1 / 21

Curriculum Updates

Curriculum Updates. September 16, 2003 Jeff Goldhorn Ed Vara. Agenda. Roll Call iLearning Registration General Information SBOE Update ARI/AMI Update Funding Levels ELA Readability Scales. Agenda. Math / Science Alliance Elementary Science Sessions Social Studies Fall Conference

sandra_john
Download Presentation

Curriculum Updates

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Curriculum Updates September 16, 2003 Jeff Goldhorn Ed Vara

  2. Agenda • Roll Call • iLearning Registration • General Information • SBOE Update • ARI/AMI Update • Funding Levels • ELA • Readability Scales

  3. Agenda • Math / Science • Alliance • Elementary Science Sessions • Social Studies • Fall Conference • Other • Student Study Guides • Questions

  4. SBOE Update • Textbooks • Lively Health Book hearing • Subcommittee looking at definition of “textbook” • Science – 4 year requirement • Continue to look at implications • TEKS Revision • Secondary Math should be adopted in February 2005 • Beginning educator committee review of elementary math TEKS

  5. SBOE Updates • School Health Advisory Committee • SB815 – Enrichment Curriculum • Now a part of the required TEKS • Integrated approach • School Library Standards • Composite Scoring for TAKS

  6. 2003-2004 ARI/AMI Funds • The final 10% of funds (if spent 100%) or the portion over 90% that you did spend • Automatically deposited in bank after September 30

  7. 2003-2004 ARI/AMI Funds • Must have submitted the following reports electronically: • 2003-04 Early Reading Instrument Report • 2003-04 Accelerated Reading Instruction/ Accelerated Math Instruction (ARI/AMI) Program Evaluation • 2003-04 ARI/AMI Final Expenditure Report by Grouping Practice/Time of Instruction (not the same as drawing down funds for reimbursement on the ER System)

  8. Reminders • Requires RI (Reading Initiative) TEA-SE username and password to submit these reports • Need to have requested access to these 3 reports and the TPRI/Tejas Lee online ordering • Takes TEA Security approximately 2 weeks to process a request

  9. 2004-2005 ARI/AMI Entitlements • Posted on the Formula Funding webpage at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/opge/formfund/ • Districts/Charters will receive $905.84 per Grade 3 student who did not pass the reading portion of the 2004 TAKS on the first administration and… • $905.84 per Grade 5 students who did not pass the math portion of the 2004 TAKS

  10. Use of funds… • Funds are to be used to provide immediate intervention to students in Grades K-5 who are struggling in reading and/or mathematics • Start now!

  11. Funding… • Only 65% of the available 90% of ARI/AMI funds have been drawn down for reimbursement • If you have spent it, please draw it down • If we want continued funding, we have to demonstrate that we are using 100% of the funds

  12. 2004-2006 TPRI/Tejas Lee • Orders are currently being shipped • Order in which they were placed • 239 districts/charters have not placed orders • Administer the assessment shortly after the kits arrive

  13. ARI/AMI Update • Funding • http://www.tea.state.tx.us/opge/formfund/ARI2005WebPostFinal090904.pdf • Program Guide • http://www.tea.state.tx.us/reading/ordering/ordering.html

  14. ELA • Readability Scales for text

  15. Math/Science • Staff Development • Science • Math • Alliances • 8Th Grade Science TAKS Information Booklet and specifications

  16. Social Studies • Fall Conference

  17. Other • Student Study Guides • Should be arriving soon and personalized for individual students • Moving in December, possibly, to online access • For more information see: • www.support@grow.net • AYP Update • Letters of September 14th • Change of dates of notification

  18. Other • “Gifts” coming your way • CD • MOU and expectations for use • Medal of Honor Books • Donation and expectations for use: • Secondary Campus (1 per campus)

  19. Other • TEA Staffing Changes • New Organizational Chart as of September 1 • Monica Martinez, Director of Curriculum • Kelly Callaway, Gifted and Talented Director • Dalissa Brandenburg, AP/IB Director • Marie Rodriguez, Bilingual/ESL, Spanish Language Arts Assistant Director • Norma Torres-Martinez, Mathematics Assistant Director • Michelle Ungurait, Social Studies Director • Lee Berlet, Social Studies Assistant Director • Vacancy, Health & PE Director

  20. Other • 2004-2005 School Directory • http://askted.tea.state.tx.us/tsd2005/home.html • Questions • Next session: • November 11th

More Related