ACE Weekly Newsletter
June 3, 2016
In This Week's Issue:
Note from Executive Director
Announcements
Celebrating Excellence
Resources
Note from your Executive Director
Dear ACE Family,
Thank you for a job well done! We will continue to send updates throughout the summer, but certainly hope you relax. Please time take for yourself and your family.
Thank you again and best wishes for a happy and healthy summer full of rest and rejuvenation.
Sincerely,
Jolee Healey
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Texas A&M University announces free graduate courses and teacher training
Free graduate courses for teachers are available at multiple locations and online for Texas in-service and pre-service teachers. Find details and the course listings on the Funding Your Future webpage. The program also offers scholarships of $500 and $1,000 for new doctoral and master’s students. For eligibility requirements, course listings and application procedures, download a flyer here or visit the Funding Your Future website. Direct questions to the university at FYF@tamuc.edu, or call 903-468-3066 or 903-886-5163.
P2LD
Have questions about the new professional development requirements? Need to know where to find the PD catalog? And what's available? View a new video for full details.
TEA Releases RtI Guidance App
In 2013, RME began collaborating with the Texas Education Agency on a plan to update the state's Guidance Document on Response to Intervention (RtI). Along with a committee of RtI experts, the state decided a comprehensive, yet concise guide was necessary to support Texas teachers and administrators as they implement RtI across grade level and content areas. The app was released in late April and is now freely available on iTunes, and coming soon for Android. Read more and download the app here.
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE
Top 100 Teacher: Jessie Helms
One of our very own honored as a Top Teacher int he District!
Dade Art students participated in the Habitat for Humanity Connecting through Art – Painting fences with artwork
SUMMER LEARNING RESOURCES
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
CNN Student News
Texas Gateway
NEWSELA
Teach Like a Champion 2.0
How to check for student understanding so you can move from “I taught it” to “They learned it”
How to maximize the rigor in your classroom. You ask a question and a student shrugs his shoulders and says, “I don’t know.” Rather than moving to the next student
and letting him off the hook, insist on rigorous engagement
How to shift the balance so the students are the ones doing more of the cognitive work in the classroom. Get students writing and discussing more accountably with
TURN AND TALK and SHOW CALL
How to get ALL students to follow classroom directions
Typically teachers ask students to be quiet, about three quarters follow through, and the teacher moves on. Don’t send the message that it is OK for students not to listen to you, instead try the technique 100 PERCENT
http://massp.org/downloads_massp/the_main_idea/teach_champion.pdf