ELAR Updates for the Panhandle (Regions 14, 16, & 17)

 Howdy - 

CREST - Coalition of Reading and English Supervisors of Texas -  met virtually today for our Fall Forum. 

Welcome: 

As the regional representative for the organization, I'm hoping to connect especially with Panhandle Leaders and those in Texas Regions 14, 16, and 17. My email is shonarose67@gmail.com if you would like to connect about CREST and TEA content. 

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If you would like to receive information like what I have included below, join the organization.We are rebuilding our membership and databases. You can join here to receive similar information after the next conference. Detailed notes and advance notice of items of importance are key benefits of membership. You'll have what you need to turn around the training and informational pieces to your staff. 

Notes and Resources from the Conference: 

Leadership and representatives took notes for you to summarize the sessions and major ideas. 

Tosh McGoughy walked us through the changes since 2007 and provided guidance for planning lessons all the way to selecting curriculum resources. You'll find her presentation and CREST notes here:  Ensuring a Literate Texas. 

From TEA, Jenny Gaona and Tamara Robert shared their progress on tools to integrate Social Studies and ELAR TEKS. For notes and draft links: K-5 Cross-Curricular Connections for Social Studies and RLA.

Guiomar Andújar presented information on the ELPS updates. I did not attend that session. You can read about the process here.

Tricia Cave with ATPE provided a legislative update. Click for the slide deck and notes.

Collin Dempsey from TEA shared processes and products from the IMRA process. For slides, links, and notes:  From Rubric to Resources: Using IMRA to Drive Instructional Materials Decisions

Caroline Sweet presented: Languages Art: Fostering Reading and Writing Classrooms that Value Students' Languages. This site explains her book and resources with Patterns of Power in Spanish. 

Travis Leach ended the day with a presentation on Revision - he used the revision process as the mode for the presentation itself. Brilliant. His presentation is here: Revision as a Way of Life: An Educator's Guide to Intentional Change

Kalahari in January: 

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