Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching TRC Twelfth Annual Meeting: VIP Briefing July 12, 2006 3:30–4:30 p.m. Hilton Austin Airport

Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching

TRC Twelfth Annual Meeting: VIP Briefing

July 12, 20063:30–4:30 p.m.Hilton Austin AirportAustin, Texas

Synergizing P-16 Science Education Partnerships

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TEXAS REGIONAL COLLABORATIVES FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TEACHING

Who We Are

• An award-winning statewide network of P-16 partnerships that provide sustained and high intensity professional development to P-12 teachers of science across the state.

• An infrastructure of over 37 institutions of higher education collaborating with education service centers, school districts, informal science educators and business partners

• A program with a 15-year track record of designing and implementing exemplary science professional development using research-based instructional models, materials, innovative technology, and best practices.

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Achievements

• Improved the knowledge and skills and developed the leadership capacity of over 12,000 Texas science teachers who in turn are sharing their experiences with other teachers through mentoring, peer coaching, and technical assistance.

• Benefited over 1 million students across Texas through improved instruction and performance of participating teachers.

• Facilitated unprecedented collaboration among 37 institutions of higher education and all 20 Education Service Centers.

• Transformed the theory and practice of professional development— through providing sustained and high quality professional development with a minimum of 105 contact hours per Science Teacher Mentor.

• Leveraged funds and resources to maximize our impact on teachers and students.• Received commendation from U.S. Department of Education, policy makers, state

legislators, and business partners; was inducted into the Texas Science Hall of Fame on January 17, 2000; and was recognized by the Governor, the Senate and House of Representatives on January 16, 2001 for distinguished achievements and contributions to supporting science.

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Geographic Distribution

Austin

Amarillo

Lubbock

Abilene

Denton

KilgoreWaco

Houston

Galveston

Corpus Christi

Brownsville

Edinburg

San Antonio

GainesvilleWichita Falls

Fort Worth

Mt. Pleasant

El Paso

Victoria

College Station

San Angelo

Midland

Irving Richardson

Dallas

Laredo

Texarkana

Humble

Regional Collaborative

Over the 2005-2007 biennium, the TRC is providing professional development to approximately 10,000 teachers of science Grades P–12.

Beaumont

Regional Collaboratives are located at 35 sites across Texas and in every Education Service Center region.

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TRC Science Collaborative Sites

Regions Collaborative Names

1 Region 1 Collaborative/Edinburg UT-Pan American Regional Collaborative/EdinburgUT-Brownsville Regional Collaborative/BrownsvilleTAMIU Regional Collaborative/Laredo

2 TAMU-Corpus Christi/ESC 2 Regional Collaborative/Corpus Christi

3 Region 3 Collaborative/Victoria

4 Region 4 Collaborative/Houston Rice University Regional Collaborative/Houston Galveston County Regional Collaborative/GalvestonLake Houston Regional Collaborative/HumbleUH-Clear Lake/EIH Regional Collaborative/Houston

5 Region 5 Collaborative/Beaumont

6 TAMU-College Station Regional Collaborative/College Station

7 Region 7 Collaborative/Kilgore

8 Region 8 Collaborative/Mount PleasantTAMU-Texarkana Regional Collaborative/Texarkana

9 Region 9 Collaborative/Wichita Falls

10 Region 10 Collaborative/RichardsonUT-Dallas Regional Collaborative/Dallas

University of Dallas Regional Collaborative/Irving 11 Region 11 Collaborative/Fort Worth

North Central Texas College Regional Collaborative/GainesvilleUniversity of North Texas Regional Collaborative/Denton

12 Region 12 Collaborative/Waco

13 Region 13 Collaborative/Austin ACC Regional CollaborativeCapital City Regional Collaborative/Austin

14 Region 14 Collaborative/Abilene

15 Region 15 Collaborative/San Angelo

16 Region 16 Collaborative/Amarillo

17 Region 17 Collaborative/Lubbock

18 Region 18 Collaborative/Midland

19 Region 19 Collaborative/El Paso

20 Region 20 Collaborative/San AntonioOLLU Regional Collaborative/San Antonio


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Activities: PDAs and PDPs

Professional Development Programs (PDPs) provide an average of 105 contact hours of TEKS-based professional development through Instructional Teams to 25 or more teachers of science per region to prepare and support them to become Science Teacher Mentors (STMs) serving other teachers at the campus, district, and regional levels.

Professional Development Academies (PDAs) are provided to Instructional Teams that consist of professors of Science and Science Education, Science Specialists and Master Teachers. PDAs focus on the elements of science education reform in Texas. PDAs enhance the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, sustain, and facilitate high quality Professional Development Programs.

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Bridging II TAKS/2005-2007

STMs build their leadership capacity by mentoring Cadre Members (CMs) in their schools and districts and assisting Instructional Team Members in outreach activities.

Every Science Teacher Mentor (STM) across the state receives a minimum of 24 contact hours in Bridging II TAKS Light and Optical Systems. STMs, where appropriate, receive materials to implement the Bridging II TAKS curriculum in their classrooms.

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PDA Summary/2005-2006

Dates Title

September 26-28 & October 5-7, 2005

Bridging II TAKS: Light and Optical Systems

January 9-10 & January 11-12, 2006

Integrated Physics and Chemistry

June 3-6 &

June 7-10, 2006 “Taking a Closer Look” Astronomy, Botany and Geology Field Experience in West Texas

Project Director Brenda Weiser from University of Houston Clear Lake Regional Collaborative and ITM Julie Reynolds from Region 1 Collaborative demonstrate “Chemistry in a Bag” at the Integrated Physics and Chemistry PDA.

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Additional Outreach/2005-2006

Dates Title

October 2005 Earth Science Week- Focus on Careers

Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 Project WILD

Fall 2005 Bridging II TAKS: Using Tools to Explore Matter

Spring 2006 GLOBE Teacher Training

Lisa Bellows, North Central Texas College Regional Collaborative Project Director using the densiometer to measure the tree canopy at GLOBE training.

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PDA Schedule 2006-07

Dates Title

August 27-30, 2006 GLOBE Program Trainer of Trainers*

October 19-20, 2006 Earth Science Revolution I PDA

November 16-17, 2006 Earth Science Revolution II PDA

November 29-30, 2006 Earth Science Revolution III PDA

February 12, 2007 Texas Science Diagnostic PDA*

March 12-13, 2007 Viewing Earth From Space PDA

* Denotes required attendance

MarkYour

Calendar!

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Proposals and PartnershipsOne of the goals of the TRC is to leverage a variety of resources to continuously improve the quality of our program as well as the number of teachers served. As such, the TRC is aggressively pursuing additional funding to serve teachers and students across the state and the nation. A summary of proposals and partnerships is listed below:

National Science Foundation Proposals Teacher Professional Continuum* Instructional Materials Development Math/Science Partnership w/

UTeach GeoTeach w/ U.S. Satellite GeoTeach w/ American Geological

Institute and UT Jackson School Academies for Young Scientists w/

Jackson School and SW Texas Junior College

Business Partner Projects Shell Oil Company * Toyota USA Foundation * El Paso Corporation *

Texas Education Agency Science Initiative * Math Initiative *

* Indicates a funded proposal

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Total Number of Students Impacted100 Elementary to 750 Secondary

Students20-150

Students20-150

Students20-150

Students20-150

Students20-150

One Science Teacher MentorElementary/Secondary

Cadre Member

Cadre Member Cadre Member Cadre Member

Cadre Member

Teachers Mentoring Teachers

MENTORING IMPACT

STUDENT IMPACT

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TRC Technology Initiatives Update

Online collection of demographic, assessment, and

evaluation data

Partnership with Region 19 ESC to establish an effective

authoring and support process for online delivery of

professional development

Publication of TRC Educators’Multimedia journal

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Poverty Levels of Participant Schools

35.0%

24.0%

18.0%

24.0%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Low Poverty

Under 35%

Medium Poverty

35% - 50%

Poverty Levels for public schools are determined by the percentage of students who receive free or reduced lunches.

High Poverty

50% - 75%

Very High Poverty

Above 75%

Percentages based on a sample of 713 teachers who provided campus poverty level data from September 2004 – July 2005

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Title I Status of Participating Campuses

Percentage of Campuses Eligible for Title I Funding

Title I

Not Title I 86%

14%

Based on a sample of 1261 Teachers reporting campus Title I status from September 2004 - July 2005

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Educator Demographics - Teaching Level

Data based on a sample of 771 teachers for funding period September 2002 - May 2004

47.9%

33.9%

16.2%

2.0%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Teaching Level

Elementary

Middle School

High School

Other

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Educator Demographics - Teaching Level

Data based on a sample of 1,553 teachers for funding period September 2004 - July 2005

71%

10% 10%6%

3%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Teaching Level

Elementary

Middle School

High School

Administration

Other

2005 - 07 TRC professional development priorities as per TEA guidelines focused on providing K-8 training on Bridging II TAKS modules,

hence increasing the percentage of elementary teachers impacted.

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Ethnicity of Students Served by Collaborative Teachers

African American

Asian American

Caucasian

Hispanic

Native American

Other

16%

33%

48%

1%

Based on actual classroom data reported by a sample of 1157 teachers from September 2004 - May 2005.

1%

1%

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Impact on Teachers: Science Content Knowledge

Tests

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83

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20

40

60

80

100

Mean

sco

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Texas Regional Collaboratives Overall Gains in Teacher Science Knowledge 2002-2003

Pretests

Posttests

Data represents combined mean scores of a sample of 12 different assessments, 8 Regional Collaborative Sites, and approximately 250 teachers.

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

StateRegion 8Collaboratives

East Texas Regional Collaborative Eighth Grade Science TAAS Scores

1996-2000

1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000

Student Achievement – Continuous Improvement

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100 State Average

District Average

Collaborative Average

1997-1998 Data Before Collaborative Activities

1998-1999 Data After Collaborative Activities

81.0 81.177.0

87.185.6

93.1

Rice University Regional Collaborative 1998-1999 Average Scores

Eighth Grade TAAS Science Test Results

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Rice University Regional Collaborative Comparison of Collaborative Science Teacher Mentors to Non-collaborative Science Teachers Shown are test scores for pre- & post-science content tests (TIMSS test, TAAS tests, and primary grade science content tests as grade appropriate) of students having participant and non-participant teachers. Differences in student performance between the two groups are highly significant statistically. Also shown is the average percent improvement in student scores for the two groups.

Student Achievement—Collaborative Vs. Non-Collaborative Teachers

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55

60

65

70

75

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4

6

8

10

12

2%

11%

53.551.5

63.3

52.2

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non-participantstudents

participantstudents

non-participantstudents

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74.5%

78.7%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Met Standard

Elementary Science TAKS Comparison (2003)

State

TRC Campuses withGrade 5 TRC Teacher(N = 106)

Student Achievement on TAKS

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Student Achievement on TAKS: Region 7 Collaborative (2003)

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Met Standard Commended

STATE

Region 7

Region 7 CollaborativeMembers

Region 7 CollaborativeMembers that are Grade5 Teachers

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Student Achievement on TAKS: Region 8 Collaborative

74.5% 75.8%78.9%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

% M

eeti

ng S

tandard

Met Standard

Region 8 Elementary Science TAKS (2003)

STATE

Region 8

Region 8Collaborative Grade5 Campuses

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Student Achievement on TAKS: Region 12 Collaborative

59.6%

64.7%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

% M

eeti

ng

Sta

nd

ard

Grade 11

Region 12 Exit Science TAKS (2003)

Non-ScienceCollaborative Districts

Science CollaborativeDistricts

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Student Achievement on TAKS: Longitudinal Data

64%69%

26%30%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Met Standard Commended

State

TRC Campusesw/ Grade 5 TRCteacher 2002-05(N=21 campuses)

Elementary Science TAKS (2005) A Three-Year Analysis

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Future Research: Impact on Students

Purpose •To examine the correlation between TRC science teachers professional development and student achievement.•To provide schools with a TEKS-correlated diagnostic measure of student achievement in science at the end of the 4th grade that can be used to guide instruction at the 5th grade level.

Participants and Methodology• 40 TRC Grade 4 teachers (treatment)• 40 non-TRC Grade 4 teachers (control)• Four Regional Collaboratives• Test developed, reviewed and pilot tested to insure content validity and reliability.• Administered online at the end of 2005-06 school year.• Accompanying teacher demographic questionnaire.• Research will continue in 2006-07 school year.

Student Achievement Research Study (2005-06)

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Mathematics Regional Collaboratives

• TMT3 – Teaching Math TEKS through Technology

• MTR – Math TEKS Refinement

• MTA – Math TEKS Awareness

• MAP – Math Achievement Project

• MELL – Math for English Language Learners

• Twenty Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching

• The focus will be on training in five math modules developed in Texas with TEA support

• Activities began July 1, 2006

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TRC Math Collaborative Sites


1 Region 1 Collaborative/Edinburg

2 Region 2 Collaborative/Corpus Christi

3 Region 3 Collaborative/Victoria

4 Region 4 Collaborative/Houston

5 Region 5 Collaborative/Beaumont

7 Region 7 Collaborative/Kilgore

8 Region 8 Collaborative/Mount Pleasant

9 Region 9 Collaborative/Wichita Falls

10 Region 10 Collaborative/Richardson

11 Region 11 Collaborative/Fort Worth

12 Region 12 Collaborative/Waco

13 Region 13 Collaborative/Austin

14 Region 14 Collaborative/Abilene

15 Region 15 Collaborative/San Angelo

16 Region 16 Collaborative/Amarillo

17 Texas Tech Regional Collaborative/Lubbock

18 Region 18 Collaborative/Midland

19 Region 19 Collaborative/El Paso

20 Region 20 Collaborative/San AntonioOLLU Regional Collaborative/San Antonio


Documents

Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching TRC Twelfth Annual Meeting: VIP Briefing July 12, 2006 3:30–4:30 p.m. Hilton Austin Airport