Region One ESC Upcoming Learning Opportunities

March 2024

You are receiving this email because you have attended a Region One ESC event or conference in the past. Please see the content below and consider investing in your career by registering for our innovative and engaging learning opportunities.

The Region One Education Service Center (ESC) is part of a state-wide system of 20 regional education service centers created in 1965 by the 59th Texas Legislature to assist school districts across the state. In its mission to provide cutting-edge services and professional development resources, Region One ESC regularly hosts workshops, trainings and conferences for education professionals.

March 5, 2024 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Empower your school with seamless data submission. Let's optimize your data submission experience and ensure compliance effortlessly. Register for our online workshop today and elevate your school's performance. This session focuses on Leaver Records Data Validation Indicators, Discipline Data Validation Indicators, Compliance Forms and more.

March 19, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Elevate your teaching game! Join our workshop to master research-based best practices, aligning your instruction for diverse learners. Dive deep into TEKS, ensuring your lessons are rigorous and measurable.

March 19, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Learn all there is to know about Learn360! Learn360 offers thousands of videos, printable worksheets and interactive lessons for all grade levels and areas of science.

March 20, 2024 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Quality questioning is more than asking a good question; it is a research-based practice that facilitates high-level thinking and engages students in active listening. How can we create a classroom culture that supports and encourages this student-centered, inquiry-oriented community of learners? Join us to learn more and receive a FREE training supplement.

March 21, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Supercharge your T-TESS evaluations! Join us for a deep-dive session on mastering Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) evaluation. Get expert guidance on rating student growth (5th Domain or 17th Dimension) using the TEA-created SLO Rating Rubric.

March 26, 2024 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Learn all there is to know about CCMR. Teachers, counselors, district/campus admins and higher ed partners are invited to join us for our 4th Annual CCMR Symposium, designed to bring coding/indicator best practices and highlight CMMR in the accountability system. The conference also features an in-depth review of the implications of House Bill 3 and industry, military and higher ed insights.

March 26, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Dive into our session focused on planning for student success through expert monitoring of work and assessment data. Elevate your instruction with purposeful planning, reflective reviews, and strategic adjustments.

Middle/High School

April 6 | 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration Deadline: March 29, 2024

Elementary

April 13 | 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration Deadline: April 5, 2024

Show off your students' Mario Kart and Smash Bros. skills. Registration for our Spring Esports Tournament is now open.

May 14-16 | 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Go for gold at our 2024 Technology Conference, featuring our keynote speaker EdTech Innovator George Couros. Join the fun, master new skills and discover the future of EdTech. Register today!

July 23-25 | 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Join the state's leading school finance professionals at our 2nd Annual School Finance & Operations Conference - highlighting the latest developments in purchasing, human resources, finances, operations and food and nutrition programs.

Visit our conference site to learn more.

Elevate teaching excellence with our Teacher Incentive Allotment Consortium.

Partner districts enjoy tailored support, including technical assistance, a comprehensive local designation plan overview, exclusive access to our annual best practices symposium, and three days of personalized support, coaching, and planning.

If you are new to the TEKS Resource System, or it's been a while since you've reviewed the system, here is your chance for an overview or a refresher! The TEKS Roadshow is coming to you!

Request a session today for a customized professional development course at your campus.

The Region One Education Service Center alternative teacher certification program, Project PaCE, is offering FREE information sessions to anyone who is interested in the program. Information sessions will outline certification processes, identify specific eligibility requirements and discuss preparation experience and cost.

Interested in transitioning into a leadership role? The Region One Education Service Center alternative principal certification program is designed to assist certified educators who hold a master's degree earn their principalship.

The Region One Education Service Center Office of Adult Education offers a variety of instructional programs to help adult students acquire the skills and knowledge needed to be productive workers, family members and citizens in the United States. Programs include GED Prep and Career Pathways. Virtual and face-to-face options are available.

The Early Childhood Intervention Program serves children from birth to three years of age who have physical disabilities and developmental delays. Developmental delays are defined as significant delays in language or speech, self-help skills, social or emotional skills, gross or fine motor skills and cognitive skills, such as walking, talking, eating and playing.

The Region One Education Service Center Migrant Education Program supports school districts region-wide to identify and recruit migratory students, children who move among states as their families work in the agricultural or fishing industry. These students and their families may qualify to receive additional educational services to ensure that quality education programs are available for them. Contact the Region One Migrant Education Program for more information or to determine student eligibility.

SubHub is a substitute placement system for district/charter school systems. SubHub helps schools recruit and retain a qualified pool of certified substitute teachers to fill existing vacancies within schools to ensure that learning continues in the absence of the teacher of record. As a SubHub school system you can increase productivity, reduce personnel costs and benefit from the ESC-trained substitute teachers available to fill vacancies. SubHub is always looking for committed and passionate individuals interested in finding work as a temporary teacher! Increased job opportunities, flexible work schedule, and access to healthcare (if qualified) are only a few of the benefits of joining the Region One SubHub team!