and the staff in their schools. Also, they work with their school board to enact policies and adopt educational programs. Put simply, a superintendent is the CEO of their school district. And […]

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From our community

How teachers are teaching during COVID-19

COVID-19 has changed the way teachers around the world are teaching. In Texas we’ve seen a rise in both remote learning and blended learning, with many teachers being responsible for both in-person and digital classrooms.

We reached out to teachers throughout Texas to get first-hand accounts of how they’re working and teaching through COVID-19.

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We've Won a Top Workplace of 2020 Award

We’ve been awarded a Top Workplaces 2020 honor by The Austin American-Statesman. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 drivers of engaged cultures that are critical to the success of any organization: including alignment, execution, and connection, just to name a few.

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