http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html Written by Paul Needham, TE Instructional Coach After watching this animation accompanying a speech by Sir Ken Robinson, I am struck by several thoughts. I needed to watch this video again in order to allow the drawings to add to the message, rather than distract me from it. I would encourage anyone who remembers … Continue reading
March 23rd marks the last official Teaching Excellence Professional Learning Saturday of this school year. We hope to send off our teachers with some new and impactful sessions this month. We’ll be offering two of the sessions we provided in February, so teachers can attend those they may have missed. Additionally, four other new sessions … Continue reading
Teaching Excellence is excited to offer seven impactful sessions for the first Professional Learning Saturday of 2013. We’re looking forward to seeing all of our teachers and partners on January 26th as we celebrate a great Fall semester and look forward to a wonderful Spring semester! We are excited about the future for students in Houston in 2013, … Continue reading
Written by Ronda Powell, TE Manager of Certification/Operations Our next Teaching Excellence professional learning event is approaching quickly along with the date for registering and taking the TExES Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities exam. In preparation for this test, our next PLS will be dedicated to PPR review. For ACP candidates studying for this test, here are … Continue reading
Eight o’clock comes early on a Saturday morning, and it doesn’t stop our twelve content experts from prepping and facilitating their two-hour sessions for over two hundred Teaching Excellence teachers impacting over 39 campuses. These new teachers are working hard too, fighting through the morning grogginess to plan for the coming week’s science lab or … Continue reading
Teaching Excellence is excited to offer some of the same great sessions that were available last month. Plus we’ve added Differentiation this month to help you ensure you are reaching all learners. We’re looking forward to seeing all of our teachers and partners on November 10th as we celebrate a month focused on gratefulness. We’re … Continue reading
Written by Petra Claflin, TE Instructional Coach I recently attended the ASCD conference in Philadelphia and the final morning of the conference, I participated in Eric Jensen’s session on Teaching with Poverty in Mind. Early in the session he described the effects of chronic stress and the two major ways it manifests itself in our … Continue reading
It’s hard to be believe that we are less than a week away from our last Professional Learning Saturday. We invite any campus admin, faculty, and staff from our partner schools to join our Teaching Excellence teachers for a day of learning designed to ensure that our educators have the tools that will effectively lead … Continue reading
