IMPROVING STUDENT PERFORMANCE-BEST PRACTICES IN INTERVENTION AND ACCELERATION The University of Texas at Austin Institute for Public School Initiatives

IMPROVING STUDENT PERFORMANCE-BEST PRACTICES IN INTERVENTION AND

ACCELERATION

The University of Texas at Austin

Institute for Public School Initiatives

Texas Center for Student Success (TCSS)

Funding for TCSS provided by:

© Texas Education Agency/University of Texas System

TCSS Goals

1. Help Texas public school districts and charter schools meet the Reading Diagnosis requirements as described in the Texas Education Code §28.006g.

2. Assist Texas public school districts and charter schools as they meet accelerated instruction requirements mandated by House Bill 3, passed during the 81st Texas Legislature.

3. Provide districts with exemplar intervention and acceleration practices disseminated through the TEA’s Project Share platform and/or during statewide conferences.


Goals for Today’s Session

1. Describe the Texas Center for Student Success course within TEA’s Project Share portal.

2. Demonstrate how to use the resources in the TCSS course to implement or enhance intervention and acceleration instructional practices.

3. Provide time to explore and apply the course resources, research, and exemplar contents to your respective school or district.

Improving Student Performance-Best Practices in Intervention and Acceleration

Course Syllabus



Let’s Explore Our Course

Project Share Access: www.projectsharetexas.org

http://www.projectsharetexas.org/


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Select “Courses”



Click on link to “Improving Student Performance-Best Practices in Intervention and Acceleration”.


Joining the CourseYou can search through

“Courses Open to All Epsilen”

or . . .


. . . click on the “Search Courses”

button.

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Enter “Improving Student Performance” and click “Search”.

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Join the course by clicking the icon on the far right.

Verify that your name is entered and click “Join”.

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and updates here.

Select “Syllabus” to see available

lessons.

See who has recently visited this course.


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Select from one of three lesson

sections.


URL links will take you directly to valuable

information.


Application

You are a middle school science teacher interested in learning more about differentiated instruction in the classroom. How might this course support you? What section(s) might you review? Why?

Video Analysis. As you watch the video, write down strategies you see

this teacher using. How could these strategies assist this middle school

science teacher?


Application

You are an elementary teacher wanting to learn more about intervention instruction in a reading classroom. What part of our course might you search? What artifact(s) might you select to learn

more? Why?

Video Analysis. As you view the video, write down some ways

this teacher explicitly teaches and/or scaffolds the instruction for her students.


Application

You are a high school mathematics teacher wanting resources to support your students. What part of our course might you search? What artifact(s) might you use? Why?


Application: Connect to Practice

Think about one area you will focus on this school year: Review the contents of our course for

supportive artifacts. Select one or more artifacts and determine

how you would apply these contents in your classroom, campus, or district.


Reflection

3: things you learned about our course

2: actions that you will take with our course

1: commitment statement

To learn more about the Texas Center for Student Success (TCSS), including our Project Share course

and upcoming projects, go to: http://ipsi.utexas.edu/TCSS.html

Contact Information:

Linda Cranmer: [email protected]

Daryl Michel: [email protected]


http://ipsi.utexas.edu/TCSS.html

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IMPROVING STUDENT PERFORMANCE-BEST PRACTICES IN INTERVENTION AND ACCELERATION The University of Texas at Austin Institute for Public School Initiatives