We've Missed You...We NEED each other!
Boerne ISD Invites You!
Our Advisory Board member, Bret Bunker with Boerne ISD invites you to a two 1-Day seminars from Teaching American History on June 1st and 2nd. The registration links and descriptions are below.The American Founding June 1st 8:00 -2:00 at Boerne ISD Central Office Training Center. This seminar offers an overview of the principles of the American Founding and the documents that embody them, especially the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. These principles will be illuminated through a close study of the events of the American Revolution and the debates on the ratification of the constitution.
All attendees of this free Seminar will be provided with lunch, a certificate for continuing education, and digital and paper copies of the agenda and documents reader. TAH.org is a certified provider of teacher professional development in Texas.
Jason W. Stevens VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT ASHLAND UNIVERSITY The Path to U.S. Citizenship June 2nd 8:00 -2:00 at Boerne ISD Central Office Training Center. This seminar will examine the questions and documents that established the Pathway to U.S. Citizenship. This will be highlighted through a study starting with the Citizenship Act of 1790, why the policies were changed in the 1920s and again during the 1960s.
All attendees of this free Seminar will be provided with lunch, a certificate for continuing education, and digital and paper copies of the agenda and documents reader.
Thank you Bret for allowing us all to join you. Please contact Bret Bunker, Social Studies Coordinator at bret.bunker@boerneisd.net or 830-357-2054 for more details.
 |  |  |
It's Literally Social Studies We hope you'll join my RLA K-5 partner Meg Grossman and I for this session to help support you in the cross-curricular work to build foundations in both content areas. We look forward to working with you in your collaborative efforts. Please register for the sessions below. Culture Strand: June 9, 2022. Session #77241 Citizenship Strand: June 10, 2022 Session# 77243 Geography Strand: July 12, 2022. Session #77255 Economics Strand: July 12, 2022. Session# 77257 Government Strand: August 3, 2022. Session# 77259 *As TEKS and Strands are updated, Meg and I will be revising sessions to support implementation. | STAAR Redesign Sessions In order to prepare you and begin the shift in instruction to align to the changes due to HB3906. We are targeting the tested grade levels of 8th & 11th but also building capacity in our 6th & 7th-grade colleagues. Please join us for the sessions below: Session #86251 Instruction & Assessment Alignment - MS Session #77258. Instruction & Assessment Alignment - HS Session #77253. Assessing Our Civic Knowledge - HS *More sessions coming this FALL: aligning 6th & 7th grade to the new STAAR item types as well as sessions on building formative assessments. | Reading Language Arts & Social Studies Series We've talked about writing across the curriculum for years and we've made some progress but mostly our students have only had to write in our AP & Dual Credit courses. However, times are changing and now our students will need to write as part of the changes due to HB3906 & our new STAAR Item Types. My RLA 6-12 colleague Michele Benage and I want to help you build strong writers and writing opportunities. We hope you'll join us in our series of sessions (more to come in 2022-2023) to support our content and writing. Register today! Session #77248. On the Write Side of History Session #83720. Seeking Truth in a Digital World |
It's Literally Social Studies
Culture Strand: June 9, 2022. Session #77241
Citizenship Strand: June 10, 2022 Session# 77243
Geography Strand: July 12, 2022. Session #77255
Economics Strand: July 12, 2022. Session# 77257
Government Strand: August 3, 2022. Session# 77259
*As TEKS and Strands are updated, Meg and I will be revising sessions to support implementation.
STAAR Redesign Sessions
Session #86251 Instruction & Assessment Alignment - MS
Session #77258. Instruction & Assessment Alignment - HS
Session #77253. Assessing Our Civic Knowledge - HS
*More sessions coming this FALL: aligning 6th & 7th grade to the new STAAR item types as well as sessions on building formative assessments.
Reading Language Arts & Social Studies Series
Session #77248. On the Write Side of History
Session #83720. Seeking Truth in a Digital World
 |  |  |
ESC-20 English Language Arts & Reading Conference - June 7, 2022 Join us for breakout sessions on best practice for reading and writing including Foundational Reading Skills, Reading/Writing Integration, Mentor Text, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and many more ELAR topics! This will include cross-curricular sessions. Register today! Session #73467 | TEKS CON 2022 - June 27-29, 2022 on the Riverwalk! TEKS Resource System Districts your conference has come! Come see how TEKS Resource System can support a lot of the changes happening in Texas Education. We're going to blow your mind! Also, if you want to better understand TCR then you definitely want to be here! Register today! | ESC-20 STAAR Redesign Conference - July 20-21, 2022 Join us for this two-day conference focused on STAAR Redesign (HB3906). The first day of the conference will focus on making classroom connections especially in the four content areas, ensuring rigorous practices, and implication for special populations. The second day will begin with our KEYNOTE Speaker: Dr. Peter Dewitt! Sign up today! Session #82084 |
ESC-20 English Language Arts & Reading Conference - June 7, 2022
TEKS CON 2022 - June 27-29, 2022 on the Riverwalk!
ESC-20 STAAR Redesign Conference - July 20-21, 2022
Texas Land Office PD
Case Method Institute
A reminder that the PD training plus access to all their curriculum materials
and implementation support are provided at NO CHARGE.
Ana Villarreal Simpson
Education Service Center, Region 30