Many thanks to the Higher Education Collaborative and the Vaughn-Gross Center at the University of Texas at Austin, for training materials and use of Searchlight videos.
Online training provided with funds from the Department of Education Transition to Teaching Grant and from ACC's Innovation Grants.
Additional resources from TEA's Division of IDEA Coordination and the Texas Continuous Improvement Process.
Methodology
- Student Scaffolding Techniques - Teacher Certification Classroom
- Parent Conferences - Be Prepared!
- Best Practices - Mr. Reed's Bowie Classroom
- How to grade student writing -From Rubric to Gradebook
- Behavior Management 101 - How Can I Avoid Traps?
- Flexible Grouping by Marty Hougen (UTCLRA 2004)
- Teaching Diverse Students by Sharon Duncan
- Lesson Planning 101 by Sharon Duncan
- 2nd Year COOL Mentor Project featuring Brenda Santana and Vanessa Juarez
- Developing a COOL Website
Websites
- School districts found on online training page (employment)
-
Region XIII Education Service Center at 512.919.5313
-
SBEC at 1.888.863.5880
- Shortage Areas: Texas Workforce Commission
- Professional Development Training from THECB - FREE!
- IDEA Special Education
- SPED Legal Framework
- Online SPED training
Links
- AISD Matrix for Curriculum Alignment
- Pflugerville ISD Curriculum
- FOSS KITS
- IRIS resource for special education, behavior management, and differentiated instruction
- DIBELS Assessment for Early Literacy Skills
- Grants for Teacher Projects
- Math TEKS Toolkit
- English Language Teaching
- Stone Soup (Writers)
- Texas Association for Bilingual Education
- Teacher Professional Development through DOE
- Lesson Plan Ideas
- Student Assessment
- ProTeacher
- Pathways Project
- Newest Cohort
- NorthStar Math site
- Scott Foresman Science
- Science News for Kids
- Investigations Curriculum
- Scott Foresman Reading
- United Streaming
- MicroSoft Tutorials for Teachers
- Discipline Help
- AISD PDA
- Simulation Websites from the Dana Center
- Open Court Reading
- Dept. of Ed. "Preparing Teachers"
- Thinkfinity for free educational resources
- The First Days of Middle School
- Discovery Education Survival Kit
- Back to School Template Collection (Microsoft)
- TeacherVision
- The Florida Center for Reading Research
- Children's Learning Institute
- Baby Signs Training
Bilingual Classroom Procedures
COOL Grant Teacher/Mentor Projects
- COOL Grant Cohorts
- 3rd grade Communities Project - Mario Vasquez and Bonnie Moorlat
- Phonemic Awareness - Alexandra Jimenez and Sylvia Flores
- Accountable Talk and Parent Involvement - Alicia Rodriguez and Emily Danford
- Can Popcorn Kernels Dance? - Elaine Baldwin and Nikki Obregon
- The Importance of Classroom Management - Anyansi Blessum
- Teaching Solids & Angles - Katia Hagen and Carroll Ordner
- Act Out Addition - Barbara Rodriguez and Concepcion Guerrero
- Creating Math Fluency in Second Grade - Walter Leinberger and Janet Densmore
- Winter Weather Concepts - Theresa Sanchez and Judith Burton
- Place Value & Number Sense - Jose Perez and Gloria Garcia
Presentations
- Program Review, 2003-2010, February 4, 2010
- Technology Teacher Preparation, 21st Century Skills for Digital Learners - Presentation - 2/8/2010
- Look What I Found! TAIR, 10/29/09
- Review of Italy
- SSI, Goal 2 TV
-
College and Career Readiness Standards Overview - 2/14/2011
CCRS into ACP PPR 2/14/2011
Updated 6/2/11