TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS MIDWINTER CONFERENCE 2018 AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER, AUSTIN, TX JANUARY 28 - 31
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TASA Corporate Partners
President's Circle Silver Apple Cisco Chevron ESS/Source4Teachers DellEMC JASON Learning Edgenuity Renaissance Learning ETS What on Earth Publishing/Curiosity Club Forecast5 Analytics Google for Education Bronze K12 Insight ABM/GCA Navigate Prepared Cenergistic NWEA Gexa Energy PBK Hewlett Packard Scholastic Hilltop Securities Stantec IDIS VLK Architects Indeco it’slearning Platinum Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP ClassLink Lone Star Furnishings College Board MeTEOR Education Edmentum myON Frontline Education Organizational Health Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Performance Matters Huckabee Silverback Learning Solutions IBM Watson Education Steelcase Education LPA Thoughtexchange Page Turnitin Panorama Education Vanir Construction Management, Inc. Pearson Virco Scientific Learning Walsh Gallegos Trevino Russo & Kyle P.C. TCG Consulting WRA Architects Gold Achieve 3000 Apex Learning Discovery Education Education Elements engage2learn ETS ProEthica Fresh Grade High STEPS Houston ISD-Medicaid Finance & Consulting Services Milliken Safari Montage Schneider Electric
2 #TASA18 Welcome to a Special TASA Midwinter Conference!
elcome and thank you for joining us for TASA’s 2018 Midwinter Conference — a special conference Was it comes at a pivotal time in TASA’s history. During the next few days, we will reflect on TASA’s past and honor Executive Director Johnny L. Veselka, who is retiring this spring after serving the association for more than 43 years. It’s fitting that we recognize Johnny during this conference, because without him, we would not be gathered here today. In 2004, when TEA could no longer host the Midwinter Conference, it was Johnny who had the foresight for TASA to take it over. And here we are, 15 years later! Under his leadership, this conference has become the largest and best of its kind in the nation.
Our organization has come a long way thanks to Johnny, but he is leaving us with a solid plan for the future. During the next few days, we will look ahead to that future as we unveil a fresh new look for TASA and celebrate the strategic framework that a task force of TASA members has developed during the past year.
That framework, provided on the following two pages, lays out TASA’s aspirations and outlines the long- term strategies we will use to reach those aspirations by 2025, TASA’s centennial year. During the opening general session, we will talk more about TASA 2025 and why this long-range plan is so important to the future of our organization and public education in Texas.
You’ll hear directly from TASA 2025 Task Force members and have the opportunity to engage in discussion about TASA’s future (and pick up some “swag” featuring the new TASA logo) when you stop by the TASA Member Engagement Center across from the Exhibit Hall entrance.
As always, the Midwinter Conference will be focused on your growth as a school leader. The next few days will center around our General, Thought Leader, and Concurrent sessions, which cover nearly every aspect of school leadership. The Exhibit Hall is the place to go to learn about more than 350 vendors’ education- related products and services.
These are just the highlights of this year’s conference. Thumb through the following pages or download the conference mobile app to get the details on a host of other offerings and events that will make the 2018 Midwinter Conference the best yet. We are glad you’re here!
Buck Gilcrease TASA President
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Strategic Framework
Vision Mission We envision innovative, Our mission is to promote, provide, future-focused leaders for every and develop leaders who create and public school student. sustain student-centered schools and develop future-ready students.
Experiences and resources to build Champions for initiatives and policy leadership and share expertise. to equip an educated citizenry.
Professional Professional Community + Policy LearningLEARNING AdvocacyADVOCACY Experiences
Member ENGAGEMENT
+ Support
Services and networks that offer mentorship and inspiration.
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Cultivate purposeful Recruit local advocates networks of leaders to connect with Engage, mobilize, and engaged in meaningful work legislators and accelerate collaborate with partners that advances the principles grassroots public school to advance effective in the New Vision for Public advocacy efforts. education policy. Education.
Encourage and support Implement an adaptive Curate a “living library” of Develop a robust process to assess and design innovative transformational regional, participant-led mentorship onboarding and learning opportunities that leadership practices from experiences that increase experience that deepens access to learning and align with the various career which leaders can learn personal connection to the pathways of members. from each other. networking opportunities. association.
Stakeholders
Those who set and lead a district strategic direction SUPERINTENDENTS
DISTRICT LEADERS
TRANSFORMATION-FOCUSED EDUCATORS Those who advance a district strategic direction STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES
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Like Our New Look?
We chose the 2018 Midwinter Conference to unveil TASA’s fresh new look and strategic framework, which outlines our organizational aspirations for 2025, TASA’s 100th anniversary.
5 Ways to Learn More
1 See the Midwinter Conference welcome letter on page 3 and the TASA Strategic Framework on pages 4-5.
2 Read quotes from members of the TASA 2025 Task Force in this program and in the winter issue of INSIGHT.
3 Attend the Opening General Session.
4 Stop by the TASA Member Engagement Center across from the Exhibit Hall.
5 See TASA's new online brochure at www.tasa.live.
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TASA Corporate Partners 2 Post-Conference Activities 77 President’s Welcome 3 SBOE/SBEC Learning Roundtable 78 Accountability Forum Seminar 82 TASA Strategic Framework 4 Awards and Recognitions 85 Conference Sponsors 8 TASA 2018 Honorary Life Members 86 General Information 10 Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship Recipients 88 Concurrent Session Strands 11 Superintendent of the Year 89 Training Credit 12 Tech Savvy Superintendent 90 Outstanding Administrators 91 Aspiring Superintendents Academy 13 Texas Teachers of the Year 93 Special Events/Activities 14 Regional Teachers of the Year 94 Social Media Listening Center 14 2017 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards 96 Apple Innovation Center 14 2017 Blue Ribbon Schools 98 Blue Ribbon Schools 14 Exhibit Hall 101 TASA EdCamp @ Midwinter 15 Inside the Exhibit Hall 102 Related Events 16 TASA/TASB Exhibit of School Architecture 103 Saturday, January 27 16 Exhibitors 104 Sunday, January 28 16 Exhibit Hall Floor Plan 114 Monday, January 29 16 Getting Around 117 Tuesday, January 30 18 Convention Center Parking 118 Wednesday, January 31 18 Hotel and Shuttle Information 118 Preconference Sessions 20 Downtown Austin Area Map 119 General Sessions 23 Convention Center Floor Plan 120 First General Session 24 Hilton Austin Hotel Map 122 Second General Session 24 CPE Form/Certificate Requirements 123 Third General Session 25 Advertiser Index 125 Thought Leader Sessions 27 TASA Officers and Executive Committee 126 Monday Thought Leader Sessions 28 Conference at-a-Glance 128 Tuesday Thought Leader Sessions 31 Concurrent Sessions 37 Monday Concurrent Sessions 38 Tuesday Concurrent Sessions 55 Wednesday Concurrent Sessions 72
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Conference Sponsors
Welcome Reception Session Technology Services College Board IBM Watson Education DellEMC Discovery Education Conference Bags engage2Learn ETS ETS PBK Forecast5 Analytics Frontline Education Conference Lanyards Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Edgenuity Houston ISD—MFCS LPA, Inc. K12 Insight Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, LLP Conference Mobile App NaviGate Prepared Gold Sponsor: Page Pearson Silver Sponsor: NWEA TCG Consulting, LP Silver Sponsor: Safari Montage
First General Session Midwinter Conference Daily K12 Insight Apex Learning Discovery Education Second General Session Edgenuity ClassLink Frontline Education NaviGate Prepared Third General Session Safari Montage LPA, Inc. Steelcase Education
Aspiring Superintendents Academy Digital Signage Achieve 3000 Google for Education PBK Stantec Exhibitor Lounge Turnitin HighSTEPS
Blue Ribbon Schools Luncheon and Food Truck Concessions Recognition Program HP Education Elements myON ETS ProEthica FreshGrade Renaissance Learning Scholastic VLK Architects
8 #TASA18 Future-Ready Leaders/School Page Transformation Luncheon PBK Pearson ABM Education Safari Montage Apex Learning Scholastic Cisco TCG Consulting, LP College Board VLK Architects DellEMC FreshGrade Google for Education Recharge Stations/Coffee Service K12 Insight ETS MeTEOR Education myON Schneider Electric NaviGate Prepared Stantec Renaissance Learning VLK Architects Social Media Listening Center Hotel Key Cards DellEMC LPA, Inc. PBK Shuttle Transportation Scientific Learning NaviGate Prepared TCG Consulting, LP Thoughtexchange
Legacy Luncheon TASA/Corwin Bookstore Hilltop Securities Corwin Linebarger, Goggan, Blair, & Sampson, LLP TASA EdCamp at Midwinter President’s Dinner Edmentum Achieve 3000 Education Elements Apex Learning FreshGrade Apple Pearson ClassLink Performance Matters College Board VLK Architects DellEMC Edgenuity TASA Leadership Luncheon Edmentum Apex Learning ETS Discovery Education Forecast5 Analytics Edgenuity Frontline Education Stantec Google for Education Houghton Mifflin Harcourt TASA Member Engagement Center K12 Insight College Board Milliken VLK Architects NaviGate Prepared NWEA
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General Information
Registration and Information Hours Speaker-Ready Room Hours Atrium, Level 1 (4th Street Foyer) Atrium, Level 1
Sunday, January 28 Noon–6 p.m. Sunday, January 28 Noon–6 p.m. Monday, January 29 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday, January 29 7 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, January 30 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, January 30 7 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday, January 31 7–10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 31 7–9 a.m.
On-Site Registration Fees First Aid + Educational Entity The First Aid Stations are located on the Trinity Foyer side of Exhibit Hall 4. Check the convention center floor plan located TASA Member — $325 on page 120 for the exact location. Non-TASA Member — $375 Recharge Stations Teacher & Other Campus Staff — $95 Located in Exhibit Hall 4, Recharge Stations provide attendees the convenience of recharging phones, iPads, or laptops. Non-Educational Entity Shuttle Transportation (Individuals who are not affiliated with an educational See page 118 for shuttle information. entity and are not registered exhibitors) TASA Member — $425 Lost and Found Located at the registration booth in the Atrium, Level 1. Non-TASA Member — $475 Disclaimer No fee is required from guests of registered participants; The Texas Association of School Administrators endorses however, if the guest is an administrator in the same or no individual, group of individuals, program or related a different district, the guest is expected to pay the full meeting, or any sentiment expressed by any speaker or other registration fee. participants in the program, except by official action.
Aspiring Superintendents Academy – $125
“The Task Force has set a standard for the future. Advocacy, learning and engagement are the keys to our framework. It is grounded in the thoughts and ideas of today’s leaders with the vision for tomorrow behind every decision. It is work that grounds us in who we are TASA 2025 Task Force Member Fred Brent and where we want to go.” Superintendent, Georgetown ISD See pages 3-6 and visit the TASA Member Engagement Center across from the Exhibit Hall to learn more.
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he TASA Midwinter Conference features a comprehensive selection of concurrent sessions, including examples of innovative Tpractices in school districts throughout the state, as well as sessions that highlight the collaboration between TASA and other organizations, topics of legal interest, statutory and policy matters, and Texas Education Agency programs. To assist conference attendees in selecting topics of interest as you plan your conference experience, we have included a number of concurrent sessions as part of special strands throughout the conference.
CS4TX Planned in cooperation with Computer Science for Texas, an open community whose members are dedi- cated to bringing computer science education to all Texas K-12 students. CTO Planned by members of the Texas K-12 CTO (Chief Technology Officers) Council, addressing the use and implementation of information technology to improve student learning. Legal Focused on a variety of legal issues that are of interest to superintendents and other district and campus administrators, presented by school law experts representing TASA, TASB, and some of the state’s best law firms. SMSCH Focused on topics of special interest to administrators from rural/small school districts. TABSE Planned by members of the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators (TABSE), focused on improving the educational achievements of African-American students. TALAS Planned by members of the Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (TALAS) with an emphasis on improving the educational and career opportunities of Latino youth. TCPEA Planned cooperatively by TASA and the Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration, designed to build a bridge that encourages research in the university with a strong practical application and to strengthen the collaboration between school practitioners and university professors.
TEA Presented by staff of the Texas Education Agency, addressing a variety of statutory requirements, state policy initiatives, and agency programs. TSPRA Planned by school public relations experts and the Texas School Public Relations Association, focusing on the use of effective communication strategies.
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Training Credit
arn up to 13 hours of Continuing Professional Education credit throughout the EMidwinter Conference. The Superintendent and Principal Standard Certificates (issued after September 1, 1999) require renewal every five years, including 200 hours of CPE credit from approved providers. The Texas Association of School Administra- tors approved provider number is 500101.
Please refer to the form/standards listed on pages 123-124 and select the standard most closely associated with the content of the session you attended. Certificate renewal standards adopted by SBEC for principals and assistant principals, with the omission of the policy and governance standards, are very similar to the superintendent standards; however, the numbering of the standards is slightly different. Complete information, including renewal requirements for teachers, principals, and assistant principals can be found on the Texas Education Agency’s website (www.tea.state. tx.us) or by calling 512.936.8400.
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Schedule Sunday, January 28 1:30–4:30 p.m. Monday, January 29 7:30–10:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 30 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Location Ballroom E
Academy Leaders John D. Horn, former superintendent, Mesquite ISD, senior associate, Schlechty Center, and consultant, TASA
Jenny Preston, former superintendent, and consultant, TASA
The 2018 Academy TASA’s popular Aspiring Superintendents Academy creates a learning opportunity for those who aspire to become superintendents. Offering participants more than eight hours of professional learning on preparing for the superintendency, the academy covers the basics of securing a superintendent position, including: how to get a job, the role of search consultants, creating a superintendent-specific résumé, and preparing for an interview.
But the academy also focuses on moral and aesthetic dimensions of what it means to be the top education leader in a school district and its community. Particular attention is given to developing clarity about the beliefs and values that result in distinguished leadership in a connected and digitized world.
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from veteran superintendents who are knowledgeable and experienced in the superintendent search process, and hear about the superintendency career path and the lessons learned by sitting superintendents. During the luncheon and program on Tuesday, academy participants will have the chance to network with members of TASA’s Future-Ready Superintendents Leadership Network, School Transformation Network, and participants in the First-Time Superintendents Academy.
Registration Registration for the 2018 TASA Midwinter Conference is required, along with an additional fee for the academy. The fee includes the luncheon on Tuesday and continental breakfast on Monday.On-site registration is available ONLY on Sunday, January 28, noon–1:30 p.m.
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Special Events/Activities
Conference Partners TASA is proud to welcome our association partners to the Midwinter Conference. These organizations hold meetings in conjunction with the conference, have a presence in the Exhibit Hall, and host concurrent sessions specifically related to their organizational purpose.
Texas Alliance of Black School Educators (TABSE)
Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (TALAS)
Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration (TCPEA)
Texas K-12 Chief Technology Officers (CTO) Council
Texas School Public Relations Association (TSPRA)
TASA Social Media Listening Center Blue Ribbon Schools Located in the Atrium, Level 1, across from Attendee Registration TASA’s 2018 Midwinter Conference hosts representatives from the 26 Texas schools selected in the 2017 Blue Ribbon Schools Program. An exciting returning feature at TASA’s Midwinter Conference is our Social Media Listening Center powered by Dell. This innovative These schools will be recognized at a luncheon in their honor on command center will keep a pulse on social media conversations related Monday, January 29 (Ballroom D). to the TASA Midwinter Conference and topics of interest to participants. Founded in 1982, the Blue Ribbon Schools is a U.S. Department of Visit the center to experience the power of real-time listening in social Education program that recognizes public and private elementary, media and its applicability to education. At the center, you will see and be middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels. able to participate in real-time trending topics on Twitter pertaining to All schools were selected as exemplary high-performing schools as education and the conference, and follow the most influential colleagues measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests. Each school on Twitter who will be tweeting from the conference and afar. Listen to has an economically disadvantaged population of 25 percent or greater. the conversations on Twitter with hashtags #TASA18 and #DoMoreEdu The schools completed a rigorous application process through the U.S. and by following @DellEDU on Twitter. Department of Education. Schools that received the award were also recognized at the 2017 Blue Ribbon School conference in Washington Dell’s own Social Media Listening Command Center was launched in D.C. (See pages 98-99 for a complete list of recognized schools.) the company’s Round Rock headquarters in late 2010. With more than 25,000 social mentions of Dell each day, it is used to support Dell’s social media listening and engagement activities. For more information about Dell’s social media services visit: www.dell.com/services.
Apple Innovation Center Located on Level 1, adjacent to the Speaker-Ready Room
For more than 40 years Apple has designed products that transform traditional classrooms and lessons into experiences that inspire creativity and encourage collaboration—experiences that profoundly impact a student’s curiosity for learning and path in life. Join Apple representatives at the Apple Innovation Center @ Midwinter to gain a deeper understanding of how Apple products and digital content are transforming learning and teaching by leveraging the tools, resources, and features available to support all students and teachers.
14 #TASA18 TASA EdCamp @ Midwinter Located at the front of the Exhibit Hall (Monday-Tuesday only)
TASA EdCamp @ Midwinter is an opportunity for leaders to engage in practical, conversational sessions facilitated by attending participants. As an alternative to the traditional concurrent session, this area—returning to TASA Midwinter Conference for its second year—provides a format for participants to draw on individual expertise, dive deep into meaningful dialogue with peers from across Texas, and collaborate for real results. Various topics have been pre-selected based on identified areas of critical need and scheduled so that conference attendees can simply show up and join in a conversation of their choice. Moderators are assigned to each session in order to facilitate discussion.
The sessions listed below are scheduled for TASA EdCamp @ Midwinter. During unscheduled session times, districts are free to use this space for spontaneous leadership collaborations with their team or fellow districts.
Monday, January 29 Tuesday, January 30
9:30–10:30 a.m. — Central Office Administrators 9–10 a.m. — A Conversation With Thought Leaders Participants propose and lead discussions central to teaching and Richard Erdmann and Christopher Lloyd learning, supporting campus leaders, and carrying out the district Richard Erdmann, co-author, Pursuing the Peak: Perfecting Practice, vision through their various roles in central office. and Christopher Lloyd, author, the Wallbook Timeline series, sit down with conference attendees and engage in conversation about 10:45–11:45 a.m. — Campus Leadership topics and concepts shared in their respective Thought Leader Principals, assistant principals, teacher leaders and other campus Sessions. Book signings will also be facilitated at this time. administrators come together to share in open conversations about issues directly affecting campus culture, achievement, and 10:15–11:15 a.m. — Small-Schools Roundtable leadership. Participants propose and lead discussions on issues that directly concern the unique challenges facing small school districts across 1–2 p.m. — OPEN Texas. Districts are welcome to use the space for spontaneous leadership collaborations with their team or other districts. 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. — OPEN Districts are welcome to use the space for spontaneous leadership 2:15–3:15 p.m. — First-Time Superintendents Academy collaborations with their team or other districts. Participants and Alumni Current and past FTSA participants meet to discuss how their leadership, vision, and role as head of their learning organiza- tion has transformed over their first three to five years in the superintendency.
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Related Events
Saturday, January 27 Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents Mentoring Program 8 a.m.–4 p.m. ACC–10C
Texas Education Policy Institute (T.E.P.I.) 10 a.m.–3 p.m. ACC–12AB
Sunday, January 28
TASA Budget Boot Camp 7:30 a.m.–12 p.m. ACC–12AB
Texas K-12 CTO Council Winter Meeting 7:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Hilton–Salon H
Texas Urban Council Quarterly Meeting 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Hilton–615
TASA Joint Executive/Legislative Meeting 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Hilton–408
Equity Center School Finance & Legislative Workshop 11:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. ACC–Ballrooms FG
TASA Leadership Luncheon 12–1 p.m. Hilton–406
TASA Executive Committee Meeting 1–3 p.m. Hilton–Salon D
Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents Board Meeting 1–4 p.m. Hilton–616AB
Aspiring Superintendents Academy 1:30 –4:30 p.m. ACC–Ballroom E
Midwinter Conference Welcome Reception Hilton–6th Floor in Honor of Retiring TASA Executive Director 5:30–7 p.m. Johnny L. Veselka Ballroom
Monday, January 29
Texas Academic Decathlon Board Meeting 7:30–9 a.m. Hilton–402
Texas Association of Community Schools Joint Legislative/ Executive Committee Breakfast 7:30–9 a.m. Hilton–412
Texas Association of Rural Schools Directors Meeting 7:30–9 a.m. Hilton–615 A
Texas Association of Mid-Size Schools Annual Membership Breakfast 7:30–9 a.m. Hilton–Salons J/K
Texas Leadership Center Board Meeting 7:30–9 a.m. Hilton–403
16 #TASA18 Aspiring Superintendents Academy 7:30–10:30 a.m. ACC–Ballroom E
Texas School Coalition Executive Committee Meeting 8–10 a.m. Hilton–404
Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Winter Meeting 8 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Hilton–406 Four Seasons Hotel– ESC Region 13 Breakfast 8:30–10 a.m. San Jacinto Ballroom Texas Association of Community Schools Executive Committee Meeting 9–11 a.m. Hilton–408
Student Transfers Across Rural Texas (STAR Texas) 9:30–10:30 a.m. Hilton–401
Equity Center Board of Directors Meeting 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. ACC–Austin Suite
ESC Region 2 Luncheon 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. Fogo de Chao
JW Marriott–Grand ESC Region 6 Luncheon Noon–1:30 p.m. Salon
TASA Legacy Luncheon Noon–1:15 p.m. ACC–Ballroom E
The University of Texas at San Antonio Superintendency Program Luncheon Noon–1:15 p.m. Hilton–616 A
Blue Ribbon Schools Luncheon and Recognition Program Noon–2:30 p.m. ACC–Ballroom D
Texas School Coalition Membership Meeting 2:15–3:15 p.m. Hilton–602
Lamar University Cardinal Reception 4–6 p.m. Hilton–400
Angelo State University Alumni Reception 5–6:30 p.m. Hilton 410
Texas State University College of Education Reception 5–6:30 p.m. Hilton–408
ESC Region 4 Reception 5–6:30 p.m. Hilton–Salon G
Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Four Seasons Hotel– 5–6:30 p.m. Superintendents Mentoring Program Reception Lobby Bar
University of North Texas Reception 5–7 p.m. Hilton–Salon J
The University of Texas at Arlington Hospitality Suite 5:30–6:30 p.m. Hilton–402
The University of Texas at Austin Cooperative Superintendency Program Reception 5:30–7 p.m. Hilton–406
The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Education & Human Development Reception 5:30–7 p.m. Hilton–412
Sam Houston State University College of Education Doctoral Alumni Reception 6–7 p.m. Hilton–404
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Tuesday, January 30
ESC Region 10 Breakfast 7:15–9 a.m. Hilton–Salon C
ESC Region 7 Breakfast 7:30–9 a.m. Hilton–400/402
ESC Region 16 Breakfast 7:30–9 a.m. Hilton–406
ESC Regions 17 & 18 Breakfast 7:30–9 a.m. Hilton–Salon F
ESC Region 4 Breakfast 7:30–9 a.m. Hilton–Salon G
ESC Regions 8 & 12 Breakfast 7:30–9 a.m. Hilton–Salon H
ESC Region 3 Breakfast 7:30–9:30 a.m. Hilton–410
TASA Higher Education Committee Meeting 7:30–9:30 a.m. Hilton–615
ESC Region 20 Breakfast 7:30–9:30 a.m. Hilton–Salon K
ESC Regions 9, 14 & 15 Breakfast 7:30–10 a.m. Hilton–Salon J
ESC Region 11 Breakfast 7:45–9:30 a.m. Hilton–Salons A/B
Future-Ready Leaders/School Transformation Luncheon 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. ACC–Ballroom E
ESC Region 1 Luncheon 11:15 a.m. Fogo de Chao
Wednesday, January 31
SBOE/SBEC Learning Roundtable 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. ACC–Ballroom D
TASA Accountability Forum Seminar 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. ACC–Ballroom E
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Preconference Sessions
Sunday, January 28 | 7:30 a.m.–Noon | 12AB (Level 4)
Budget Boot Camp (preregistration required) Presenters: Doug Karr and Omar Garcia, Consultants, TASA TASA’s Budget Boot Camp has long been considered a valuable asset to Texas school administrators working to lead schools challenged by a lack of adequate funding. School finance experts and TASA consultants Doug Karr and Omar Garcia will give administrators the opportunity to:
• Complete and/or update the latest release of the state-funding template under guided instruction • Project state and local revenue for the previous, current, and future school years for current and future planning purposes • Monitor the under/over-payment of Foundation School Fund state aid for the current school year • Ask questions and dialogue about other school-finance related items of interest
Sunday, January 28 | 1:30–4:30 p.m. | Ballroom E (Level 4)
Aspiring Superintendents Academy Kickoff (preregistration required) Presenters: John D. Horn, Former Superintendent, Mesquite ISD, Senior Associate, Schlechty Center, and Consultant, TASA; and Jenny Preston, Former Superintendent, and Consultant, TASA
TASA’s popular Aspiring Superintendents Academy, a learning opportunity for those who aspire to become superintendents, will kick off on Sunday afternoon this year!
TASA’s popular Aspiring Superintendents Academy creates a learning opportunity for those who aspire to become superintendents. The session focuses on moral and aesthetic dimensions of what it means to be the top education leader in a school district and its community. Particular attention is given to developing clarity about the beliefs and values that result in distinguished leadership in a connected and digitized world. The 2018 academy offers participants more than eight hours of professional learning in preparation for the superintendency. During the luncheon and program on Tuesday, academy participants will be provided an opportunity to network with members of TASA’s Future-Ready Superintendents Leadership Network and School Transformation Network and participants in the First-Time Superintendents Academy.
Sunday, January 28 | 2:30–4:30 p.m. | 12AB (Level 4)
Google Workshop: Leading a Culture of Innovation Presenters: Dan Stratford, School Transformation Specialist, Google, and Erin O’Briant, Innovation Expert, O’Briant Group
Dan Stratford, School Transformation Specialist at Google, and Erin O’Briant, Innovation Expert and former Googler, will lead an interactive workshop on transforming school and district culture. You’ll peek inside Google’s culture to uncover some of the practices, routines, structures, and mindsets that foster innovation, risk-taking, and collaboration. You’ll learn how school leaders are adapting some of these concepts in their own schools and get a first-hand taste of the process that teams of Googlers go through to innovate the next big idea. You’ll also walk away with ideas and resources to help you lead your own culture of innovation.
This workshop is open to all Midwinter Conference registrants; no additional fee is required to attend. Pick up your Midwinter Conference badge in the Atrium prior to arriving at the session. Seats are first-come, first-served.
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1st General Session | January 29 | 3:30–5:15 p.m. | Exhibit Hall 5
Presiding: Buck Gilcrease, TASA President and Superintendent, Alvin ISD Greetings: Donna Bahorich, Chair, State Board of Education Recognitions: 2018 Honorary Life Members, Caudill Award Winners, Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship Recipients Performance by 2017 TMEA Invited Choir: Atascocita High School Choir, Humble ISD
Creating Moments That Matter Chip Heath, Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Some experiences are vastly more memorable and meaningful than others: a moment of extraordinary service that a customer can’t stop talking about; a moment of insight that helps a group of employees embrace a new vision; a moment of compassion that makes a patient’s burden feel lighter. Everywhere you look, people are trying to craft memorable experiences— from customer experiences to patient experiences. Leaders are working hard to boost employee engagement, student engagement, and parishioner engagement. But these discussions have been dominated by a focus on fixing problems (what Chip Heath calls “filling pits”), rather than creating memorable experiences (“raising peaks”). Yet Heath’s research suggests that it’s far more valuable to build peaks. How do you build peaks for the people you care about? In his keynote presentation, drawing from his latest book, The Power of Moments, Heath will reveal the four elements that create defining moments. Armed with an understanding of these elements, we can be the authors of moments that spark delight, connection, and insight.
Book signing immediately following presentation: The Power of Moments
Session Sponsor: K12 Insight
2nd General Session | January 30 | 3:30–5 p.m. | Exhibit Hall 5
Presiding: Gayle Stinson, TASA President-Elect and Superintendent, Lake Dallas ISD Recognitions: Outstanding Educators Performance by 2017 TMEA 6A Honor Band: Lopez High School Symphonic Band, Brownsville ISD
TEA Updates Mike Morath, Commissioner of Education, Texas Education Agency
Mike Morath took office as Texas commissioner of education in January 2016. He heads the Texas Education Agency, which oversees pre-kindergarten through high school education for more than 5 million students enrolled in both traditional public and charter schools. Commissioner Morath will discuss TEA’s four strategic priorities: recruiting, supporting, and retaining teachers and principals; building a foundation of reading and math; connecting high school to career and college; and improving low-performing schools.
Session Sponsor: ClassLink
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Presiding: Greg Smith, TASA Vice President and Superintendent, Clear Creek ISD Performance: Lehman High School Mariachi Los Lobos, Hays CISD
Collaborative Leadership: Six Influences That Matter Most Peter DeWitt, Author, Corwin Press and former Administrator and Principal
To significantly impact student and teacher effectiveness, educational leaders must let parents in on the secret of school, encourage teacher and student voice through a positive school climate, and maximize teachers’ levels of self-efficacy and collective-efficacy. That’s a pretty tall order, and it takes collaborative leadership to get there. In his keynote presentation, Dr. DeWitt will focus on how district leaders can leverage six of John Hattie’s high-effect influences on learning to foster growth in teachers and put the focus on learning for students. He will demonstrate that placing leadership focus on self-efficacy (effect size .63) and collective efficacy (effect size 1.57) is vitally important to maximizing teacher effectiveness and moving schools forward. Since increasing self-efficacy and building collective efficacy is not possible without first fostering a supportive school climate, he will take Midwinter attendees through the research regarding efficacy and offer practical suggestions on how leaders can build supportive school climates.
Book signing immediately following presentation: Collaborative Leadership Session Sponsor: LPA
“The strategic framework provides just that — a framework to guide the work. It provides purpose and further accentuates our ‘why’ as an organization. ‘Why do we exist?’ should drive what we do and how we do
it, and the framework does this and more.” TASA 2025 Task Force Member Art Cavazos Superintendent, Harlingen CISD
See pages 3-6 and visit the TASA Member Engagement Center across from the Exhibit Hall to learn more.
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Monday, January 29 | 8:15–9:15 a.m. | Ballroom G
Iteration and Innovation in Education Jaime Casap, Chief Education Evangelist, Google, Inc. Twitter Handle: @jcasap Presiding: Kevin Worthy, Superintendent, Royse City ISD
Session Sponsor: Google, Inc.
As the world gets more connected, it also gets more complex. We now operate on a global scale and our job in education is to help learners develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities they will need to thrive in this new environment. We are preparing them to solve global problems we haven’t defined yet, using technology that hasn’t been invented, in roles that do not exist. To thrive in this new era, learners need to know how to learn, problem solve, iterate, create, collaborate, communicate, and to think critically. What we need more than anything in education is a culture of innovation and iteration in order to build new learning models supported and enabled by technology to foster student focused learning.
Monday, January 29 | 9:30–10:30 a.m. | Ballroom F
Pursuing the Peak: Perfecting Practice Richard Erdmann, Co-Founder and CEO, Syfr Learning LLC, Co-Author, Pursuing the Peak: Perfecting Practice Presiding: Jeanette Winn, Superintendent, Karnes City ISD
Although we know that peak performance requires practice, we pay little attention to the design of practice. Learning is a complex process with remarkably simple principles. Often, we appreciate the complexity but ignore the simplicity. For 50 years, we have been working on raising the bar and closing gaps. Through the lens of the applied science of learning we can raise the bar and close the gaps through a better design of student work.
Book signing immediately following presentation: Pursuing the Peak: Perfecting Practice
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Crystallizing a Purposeful Culture of STEM Robert Corbin, Director-Global STEM Initiatives, Discovery Education Twitter Handle: @STEMancipate Presiding: Fred Brent, Superintendent, Georgetown ISD
Session Sponsor: Discovery Education
In 2018, educators and students are hyperfocused on the “what” of teaching and learning. What course are you taking? What scores are you achieving? What is your dream school? What is lost is the ever important “why.” In this session, participants will begin to learn to crystallize the personal and shared “why” of STEM in order to create a purposeful and effective culture of teaching and learning.
Monday, January 29 | 10:45–11:45 a.m. | Ballroom G
Effective Instruction With At-Risk Populations: What Does the Research REALLY Say? Holly Kaptain, Executive Director, Curriculum Management Solutions, Inc. (CMSi) Presiding: Carl Dethloff, Superintendent, San Angelo ISD
School districts across the U.S. continue to struggle with raising the achievement of their students who come from low-income homes. These students many times experience additional challenges, such as low English proficiency, learning disabilities, inadequate vocabulary knowledge, and low expectations because of their culture or ethnicity. This session explores what the most recent research says about the types of environment and instruction that significantly raise test scores for our most at-risk students, improves their self-efficacy, and most important, improves their learning and engagement in the classroom.
Monday, January 29 | 1–2 p.m. | Ballroom F
The Advanced Placement Program in Texas Trevor Packer, Senior Vice President, AP and Instruction, The College Board Twitter Handle: @AP_Trevor Presiding: George Kazanas, Superintendent, Midway ISD
Session Sponsor: College Board
Join Trevor Packer, the College Board’s Senior Vice President for Advanced Placement & Instruction, as he addresses how Advanced Placement (AP) coursework can improve outcomes for Texas’ students. Packer will provide an overview of the new ninth grade official Pre-AP courses, provide insights into the results of the AP program in our state, and discuss best practices for successfully implementing AP courses. He will also preview new, free resources and supports for AP teachers and students coming in the 2019-2020 school year.
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Monday, January 29 | 1–2 p.m. | Ballroom G
Using Student Choice to Create Curiosity Christopher Lloyd, Founder and CEO, What on Earth Publishing, and Author, Wallbook Timelines Presiding: LaTonya Goffney, Superintendent, Lufkin ISD
Christopher Lloyd, a former newspaperman who studied history at Cambridge University, had an 8-year-old daughter who wasn’t happy at school. “Everything was focused on tests, and beyond that, somebody with a bit of curiosity and precocity didn’t have a lot to do,” says Lloyd. Traditional learning separated areas of study rather than encouraging children to look at associations between them. The result was rethinking the design of a book. To develop curiosity, he designed the books around narrative, visuals, and choice with pages that extend for several feet and allow the student to choose and follow a story of science, mathematics, or even sports through time. His design is about personalized learning. He has now partnered with the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian to bring his design into American education.
Book signing immediately following presentation: The Big History Timeline Wallbook and The Story of the World in 100 Species
Monday, January 29 | 2:15–3:15 p.m. | Ballroom F
Educator Ethics: Embrace the Gray! Troy Hutchings, Senior Strategic Advisor, Educational Testing Service Presiding: Clark Ealy, Superintendent, College Station ISD
Session Sponsor: ETS ProEthica
Make no mistake about it, “ethics” is a loaded word. Its mere mention often results in value- laden discussions of what is considered right or wrong. When placed within the context of a profession, however, ethics acknowledges the complexities inherent within a practitioner’s work and is meant to serve as a guide in nuanced situations. Research indicates that few educators have been prepared in educator ethics, yet they are expected to address the academic, personal, and social needs of society’s most vulnerable population. This interactive workshop will focus on the premise that all P-12 educators are susceptible to decision-making that may lead to incremental boundary violations. The professional risks and vulnerabilities of the teaching profession will be framed through multiple lenses including case studies, research, and engaging models of understanding. Hutchings will build a case that, in our profession, ethics should actually be a higher threshold than law. Educator decision-making is not always about right and wrong, but rather how to operate within the gray.
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Classrooms as a Promise of Practice: Effective Early Literacy Learning for All Children Donyall Dickey, Renowned National Authority on Curriculum, Instruction, Organizational Development, and Administration of Schools Twitter Handle: @DonyallD Presiding: Orlando Riddick, Superintendent, Midland ISD
Session Sponsor: Scholastic
Teacher effectiveness is one of the greatest factors for positive student academic outcomes. Join Dr. Donyall D. Dickey, renowned and national authority on literacy, as he outlines those essential skills highly effective teachers have to support students in literacy. This session is highly energetic and motivating; participants will walk away with action steps to take classrooms from problems of practice to a promise of practice.
Tuesday, January 30 | 9–10 a.m. | Ballroom F
Leading Inspired and Passionate Teachers – Clarity on What Works Best John Almarode, Associate Professor, James Madison University Twitter Handle: @jtalmarode Presiding: Jo Ann Bludau, Superintendent, Hallettsville ISD
Session Sponsor: Corwin Press
Inspired and passionate teachers are by design, not by chance. Whether you are a district or campus administrator, instructional coach, lead teacher, or teacher mentor, the fostering and nurturing of highly effective teachers is absolutely necessary for student achievement and success. This action-packed workshop will explore the practices and characteristics of inspired and passionate teachers, and, drawing from the exciting research on the science of learning, introduce a cutting-edge framework for fostering and nurturing highly effective teachers. Each participant will actively participate in the “unpacking” of practices and characteristics of inspired and passionate teachers. From this, they will apply the science of learning to develop a professional learning progression that fosters and nurtures the development of these practices. Each participant will create an actionable plan for professional learning that centers on formative evaluation and feedback. From novice to expert, this workshop will leave each leader ready to be an agent of change in their own district by seeing learning through the eyes of teachers.
Book signing immediately following presentation: From Snorkels to Scuba Divers in the Elementary Science Classroom
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Tuesday, January 30 | 9–10 a.m. | Ballroom G
The Power of True Accountability John Tanner, Founder and Executive Director, Test Sense, Author, The Pitfalls of Reform, and Co-Director of the Texas Performance Assessment Consortium Twitter Handle: @testsensejt Presiding: Roland Toscano, Superintendent, East Central ISD
School accountability in its current form is not actual accountability. In fact, it isn’t even a measure or an indicator of quality. Educational policy makers have long insisted that a few limited metrics designed for an entirely different purpose masquerade as accountability. The net result is alarming: We risk thinking we know something about the quality of our schools when we do not. Forty-three Texas district leaders and their boards agree and have formed a consortium to ask a profound question: What would a true school accountability system look like? Their work is quickly being recognized across the country as a watershed moment given its unique theory of action: Build a better system and let it eclipse those that already exist. John Tanner will show the richness of the system being built, its advantages over what exists, and why such an effort is essential for the future of public schooling.
Book signing immediately following presentation: The Pitfalls of Reform
Tuesday, January 30 | 10:15–11:15 a.m. | Ballroom F
Accelerating the Growth of Learner-Centered Education Kushal Kadakia, Angier B. Duke Scholar, Duke University, and recent graduate, Clear Creek High School, Clear Creek ISD Presiding: Greg Smith, Superintendent, Clear Creek ISD
A new century demands a new education system that enables all learners to achieve their potential. Shifting away from a factory model of school-centered education requires both a framework for transformation and a network of change agents to support innovators within their communities. Learner-centered education offers a paradigm for change that identifies the aspirations and elements needed to effectuate change in classrooms and communities. Early evidence for reforms comes from Pioneer Lab, a rapidly growing community of practitioners and policymakers working nationwide to improve the uptakes and scaling of learner-centered models. This session will describe the vision for reform in the context of school district experiences, and offer opportunities for future engagement and support.
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Assessment Futures: Next-Generation Assessment and Beyond Kimberly O’Malley, Senior Vice President, Education and Workforce Development, RTI International Twitter Handle: @KimberlyOMalle1 Presiding: Doug Williams, Superintendent, Sunnyvale ISD
Session Sponsor: RTI International
With digital learning environments, data proliferation, and new tools for understanding learning data, assessment is going to change. In this session, we will share current advances in future assessment methods. We will illustrate progress made in the area of stealth, game-based, and competency-based assessment. Attendees will learn who is doing the cutting-edge work in these areas so they can track progress in the future. We will debate the advantages and disadvantages of these new methods.
Tuesday, January 30 | 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Ballroom F
What Makes a World-Class School and How We Can Get There James Stronge, Heritage Professor, Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership, College of William and Mary Presiding: Ariel Elliott, Superintendent, Greenwood ISD Session Sponsor: Frontline Education
This session will explore the key qualities of world-class schools, lessons learned from top- performing national school systems around the globe, and how to apply these qualities and lessons to improve our own schools or districts. One of the most reliable factors associated with world-class schools is sustained, insightful, highly capable leadership — in essence, world-class leaders. Highly effective principals and other school leaders are the key that unlocks school improvement and success, as well as increased student learning. This session will feature lessons learned from the world’s best school systems for supporting and sustaining the best leaders.
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Tuesday, January 30 | 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Ballroom G
Boosting Your District’s Brand in the Age of School Choice Shelby McIntosh, Managing Director, Southwest, K12 Insight Twitter Handle: @Shelby9903 Presiding: Stan Surratt, Superintendent, Lindale ISD Session Sponsor: K12 Insight
Whether we like to admit it or not, America’s public schools face stiff competition. You may be competing with charters and private schools for students, or with neighboring school districts for the best teachers and school leaders to staff your schools. Either way, your district is competing. To become your region’s district of choice, your schools must provide the best stakeholder experience possible. Great teaching and learning alone will no longer keep students in your schools. Today’s parents expect a customer experience that proves their child’s school cares about them. Teachers must believe that they are well-supported and that they can communicate with district leaders when needed. Students want to feel they have a voice in decisions about their learning. The bottom line: In today’s education landscape, customer service is as vital to school success as great academics. This session will outline eight practical steps to providing a stellar customer experience and building a strong district brand.
Tuesday, January 30 | 2:15–3:15 p.m. | Ballroom F
Discovering the Power of Transformational Leadership Mike Patrick, North America Sales Leader, Milliken Twitter Handle: @MillikenandCo Presiding: Mark Foust, Superintendent, Kerrville ISD Session Sponsor: Milliken
Milliken & Company is a global innovator that has a powerful message of transformation in a challenging industry. The story of their journey has great value for school leaders who are in the midst of transformational change. Mike Patrick has been at the forefront of these changes for more than three decades and will share Milliken’s transformational experience and how it relates to continuous improvement in public schools. Creating a culture of continuous improvement around values, collaboration, attitudes, and innovation is critical to success in business and in education. In this session, you will learn what to do, how to do it, and why it matters.
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The NEW School Rules Anthony Kim, Entrepreneur and Author, The NEW School Rules, 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools Presiding: Brian Woods, Superintendent, Northside ISD Session Sponsor: Education Elements
Throughout his career as an entrepreneur, Anthony Kim has noticed patterns about how our ways of working can sometimes hold us back, rather than move us forward. School districts across the country spend millions of dollars on a long list of programs and initiatives to improve student outcomes, yet we’re grateful if we see student academic gains of a couple of percentage points. Decisions take too long. Increasing and changing demands lead to confusion and too many things falling between the cracks. Everyone’s energy is sapped in the effort to defend decisions rather than taking action. Kim knew that changes to processes and protocols might lead to better academic results, teacher retention, and higher quality school systems. In his new book, The NEW School Rules, 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools, co-authored with Alexis Gonzales-Black, a design principal at IDEO, Kim presents the changing conditions education is dealing with and provides specific case studies in how schools are responding to these factors. In this session, Kim will highlight the six practices of planning, decision-making, teams, roles, sharing information, and learning organizations. These practices will help any organization feel more alive, have a motivating purpose, and drive toward aiming higher.
Book signing immediately following the presentation: The NEW School Rules: 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools
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How to Design a Digital Learning Ecosystem that Works
Teachers and students have unprecedented access PRESENTED BY: to digital tools and content, but how can a district leader ensure that this abundance of resources will lead to success? In this session, review the aspects of an effective digital learning ecosystem and discover why a Learning Object Repository (LOR) is an essential component. Dr. Tim Clark Joe Griffin Aaron Rister Vice President of Chief Technology Coordinator Learning Innovation, Officer, Keller ISD of Educational DATE & TIME: Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 9:00–10:00 AM SAFARI Montage Technology, Keller ISD LOCATION: Room 12B, Level 4, Austin Convention Center
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Learn how Grapevine-Colleyville ISD is delivering PRESENTED BY: live and recorded streams to their staff and students on any device and any browser. Discover how they are leveraging an IPTV solution to broadcast and record school news, board meetings and presentations, and distribute district-created content used for professional development and instructional purposes. Kyle Berger Learn more about Chief Technology Officer, Grapevine- SAFARI Montage at TASA 2018 Monday, January 29, 2018 at 9:30–10:30 AM DATE & TIME: Colleyville ISD LOCATION: Mezzanine 7, Austin Convention Center www.SAFARIMontage.com (Note: Mezzanine meeting rooms are accessed by separate elevators or stairs) CONCURRENT SESSIONS MIDWINTER TASA CONFERENCE
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collaboration with principals, central office, and teachers to Monday, January 29 enhance teaching and learning and close achievement gaps. 9:30–10:30 a.m. Addressing Educator Ethical Issues and Decision Making — One District’s Approach – EdCamp Session: Central Office Room 10A Administrators – Exhibit Hall (Entrance Area) Gema Padgett, Executive Director of Human Resources, Participants propose and lead discussions central to teaching Grapevine-Colleyville ISD and learning, supporting campus leaders, and carrying out David Thompson, Professor, The University of Texas at the district vision through their various roles in central office. San Antonio This session will describe the approach of Grapevine- Growing STEM Teacher Capacity Through Colleyville ISD in proactively addressing issues of ethical T-TESS for Success – Room 9AB Monday, January 29 | 9:30–10:30 a.m. January | 9:30–10:30 29 Monday, behavior and decision-making among both certified and Carol L. Fletcher, Deputy Director, STEM Education, classified educators. This highly interactive session will The University of Texas at Austin highlight important concepts from the Texas Educators’ Code Robert Stell, Principal, Pflugerville ISD of Ethics and models of ethical decision making to provide Lori Einfalt, T-TESS Trainer, LCM Consulting practical guidance to effectively educate professional and How is your district using T-TESS to facilitate reflective classified staff prior to the onset of ethical issues. practice? In this session, presenters from Pflugerville ISD and UT’s Center for STEM Education will share how they are using Externships: Engage Business Partners AND T-TESS and online resources to support STEM teacher growth. Bolster Professional Development – Room 10B T-TESS for Success uses K-12 math and science classroom Peggy Mica, Coordinator, Career & Technical Education, videos, teacher interviews, and challenge assignments to help Round Rock ISD educators and administrators operationalize “moving to the Amy Mizcles, Vice President of Community left” on the rubric from Proficient to Distinguished teaching. Enhancement, Round Rock Chamber Round Rock ISD and the Round Rock Chamber offer a Transforming Principal Leadership Through a summer externship program that had six teachers in 2015 Collaborative Learning Process – Room 9C and grew to 72 in 2017! Secondary staff apply to spend three Michael Griffin, Executive Director for Elementary days in a local business, learn the latest trends, and bring their Education, Northwest ISD new knowledge back to share with students and colleagues. Stephanie Espinosa, Executive Director for Curriculum Simultaneously, business partners learn the latest trends and and Staff Development, Northwest ISD efforts within our schools. Presenters will share procedures Logan Faris, Executive Director of Secondary Education, and lessons learned so you can duplicate this successful Northwest ISD program in your district. Join leaders from Northwest ISD who supervise and support building principals as they share their framework for [CS4TX] Student Internships in High Tech – fostering increased principal collaboration using learning Room 11AB cycles. Learning Cycles were created two years ago to create Douglas Killian, Superintendent, Pflugerville ISD a coherent alignment of district processes. Focusing on Pauline Dow, Deputy Superintendent of Schools, elements of curriculum, instruction, and assessment, district San Antonio ISD administrators have developed a framework to promote Sandy Dochen, Manager, Corporate Citizenship, IBM
38 #TASA18 Everyone agrees that high school students need more Synergy: The Next Generation of Student Voice opportunities to connect their learning in school to real- and Learning Organizations – Room 13AB Monday, 29 | 9:30–10:30 January a.m. world experiences outside of school. But those partnerships Justin Terry, Deputy Superintendent, Forney ISD with industry and internships require upfront planning and Judith Webber, Chief Learning Officer, Forney ISD relationship building to be successful. Lessons learned from Kim Morisak, Chief of Information and Innovation the P-TECH model and other corporate/district partnerships Services, Forney ISD in high tech will be shared to help your district strategically Stormy Lemond, Director of Future Ready Curriculum plan for student internships. and Technology, Forney ISD If you visit Forney ISD’s admin building, you are likely to District Transformation: It’s a Family Affair! – see something special: a small army of students working Room 12A side by side with district leaders. The program, Synergy, is Walter Jackson, Superintendent, Brenham ISD unlike any other student leadership program. Students work Jessica Johnston, Director of Communications and collaboratively in their office as they assist curriculum writers, Special Projects, Brenham ISD create district products, communicate the district vision, and By increasing academic rigor, igniting and modeling a passion participate in administrative leadership meetings to ensure for teaching, and increasing communication and parental their student voice is heard, all while developing their future- engagement, Brenham ISD went from receiving three TEA ready skills. Academic Distinctions in 2016 to 14 in 2017. Come hear about the transformation of the oldest school district in Texas, The Curriculum Management Audit: An beginning with a new superintendent, new central office staff, Organizational Analysis Examining All Factors and a district and community poised to transform the lives of of Teaching & Learning – Room 14 youngsters. Steven Ebell, Deputy Superintendent, Curriculum & Instruction, Clear Creek ISD Using Data to Improve Access & Performance Robert Bayard, Chief Technology Officer, Clear Creek ISD in Advanced Placement Courses – Room 12B Brandon Core, Associate Executive Director, School Adam Stephens, Officer, Innovative Curriculum, Transformation and Leadership Services, TASA Houston ISD Eric Simpson, Director, Learning and Leadership Amanda Ponder, Innovative Curriculum Specialist, Services, TASA Houston ISD Looking for valuable feedback to improve learning for all Jill Schott, Senior Director, State and District students? Learn how curriculum management audit services Partnership, College Board can equip your leadership team with the tools necessary to Grenita Lathan, Chief Academic Officer, Houston ISD objectively evaluate not only your curriculum, but all facets of Recently, Houston ISD has made great strides in increasing the organization that impact student learning, and determine participation in AP coursework, particularly among low- critical next steps in promoting student achievement. Hear income and minority student populations. The number of from a district how curriculum management audit and related Hispanic and African-American students participating in trainings can provide a structured approach to evaluating these courses has increased dramatically, and the overall such areas as curriculum, assessment, and program design; increase across all students has been more than 100 percent. instructional delivery; equality and equity issues; and policy The district has also seen a significant increase in the number direction, planning for change, and goal prioritization. of students who have received qualifying scores on their AP exams.
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[TSPRA] Education Foundations: Building Learn how the Texas K-12 Chief Technology Officer Council’s Capacity and Engaging the Community – Leadership Advisory is working together to aggressively Room 15 address this problem. Hear how 11 districts in the state are Laurie Cromwell, President, working together to improve cybersecurity and seeking the Foundation Innovation, LLC TLE seal of approval. Suzi Pagel, Director of Corporate and Community Development, Midway ISD (ESC 12) Are Your Students Employable? – Room 17A Education foundations are private, nonprofit, tax-exempt Roger Tetu, Digital Solutions Lead, Southwest Airlines charities that are positioned between a school district and the Desiree Pemble, Learning Technology Manager, community. They strive to engage the entire community in the Southwest Airlines school improvement process and help to build capacity for the Kaitlyn Hudson, Campus Reach, Southwest Airlines district. This session will provide you with research-based best Lianna Pais, Student, Texas A&M University practices and components, including infrastructure, board Mobile technology has changed the way we learn and work. development, image, programs, and fundraising, that will help Join us for an in-depth discussion with Southwest Airlines you build a successful and sustainable education foundation. and Apple to understand how digital literacy and fluency with
Monday, January 29 | 9:30–10:30 a.m. January | 9:30–10:30 29 Monday, mobile technology are essential to career success. You’ll hear Personalized Learning and Personalized from Southwest Airlines about the transformation within Leading – Room 16A their company when mobile technology and digital content Nancy Garvey, Director, Instructional Technology, are embedded in every corner of industry. You’ll learn how Coppell ISD businesses are developing mobile strategies and workflows Marilyn Denison, Associate Educational Planner, that help their employees be more connected and productive. DLR Group And you’ll discover the skill sets and experiences employers Richard Goldgar, Program Executive, expect from today’s graduates. You’ll leave the event ready IBM Watson Education to create an innovative learning environment that prepares students with the skills to be successful in the world they’ll This digital experience provides connections to cognitive graduate into. learning like never before. Come hear how the app Element and the web program Enlight are personalizing education for Student Learning: Bridging PLCs, educators and administrators. Providing a one-stop shop for Instructional Rounds, & T-TESS – Room 17B data, grades, and resources that are aligned to individuals, this IBM MoblieApp generates suggestions on how best to Randal O’Brien, Superintendent, Goose Creek CISD help each student and educator for targeted support. Watson Melissa Duarte, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum Education is transforming education! & Instruction, Goose Creek CISD Goose Creek CISD has implemented Professional Learning [CTO] Student Data Privacy and Security: Communities with a common vision to ensure a collaborative Building a Trusted Learning Environment culture is developed to support all student learning. Through (TLE) – Room 16B this process, the district has integrated an additional layer of Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer, support through conducting instructional rounds. Developing Cypress-Fairbanks ISD a problem of practice and recommending the next level of Melissa Oshman, Executive Director of Technology work contributes to the staff’s continuous improvement. Services, ESC Region 10 These systems have bridged the work for T-TESS as a true growth model and mindset. The risk of managing student data privacy and cybersecurity has never been more challenging. Increased liability and legal requirements associated with building trusted learning environments is one of the greatest concerns of this generation.
40 #TASA18 [Legal] From Receipt to Resolution: [TEA] A Place for Everything: The studentGPS Responding to a COLOSSAL OCR Request – Dashboards – Room 18D Monday, 29 | 9:30–10:30 January a.m. Room 18A Leanne Simons, Assistant Director, Business Bernadette Gerace, Director of Human Resources, Management, Texas Education Agency Prosper ISD Scott Johnson, studentGPS Dashboard manager, Texas Mari McGowan, Attorney, Abernathy, Roeder, Education Agency Boyd & Hullett, P.C. Kristen Reynolds, State Project Director, Texas In 2015, U.S. students filed more than 10,000 discrimination Education Agency complaints with the Department of Education’s Office for There’s no shortage of technology tools today, and while each Civil Rights, nearly half of which alleged discrimination on the has its own benefits, it’s often difficult to navigate between basis of a disability. OCR frequently asks for tens of thousands them. LEAs across the state use the Dashboards to help of pages of records, and narrative responses to dozens of make decisions that impact student success. Learn how allegations of discrimination. The presenters will review each the Dashboards consolidate information to ease the data- step in the complaint response process, and explain the best gathering process and clear the path for positive change. practices for streamlining records collection and more. Growth, Portfolios, and Transparency — [Legal] The Superintendent’s Contract: Visible Learning – Room 19A What Should and Should NOT Be Included – DeAna Helmer, Director Curriculum Instruction & Room 18B Assessment, Goliad ISD Cory Hartsfield, Shareholder, Kristin Billo, English Teacher, Goliad ISD Adams, Lynch, & Loftin, P.C. Goliad High School English teachers embarked on a new This session covers all aspects of the superintendent’s contract adventure this year. To show growth they are using portfolios with a school district, including what should and should not and the FreshGrade app or software. Come learn how they be included. got this adventure off the ground, allowing students to set their own growth goals, increase critical thinking, collaborate Future-Ready Readers: Literacy, Coaching, across grade levels, and improve writing and writing scores. and an Innovative “Ownership Model” – Room 18C Unlock the Secrets of Agency to Create Edugency: Recruit, Retain & Grow Teachers – David Vroonland, Superintendent, Mesquite ISD Room 19B Beth Nicholas, Deputy Superintendent, Mesquite ISD Treva Franklin, Administrative Officer-Curriculum and Shannon Terry, Director of Professional Learning, Instruction, Mesquite ISD Arlington ISD Kelly Hastings, Principal, Arlington ISD Mesquite ISD has a bold vision: every learner reading on grade level by third grade while shifting the culture of the Come learn how Arlington ISD is facilitating the emergence organization to a distributed ownership innovation model. of agency among induction teachers through innovative MISD partnered with engage2learn to create #Read Play Talk, professional learning experiences at the district and campus the Literacy Framework, and a consistent coaching model. level as one strategy for recruiting, retaining, and developing Now, principals support growth mindset and collaboration, highly qualified personnel. Learning designs that advance learners set goals to own their learning, while teachers individual agency leading to system agency will be shared. formatively assess, innovate, and scaffold to meet the needs Participants will emerge from the session with new ideas and of every learner. resources for transforming a traditional school system into a learning organization.
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Encourage Students to Create Like an Monday, January 29 Innovator – Room 10A 10:45–11:45 a.m. Bret Champion, Superintendent, Klein ISD Jenny McGown, Chief Learning Officer, Klein ISD EdCamp Session: Campus Leadership – Eleanor Smalley, President and CEO, JASON Learning Exhibit Hall (Entrance Area) How do you help your community rebuild and make meaning of a recent tragic event with STEM? In the midst Principals, assistant principals, teacher leaders and other of Houston’s recovery from Hurricane Harvey, Klein ISD campus administrators come together to share in open and JASON Learning have partnered for a Day of Design conversations about issues directly affecting campus culture, initiative, “Water Warriors.” Two hundred seventy-five student achievement, and leadership. teams participated in the Design Thinking Challenge to help understand and prevent flooding issues in the future. Learn The Holdsworth Center Journey: Rethinking how design thinking has impacted Klein ISD and can benefit Talent Management – Room 9AB your community. Marcelo Cavazos, Superintendent, Arlington ISD
Monday, January 29 | 10:45–11:45 a.m. January | 10:45–11:45 29 Monday, Thomas Randle, Superintendent, Lamar CISD Making School-Church Partnerships Work – Lloyd Verstuyft, Superintendent, Southwest ISD Room 10B Kirsten Hund, Program Director, The Holdsworth Michelle Smith, Superintendent, Lytle ISD Center Amy Bibler, Campus Administrator and District Leadership is a journey, not a destination. The goal of Community Liaison, Lytle ISD the Holdsworth Center is to partner with districts over a Shaun Leverton, Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church sustained period of time to facilitate systemic change and Educating our children is a part of a community’s responsibility. related structures for identifying, training, developing, and Both schools and churches are deeply interested in helping supporting school leaders. Three partner districts from the people learn and work toward wholeness and better character. inaugural cohort will share their learning experiences and Churches within a community represent a huge and untapped how they have shaped the way they think about leadership resource, but once a connection is made, those efforts stimulate development and talent management systems. significant change. This type of partnership provides for deepening community — where churches can become not only ECHS: Changing Futures, Changing advocates but also a support system for students and schools. Communities – Room 9C Susan Simpson Hull, Superintendent, Grand Prairie ISD On-boarding New Teachers: An Academy to Pat Lewis, Deputy Superintendent of Innovation & Ensure Teacher and Student Success – School Improvement, Grand Prairie ISD Room 10C Winston Minix, Executive Director of Career and David Belding, Superintendent, Aubrey ISD Technical Education, Grand Prairie ISD Terrie McNabb, Deputy Superintendent, Aubrey ISD Joanna Slaton, Director of GPISD Early College High Shannon Saylor, Assistant Superintendent, Aubrey ISD Schools, Grand Prairie ISD The alignment of instructional practice and philosophy Many districts have begun Early College High Schools in with teachers who are hired into the district each year is a the past two years. What does the process look like from challenge. Aubrey ISD conducts a “New Teacher Academy” year to year? How can districts make innovation even more each summer. Newly hired teachers, regardless of experience, innovative? In this presentation, administrators from Grand attend the academy and learn the instructional and classroom Prairie ISD will discuss the history of ECHS in their district, management philosophy, resources available, and expectations their journey toward their first graduating class, and the of the district. Teachers end the training by teaching a lesson to development of the new Nursing Academy (an ADN degree their fellow professionals attending the academy. with a pathway to the RN) aided by the Educate Texas grant.
42 #TASA18 Student Engagement and Customized District proven military-based leadership development, community Support – Room 11AB engagement, and cognitive neuroscience. Monday, 29 | 10:45–11:45 January a.m. George Thompson, President/CEO, Schlechty Center John D. Horn, Senior Associate, Schlechty Center, Fort Worth ISD: Instruction Drives and TASA Consultant Construction—Long-Range Facility Master Plan – Room 13AB Participants interested in exploring student engagement and the Schlechty Center’s Strategic Change Agenda, the newest Jerry Moore, Executive Director Policy & Planning, service offered by the Center in partnership with TASA, should Fort Worth ISD attend this session. It will include small-group discussions on Chris Everett, Strategic Partnerships, engage2learn ways to create a culture of engagement and design a supporting John Shiver, Principal, PBK Architects system that drives and sustains innovation through this The Long-Range Facility Master Planning process was initiated alternative to traditional strategic planning. by Fort Worth ISD to create a plan for facilities that was based upon the ideal for instruction in every classroom. That ideal What Board Members Are Thinking About was defined by the entire FWISD community, honoring the When They Evaluate a Superintendent – Room history of FWISD, while ensuring equity and adequacy for all 12A learners throughout the district. The process included three Phil Gore, Director, Leadership Team Services, TASB phases: Community Vision, Learning Framework Design, and Learning Environment Design. School trustees come in all backgrounds, personalities, and abilities. One philosopher might have said, “School boards UIL Update – Room 14 are like a box of chocolate ...” Consider research of board members and superintendents that sheds light on what is going Charles Breithaupt, Executive Director, University on in a trustee’s mind when he/she evaluates a superintendent. Interscholastic League, The University of Texas at Austin Explore the factors and sources of information trustees Jamey Harrison, Deputy Director, University consider during formal superintendent evaluation. Create a Interscholastic League, The University of Texas at Austin plan to improve superintendent evaluation in your district. This session will provide information about the UIL Reclassification and Realignment process, new UIL rules and Character, Education, and Performance: proposed rule changes, and UIL issues related to Hurricane Touching the Lives of Student Athletes & Harvey. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions Students – Room 12B and offer input to UIL. Cliff Dean, COO, Tomlinson Ventures Frank Molinar, Superintendent, White Settlement ISD [TSPRA] It’s a Team Approach: Successful Jacquelyn Gamino, Cognitive Neuroscientist On-boarding for the First Year Superintendent Faith-Ann Cheek, Assistant Superintendent, – Room 15 Bonham ISD JJ Villarreal, Superintendent, Rockwall ISD Demetrius McCrainey, Senior Instructor, LT Academy Renae Murphy, Chief Communications Officer, Rockwall John Burke, VP, Act Global ISD NFL Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson (a graduate of Being a first-year superintendent going into a new district University High School in Waco ISD and TCU) has developed can be challenging. “On-boarding” into a new district and the Team America Character and Leadership Initiative to community while transitioning into the role as superintendent foster academic performance and superior leadership, mental is an exciting and challenging time. Approaching the challenge toughness, self-efficacy, and self-reliance. In this session, a with the help of the district’s communication team is key to a panel of superintendents who have successfully implemented successful transition. Learn how this approach in Rockwall Tomlinson’s program will share their experiences in shaping ISD translated into a successful and rewarding “on-boarding” the complete student athlete and student leaders through and first-year engagement with staff, businesses, and community members.
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Hands-On, Minds-On: Engineering Design, but it is BISD students, parents, and community members Computer Science, and 21st Century Skills – to whom the district is accountable for efficient and effective Room 16A student learning. Come join BISD administrators as they share Cheryl Farmer, Director of Precollege Engineering their ongoing journey to a Community-Based Accountability Education Initiatives, Engineer Your World from The System. University of Texas at Austin Rosemary Kelly, Principal, Taylor ISD [CS4TX] Debugging CS in Your District – Room 17B The Engineer Your World classroom is a place where students engage in authentic engineering and computing practices Charles Dupre, Superintendent, Fort Bend ISD in a problem-solving, inquiry, project-based environment. Walter Jackson, Superintendent, Brenham ISD Attendees will learn about the development of the NSF- Jim Haley, Superintendent, Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD funded curriculum, innovative teacher support and leadership Building a district computer science program can be a development programs, and opportunities for students to challenge whether you’re a big or small district. These leaders earn college credits from the University of Texas. Participants will share how their districts are tackling the challenge of will discover funding opportunities that can cover more than teacher training, curriculum, equity, and technology resources
Monday, January 29 | 10:45–11:45 a.m. January | 10:45–11:45 29 Monday, $6,000 of implementation costs. to expand access to CS to a more diverse range of students than ever before. [CTO] What Your Technology Leader Should Know – Room 16B Coppell, Grand Prairie, Lubbock and Lewis Wynn, Director of Technical Services, Austin ISD Stephenville Share What? Hint: Jeopardy 2011 Jennifer Miller, Director of Technology Support Services, – Room 18A Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Matt Underwood, Superintendent, Stephenville ISD Adam Feind, Chief Technology Officer, Northwest ISD Theresa Williams, Deputy Superintendent, Academic Alice Owen, Executive Director, Texas K-12 CTO Council Services, Lubbock ISD The Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL) Nancy Garvey, Director, Instructional Technology, certification program can help your district achieve its 21st Coppell ISD century technology goals. Participants will learn about the Marilyn Denison, Associate Educational Planner, Consortium of School Networking’s (COSN) Framework of DLR Group Essential Skills for CTOs and how your technology director Rick Goldgar, Program Executive, IBM Watson can obtain the national CETL certification. Encouraging your Education technology leaders to seek CETL certification will help ensure Watson has come a long way from winning "Jeopardy" to now that they demonstrate the necessary leadership, vision, and helping oncologists with cancer patient treatment. Imagine strategic thinking. if we take Watson support for doctors and patients — and apply it to teachers and students. The possibilities are not only Community-Based Accountability: Making a endless, but compelling and inspirational. Join this panel Score or Making an Impact? – Room 17A session and hear firsthand from these four transformative Tylor Chaplin, Superintendent, Burkburnett ISD districts on how Watson is helping them create teaching and Jim Russell, Assistant Superintendent, Burkburnett ISD learning experiences that were never before possible. Missy Mayfield, Director of Curriculum, Burkburnett ISD Burkburnett ISD believes the STAAR is only a snapshot of one point in time of a child’s academic career. STAAR scores do not define students, the community, or school district. Assessment and accountability are important to everyone,
44 #TASA18 [Legal] Where Are They Now? Bills of the 85th around social-emotional learning (SEL) for students, staff, Monday, 29 | 10:45–11:45 January a.m. Legislative Session – Room 18B and families to ensure each student has supports to thrive in Deron Robinson, General Counsel, Allen ISD school and life. LISD staff will share resources the district uses Haley Turner, Attorney/Shareholder, Walsh Gallegos for SEL and college and career readiness. Trevino Russo & Kyle P.C. The Real Shark Tank—Questions and Answers Legislative changes at the state level tend to create a lot of on How to Survive and Succeed – Room 19A unanswered questions: What does this mean? How are schools expected to implement this change? How will the courts Eddie Bland, Superintendent, Snyder CISD interpret this law? Once a bill is passed a number of legal James M. Whitton, Shareholder, Brackett & Ellis, P.C. and logistical questions remain regarding implementation Administrators not only swim with the sharks, they’re of new laws and requirements. Join two experienced school expected to pull the entire district to safety and success. law attorneys to discuss and reflect on legislative changes Circling sharks can be angry/disruptive parents, employees, resulting from the 85th session, including a review of legal angry citizens, and angry or rogue board members. Engaged developments and more. attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and share their knowledge and experiences. The session will be A Culture of Learning – Room 18C facilitated by a veteran superintendent and school lawyer who Theresa Williams, Deputy Superintendent, know a thing or two because they’ve seen a thing or two. Academic Services, Lubbock ISD Mike Mattingly, Assistant Superintendent, Improving Student Achievement by Taking Curriculum & Instruction, Denton ISD P-TECH to Scale – Room 19B Greg McIntyre, Chief Administrative Officer, Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas ISD College Station ISD Israel Cordero, Deputy Superintendent, Dallas ISD Kathleen Jahn, Executive Director of Instruction, Usamah Muhammad-Rodgers, Assistant Alief ISD Superintendent, Dallas ISD How do leaders identify the factors to ignite a culture of Dallas ISD expanded college opportunities for students by learning, achievement, and success? Who are the experts, what opening 18 Pathways in Technology Early College High do they say, and what does it mean to us? The Texas Learning Schools (P-TECH) in August 2017. Students enrolled in the Collaborative (TLC) is a group of volunteer public education Dallas ISD P-TECH programs are offered a new approach to professionals from across the state whose interests lie squarely learning by bringing together the best elements of high school, at the heart of student learning. The TLC will address this college, and career. The presentation will provide an overview important question: What’s the biggest “learning” return on of the integrated network approach developed to design the your “instructional” investment? P-TECH program and engage industry partners.
[SMSCH] Building Resilience: A Coordinated Update on HB 22 Development and Approach to Social-Emotional Learning – Implementation – Ballroom F Room 18D Mike Morath, Commissioner of Education, Jason “JJ” Johnson, Project Director, Lackland ISD Texas Education Agency Elizabeth Breese, Marketing Director, Panorama Come hear Commissioner Mike Morath provide the latest Education updates on the A-F accountability system. This session will Lackland ISD supports military-connected students who include timelines for final decisions on the system, the latest have special social and emotional needs and strengths due updates based on stakeholder input, and new tools that will to their parents’ military service. Presenters will share how accompany the system. the district approaches programming and measurement
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Heather Landrum, Principal, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Monday, January 29 Lisa Young, Principal, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD 1–2 p.m. District and campus leaders from Grapevine-Colleyville ISD will share the intentional design of support for professional EdCamp Session: OPEN – growth and action steps that align the district strategic Exhibit Hall (Entrance Area) plan to developing highly effective campus principals. Regular learning opportunities, peer collaboration, campus Districts are welcome to use the space for spontaneous instructional rounds with reflective dialogue, principal voice leadership collaborations with their team or other districts. and ongoing district level support contribute to developing the BEST campus principals. From On-boarding to Exit Survey: An Improved Walk Through the Employment Align, Advance, & Advocate: Talent Cycle – Room 9AB
Monday, January 29 | 1–2 p.m. January | 1–2 29 Monday, Development for Lifelong Learning – Shai Walker, Manager of Human Resources, Room 10B Little Elm ISD Karen Rue, Clinical Professor, Educational Leadership, Collin Osburn, Executive Director for Human Resource Baylor University Services, Frontline Education Jeanne Gerlach, Special Assistant to the Provost, Little Elm ISD moved from using multiple, disconnected University of Texas-Arlington products to a unified platform that efficiently supports all Cynthia Miller, Business/Education Consultant, human resources processes. From recruiting and hiring to Project Partners professional development to resignation forms and exit surveys How do we prepare a future workforce while inspiring all — and everything in between — this integrated platform students to embrace lifelong learning? How do we interlace facilitates all aspects of managing employees. The district HR educational preparation to align with demand-driven manager will share experiences, lessons learned, and success workforce needs? How can community-based accountability with Frontline’s product suite to create best in class processes reframe past practices to meet the needs of the future? How resulting in high efficiency. can business involvement advance project-based and hands-on learning experiences? How can we empower and support Competency-Based Education – Room 9C teachers to blend academic rigor with “soft skills” to equip Angela Quick, Senior Research Education Analyst 2, young people to be successful as they change jobs and careers? RTI International How can we build seamless talent development pathways from pre-K through postsecondary education? Join us for an What would an education system look like if time was the interactive session to share ideas and experiences, generate variable and learning was the constant? What if educators and new ideas, and advance the progress of talent development for students were focused on building knowledge and skills and lifelong learning. gaining a better understanding of what they (as learners) know and can do? Competency-Based Education (CBE) is a system [TEA] FIRST Off, What Is Changing With in which teaching and learning is personalized and driven by Financial Accountability? – Room 10C instructional leaders focused on facilitating, coaching, and providing meaningful and timely feedback for students. David Marx, Director, Financial Compliance, Texas Education Agency Want the BEST Schools? Develop the BEST Rita Bunton, Financial Analyst, Texas Education Agency Principals – Room 10A Yolanda Walker, Manager, Financial Accountability, Texas Education Agency Shiela Shiver, Executive Director of Instructional Leadership, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD The presentation will include a recap of the current indicators Liz Hilcher, Principal, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD as well as proposed new indicators. The presentation will also provide attendees with other changes to the Texas
46 #TASA18 Administrative Rules regarding FIRST. There will be time Designing the Learning Environment Using to answer specific questions regarding FIRST and financial Student Learning Styles – Room 12B Monday, 29 | 1–2 January p.m. compliance. Dalane E. Bouillion, Educational Planner, VLK Architects Business & Education, Setting New Industry Kenneth Hutchens, Principal, VLK Architects Standards for Leadership Engagement – Students have natural preferences that allow them to learn and Room 11AB achieve at high levels. Generation Z is demanding a different Kermit Spears, Chief Human Resources Officer, approach from teachers. This session explores student learning Fort Bend ISD styles-data collected throughout the state based on a teacher Gwyn Touchet, HR Executive Director, Fort Bend ISD protocol, and how student preferences should impact the Eddie Damian, Senior Consultant, Talent Management, design of the learning environment. Fort Bend ISD Rebecca Chambers, Senior Consultant, Leadership Developing a Culture of Voting in Your District Experience, Fort Bend ISD – Room 14 Learn how Fort Bend ISD has merged business industry Scott Niven, Superintendent, Allen ISD standards from top performing companies like Google, Deron Robinson, General Counsel, Allen ISD Amazon, and Pepsi with educational best practices to create Hundreds of school districts across the state have become a customized, cutting-edge, innovative approach to how Fort increasingly involved in developing a culture of voting. Join a Bend will grow leadership capacity throughout the district. In seasoned superintendent and an experienced school attorney this session, you will learn how Fort Bend analyzed industry to discuss developing a culture of voting in your district, best practices, gained feedback from employees, and developed activities districts can lead to encourage voting, and what their unique Leadership Framework that will attract, select, public school personnel can or cannot say or do during the engage, and retain top talent. voting process.
Strategies for Aligning Your Literacy Plan With [TSPRA] The Anatomy of a Media Interview: LoneStar Governance Goals – Room 12A Be Ready for Anything – Room 15 Emilio Castro, Superintendent, Edgewood ISD (ESC 20) Rebecca Villarreal, Director of Communications, Theresa Salinas, Senior Executive Director of New Braunfels ISD Curriculum, Edgewood ISD (ESC 20) Phillip Chavez, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum The phone rings and there is a reporter on the other end of the and Instruction, Edgewood ISD (ESC 20) line. What now? Learn helpful tips on how to prepare for a Elizabeth Stamper, Account Executive, Scholastic media interview. Leave with tactics for navigating the toughest questions and avoiding the pitfalls. Join Edgewood ISD Superintendent Emilio Castro and members of his leadership team to discuss their innovative approach to transforming literacy instruction. This interactive Engaging Business in Education: A Roadmap session will include discussions on establishing goals and for Workforce Development – Room 16A setting timelines, aligning to the LoneStar Governance Israel Cordero, Deputy Superintendent of Academic Goals, developing a districtwide professional learning plan, Improvement and Accountability, Dallas ISD digital tools to foster collaboration and provide transparency, In partnership with Dallas County Community College effectively engaging family and community members, and District and local industry leaders, Dallas ISD launched 18 how to select strategic partners. new collegiate academies over two years with the intent to attain a Pathways to Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) designation at each. Through this effort, Dallas ISD students have the opportunity to earn up to 60 tuition-free
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Teacher Effectiveness: A Case Study on the Impact of Collaboration, Instructional Spread, and School Improvement Jennifer Smith Jones, Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Tyler This study examined the importance of building teacher efficacy through communities of practice at an elementary campus. Collaborative pedagogical planning led to school-wide transference of instructional practices and student academic growth. Collaborative planning is indispensable and leaders must invest in teacher effectiveness by providing opportunities for teachers to share practice.
Teacher Evaluation in the Special Education Setting: A Comparative Analysis of Case Monday, January 29 | 1–2 p.m. January | 1–2 29 Monday, Studies Conducted in Texas and Arizona Barbara Pazey, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin Noelle Paufler, Assistant Professor, University of North Texas This study presents qualitative and quantitative data extracted from two separate studies conducted in two states, Texas and Arizona, to inform Texas administrators of how special education teachers and administrators in these two states navigated the challenges they encountered when evaluating special education teachers, using a uniform teacher evaluation protocol instrument.
What Constitutes a True Threat and What Schools Can Do About It Myrna Briseno, Reading Specialist, Northside ISD (ESC 20) Elisabeth Krimbill, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-San Antonio This paper seeks to examine the impact of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 2013 decision in Wynar v. Douglas County School District as it impacts the safety and security in our nation’s public-schools. This case study analysis will focus on the court’s guidance and the way schools may be reacting to the specific language in the decision.
The Impact of the Supreme Court Decision on Public Schools Christopher McCaskill, Special Education Secondary IST, Northside ISD (ESC 20) Elisabeth Krimbill, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-San Antonio This paper seeks to examine the impact of the Supreme Court decision on public school systems through a case study method of analysis. The analysis will focus on the court’s guidance and the way schools are reacting to the specific language in the decision.
48 #TASA18 college credits or an associate degree while in high school. is like many, the answer probably ranges from none to not Students are equipped for the job market with work-ready enough. But there is another way; let’s talk about it. Monday, 29 | 1–2 January p.m. skills. [Legal/SMSCH] Breaking Bully: Redefining [CTO] Empowered Superintendents: Leading Bullying in the Electronic Age – Room 18A Digital Transformation – Room 16B John Wink, Superintendent, Blue Ridge ISD Kenn Franklin, Superintendent, New Caney ISD Chad Timmons, Attorney, Coppell ISD Michael Kuhrt, Superintendent, Wichita Falls ISD Texas Senate Bill 179, known as David’s Law, went into Lenny Schad, Chief Technology Information Officer, effect across the state on September 1, 2017. The law enacts Houston ISD sweeping changes, including redefining bullying, defining Ann McMullan, Project Director, CoSN Empowered cyberbullying, and creating a criminal penalty for certain Superintendents Program, Consortium for School forms of student conduct. The new law also requires districts to Networking (CoSN) account for cyberbullying that occurs off campus. Presenters Superintendents can make or break educational technology will provide an in-depth review of the changes to the Education initiatives. They are responsible for ensuring that their Code, and ensure districts are prepared. districts embrace digital strategies for learning. During this panel presentation, superintendents and chief technology AHISD Future-Ready Student: From the Profile officers will disclose their unique challenges and reveal how to the Classroom – Room 18B they each increased their own capacities for leading digital Frank Alfaro, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary transformations. CoSN’s Empowered Superintendents Education, Alamo Heights ISD Toolkit will be presented along with additional resources for Dana Bashara, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary immediate and long-term next steps. Education, Alamo Heights ISD [CS4TX] Making Sense of Texas Computer Alamo Heights ISD used a collaborative process, which Science Requirements – Room 17A included the community, parents, staff, teachers, and students, to create a future-ready Profile of a Learner. Next they then Hal Speed, Affiliate, Code.org created a Blueprint for Learning to implement the Profile on Navigating the regulatory landscape around computer science a daily basis in classrooms. Come hear about the multiyear (CS) education in Texas can seem as challenging as learning to rollout the district designed to support the Blueprint and program itself. This session will help you understand what CS Profile, including teacher training and coaching, future-ready is (and what it isn’t) in K-12 classrooms, update you on recent classroom furniture, and one-to-one technology. policy changes and discussions around computer science, and how various districts are tackling the K-12 CS education Maintaining a Focus on Engagement: How’s challenge. That Working for You? – Room 18C Vicki Adams, Superintendent, Hillsboro ISD [TEA] Governance That Improves Student Sheila Bowman, Executive Director, Outcomes – Room 17B Innovative Learning, Hillsboro ISD A.J. Crabill, Deputy Commissioner of Governance, Angela Boyd, Executive Director, Texas Education Agency Curriculum & Instruction, Hillsboro ISD How much of your board meetings are spent focused on John D. Horn, Senior Associate, Schlechty Center, student outcomes — not just adult inputs, frustrated parents, and TASA Consultant upset vendors, debates about whom the superintendent should Nancy Rindone, Senior Associate, Schlechty Center or shouldn’t have hired, discussions that revolve around Keeping people engaged in work, whether students or staff, second guessing managerial decisions, etc.? If your district is an ongoing challenge in a classroom, school, or district. How do you create the conditions to support a culture of
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engagement? Participants in this session will consider Many counselors serve two to four times the recommended Schlechty Center Frameworks that can support schools or volume of students, often creating an unsustainable, ongoing districts in this quest. Learn from one district’s journey as they workload. This session covers how the agency is addressing moved from compliance to building and sustaining a culture this problem by scaling the reach of near peer advisors to of engagement. provide additional support to counselors. In particular, how the agency is 1) increasing the capacity of nonprofits providing Why is Everyone Talking about Social and near peer advisor support, and 2) increasing access to, and Emotional Learning? – Room 18D efficiency of, best practices through the use of technology. Paul Cruz, Superintendent, Austin ISD Peter Price, Director, Social and Emotional Learning Monday, January 29 and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Austin ISD 2:15–3:15 p.m. Social and emotional learning (SEL) is one of the hottest
Monday, January 29 | 1–2 p.m. January | 1–2 29 Monday, topics in education today. Why? What are the short- and long-term benefits of SEL? How can SEL boost students’ EdCamp Session: First-Time Superintendents academic performance? In this session, a superintendent and Academy Participants and Alumni – Exhibit Hall director will showcase the six-year SEL initiative of Austin (Entrance Area) ISD, highlighting lessons learned and recommendations Current and past FTSA participants meet to discuss how for implementation in other districts. Participants will be their leadership, vision, and role as head of their learning encouraged to share their experiences with SEL. organization has transformed over their first three to five years in the superintendency. Defining Postsecondary Preparedness in High School Mathematics – Room 19A [Legal] How to Deal with Board- Doug Sovde, Director, K-12 Education Strategy, Policy, Administration Issues in a Public/Private and Services, Charles A. Dana Center Setting – Room 9AB Kelty Garbee, Deputy Director of Programs, Juan Cruz, Attorney, J. Cruz & Associates, LLC Educate Texas Sylvester Perez, Retired Superintendent, Christina Kramer, Teacher, Georgetown ISD J. Cruz & Associates, LLC Angela Oriano-Darnall, Vice President of Workforce On occasion, some board members may either text, email, & Corporate Partnerships, Lee College or call a superintendent or administrator with a concern. Come join an interactive conversation about the mathematics Although a response is warranted, a superintendent or launch years in high school that propel students toward administrator must be mindful of laws, regulations, and achieving their postsecondary aspirations. House Bill policies that are in place in order not to be in violation. Further, 5 is allowing students the flexibility to choose the right if, in a public setting, a board member raises a difficult issue mathematics courses to acquire the skills they need for success for an administrator, the response should be in line with in postsecondary education. This session will take you through policy and legal requirements. the trends in higher education, their implications for K12 mathematics, and what steps districts can take to improve Restorative Discipline: A Brain-Based student success. Approach to Improving School Culture – Room 9C [TEA] GEAR UP: Sustainable Approaches to Philip Carney, District Restorative Discipline Scale College & Career Near Peer Advisors – Coordinator, North East ISD Room 19B New understandings about the brain have caused many Kristen Dobson, Executive Director of Special Projects, educational leaders to rethink the traditional approaches Texas Education Agency used in schools to address student cognition, discipline
50 #TASA18 management, and classroom structure. This session explores superintendent teams as they embrace the vision of their the connection between brain research and Restorative district and turn the vision into a reality. TASB’s Effective Monday, 29 | 2:15–3:15 p.m. January Discipline as campus and district leaders look for practical Board Practices Inventory is a great tool to guide district solutions to increase student achievement, improve school transformation. The Coahoma ISD Board of Trustees was climate, and decrease behavioral problems. recently recognized as TASA’s 2017 Outstanding School Board. [TEA] Instructional Leadership Development: A District, ESC, and State Perspective – Energy Conservation in MISD - $9M Saved and Room 10A Counting – Room 11AB Morris Lyon, Superintendent, Hawkins ISD Jeff Brogden, Associate Superintendent, Kristina Turner, Instructional Leadership, ESC Region 11 Facilities and Bond Programs, Mansfield ISD Derrick Spurlock, Campus Coach, ESC Region 11 Kelly Campbell, Energy Conservation Specialist, Tim Regal, Director of Instructional Leadership, Mansfield ISD Texas Education Agency Dwayne Tampkins, Energy Conservation Specialist, Do you think principal and principal supervisor leadership Mansfield ISD development is needed in your district to impact student Mansfield ISD has saved nearly $9 million through energy outcomes? TEA is currently piloting instructional leadership conservation — money that went right back to benefit students development models across the state in preparation for and staff and has made a significant environmental impact. a statewide initiative. Presenters will discuss the current This session will detail the steps the district took, how students successes and future plans for instructional development and staff gained an active role, and how the partnership with leadership in Texas. Cenergistic rounded out the efforts. Presenters will also share how the district promoted the program with the community Engaging Students with Curiosity, Choice, and and how they’ve gained state and national recognition for Voice – Room 10B their efforts. Christine Williamson, District Coordinator, Get Your Hands on a Ton of Federal Education Gifted and Talented Education, San Antonio ISD Data – Room 12A LeAnne Hernandez, Gifted and Talented Program Coordinator, North East ISD Helen Jang, Director, Digital Innovation Center, Imagine guiding students on a 3,000-year journey through RTI International time. Curiosity Club allows students to engage with history, Stephanie Nevill, Senior Data Analyst, culture, sport, rights, nature, and science as they choose their RTI International own unique path through history’s infuential moments. Each year the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Participants earn badges by choosing and completing projects collects a wealth of data on the condition of American that require independent research, critical thinking, and education. Unlock this treasure trove of federal education presentation skills. Find out how they respond to having data with DataLab, a powerful suite of interactive data tools agency in their learning by visiting with educators who are (PowerStats, QuickStats, and TrendStats). Choose from 50 piloting the program. datasets to answer questions like how often does cyberbullying occur, how much do teachers get paid across the nation, and [SMSCH] District Transformation: Engaging are students prepared for college? Come and learn how to use Your Team of 8 Effectively – Room 10C these tools yourself! Amy B. Jacobs, Superintendent, Coahoma ISD Planning, operations, advocacy, governance ... the role of school boards in ensuring student success at the highest level is complex. Fortunately, a model exists to guide board and
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TCPEA SESSION #2 – ROOM 13AB
Increasing Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Learning (SEBL) in Student Intervention Models Landon Turrubiarte, Assistant Principal, Denton ISD Laura Trujillo-Jenks, Associate Professor, Texas Woman’s University Student intervention models include both academic and behavioral interventions. Although both are to be included, students may not receive equal emphasis on both components due to lack of teacher preparedness, which can be alleviated through professional development. Increased SEBL can improve academic scores when implemented in conjunction with academic interventions.
Learning Agility in Education: An Analysis of Pre-service Teacher’s Learning Agility and Teaching Performance Monday, January p.m. | 2:15–3:15 29 Monday, Drew A. Howard, Superintendent, Petersburg ISD Don Beach, Regents Professor, Tarleton State University Learning agility has been shown to be a good indicator of high potential, high performance, and long-term success. The researcher developed a theoretical framework to show the application of learning agility in the practice of education. This study included a detailed literature review consisting of past and present research to support the theoretical framework. To measure learning agility, a self-assessment was administered to the pre-service teachers prior to their teaching internship. The pre-service teacher’s performance was measured by an end-of-placement form completed by their mentor teacher. Descriptive statistical analyses were conducted, along with regression analyses to determine the magnitude pre-service teachers’ learning agility scores had on their teaching performance. the results of this study revealed learning agility as a statistically significant predictor of pre-service teacher performance. The study concluded with a discussion on how to grow the learning agility of individuals and further research topics.
Relationship Between Third Grade Retention of Male Hispanic English Language Learner Students on State Academic Assessments Ray Thompson, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce Hilary Kouhana, Student, Texas A&M University-Commerce TAKS assessment data of male Hispanic ELL students retained in third grade who subsequently took the fifth grade TAKS standard assessment scores in reading were studied for the impact of retention. Data was analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance. Statistically significant differences among time periods were identified.
Teachers’ Perceptions of Professional Development Brett Welch, Associate Professor, Lamar University Neil Faulk, Assistant Professor, Lamar University Professional development is an integral component for meeting the demands of educational reform. However, teachers have had minimal input into establishing decisions surrounding this phenomena. The purpose of this study was to analyze and interpret public school teachers’ attitudes, perceptions, and self-efficacy in relation to professional development and student achievement.
52 #TASA18 Accelerating College and Career Readiness organizations and businesses are paying off in both added With Data Analytics – Room 12B resources and, more important, community buy-in for their Monday, 29 | 2:15–3:15 p.m. January district. This allows them to be more proactive in positioning Scott Smith, Senior Vice President, their schools to garner support from the community. Forecast5 Analytics, Inc. TASA, TASB, and TASBO have partnered with Forecast5 [TALAS] If Not Us Then Who? – Room 16A Analytics, providing an opportunity to leverage a unique set of analytical tools for turning data into actionable information. Paul Cruz, Superintendent, Austin ISD Learn how districts are combining disparate datasets into a Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas ISD single application to improve student outcomes and develop Ricardo Lopez, Superintendent, Garland ISD action plans for Accountability initiatives and College and Richard Carranza, Superintendent, Houston ISD Career Readiness pathways. Aggregated visual dashboards Martha Salazar-Zamora, Superintendent, Tomball ISD are allowing school leaders to quickly analyze their combined The vision of the Texas Association of Latino Administrators data including metrics such as GPA, attendance, discipline, (TALAS) is that education—specifically public school co-curricular activities, and standardized test results. In transformation—is the civil rights issue of our time. Our addition to high school data metrics, the session will also cover panelists represent Texas school district leaders and the TALAS data for grades PK-8 to evaluate grade-appropriate “readiness” Executive Board. This session will respond to the recent report metrics for elementary and middle school students. from the Annie E. Casey Foundation that stated “African- American and Hispanic children in Texas have more barriers MAPping the Road to Success – Room 14 to success than their counterparts from other races.” Join us in support of all students! Robert Jolly, Superintendent, Crandall ISD Anjanette Murry, Assistant Superintendent of [CTO] Road to Digital Recovery After Harvey – Curriculum and Instruction, Crandall ISD Room 16B Dave Irby, Senior Account Executive, NWEA Dustin Hardin, Executive Director Technology Services, Being able to consistently and effectively monitor student Humble ISD performance and student growth is the goal of every Lenny Schad, Chief Technology Information Officer, administrator. What if it each student could set a goal for Houston ISD performance and growth that was meaningful and measurable Scott Gilhousen, Director IT, Houston ISD for themselves? Come hear how Crandall ISD administrators use data provided from MAP Growth in differentiating Technology leaders from Houston ISD and Humble ISD had instruction for every student and to assist each student in the unfortunate and unique experience of bringing their setting learning goals for themselves. Sample reports and tools districts back from the turmoil hurricane Harvey caused. will be provided. Houston ISD experienced damage to multiple schools, forcing them to move tens of thousands of students to other campuses. [TSPRA] Marketing Your School District: Humble ISD not only lost a high school with no space to Taking Community Engagement to the Next relocate the students but also lost the primary NOC/server Level – Room 15 room for the district. District leaders will share best practices and lessons learned from recovering from this natural disaster. Steven Chapman, Superintendent, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD Deanne Hullender, Chief Public Relations and Marketing Officer, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD Districts are exploring ways to access resources to supplement local and state dollars and, at the same time, tell their stories. By implementing a community forum with leaders from three communities, HEB ISD has found that partnerships with local
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Winning an Election in a Socially and and staff and enhance your public image by highlighting the Politically Connected World – Room 17A products and successes of your public school system. Leave Greg Smith, Superintendent, Clear Creek ISD with strategies to help you create public school ambassadors Paul McLarty, Deputy Superintendent of Business & within your own walls and beyond. When you leave you will Support Services, Clear Creek ISD have your first video to tweet. Elaina Polsen, Chief Communications Officer, Clear Creek ISD The Impact of Learning Environments on Student Engagement – Room 18B In a dynamic and ever-more connected community of diverse voices and political views, garnering the necessary support Yanira Oliveras-Ortiz, Assistant Professor of Educational to pass a school bond election requires a shift in community Leadership, University of Texas-Tyler engagement, strategic communications, and relationship Lizzy Asbury, Founder/CEO, Asbury Consulting Firm building and restoration. Participants will hear the strategies, Dalane Bouillion, Principal/Educational Planner, lessons learned, and a forward-thinking plan that Clear Creek VLK Architects ISD used to overwhelmingly earn voter approval for two large Kenneth Hutchens, Principal, VLK Architects bond proposals within four years (2013 and 2017). Monday, January p.m. | 2:15–3:15 29 Monday, Utilizing Schlechty’s conceptual framework, the results of this groundbreaking original research posit students’ and Will Your Community Be Ready for the Future teachers’ perceptions of student engagement based on personal of STEM? – Room 17B experiences in two different newly designed elementary schools HD Chambers, Superintendent, Alief ISD in the Houston area. The study explores the attributes of design Bret Champion, Superintendent, Klein ISD that both students and teachers value and perceive as having Rodney Watson, Superintendent, Spring ISD an impact on learning and authentic student engagement. Eleanor Smalley, President and CEO, JASON Learning Arlington ISD: Creating a Coaching Culture for The jobs of the future will require STEM literacy and skills. Future-Ready Learning – Room 18C Students will need to learn how to become “scientific thinkers” in order to thrive in the new community. In this session, Dr. Marcelo Cavazos, Superintendent, Arlington ISD Eleanor Smalley, President and CEO of JASON Learning, and Steven Wurtz, Chief Academic Officer, Arlington ISD superintendents from the Houston area will discuss how to Jacqueline E. Kennedy, Executive Director of Teaching prepare your community for a job-driven economy that will be and Learning, Arlington ISD fueled by STEM careers, how to gain interest, and the benefits Shannon K. Buerk, Chief Executive Officer, engage2learn of a public/private partnership between districts and sponsors Building on a strong foundation of achievement, Arlington like Chevron. Chevron, JASON, Alief, Klein, and Spring ISDs ISD wanted to ensure future-ready skills were at the heart of have been involved in a six-year partnership to sustain and the daily learning experience. Knowing this would require grow STEM opportunities in the schools for all children. enhancing practice and shifting culture, Arlington ISD partnered with engage2learn to integrate both the art and Let Alumni Tell Your Story, Inspire Teachers & science of coaching and implement a consistent coaching Create Public School Ambassadors – model that is used in PLCs, in coaching conversations with Room 18A teachers, in coaching principals, and in building capacity for Sherri Bays, Superintendent, Floresville ISD coaching on every campus. Kim Cathey, Communications Specialist, Floresville ISD Leslie Milder, Founder, Friends of Texas Public Schools [CS4TX] Computer Science for All: Preparing Every Student for the Innovation Economy – Learn how to use alumni to tell your district’s success Room 18D stories, with little to no budget, across various platforms. Representatives of Floresville ISD and the Friends of Texas Carol L. Fletcher, Deputy Director, STEM Education, Public Schools will show you how you can inspire your teachers The University of Texas at Austin
54 #TASA18 Pauline Dow, Deputy Superintendent of Schools, focused on engagement and design-thinking, shifted to San Antonio ISD participatory leadership, supported by a Campus Design Team, Tuesday, 30 | 9–10 January a.m. Penny Schwinn, Deputy Commissioner, Academics, and designed professional learning, Texas Education Agency Paula Harris, Director, Global Corporate Social Tuesday, January 30 Responsibility Program, Schlumberger 9–10 a.m. Texas has more than 35,000 open computing jobs, yet only 3 percent of Texas high school graduates complete a computer science course. This panel will discuss the role K-12 can play in EdCamp Session: A Conversation With preparing ALL students for the innovation economy and the Thought Leaders Richard Erdmann and resources available to districts to grow their computer science Anthony Kim – Exhibit Hall (Entrance Area) programs. Richard Erdmann, co-author, Pursuing the Peak: Perfecting Practice, and Anthony Kim, author, The New School Rules, 6 Creating a Curriculum Management Plan Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools, sit down and Writing Units: Putting Level 1 CMAT Into with conference attendees and engage in conversation about Practice – Room 19A topics and concepts shared in their respective Thought Leader Eric Simpson, Director, Learning and Leadership Sessions. Book signings will also be facilitated at this time. Services, TASA Holly Kaptain, Executive Director, Curriculum Transforming Campus Culture: Reducing Management Solutions, Inc. Negative Behavior While Reinforcing the After completing Level 1 of Curriculum Management Audit Positive – Room 9AB Training, many participants are looking for a deeper dive into Edgar Rincon, Principal, Bastrop ISD the creation of a Management Plan and how to write aligned Karessa Parish, Teacher/PBIS Coordinator, Bastrop ISD units. CMSi and TASA are offering new learning opportunities Bastrop ISD’s Cedar Creek Middle School serves 850 seventh for district and campus administrators who want to and eighth grade students, about two-thirds of whom are incorporate the alignment standards into their district’s economically disadvantaged. Twenty-two percent are ELLs, curriculum work. Learn how to develop a unit-based, deeply and 65 percent are academically at-risk. School leaders are aligned, and cognitively engaging curriculum that reflects best working hard to bring that latter figure down, and they have practices in teaching and student engagement. The curriculum started to see a shift in the school’s culture since they began to reflects the Curriculum Management Improvement Model recognize and reward positive student behaviors. This session Minimum Components for Quality and allows for a variety details that journey and the strategies they have found to work. of instructional approaches and student activities within a district-held framework for student learning objectives and assessment. Informed, Supportive, and Responsible: Positioning the Board to Own Outcomes – Room 9C Creating Culture, Climate, and Structures: An Urban School’s Transformation – Room 19B Rich Sena, Board President, Boerne ISD Thomas Price, Superintendent, Boerne ISD Steven Stapleton, Principal, Houston ISD Orin Moore, Consultant, Leadership Team Services, Monica Solomon, Senior Associate, Schlechty Center TASB McReynolds Middle School, in partnership with the Schlechty The school board is ultimately responsible for district Center, embarked on a journey to create a collaborative culture performance. If the board is to take responsibility for and to design systemic structures focused on increasing district outcomes and performance, a strong, collaborative engagement for students, teachers, and staff. This session superintendent-board relationship has to be created. Mutual demonstrates how this historically underserved campus expectations and commitments to learning have to be developed beliefs and vision, created a common language
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established. Boerne ISD began setting these expectations last in classrooms, few people are as influential — and often as summer with a new superintendent-board team. This session unacknowledged — as local school board members. Although will share how the team has been working to fulfill those school systems range from large to small the team of eight is expectations and commitments. consistent among them all.
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Your Secret Schools Transforming Learning – Room 11AB Weapon to Retaining Top Employees – Jennifer Peirson, Principal, McKinney ISD Room 10A Yvonne Correa, Principal, Northside ISD Brad Hunt, Superintendent, Coppell ISD Angie Davis, Principal, Waller ISD Kristen Streeter, Assistant Superintendent for Roz Keck, Partner, N2 Learning Administrative Services, Coppell ISD Five principals will share their experiences as participants of Shane Conklin, Director of Student and Staff Services, the Principals’ Institute, how the culture in their schools has Coppell ISD Tuesday, January 30 | 9–10 a.m. January | 9–10 30 Tuesday, changed, and how teaching and learning look different as a Coppell ISD uses “Stay Interviews” to receive direct feedback result of their work in the institute. The principals will also from staff. The primary purpose is to positively influence share how they have developed professional learning networks employee attrition and reduce staff turnover by measuring with other principals who have been part of the institute. employee satisfaction on a strategic and continual basis. CISD’s secret weapon is determining why top employees stay in the Transforming Teaching and Learning in Tyler district. The primary goal is to take the actions necessary to ISD – Room 12A retain these high-quality employees. Learn about this process Marty L. Crawford, Superintendent, Tyler ISD and keep your top employees on your team and off someone Christy Hanson, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum else’s! & Instruction, Tyler ISD Denise Collier, Consultant, Collier Educational Continuous Improvement, Portfolios, and an Consulting, LLC, and TASA Consultant Equal Partnership with Parents – Room 10B Join Tyler ISD leaders in discussing their process for facilitation Sean Scott, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum of an internal curriculum review and learn how they used it as & Instruction, Mansfield ISD a catalyst to improve teaching and learning in all schools. Steve Wandler, Co-Founder, FreshGrade School leaders, curriculum leaders, and the superintendent Mansfield ISD is on a journey to simplify and live Continuous will discuss their unified approach to teaching and learning Improvement (CI). Using the district’s strategic plan, Vision transformation. 20/20, and Cadence of Accountability, MISD has improved operational and student outcomes. Teaching students effective How to Design a Digital Learning Ecosystem use of CI ensures they are college, career, and life ready. The That Works – Room 12B district is using FreshGrade’s learning portfolio platform to Joe Griffin, Chief Technology Officer, Keller ISD make Vision 20/20 a reality, encouraging students, teachers, Aaron Rister, Senior Learning Systems Analyst, and parents to be equal partners in each child’s success. Keller ISD Tim Clark, Vice President of Learning Innovation, [TABSE] Building the Team of 8 – Room 10C Safari Montage David Harris, Superintendent, DeSoto ISD Teachers and students have unprecedented access to digital School boards may be small and local, but they represent tools and content, but how can a district leader ensure it will perhaps the most important daily civic commitment we as lead to success? Review the aspects of an effective digital citizens make to our communities, our children, and our learning ecosystem and discover why a Learning Object future. When it comes to the decisions that most directly Repository (LOR) is essential. Explore how a LOR incorporates affect the business of public education and what happens all the digital resources involved in the learning process,
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Transformational School Leadership Stephen Benigno, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M International University Established theories, mandated assessments, and new instructional supervisory techniques are dictating a paradigm shift in the development of the transformational educational environment. To develop a truly transformational campus with a culture that supports collaboration and collegial conversation, school leaders must enhance their relationships with the stakeholders of the schools.
Administrators’ Perceptions of Truancy in a Rural Texas School District Susan Harte, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce Nathan R. Templeton, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce The purpose of this study was to explore rural East Texas administrators’ perceptions of truancy policy and their approaches to implementing truancy prevention measures. A qualitative study was conducted using a narrative inquiry design. The findings offer insight into the perceptions of changes to Texas truancy policy implemented by Texas House Bill 2398 (2015).
Multi-Year Study of Impact of Instructional Delivery on Texas Principal Certification Test Results Warren Ortloff, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Texas A&M University-Commerce Laura Trujillo-Jenks, Associate Professor, Texas Woman’s University Peggy Malone, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Texas Woman’s University Mei Jiang, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce A multi-year review of the TExES Principal (068) test average scaled score and the three domain scores have been reviewed, with a focus on the relationship between students’ success in a Texas university principal preparation program and the type of instructional delivery model used.
Teacher and Student Advancement in a Rural District: Addressing Inequities and Opportunities through Leadership Advocacy Elizabeth Murakami, Professor and Mike Moses Chair in Educational Leadership, University of North Texas Sean Kearney, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-San Antonio Kriesti Bunch, Chief Academic Officer, Somerset ISD Ciro Viamontes, Graduate Research Assistant, University of North Texas This study examines district and campus leadership focused on enhancing supports for teacher and student success. We observe the effects of teacher and student evaluation systems designed to improve school culture and climate, positively impacting student learning. We consider how a rural high needs district addresses inequity while creating opportunities.
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from curated OERs and licensed content, as well as content [SMSCH] The Roscoe Collegiate P-20 System created within the district. Hear how districts are seamlessly Model for Student Success – Room 16A integrating their LORs with Learning Management Systems Kim Alexander, Superintendent, Roscoe Collegiate ISD (LMSs), Google, Microsoft, and other digital tools to enrich Marsha Alexander, Dean of Academic Affairs, Roscoe lessons and personalize learning. See how a LOR provides easy Collegiate ISD access to standards-based digital content; saves instructional time when searching for resources; and empowers educators to The Roscoe Collegiate P-20 System Model for Student Success design compelling digital instruction to help students achieve is a schoolwide hybrid model for Early College/STEM academic success. Academy in small and rural school districts. The model is a cost-effective college and workforce readiness design Teacher Retention: Preparing for One of the founded on the premise that all students can achieve high Biggest Educational Crises – Room 14 levels of academic and professional success when the correct educational system is provided from early childhood through Selina Chapa, Assistant Superintendent of Human the terminal doctoral degree and into the workforce. Tuesday, January 30 | 9–10 a.m. January | 9–10 30 Tuesday, Resources, Aldine ISD Annette Logsdon-Rodriguez, Educational Solutions Executive, Frontline Education [CTO] Social Engineering – What Every Administrator and Employee Should Know! – The challenge of retaining high-quality teachers is at an all- Room 16B time high across the nation. Aldine ISD’s designed growth model was implemented to address this challenge as part of Adam Feind, Assistant Superintendent of Technology, the effort to improve teacher effectiveness. This model has CETL, Northwest ISD yielded success, and the district has identified components that Seth Hansen, Executive Director of Technology, CETL, must be in place to address this crisis. This session will explore Midway ISD (ESC 12) how to address retention using observation and feedback, Presenters from Northwest and Midway ISDs will share some professional learning plans, and tools for improving school best practice information and guidelines that you can use to culture. help train your administrative and employee teams on how to recognize and eliminate potential social engineering email [TSPRA] Building a Culture of Voting in Texas: and telephone messages that could create security issues Stories From the Field – Room 15 within your district. Kevin Brown, Superintendent, Alamo Heights ISD Jason Marshall, Superintendent, Palestine ISD How Can Instructional Space Enhance Next- Greg Gibson, Superintendent, Generation Learning? – Room 17A Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD Doug Williams, Superintendent, Sunnyvale ISD Barry Haenisch, Executive Director, Texas Association Christi Morgan, Assistant Superintendent, of Community Schools (TACS) Sunnyvale ISD Texas has a history of poor voter turnout for elections. Texas Keith Anderson, Principal, WRA Architects, Inc. educators vote at a rate only slightly higher than the state Michael Holmberg, Director of Marketing and Bond average; however, they rarely vote thinking about public Planning, WRA Architects, Inc. education. With more than 700,000 people earning a paycheck Next-generation learning seeks to build a collaborative and in Texas schools, Texas educators could have a large voice innovative process to prepare our students for life beyond in who makes education policy in our state. Three Texas their K-12 education. The school environment is a key piece superintendents will share their stories about building a to this endeavor, and it must enhance the learning experience culture of voting among the educators in their school districts. through educational innovation. Join us, and hear the story of a school district that wanted their space to facilitate the district’s vision for learning, how the space was designed, and how it is utilized to facilitate a personalized learning experience.
58 #TASA18 Beyond Student Voice – Room 17B minefields that can arise once the voters give the go-ahead on Tuesday, 30 | 9–10 January a.m. Bruce Gearing, Superintendent, Dripping Springs ISD your bond projects. Nicole Poenitzsch, Assistant Superintendent for Learning and Innovation, Dripping Springs ISD Revolutionizing and Personalizing Joe Green, Assistant Principal, Dripping Springs High Professional Development – Room 18C School, Dripping Springs ISD Kevin Worthy, Superintendent, Royse City ISD One critical component of transformation has been left out Julia Robinson, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum of the most important aspect (curriculum and instruction). and Instruction, Royse City ISD That component is student voice. Authentic student voice Dana Kelley Grieb, Curriculum/PD Coordinator, brings both a reality check and confirmation of the essential Royse City ISD nature of personal learning. This presentation will showcase James Zachary Snow, Coordinator for STEAM and the conversations happening between teachers and students Innovation, Royse City ISD at Dripping Springs High School with the goal of improving Finding ways as school leaders to make professional personal learning for individual students and teachers. development relevant and meaningful to teachers is challenging. In this session, Royse City ISD administrators SystemsGo: A STEM Program that Inspires will share the strategies they used to transform PD from “come Engineering and Ignites Student Interest – and get it” to “seek and find.” By leveraging the power of Room 18A research on adult learning and game theory, the district has Eric K. Wright, Superintendent, Hays CISD created PD that engages, energizes, and empowers teachers to Marc Williamson, Interim Superintendent, revolutionize their classrooms. Fredericksburg ISD [TEA] Grow Your Own Teachers and Principals: How would you like a STEM class for which the “final exam” Grant Opportunities Through TEA – Room 18D is demonstrating the engineering, development, and research process by launching a rocket a mile high or beyond the speed Martin Winchester, Deputy Commissioner of Educator of sound? Fifty Texas schools have discovered such a program Support, Texas Education Agency and it is surprisingly easy and affordable to implement. Learn Strategic priority No. 1 for the Texas Education Agency is to more about this four-year project-based learning program that recruit, support, and retain teachers and principals. With leads to a STEM endorsement, student engagement, and the that in mind, the agency will be offering competitive grants inspiration of future engineers. for innovative approaches that “grow your own” teachers and principals. Participants will learn more about the need for a [Legal] Money Changes Everything: Managing high-quality and diverse teacher and principal pool as well as Bond Projects & Prudently Using Bond the specific opportunities afforded through the grants. Proceeds – Room 18B Winifred Dominguez, Attorney, A Guiding Light for Powerful Change: Defining Walsh Gallegos Trevino Russo & Kyle P.C. the Learner Profile and Its Impact – Room 19A Ann Mewhinney, Attorney, Fred Brent, Superintendent, Georgetown ISD Walsh Gallegos Trevino Russo & Kyle P.C. Lindsay Harris, Principal, New Middle School, John Muñiz, Attorney, ESC Region 20 Georgetown ISD Once the bond has passed, implementation of those bond Kerri Ranney, VP of Educational Practice, Huckabee projects creates a whole new set of challenges. Be sure you Georgetown ISD created a new learner profile that defined have a solid understanding of the process of implementing the community’s goals/expectations of the district. It is the capital improvement construction projects and of some best guiding light for decisions made by GISD. This session is a case practices for knowledgeably using those bond proceeds. study on how the profile shaped the design of a middle school, Session presenters will help guide you through the potential the hiring of teachers and administrators, the evolution of
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professional development, and the way students experience We Have Always Done It This Way – Room 9AB instruction. It looks at how to on-board the best and brightest Michael Cardona, Superintendent, San Marcos CISD adults to support a vision and how to help stakeholders Monica Mills, Assistant Superintendent, San Marcos embrace change. CISD
Improving Accountability Game: Access to This session will share San Marcos CISD's organizational Multiple College Credit Bearing Options – transformation that began with the school board's Room 19B development and core ideology guiding the district, namely that all students will perform at or above grade level, a culture Lisa Nucci, Director of College and Career Readiness, where all students graduate college and career ready, a culture Leander ISD of high expectations for performance and professionalism, Karen Nitsch, Director Advanced Academic Studies, the elimination of achievement gaps, and meaningful and McAllen ISD reciprocal partnerships with the community. Jennifer Saenz, Assistant Director Strategic Partnerships, Tuesday, January 30 | 9–10 a.m. January | 9–10 30 Tuesday, The University of Texas at Austin [TEA] Saving Time and Money: Open-Source Why is it important to refocus the accountability system Instructional Materials – Room 9C around the expectation that all students will graduate ready Kelly Callaway, Senior Director, Instructional Materials, for postsecondary success? Come hear from districts on how Texas Education Agency the new accountability system will allow them to continue Ethan Fieldman, President, Study Edge providing their students a high-quality college-aligned course Daniel Williamson, Managing Director, OpenStax through UT Austin’s OnRamps innovative dual enrollment program. In 2016, the Texas Education Agency awarded contracts to Study Edge and Rice University’s OpenStax to produce TASA Legislative Update – Ballroom D standards-aligned, open-source instructional materials. This presentation will consider the potential impact of these Amy Beneski, Deputy Executive Director, resources on districts, schools, teachers, and students, and Governmental Relations, TASA provide an overview of how to effectively implement digital Casey McCreary, Associate Executive Director, instructional materials inside and outside of the classroom. Education Policy, TASA Ramiro Canales, Assistant Executive Director, Implementing Systems to Improve Governmental Relations, TASA Achievement in a High-Stakes Environment – TASA Governmental Relations staff will provide attendees Room 10A with the latest information on interim charges from the Gina Mannino, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Texas House and Senate. School finance, Hurricane Harvey, & Instruction, Bridge City ISD accountability, TRS, and other topics of interest will be covered Susan Holt, Executive Director, Curriculum and during this session. An overview of how to communicate with Instruction, K-12, Corpus Christi ISD legislators will also be provided. Jackie Lain, President, Learning List Students won’t learn what they are not taught. How do Tuesday, January 30 you ensure that the materials you are using are aligned to 10:15–11:15 a.m. the TEKS? How are you supporting teachers in delivering instruction that teaches all the knowledge and skills students EdCamp Session: Small-Schools Roundtable – are held accountable for? Are your intervention programs Exhibit Hall (Entrance Area) achieving the desired results? District leaders will discuss innovative systems they have implemented to ensure the Participants propose and lead discussions on issues that effective selection and use of materials to deliver TEKS- directly concern the unique challenges facing small school focused instruction and intervention. districts across Texas.
60 #TASA18 Administrator, Heal Thyself! Stress Everyone Can Code – Room 12A Management for School Leaders – Room 10B Tuesday, 30 | 10:15–11:15 January a.m. David Hernandez, K12 Development Executive, Holly Robles, Lead, Safe and Drug Free Schools, Apple, Inc. Boerne ISD Maria Henderson, Education Development Executive, I have too many things to do, too many people depending Apple, Inc. on me, and I don’t make enough money for this! What are Coding has emerged as an essential skill for helping students your coping skills, how is your mood, and are you burning thrive in a technology-driven future. Learning to code unlocks out? Learn practical ways to get stress in perspective to avoid creativity, develops problem-solving skills, and opens career turning to maladaptive coping such as anger, taking it out paths. Join us to learn about Everyone Can Code, the free on loved ones, or abusing substances. Get tips to use to help comprehensive curriculum that makes it easy to teach coding yourself and colleagues who may be starting to tire or reach to students from kindergarten to college. With teacher guides the burnout phase. and lessons, schools can introduce coding concepts visually on iPad in elementary school, move to writing code with the [TABSE] Beating All Odds in the Swift Playgrounds app in middle school, and support students Superintendency – Room 10C in building iOS apps on Mac with Xcode in high school and beyond. So whether your students are first-time coders or LaTonya Goffney, Superintendent, Lufkin ISD aspiring app developers, you’ll have all the tools you need to Locally, regionally, state, and nationally recognized teach coding in your classroom. superintendents will discuss how they have led transformative initiatives that have catapulted their learning communities Guidelines for Electronic Communication to excellence. These members of the Texas Alliance of With Students: One District’s Experience Black School Educators represent the TASA and TASB Shared – Room 12B Superintendent of the Year and other regional and state finalists and awardees. This is a unique opportunity to network Clark Ealy, Superintendent, College Station ISD and grow from their strategies and principles that have led to Chuck Glenewinkel, Director of Communications, reducing achievement gaps, and much more. College Station ISD All educators need good guidance on communicating Amp Up Your Presence With an Ambassador electronically with students — including the use of social Program – Room 11AB media. Take a look at College Station ISD’s new set of guidelines regarding electronic communications with Keith Bryant, Superintendent, Lubbock-Cooper ISD students and social media and hear about the evolution of its Macy Satterwhite, Deputy Superintendent, Lubbock- development and teacher response. Learn about how CSISD Cooper ISD is training teachers to make better decisions for themselves Lubbock-Cooper ISD is in its fifth year of engaging community and their students. This session will outline the process of members through the Lubbock-Cooper Ambassadors developing the documents, the contents of the documents, and Program (LCAP). The purpose of LCAP is to inform and the process of communicating the details of the documents to empower parent leaders with insight and knowledge of the the entire district. district. All aspects of the district, its projects, and its future plans are discussed in a setting that provides collaboration and Agreeing to Disagree, Turning Negativity Into two-way communication with stakeholders. Productivity – Room 14 Kimberly Bow, Project Director, Stantec Alton Frailey, Education Consultant, Stantec Colleagues, communities, parents, and the media — there are many voices that can easily paralyze forward momentum within a school community. Although it may seem as though
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Factors Related to the Turnover Intent of Superintendents in Texas Johnny O’Connor, Assistant Professor, Lamar University Vance Vaughn, Associate Professor, University of Texas-Tyler The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intent for superintendents in Texas public schools. Data for this study were collected via electronic survey, utilizing a five-point Likert scale for job satisfaction and turnover. Results suggest that a negative correlation exists between job satisfaction and turnover intent, and that job satisfaction explains some of the variance in turnover intent. Based on this, it can be concluded that it would be prudent that school organizations that value the benefits of a long tenured superintendent explore the factors that may influence the satisfaction of their leader.
Administrator Embrace of Teacher Leadership: Exploring School Principals’ Perceptions About the Role of Teacher Leaders Tuesday, January 30 | 10:15–11:15 a.m. January | 10:15–11:15 30 Tuesday, Hollis Lowery-Moore, Associate Professor, University of Mary Hardin Baylor Vanessa Villate, Associate Profesor, Lamar University Robin Latimer, Associate Graduate Faculty-Teacher Education, Lamar University Teacher leadership has gained worldwide attention and some degree of legitimacy, but is still not a widely acknowledged educational practice. This study examines principal perceptions of teacher leadership relative to the work of improving the effectiveness of public schooling and offers recommendations for improved administrator embrace of teacher leadership.
The Challenges, Conflicts, and Effective Practices of Rural Texas Superintendents Chuck Holt, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce Gregory Weiss, Superintendent, Mount Vernon ISD The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences, challenges, conflicts, and administrative practices of rural superintendents on the topic of school leadership. The findings supported recommendations regarding the need for rural superintendents to be versatile, possess good people skills, encourage collaboration, constantly seek improvement, and be financially savvy.
Hiring Superintendents: Do School Boards Change Their Desired Preferences for the Next Superintendent Based on the Previous Superintendent’s Performance and Style Pauline Sampson, Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University Walter Peddy, Superintendent, Douglass ISD Audre Young, Diagnostician, Nacogdoches ISD Kerry Roberts, Associate Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University This survey research examined the perceptions of superintendents and school board members on the decisions of characteristics and styles for superintendent candidates for open positions and whether the desired characteristics/style changed from exiting superintendent’s characteristics/style. This pilot study explores the hiring decisions and process used by school boards.
62 #TASA18 you are on opposite sides, this presentation will reveal Dennis Telas, Manager of PEIMS and Project Manager strategies and activities that can help build consensus or for TLE, Round Rock ISD Tuesday, 30 | 10:15–11:15 January a.m. identify common ground needed to move important measures With increasing concerns about cybersecurity and data forward (applicable to reelections, bond campaigns, district privacy, and the demanding reliance on internet accessibility, decisions, education specification development, etc.). district technology environments are subject to more scrutiny than ever before. The expectation is that student learning [TSPRA] Bright Idea @ GISD – Room 15 environments are trusted and secure. In an interactive panel Dyann Polzin, Chief Human Resources, Student Services discussion, learn how two districts analyzed the technological and Communications Officer, Galveston ISD aspects of their learning environments, transformed their Michael Dudas, Media Arts Coach, Galveston ISD processes, and obtained the Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) seal of approval. Mike Dudas, the media arts coach at Ball High School in Galveston ISD, was last year’s TSPRA “Bright Idea” award Using Twitter to Grow (Professionally), Glow winner. He and his media-savvy students created a full- (Great Lessons) & Go (Tout Pub Ed) – Room 17A fledged 24/7 internet radio station, K-TOR The Tornado. Come hear his even “brighter ideas” as the station marks Carol Harle, Board Vice President, Northside ISD its first anniversary and celebrates numerous community (ESC 20) partnerships. It has become Galveston’s No. 1 radio Brian Woods, Superintendent, Northside ISD (ESC 20) destination for community talk and great music! Janis Jordan, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction, Northside ISD (ESC 20) [TALAS] The Leadership-The Advocate- Dana Bickley, Coordinator, Northside ISD (ESC 20) The Voice for Latino Learners & Leaders – Northside ISD administrators and campus staff will share Room 16A how to enhance communication, promote collaboration, Martha Salazar-Zamora, Superintendent, Tomball ISD and make connections using Twitter. Highlights will include Juan Cabrera, Superintendent, El Paso ISD incorporating EdChats/Twitter Chats to foster professional Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas ISD learning, sharing student learning and classroom activities, Richard Carranza, Superintendent, Houston ISD and touting district events. “Real-time” Twitter examples will Paul Cruz, Superintendent, Austin ISD be shared along with resources. Bring your own device (BYOD) and start growing, glowing, and going public ed with us. The TALAS Executive Board members will discuss the stages of development for the creation of TALAS Cornerstone, Building a Culture of Intentionality for which provides purpose, structure, and credibility for the Teaching & Learning: Assessment Matters – organization. Advocacy Chair Michael Hinojosa will present Room 17B the newly created priorities and the plans projected for 2018. Dr. Salazar-Zamora will moderate the panel discussion on Jeff Burke, Superintendent, Splendora ISD three remaining strategies: Collective Impact; Voice; and Tami Greggerson, Executive Director of Curriculum Leadership Development. & Instuction, Splendora ISD Denise Collier, Consultant, Collier Educational [CTO] Building Your District’s Technology Consulting, LLC, and TASA Consultant Learning Environment With a Seal of Approval Knowing that assessments are a powerful way to impact student – Room 16B learning, Splendora ISD is intentionally moving away from Frankie Jackson, Assistant Superintendent and Chief low-rigor assessments to more robust, meaningful assessments Technology Officer, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD that will engage both students and teachers in deeper learning. Bryon Kolbeck, Chief Technology Officer, Lewisville ISD The district is being intentional in developing a process that Mark Gabehart, Chief Technology Officer, engages teachers in flipping multiple choice assessments into Round Rock ISD open-ended or constructed responses in all content areas.
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[Legal] Bullying and David’s Law: An Irving Reads: How We Created a Lasting Administrator’s Guide to Compliance With Reading Culture in the Irving Community – the Law – Room 18A Room 18D Jay Kilgo, Superintendent, Vidor ISD Adam Grinage, Deputy Superintendent for Academic Travis Maines, Principal, Vidor ISD Services, Irving ISD Colby Nichols, Attorney, Underwood Law Firm Patricia Alvarado, Director of Instructional Technology Andrew Tatgenhorst, Attorney, Underwood Law Firm and Learning Resources, Irving ISD Bullying has been a trigger word and legal hot topic for years. Deborah George, Division Director of Curriculum This session introduces administrators to the proper response & Instruction, Irving ISD to allegations of bullying and offers guidance on how to avoid Renee Newry, Library Services Coordinator, Irving ISD some of the legal pitfalls associated with those allegations. The “Irving Reads” began as a summer reading campaign in 2010 session will explore the interplay of state and federal law, and when Irving ISD distributed free books to students. Today arm administrators with the tools necessary to successfully the program has evolved into a full-fledged, year-round navigate these claims and avoid legal exposure. reading initiative that often involves parents and the active participation of the entire community. The goal is to create
Tuesday, January 30 | 10:15–11:15 a.m. January | 10:15–11:15 30 Tuesday, Classroom Rigor: Simple but Necessary – a culture of literacy by providing a positive and motivational Room 18B reading environment through book distributions, citywide book clubs, and engaging school events that encourages Lisa A. Riggs, Associate Superintendent, consistent family participation. San Antonio ISD Veronica Yan, Assistant Professor, College of Education, Future-Ready Students & Student-Centered The University of Texas at Austin Schools: Advancing Your District’s Journey Though rigor is commonly cited as a requirement for high Toward Vision-Driven Learning & Leadership – achievement, the term is poorly understood. Rigor is actually Room 19A a requirement for learning and a remarkably simple concept. The common interpretation is that the content must be Brandon Core, Associate Executive Director, School challenging, but the principle of rigor is much simpler. In Transformation and Leadership Services, TASA psychology, rigor is called “desirable difficulty” and it can Eric Simpson, Director, Learning and Leadership easily be embedded in student practice. Explore why rigor is Services, TASA required and how it can be successfully incorporated into any Come engage with district leaders in a facilitated learning classroom. opportunity to interact with the principles of the visioning document, Creating a New Vision for Public Education in All in the Family – Room 18C Texas, and other resources available to help you advance the vision locally — whether jump-starting or furthering your Greg Gibson, Superintendent, efforts. Hear from a panel of district leaders who’ve put the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD Mission: School Transformation resources to work in their Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD embarked on an innovative districts, and learn how your leaders can drive authentic journey working with strategic partners to share resources, transformation in teaching, learning, and leadership by ideas, and experiences. As a cooperative team, learning with equipping educators and administrators with resources that and through each other, the City of Schertz, SCUCISD, ESC impact practice. If developing future-ready students and 20, and Northeast Lakeview College are dedicated to the creating student-centered schools is on your agenda, this understanding and sharing of process improvement and the session is for you! pursuit of excellence. These organizations meet quarterly to develop best practices and processes that can work at every level, ensuring quality and continuous improvements for our common stakeholders.
64 #TASA18 Applying Higher Education Campus Planning Come learn how two certification areas—Principal and Early Principles to Elevate K-12 Site Design – Childhood: Prekindergarten-Grade 3—are changing in Texas Tuesday, 30 | 11:30 a.m.–12:30 January p.m. Room 19B in order to have increased rigor and relevance for 2018 and John Kirchner, Chief Operations Officer, Sheldon ISD beyond. Time will be spent reviewing how the roles of the Greg Louiviere, Houston Director of Design, Huckabee principal and early childhood educator have changed and why the nature of the exam must change to stay current. Vehicular patterns, parking, adjacencies: the usual suspects in K-12 site design. But what makes a campus meaningful? How TRS Update – Room 9C do you elevate site design to promote connectivity, community engagement, and positive emotions? When we approach site Merita Zoga, Assistant Director of Governmental design using higher education campus planning principles, we Relations, Teacher Retirement System of Texas elevate the process with holistic results. This session focuses on This session provides an update on the 85th regular and special how school districts can create a sense of place and establish sessions and changes to TRS, including health care. destination learning environments that build up the larger community. HELP! ... They Need Somebody! – Room 10A Pam Mitchell, Transformational Learning Community, School Finance and Legislative Update – Ballroom D Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA) Daniel Casey, Partner, Moak, Casey & Associates Kimmie Etheredge, Transformational Learning Joe Wisnoski, Associate, Moak, Casey & Associates Community, Texas Elementary Principals and Moak, Casey & Associates will review the impact Hurricane Supervisors Association (TEPSA) Harvey will have on the state’s budget and school finance “Fifty percent of unmentored principals are not retained system, the policy issues that will most likely be discussed by beyond their third year” (CHURN: The High Cost of Principal the new School Finance Commission, and other legislative Turnover, School Leaders Network, 2014). Early career questions that may arise during the legislative interim. principals need the support of a mentor, not a buddy. Learn how to select an unbiased, effective mentor as well as strategies Tuesday, January 30 designed to support principals with 0-3 years of experience. Planning and record-keeping documents will also be explored. 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Participants will be energized and motivated to support early career principals. EdCamp Session: OPEN – Exhibit Hall (Entrance Area) How to Establish a Marketplace of Digital Curriculum Resources for Your District – Districts are welcome to use the space for spontaneous Room 10B leadership collaborations with their team or other districts. Christina Masick, Chief Information Officer, [TEA] Certification Redesign: Principal and Spring Branch ISD Early Childhood—Prekindergarten-Grade 3 – David Irwin, Managing Partner, Education Elements Room 9AB If you are one of the 64 percent of U.S. families that use Amazon, you know what it’s like to quickly find what you are Tam Jones, Director-Educator Preparation, Texas looking for, read timely reviews from others, and then quickly Education Agency buy it and have it immediately delivered. These experiences Jessica McLoughlin, Program Specialist, Texas Education that we have in our personal lives we now expect at work in the Agency districts we serve. Come see how Spring Branch ISD has been Jacquie Porter, Director of Early Childhood, Texas facing this challenge and what others across the U.S. are doing Education Agency to create their own marketplace of digital resources. Grace Wu, Talent Manager, KIPP Dallas-Fort Worth
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[TABSE] Awakening the Culturally Writing in the Digital Age: Tools That Prepare Unconscious – Room 10C Students to Write With Impact – Room 12B Kimberly McLeod, Assistant Superintendent of Mary Shelton, ELA Coordinator - Secondary Focus, Education and Enrichment, Harris County Department Garland ISD of Education The impact of written communication in today’s digital world This workshop will focus on empowering school professionals is at its zenith. The ability to concisely and precisely convey with culturally responsive skill sets, strategies, and belief a message is a critical skill for all learners. In this session, systems necessary to create environments in which learners Mary Shelton, Secondary ELAR Coordinator at Garland ISD, and teachers thrive together. Participants will tackle tough covers the pivotal points of their journey to identifying needs, conversations that are generally swept under the rug, with diagnosing the issues, finding the right the tools to improve an aim to effectively empower and liberate practitioners with student writing—and why it all matters in today’s digital the courage and competence to work effectively with diverse world. student populations. Lessons From Hurricane Harvey: Leaning Into Advocate. Engage. Lead. #PampaProud – the Wind – Room 13AB Room 11AB Joseph T. Patek, Superintendent, Aransas County ISD Tanya Latham Larkin, Superintendent, Pampa ISD Paul Clore, Superintendent, Gregory-Portland ISD Tuesday, January 30 | 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. January a.m.–12:30 | 11:30 30 Tuesday, Nathan Maxwell, Executive Director of Human Troy Mircovich, Superintendent, Ingleside ISD Resources, Pampa ISD Scott Elliff, Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M The #PampaProud campaign is a deliberate and coordinated University-Corpus Christi effort to engage Pampa ISD students and community Lynn Hemmer, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M to promote the great things happening in Pampa schools! University-Corpus Christi #PampaProud seeks to spotlight the efforts of those who work After Hurricane Harvey roared ashore on the middle Texas extremely hard every day to grow, learn, and achieve. There coast, superintendents were immediately faced with staggering are three avenues through which this campaign has effectively property losses, significantly damaged infrastructure, and engaged all stakeholders: social media, volunteers (VIPs), and displaced and homeless students and staff. District leaders Student Ambassadors. immediately sprang into action to devise cross-district collaborative solutions for their stakeholders and communities. Students Teaching Teachers: Lyford CISD Tech Hear the crisis leadership lessons they’ve learned, along with Squad – Room 12A plans for a yearlong research initiative to document their progress. Eduardo Infante, Superintendent, Lyford CISD Kristin N. Brown, Curriculum & Instruction Director, Lyford CISD Transforming a District One Administrator at a Time – Room 14 This session will describe a process utilized to train students to assist teachers in their classroom technology integration. Nobert Rodriguez, Superintendent, Pearsall ISD Students apply each school year to become part of the “Tech Sonya Martinez, Director of Human Resources, Squad” and work with district leaders to train teachers on Pearsall ISD apps, assist teachers in trouble shooting and training other Sharon Neumann, Principal, Pearsall ISD teachers on the newest available technology for classroom On the verge of closure due in part to factors that included low instruction. academic performance ratings, elevated student dropout rates, and high turnover rates among teachers and administrators, Pearsall ISD created a blueprint of formative assessments aimed at developing and maintaining consistency among administrators while transforming them into quality leaders
66 #TASA18 who continuously impact teaching and learning. These tools TX Student Data Privacy Alliance has created agreement(s) for provide a practical foundation for new and experienced its members to use with vendors. The agreements have been Tuesday, 30 | 11:30 a.m.–12:30 January p.m. administrators. reviewed by local, state, and national legal agencies.
[TSPRA] Applying the Proven Tactics of Equipping Leaders to Embrace New Roles to Modern Campaigns to Your Election – Lead the New Vision – Room 17A Room 15 George Thompson, President/CEO, Schlechty Center Kyle DeBeer, Executive Director of Communications John D. Horn, Senior Associate, Schlechty Center, & Community Engagement, Waco ISD and TASA Consultant The stakes couldn’t be higher. Voters are choosing sides. Your The TASA visioning document clearly conveys that for district is counting on you. Drawing on more than a decade of districts to advance, superintendents, their boards, central experience with hard-fought political campaigns and the latest office, and campus leaders must be equipped to take on new research, this session will help you apply winning, modern roles themselves. Only then can they equip and lead teachers campaign tactics to your bond election. The presenter’s to embrace their new roles as designers, leaders, and guides to previous roles include serving as a regional political director at instruction. TASA has partnered with the nonprofit Schlechty the Democratic National Committee and the deputy director Center to provide leadership development opportunities for all of the Association of State Democratic Chairs. role groups in both regional and local district settings.
Building Sustainable Leadership Within Your Student Learning Objectives: Making the Organization – Room 16A Connection to T-TESS and T-PESS – Room 17B Dana Barnes, Executive Director of Educational Jeanifer Caldwell, Project Manager, ESC Region 18 Services, Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD Sara Borchgardt, Project Manager, ESC Region 18 Lisa Dunn, Executive Director of Elementary Services, Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) provide an adaptable way Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD for all teachers to measure student growth at the classroom Does your organization build internal leadership capacity? In level. The use of SLOs can fuse the alignment of district and a culture of constant change, it is imperative to build the skill campus goals with T-TESS, T-PESS, professional development, set of internal stakeholders so that the organization may have and human resource strategies to create a model for increasing intentional sustainability. Participants will receive specific teacher and student success. Come learn how implementing implementation action plans for Teacher Leadership Institute, SLOs in tandem with the Texas evaluation systems in your Aspiring Leadership Institute, and Aspiring Administrator district can lead to increased student achievement and Institute. You will receive electronic and hard copies of agenda educator growth. items, timelines, resources, and everything needed to begin. [CS4TX] WeTeach_CS and You Can Too! – [CTO] Joining Together to Protect Student Room 18A Data–TX Student Data Privacy Alliance – Carol Fletcher, Deputy Director, STEM Education, Room 16B The University of Texas at Austin Karen Fuller, Senior Manager, IT Network Engineering, Is your district looking to build a K-12 computer science (CS) Houston ISD program? UT Austin’s WeTeach_CS program has supported Raul Alanis, Coordinator, Instructional Technology, more than 400 Texas teachers to add a high school computer Houston ISD science certification in two years. This TEA-funded program Learn about the TX Student Data Privacy Alliance that will share hands-on resources for improving the K-12 CS was formed to allow districts to use a Student Data Privacy pipeline in your district and professional development Agreement that all vendors in the state of Texas can sign. As opportunities that will help your district train and certify districts become aware of HB 2987 and its requirements, the more CS teachers. Door prizes included!
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[TEA] Curriculum Update – Room 18B [SMSCH] More Than a Diploma: Preparing Students for Postsecondary Readiness – Shelly Ramos, Senior Director, Curriculum, Room 19A Texas Education Agency Jessica Snyder, Special Projects Director, Rebecca Bain, Superintendent, Fruitvale ISD Texas Education Agency Michelle Cline, Curriculum Director, Fruitvale ISD This session provides updates on the latest general curriculum Charles Harford, Principal, Fruitvale ISD developments from TEA’s Curriculum Standards and Student We all agree that students need an education that prepares Support Division. Topics include recent action taken by the them for college and career, but preparation for college and Texas Legislature and the State Board of Education, as well career success requires much more than exposure to a robust as updates related to curriculum and high school graduation curriculum. In this session, see the measurable instrument requirements. Fruitvale ISD is using to show (beyond a diploma and transcript) what their students have learned—a portfolio Texas ASCD Curriculum Leadership Academy: displaying the soft skills that employers state are crucial for Systemic Support for Curriculum Leaders – success. Room 18C Workforce and Industry Engagement in Early Steven Chapman, Superintendent, Collge High Schools – Room 19B Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD Tuesday, January 30 | 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. January a.m.–12:30 | 11:30 30 Tuesday, Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Superintendent for Susan M. Henderson, Deputy Director, Programs, Curriculum and Instruction, Birdville ISD Educate Texas Janis Jordan, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum & Reo Pruiett, Director, Programs, Educate Texas Instruction, Northside ISD (ESC 20) There are currently 18 Industry Cluster Innovative Academies Connect, lead, and influence is the mantra for the Curriculum in the state focused on aligning workforce and education Leadership Academy (CLA) that concentrates on enhancing through a tri-agency grant. Join us to learn how they are curriculum leaders’ knowledge and skills. The yearlong building robust partnerships with IHEs and high-demand program provides participants with systemic strategies and industries to provide students with increased opportunities practical application skills to lead their districts and schools to to earn significant post-secondary credit aligned to high- high performance in curriculum and instruction. Facilitated demand occupations, have meaningful work-based learning by prominent curriculum leaders in the field, participants experiences, and earn industry-based certifications and become recognized Texas CLA Fellows. credentials.
[SMSCH] Small School Community Relations – Symphony or Cacophony? How ESSA and Room 18D New State Laws are Shaping Accountability – Ballroom D Trig Overbo, Superintendent, Jayton-Girard ISD There is no script or perfect plan for good community Curtis Culwell, Senior Associate, relations, because all schools and communities are different. Moak, Casey & Associates There are thousands of variables to community relations, but Dee Carney, Associate, Moak, Casey & Associates this session will condense them into three main variables: Terry Faucheux, Associate, Moak, Casey & Associates school leadership, school culture, and community culture. This session describes Texas’ current interpretation of: 1) The first step is for leaders to know who they are and how they the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and 2) relevant new want to lead. The next step is to understand that school culture laws passed by the 85th Texas Legislature, as implementation affects community relations. The final step is to understand proceeds at both state and local levels. Participants will learn what the community desires. about critical changes to take into consideration to support strategic planning at the local level.
68 #TASA18 [TEA] Strengthen Your (TSDS) Core! – Tuesday, January 30 Room 10B Tuesday, 30 | 2:15–3:15 p.m. January 2:15–3:15 p.m. Leanne Simons, Assistant Director, Business Management, Texas Education Agency Building Trust: A School Leader’s Guide to Terri Hanson, Director, TSDS Business, Improving Customer Experience – Room 9C Texas Education Agency The Texas Student Data System (TSDS) continues to grow and Shelby McIntosh, Managing Director, Southwest, evolve toward its goal of providing a single data collection that K12 Insight LEAs can use to service many of their data reporting needs. Implementing a system of customer service means Learn about the latest developments and upcoming additions understanding the customer experience for both internal and to TSDS Core. external stakeholders, improving that experience through targeted interventions, and monitoring your improvements [TABSE] Am I Ready to Be Superintendent? – over time. In this session representatives from three school Room 10C districts will outline their work to improve the experience of three different stakeholder groups—parents, students, and Michael D. McFarland, Superintendent, Crowley ISD staff. Hear how one district stayed accessible and responsive You have dedicated your career to promoting knowledge and during a time of crisis, how another uses feedback to improve life success principles in young people and the adults that teach employee retention, and how a third sought insight from them. Perhaps you are a principal or school administrator. Now students to tackle mental health and wellness. you are considering the role of superintendent. A big step? Yes. Worth it? Absolutely. Getting the superintendent [SMSCH] “One of Us” — How to Blend in With position is one thing, maintaining the position is another; Rural Texas Communities – Room 10A however, thriving in it is a separate matter all together. This TABSE workshop discusses all three. TABSE has an aspiring Andrew Seigrist, Superintendent, Tidehaven ISD Superintendent Institute that has propelled over 10 aspiring Troy Parton, Superintendent, Munday CISD superintendents into leadership positions across Texas, So you are new to a rural community and want to blend and they have achieved remarkable success. If you want to in quickly, or you’ve struggled in making connections and be a superintendent, hire a superintendent, or learn from building relationships. This session will share and discuss veteran superintendents, this workshop is a must-attend—an different strategies and tips for building relationships in rural investment in your personal and professional future. communities so that you become “one of us.” The presenters invite you to join them to learn from their Transformational Professional Learning— successes and mistakes, and laugh and learn together. The NEW School Transformation Network Platform – Room 11AB Mary Kemper, Director of Mathematics, Coppell ISD Eric Simpson, Director, Learning and Leadership Services, TASA Mission: School Transformation is leading the way in supporting Texas schools in integrating digital learning into learning pathways school leadership. TASA is introducing a new learning platform that will be available to all School Transformation Network districts. Preview professional learning opportunities designed specifically for campus leaders and district administrators. mySTN is a virtual space for campus and district administrators to engage in learning
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around the visioning work, build leadership skill, and cultivate The Prosper ISD RISE Program provides an opportunity for a professional support network. Come see how this new innovative teachers in PISD to submit a proposal in order to professional learning opportunity can move your district pilot cutting-edge instructional strategies that will create new forward in the school transformation work. systems within the district. RISE looks for educators to pilot a program that seeks a departure from specified aspects of the #NTVC17 From Vision to Reality – Room 12A current curriculum in a sheltered and supported environment. Through the PISD RISE Program, teachers are encouraged to Michael Griffin, Executive Director for Elementary seek out and vet exciting new methods for students. Education, Northwest ISD Lydia Walden, Director of Academics and Support TRS Update: Understanding Social Security Services, Highland Park ISD (ESC 10) and Financial Planning for Educators – Amber Jones, Coordinator of Professional Learning, Room 14 McKinney ISD Ashley Helms, Director, Professional Learning, Mike Cochran, Chairman of the Board, Plano ISD TCG Consulting, LP What happens when school districts work together to create Chris Jamail, Partner/Chief Investment Officer, Tuesday, January 30 | 2:15.–3:15 p.m. January | 2:15.–3:15 30 Tuesday, shared professional learning? The North Texas Regional TCG Consulting, LP Consortium combines the efforts of nine districts (Allen, Educators have special financial and retirement planning Coppell, Frisco, Highland Park, Lewisville, McKinney, needs that are different from those of employees in the private Northwest, Richardson, and Plano) to create meaningful sector. This session covers an update on TRS rules, how to opportunities for our combined faculty to learn with and from assess Social Security benefits as a TRS member, choosing each other. Come learn with us as we share our process and the the right TRS annuity at retirement, how much you need to products of this massive collaborative effort! invest prior to retirement, and pitfalls to avoid in planning for retirement. The session will also cover the new TRS Care rules What Texas Parents and Teachers Think About for retirees. Assessment in Texas – Room 12B A Shift to Student Ownership of Learning – John Tanner, Founder & Executive Director, Test Sense Room 15 Kelly Goodrich, Vice President, Policy & Advocacy, NWEA Charles Dupre, Superintendent, Fort Bend ISD As education leaders in Texas begin to implement federal Diana Sayavedra, Chief Academic Officer, Fort Bend ISD and state policies under ESSA, it is crucial to understand how Stephanie Williams, Executive Director of Teaching and parents and teachers feel about assessments and accountability. Learning, Fort Bend ISD This just-published Gallup-NWEA study elevates the voices of Fort Bend ISD used strategic planning to reorganize the parents and teachers to better discern their points of view Academic Affairs division in an effort to refocus resources and about assessments in Texas today. Texas assessment expert align practices to develop a student-centered curriculum and John Tanner will interpret the results of the study and offer assessment framework. Attendees of this session will learn provocative ideas on how teachers and parents can make how the district set a new vision grounded in the Profile of a assessment work for all students. Graduate, which called for changes to the organizational chart, a focus on developing tools to better meet students’ learning The Journey and Data Collection through needs, and a shift to student ownership of learning. Research Impacting Student Excellence – Room 13AB Future-Ready Students! Beyond State Assessments: Service Learning + HB 5 = Holly Ferguson, Associate Superintendent, Prosper ISD Profound Learning – Room 16A Seth Rutledge, Curriculum Design Coach, Prosper ISD Kari Roan, Curriculum Specialist, Prosper ISD Taffi Hertz, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum Roshounda Ellerbe, Teacher, Prosper ISD and Instruction, East Central ISD
70 #TASA18 Patricia Reyes, Business and Community Partnerships Snow White, Strategic Programs - Education and State Facilitator, East Central ISD and Local Government, Dell Tuesday, 30 | 2:15–3:15 p.m. January Patti Birney, Vice Chair of Education/Leadership, In fall 2017, Austin ISD implemented Career Launch, an University of Texas-San Antonio innovative approach to preparing career-ready students in the Dallas Kelley-Kerr, Centennial Coordinator, National fields of cybersecurity, computer science, and nursing. It allows Park Conservation Association students to earn an associate degree to accelerate their path to Future-ready students—what does that look like outside of a career readiness, whether their goal is employment after high classroom setting? How can evidence of profound learning school or to pursue an advanced degree. In two early college be measured in partnership with the National Park Service, high schools, AISD collaborated with Austin Community National Park Conservation Association, REI, and local city College and two industry partners: Dell Technologies and representatives? East Central ISD’s “Park Place” is a service Seton to create authentic learning experiences for high learning model rooted in inquiry linking endorsement plans school students. Classroom spaces have been transformed to and career interests to challenging “missions” ensuring college, reflect the work environments of their profession. Students career, and military readiness through field experiences. will have opportunities to learn through industry mentors, internships, and by using cutting-edge technologies. Join us [TEA] Special Education Support— for an interactive discussion about how and why AISD started Re-Imagined – Room 16B Career Launch and discover strategies for implementing in your own district. Justin Porter, Executive Director, Special Populations, Texas Education Agency [Legal] How to Create a Culture of Voting in This session will cover the many changes to how TEA supports Your District and NOT Cross the Line! – special education in Texas. Topics will include the large-scale Room 18A data analysis, the addition of TEA technical assistance staff, and prospective pilot projects being led by regional liaisons. Pam Waggoner, Board President, Leander ISD Laura Yeager, TACS Governmental Affairs Director, Texas Educators Vote, Texans Advocating for Meaningful Get Your School #ConnectEd – Room 17A Student Assessment (TAMSA) Tanya Lysel Garza, Principal, Harlingen CISD Blake Powell, Lawyer, Powell-Leon, LLP Erika Galvan, Instructional Coach, Harlingen CISD The election season is upon us and we all want to establish a David Hernandez, K12 Development Executive, Apple, culture of voting in our districts. The question is how to do Inc. it legally and engage everyone. This session will provide an Explore best practices and the systems of support necessary update to the campaign laws and examples of what a board to cultivate a successful 1:1 learning environment. Zavala member can and cannot say and do to support candidates. Elementary in Harlingen CISD is one of only 114 campuses Real examples of what happens when a board member crosses nationwide to receive the Apple grant as part of the ConnectEd that line will be provided. initiative of 2014. The campus has evolved into a 1:1 learning environment and is a Common Sense Media Certified school. Raising Cain! High School Transformed – Technology is embedded throughout the environment, Room 18B empowering students and teachers to use different modalities. Robert Robertson, Associate Superintendent for Facility & School Services, Klein ISD Career Launch: Accelerating Students’ Path to Jenny McGown, Chief Learning Officer, Klein ISD High-Demand Careers – Room 17B Ian Powell, Partner, PBK Architects Paul Cruz, Superintendent, Austin ISD The session will share Klein ISD’s vision of a transformative Craig Shapiro, Associate Superintendent, Austin ISD instructional model that ensures all KISD students Enter Anabel Garza-Reagan, Principal, Austin ISD with a Promise and Leave with a Purpose. Attendees will get a snapshot of the district’s integration of teaching/learning
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systems with the next-generation educational environment One in five Texas millennials live with their parents, again. in Klein Cain High School, the school district’s newest high One out of every three grandparents are the primary school. KISD intends that every student have a clear pathway caregivers to their grandchildren. Baby Boomers control 70 to success, built on personalized learning, and that their percent of disposable income in the U.S. Millennials want to facilities support that. make a difference and leave their imprint on the community. Members of Gen X are caught in the middle, trying to identify Work/Life Balance in the Administrative Realm with both groups. All are working to educate Generation Z, Is Not the Same for Everyone. Why? – which is communicating in ways that they are inventing. How Room 18C are you reaching them? Susana Garza, Superintendent, Jim Hogg County ISD Students and Staff Are True Partners in Selina Chapa, Assistant Superintendent of Human Learning in Keller ISD – Room 19B Resources, Aldine ISD The term work/life balance was first used in the United States Cindy Lotton, Board Member, Keller ISD in 1986—31 years ago. Are there cultural and/or generational Joe Griffin, Chief Technology Officer, Keller ISD Vicki Arrington, Coordinator of Professional
Tuesday, January 30 | 2:15.–3:15 p.m. January | 2:15.–3:15 30 Tuesday, differences linked to an individual’s ability to achieve this balance? Educational administration is a profession in Development, Keller ISD which its members, at times, have difficulty finding that Teachers spoke. Keller ISD listened. By systematically gathering balance. How can promoting and supporting work/life information from staff and students, district administrators balance in education meet the needs of your district and your were challenged to think outside the box to create a framework personal life? Discussions will revolve around answering these for professional development where students lead the charge. questions. The district is facing times when funding is low and there are large demands on the professional learning department to Dallas ISD Tech Plan ROI: When Every Dollar provide timely training for all staff. Resources and outcomes Spent is a Dollar Toward the Vision – will be shared with participants so they can make this happen Room 18D in their home district. Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas ISD Scott Layne, Deputy Superintendent, Dallas ISD Wednesday, January 31 Shannon Buerk, Chief Executive Officer, engage2learn 8:30–9:30 a.m. Dallas ISD wanted to be strategic about technology planning and purchases and partnered with engage2learn to facilitate a long-range technology plan. The process began with engaging Continuous Improvement in Instructional the community on their vision for learners, and then internal Practices Through Data Inquiry Cycles – and external stakeholders created a plan for technology that Room 11AB would honor the community’s input. This approach ensures April Crawford, Director, State Initiatives, every dollar spent on technology is a dollar toward the vision, Children’s Learning Institute achieving the maximum return on investment for the district’s Colleen Allen, Manager of Education Outreach, learners. Children’s Learning Institute Using data inquiry cycles for continuous improvement [TSPRA] It’s a Generation Thing … You promotes collaborative feedback and change. Children’s Wouldn’t Understand (Cue the Eye Roll)! – Learning Institute research on teacher instructional practices Room 19A using CLI Engage tools has shown significant gains with Mario Zavala, Director of Communications & goal setting, practice, and reflection cycles. The approach Community Relations, Denton ISD uses concrete, evidence-based instructional behaviors tied Julie Zwahr, Communications Coordinator, Denton ISD to exemplar activities and tailored professional development
72 #TASA18 to develop practices of continuous improvement in teachers. If you want to develop a platform for professional development Wednesday, 31 | 8:30–9:30 January a.m. Texas school districts access CLI Engage in partnership with that encompasses planning, logistics, and implementation, TEA. and ensures teacher buy-in, you must do so with a teacher- driven approach. This roundtable discussion will show you Bridging the Gap Between Curriculum and how you can accomplish this in your district. Caddo Mills ISD Instructional Technology – Room 13AB has seen the growth of this program triple in two years. John Ramos, Superintendent, Castleberry ISD [TEA] Math Innovation Zones & Social Impact Renee Smith-Faulkner, Assistant Superintendent of Bonds: Scaling Blended Learning in Math – Technology Services, Castleberry ISD Room 16A Kenneth Casarez, Executive Director for Secondary Education, Castleberry ISD Kristen Dobson, Executive Director of Special Projects, June Ritchlin, Executive Director of Elementary Texas Education Agency Education, Castleberry ISD Andrew Hodge, Director of Math Innovation Zones and Districts struggle to implement the affordances that Social Impact Bonds, Texas Education Agency technology offers to the district curriculum. Castleberry ISD The traditional teacher-centered approach to teaching math combined the curriculum department and the technology puts an unsustainable weight on classroom leaders, leaving department to create the Teaching, Learning, and Innovation some students behind and slowing down others. Blended Team. Based on the curriculum needs, the team collaboratively learning technology delivers a rigorous and individualized created blended learning professional learning modules for learning experience for students while giving teachers professional learning that focuses on high-yield teaching flexibility to provide more targeted instruction. This session strategies, while increasing rigor and fostering a culture of an focuses on how districts, with TEA support, can scale Math Innovator’s Mindset. Innovation Zones with innovative Pay for Success funding tools called Social Impact Bonds. After the REPORT: Best Practices for Responding to Child Abuse – Room 14 [TSPRA] Press Releases Are Out—What’s in Your Digital Toolbox? – Room 16B Dianna Smoot, Director of Community Education, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center Veronica Sopher, Chief Communications Officer, As a district leader, the question is not if you will encounter a Fort Bend ISD situation involving child abuse or an improper relationship, As newsrooms change the way they manage news, districts but rather when. While there is much discussion about how have to adjust and become THE SOURCE of information to make a report, district policy often fails to address the next from everything to school closures and major announcements steps. This workshop will give practical guidance to improve to minor celebrations that further the district’s messaging. Just communication among the district, child welfare system, and as the 2017-18 school year began, Fort Bend ISD closed a high local law enforcement in an effort to better protect both the school due to extensive mold growth and then responded to district and the children it serves. the wrath of an unprecedented flooding event. FBISD utilized social media to share stories, make major announcements, Teachers Training Teachers Model: A District’s and build trust. Approach to PD – Room 15 Shivon Loya, Director of Instructional Technology, Caddo Mills ISD Courtney Painter, Assistant Principal, Caddo Mills ISD Julie Wiebersch, Curriculum Director, Caddo Mills ISD Pete J. Rowe, Technology Director, Caddo Mills ISD
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Transformation: Turning Vision Into Practice – Beyond the Books: Designing Spaces for High- Room 17A Impact Learning – Room 17B Lane Ledbetter, Superintendent, Midlothian ISD Douglas Killian, Superintendent, Pflugerville ISD Judy Walling, Deputy Superintendent, Midlothian ISD Brandy Baker, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Russ Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, and Instruction, Pflugerville ISD True North Consulting Group David Kinley, Senior VP, MeTEOR Education In 2015, newly appointed superintendent Dr. Lane Ledbetter Liz Bolton, Learning Environment Specialist, began developing his vision to prepare Midlothian ISD for MeTEOR Education rapid community growth and the development of student- Hutto ISD partnered with MeTEOR Education to leverage focused initiatives. Dr. Ledbetter and his leadership team will design thinking to create environments for high-impact share what it took to become a District of Innovation, develop learning experiences. A project-based learning district, HISD a new curriculum, pass a $268 million bond, deploy student 1:1 looked closely at PBL practices and then designed their space devices, lead a community-wide #MISDproud branding effort, to support those practices. Learn how they created an activity- and promote a new culture of learning. based design that looks and feels like a collaborative work culture and encourages students to choose where and when to do individual or group work. Wednesday, January 31 | 8:30–9:30 a.m. January | 8:30–9:30 31 Wednesday,
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SBOE/SBEC Learning Roundtable
Wednesday, January 31 | 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining Top Teachers | Level 4, Austin Convention Center The State Board of Education (SBOE) and State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) will host a free, one-day conference called Learning Roundtable: Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining Top Teachers on the fourth floor of the Austin Convention Center on the final day of the Midwinter Conference.
On-site registration for this event will be offered on the fourth floor of the convention center on Wednesday, January 31. To preregister prior to that (seats are filling fast!), please do so online at https://goo.gl/NSPwB2
Conference Agenda
Wednesday, January 31 | 8:30-8:45 a.m.
Welcome Address | Ballroom D Donna Bahorich, Chair, SBOE, and Jill Druesedow, Chair, SBEC
Wednesday, January 31 | 8:50-9:30 a.m.
Panel 1 – Grow Your Own Models for Teacher Recruitment | Ballroom D Moderator: Grace Wu Patricia McHatton, Dean of the College of Education, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Arturo Cavazos, Superintendent, Harlingen CISD Melanie Rincones, STEP UP Program Graduate Richard Valenta, Deputy Superintendent, Denton ISD/Teach Denton Leah Zavala, Teacher, Denton ISD/Texas Association of Future Educators/Teach Denton Madison Owen, Student, Denton ISD/Teach Denton
Panel 2 – Resources for Educators | Ballroom G Moderator: Alejandro Delgado Martin Winchester, Deputy Commissioner of Educator Support, TEA Penny Schwinn, Deputy Commissioner of Academics, TEA A.J. Crabill, Deputy Commissioner of Governance, TEA
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Break
Wednesday, January 31 | 9:45-11:15 a.m.
TASA Midwinter Conference General Session | Exhibit Hall 5 (First Floor) Peter M. Dewitt, author of Collaborative Leadership: Six Influences That Matter Most
Wednesday, January 31 | 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Lunch on Your Own
Wednesday, January 31 | 12:15-1:40 p.m.
Greetings | Ballroom D Raymund Paredes, Commissioner of Higher Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Mike Morath, Commissioner of Education, TEA
Keynote Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like a Champion
Wednesday, January 31 | 1:45-2:45 p.m.
Panel 3 – District/Preparation Program Partnerships | Ballroom D Moderator: Tim Miller Scott Ridley, Dean, Texas Tech University Susan Hull, Superintendent, Grand Prairie ISD Chris Fraser, Senior Dean, Relay Graduate School for Education Gabriela Sanchez, Teacher, Kipp Explore George Kazanas, Superintendent, Midway ISD Krystal Goree, Director of Professional Practice, Baylor University
Panel 4 – Diversity in the Teaching Workforce: Attracting and Supporting Candidates of Color | Ballroom G Moderator: Martin Winchester Cassandra Herring, President and Chief Executive Officer, Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity Marcus Nelson, Superintendent, Waco ISD Encarnacion Garza, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, The University of Texas at San Antonio Martha Salazar Zamora, Superintendent, Tomball ISD Fernanda Pierre, Teacher, Spring Branch ISD
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Wednesday, January 31 | 2:45-3 p.m.
Break
Wednesday, January 31 | 3-4 p.m.
Panel 5 – Supporting Teachers Early in Their Career | Ballroom D Moderator: Jessica McLoughlin Shannon Terry, Director of Professional Learning, Arlington ISD Ali Ashley, Instructional Coach, Austin ISD/2017 Texas Teacher of the Year Macy Dale, Fourth-Grade Teacher, Becker Elementary, Austin ISD Diana Richie, Director of Strategic Partnerships, New Teacher Center Stacey Edmonson, Dean of the College of Education, Sam Houston State University/President-elect of Texas Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
Panel 6 – Opportunities for Growth and Development for Experienced Teachers | Ballroom G Moderator: Blair Claussen JoLisa Hoover, Teacher, Leander ISD Rodrigo Rodriguez-Tovar, National Association of Bilingual Educators Teacher of the Year/National Board-Certified Teacher, Austin ISD Michele Willis, Texas Lesson Study Teacher, Fredericksburg ISD Angela Sherwood, Opportunity Culture’s Multi-Classroom Leader, Harlandale ISD Amber Simpson, Executive Master Teacher, Somerset ISD
Wednesday, January 31 | 4:05-4:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks | Ballroom D Donna Bahorich, Chair, SBOE, and Jill Druesedow, Chair, SBEC
“TASA 2025 is helping set the direction for the future of TASA. Building off of the visioning work, this strategic framework will help TASA be purposeful in how it engages and supports superintendents and TASA 2025 Task Force Member school leaders across the state.” Jill Siler Superintendent, Gunter ISD See pages 3-6 and visit the TASA Member Engagement Center across from the Exhibit Hall to learn more.
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Accountability Forum Seminar
Wednesday, January 31 (immediately following the TASA Midwinter Conference) 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (boxed lunch included) Pre-registration required; you may register onsite at the Midwinter Conference registration area beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 31. Registration fees: Accountability Forum subscribers: first three registrants complimentary, additional registrants $75 each; non-subscribers: $175 each
Symphony or Cacophony? How ESSA and New State Laws Are Shaping Accountability Provided twice yearly at no registration cost to current TASA Accountability Forum subscribers, TASA Accountability Forum seminars feature invited speakers who provide valuable information related to the Texas public school accountability system. Seminar topics will include:
• Texas’ current interpretation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and relevant new laws passed by the 85th Texas Legislature
• An analysis of HB 22 (A-F state accountability system) by Moak, Casey and Associates, who will also give attendees an in-depth look at the alignment between the new state and federal accountability systems
• An update from TEA Deputy Commissioner Penny Schwinn and Executive Directors Jamie Crowe, Deb Sauberer, and Mark Baxter will address attendees on TEA's ongoing efforts to implement state and federal accountability
• Participants will receive helpful resources and materials to take home, and have opportunities to network with their colleagues from across the state.
“The formation of the Task Force was intentional to include a diverse group of leaders from small, rural, mid-size, suburban and urban districts and representing nearly every region. Understanding the varying needs... of school districts across the state was a strong... consideration around the strategies
TASA 2025 Task Force Member and tools that would potentially move our work forward and Jodi Duron help us realize our vision as an organization.” Superintendent, Elgin ISD
See pages 3-6 and visit the TASA Member Engagement Center across from the Exhibit Hall to learn more.
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11:30–11:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions by TASA Executive Director Johnny L. Veselka
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Presentation Moak, Casey and Associates
12:45–2:30 p.m.
Texas Education Agency Presentations ESSA and State Accountability Update With Q&A Penny Schwinn, Deputy Commissioner, Academics Deb Sauberer, Executive Director Jamie Crowe, Director, Performance Reporting
Local Accountability Update With Q&A Lisa Diserens, Senior Director, Local Accountability Development and Assessment Scoring and Reporting
2:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks Moak, Casey and Associates
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TASA 2018 Honorary Life Members
Recognized at the 1st General Session | Monday, January 29, 3:30-5:15 p.m., Exhibit Hall 5
JANICE BEASLEY GENA GARDINER SANDRA RADTKE Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent Eustace ISD Highland Park ISD (Esc 10) Boerne ISD 7/31/17 2/28/17 6/30/17 40 40 39
JERRY BIRDSONG TRISH HANKS HAROLD D. RAMM Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Stratford ISD Friendswood ISD Groesbeck ISD 8/31/17 8/31/17 12/31/17 33 40 49
LYNN BURTON RICHARD HAZLEWOOD JIM THOMAS RUMAGE Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Orange Grove ISD Kirbyville CISD Crane ISD 6/30/17 6/30/17 8/31/17 40 33 27
DAVID CARR DONALD RAY JEFFERIES JOHN SCHAEFER Superintendent Superintendent Director of Alternative Education Stanton ISD Greenville ISD Mexia ISD 6/30/17 3/30/17 5/31/17 36 41 28
PHIL COTHAM RAY A. LEA KEITH SCHARNHORST Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Lockney ISD Azle ISD Clyde CISD 6/30/17 6/30/17 2/17 29 39 35
DEBI CRAWFORD DEE A. MATTOX-HALL PAM SEIPP Assistant Superintendent Senior Director of Schools Superintendent Hawkins ISD Harris County Department D'Hanis ISD 6/30/17 of Education 1/31/14 33 8/31/17 38 40 CLAUDE EUGENE FRANKLIN DOUG SETLIFF Superintendent TERRY PITTMAN Superintendent Campbell ISD Superintendent Kress ISD 2012 Sweetwater ISD 1/31/17 36 6/30/17 29 35
86 #TASA18 DAVID SHANLEY GREGG SPIVEY LESLIE LEE VANN Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Johnson City ISD Grapeland ISD Comfort ISD 8/31/17 6/30/17 7/31/17 34 30 32
JOHN SPIES JOHN R. THOMAS MARY ANN WHITEKER Superintendent Executive Director Superintendent Van Alstyne ISD Region 18 Education Service Center Hudson ISD 7/31/17 8/31/17 6/30/17 40 40 44
KEVIN SPILLER ROD TOWNSEND TONY WILLIAMS Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Seagraves ISD Decatur ISD Industrial ISD 6/30/17 8/31/17 8/31/17 29 35 30
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Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship Recipients
Recognized at the 1st General Session | Monday, January 29, 3:30-5:15 p.m., Exhibit Hall 5
he Texas Association of School Administrators established the Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship in T2013-14 to honor and provide financial assistance to outstanding doctoral students pursuing a career in educational leadership, with particular emphasis on the superintendency.
The scholarship recognizes the leadership of Dr. Johnny L. Veselka, who has dedicated more than 43 years of service to the association, including 32 years as TASA’s executive director.
TASA will award three scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each to these deserving individuals: Elmer Avellaneda Tarleton State University; Executive Director of Special Programs, Corsicana ISD Mya Kendrick-Mercer The University of Texas at Austin; Director of Elementary Staffing, Round Rock ISD Tanya Larkin Lamar University; Superintendent, Pampa ISD
Congratulations to these accomplished doctoral students whose deep commitment to public education will guide them as they pursue careers in educational leadership.
“The most rewarding part of the TASA 2025 process has been evaluating the important work TASA has undertaken to this date, and developing innovative ideas and strategies for TASA to undertake to navigate
through future challenges in public education.” TASA 2025 Task Force Member George Kazanas Superintendent, Midway ISD See pages 3-6 and visit the TASA Member Engagement Center across from the Exhibit Hall to learn more.
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LATONYA GOFFNEY
Recognized at the 2nd General Session | Tuesday, January 30, 3:30-5 p.m., Exhibit Hall 5
Texas Nominee, AASA 2018 National Superintendent of the Year TASB 2017 Superintendent of the Year
aTonya Goffney, superintendent of Lufkin ISD, received double honors this year Lwhen TASA selected her as Texas’ nominee for the 2018 American Association of School Administrators (AASA) National Superintendent of the Year award, and the Texas Association of School Boards named her its 2017 Superintendent of the Year.
Goffney has served as superintendent of Lufkin ISD since 2013. During her tenure as superintendent, the district has stepped up its communications efforts to engage the community and create a collaborative culture, focused on improving literacy skills, especially those of low-income students, and committed to ensuring all students make progress.
“I always tell our teachers and leaders that we are not responsible for how our students come to us, but we are responsible for how they leave us,” Goffney says. “The goal of Lufkin ISD is for all students to show growth and progress.”
Lufkin ISD is also focused on preparing students to be future-ready. Goffney has been active in TASA’s MISSION: School Transformation initiative and was a member of TASA’s Future-Ready Superintendents Leadership Institute — a group of 39 superintendents and senior-level district administrators in the early stages of their careers who came together in 2012 to understand, design and initiate innovative systemic changes in Texas public schools.
In addition to her membership in TASA, Goffney holds leadership positions in the Texas Association of Suburban/Midsize Schools, Texas Leadership Center, and Texas Council of Women School Executives. She also represents Texas as a member of the AASA Governing Board.
A native of Coldspring, Texas, she began her career as a language arts teacher in Coldspring-Oakhurst ISD. Goffney served as an assistant principal, principal and superintendent in that district before coming to Lufkin. She holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Sam Houston State University.
AASA’s National Superintendent of the Year program was established in 1988 to recognize superintendents who have demonstrated all-around outstanding leadership. Goffney will be honored with other state nominees at AASA’s 2018 National Conference on Education in Nashville February 15-17.
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Tech Savvy Superintendent
MICHAEL KUHRT
Recognized at the 2nd General Session | Tuesday, January 30, 3:30-5 p.m., Exhibit Hall 5
he Texas K-12 CTO Council is proud to present the 2017-18 Tech Savvy Super- Tintendent Award to superintendent Michael Kuhrt of Wichita Falls ISD! Kuhrt was selected for his leadership and support of innovative uses of technology in his district. Not only does he promote the use of technology to the staff, he also mirrors that behavior himself. He has clear expectations for staff that are repeated through- out the year—“publish for a worldwide audience” and “make learning visible.” He is also an advocate for the use of social media in the classroom which has led to a major culture shift among the staff. He encourages all staff members to have a Twitter account and utilize it to “tell their story.”
Several years ago, the district started a Digital Pilot Project with 42 “kid-magnet” teachers who received classroom sets of devices for all their students. Professional development was an integral part of the program as well as tracking student progress throughout the year. The following year, the number of teachers receiving classroom devices and professional development increased to over 350, with pilot teachers serving as mentors to facilitate the expansion of the program. A strategic technology plan is in place and Kuhrt has been able to secure the trust of the Board of Trustees who have given their support of the program publicly and financially.
The district started this process with a collaborative committee comprised of parents, community members, university representatives, curriculum and technology staff members and campus based teachers and administrators who were tasked with creating a set of learning standards and experiences for both teachers and students. Outside experts were brought in to help guide the conversation and final recommendations were presented to the Board. Kuhrt created this “Learning With Technology” committee with the goal of developing a plan for the future integration of technology into the learning processes of WFISD.
Under Kuhrt’s leadership, the district has gained numerous recognitions for their work such as a Google for Education Reference District, Excellence in Digital Leadership from TASCD, as well as Kuhrt winning the Runner Up to the 2017 Tech & Learning Leader of the Year. We are proud to recognize Michael Kuhrt and Wichita Falls ISD for their accomplishments in technology education!
90 #TASA18 Outstanding Administrators
Recognized at the 2nd General Session | Tuesday, January 30, 3:30-5 p.m., Exhibit Hall 5
TAGT 2017 State Administrator of the Gifted KAREN GREEN Gifted Coordinator, McKinney ISD
aren Green is the 2017 recipient of the Administrator of the Gifted Award, presented annually by the KTexas Association for the Gifted & Talented (TAGT) to a district or campus administrator who is responsible for creating and championing exemplary services for gifted students. This award is sponsored by the Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science (TAMS).
Green has spent the past 18 years in McKinney ISD as a fierce champion of gifted and talented students. As her nomination form notes, she “has tirelessly worked to provide gifted education services for the McKinney community and has been a mentor for teachers and surrounding districts alike.” Her experiences include elementary gifted educator and coordinator for K–12 students. Whether it is a ISM businesssymposium for high school students, a study program for Duke TIP scholars, or parent nights, Green carefully crafts and executes each event with precision and flair. Green holds a Masters of Educational Psychology from Southern Methodist University. She is finishing her last year as McKinney ISD’s Gifted Coordinator and will retire in August 2018. She notes that education was not her first career, but the one she was born to.
TASBO 2017 Commitment to Excellence Award LINDY FINLEY Associate Superintendent of Finance & Operations, Jacksonville ISD
he Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO) recognized Lindy Finley, Associate TSuperintendent of Finance & Operations from Jacksonville ISD as its 2017 TASBO Commitment to Excellence Award Recipient. Each year, TASBO selects an outstanding TASBO member who demonstrates consistent leadership within the organization and their profession.
Lindy has been an active TASBO member since 1991, when she was a Payroll Supervisor for Jacksonville ISD. Lindy has played an instrumental part of the both TASBO and the East Texas TASBO Affiliate. She currently serves at the affiliate’s President after serving in the same position in 2005-2006. At TASBO, Lindy served on its board for six years from 2009-2014 and has been an active mentor to school business professionals in her area and around the state. Lindy regularly serves as a TASBO course instructor and volunteers for TASBO at every opportunity. During her tenure with TASBO, she has been pivotal in developing and delivering training content customized for small school districts.
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2017 National Distinguished Principal and National Assistant Principal of the Year for Texas
The National Distinguished Principal and National Assistant Principal of the Year for Texas are sponsored by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), in partnership with the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA).
Texas National Distinguished Principal ANNETTE DAILEY Crenshaw Elementary & Middle School Galveston ISD
National Assistant Principal of the Year for Texas CHERA BESSIRE Bennett Elementary School Frenship ISD
2017-18 Texas Outstanding Principals of the Year
The High School, Middle School, and Assistant Principals of the Year are recognized through the Outstanding Principal of the Year Awards, sponsored by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals.
High School MONICA G. BAYAREN Solomon M. Coles High School Corpus Christi ISD
Middle School JOHN M. MARTINEZ, JR. Mackenzie Middle School Lubbock ISD
Assistant Principal DREW DANIEL Tascosa High School Amarillo ISD
92 #TASA18 Teachers of the Year
Recognized at the 2nd General Session | Tuesday, January 30, 3:30-5 p.m., Exhibit Hall 5
he Texas Teacher of the Year Program, coordinated by TTASA in conjunction with the Texas Education Agency and the regional education service centers, recognizes and rewards teachers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and excellence in teaching. Forty teachers—two from each regional education service center—are eligible for two titles, Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year and Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year. Texas’ finalist selection committee nominates one teacher to be considered for national honors.
Since 1969, the Texas State Teacher of the Year (TOY) Program has honored excellence in classroom education and provided a forum to showcase many outstanding educators whose efforts and example have inspired their students, their colleagues and TARA BORDEAUX the communities they serve. Lanier High School, Austin ISD, Region 13 2018 Secondary Teacher of the Year Texas Teacher of the Year is the highest honor that the State 2018 Teacher of the Year of Texas can bestow upon a teacher. Facilitated by TASA, the Texas Teacher of the Year Program annually recognizes and rewards teachers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and excellence in teaching.
MARISSA TORRES Blue Haze Elementary School, White Settlement ISD, Region 11 2018 Elementary Teacher of the Year
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Regional Teachers of the Year
ESC Region 1 BR ENDA VARVOU TIS ESC Region 8 South Houston High School JULIA OTKEN AMY HOOTEN Pasadena ISD Mims Elementary School Thomas Justiss Elementary School Secondary Teacher of the Year Mission CISD Paris ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year Elementary Teacher of the Year ESC Region 5 ANDREA GARZA CAROL POST MICHAEL RHODES United South High School Oak Forest Elementary School Paris High School United ISD Vidor ISD Paris ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year Elementary Teacher of the Year Secondary Teacher of the Year
ESC Region 2 ALEXIA KING ESC Region 9 Lumberton Middle School JACK MARLEY BREANN SPIEY Lumberton ISD Flour Bluff Intermediate School Crestview Elementary School Secondary Teacher of the Year Flour Bluff ISD Graham ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year Elementary Teacher of the Year ESC Region 6 PRAGATI BANNERJEE NATASHIA FOGLESONG MICHELLE LOWREY Roy Miller High School Willie E. Williams Elementary School Graham High School Corpus Christi ISD Magnolia ISD Graham ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year Elementary Teacher of the Year Secondary Teacher of the Year
ESC Region 3 SHERIDAN CLINKSCALES ESC Region 10 College Station High School LAURA PRIHODA WHITNEY SELLARS College Station ISD Hutchins Elementary School Naomi Press Elementary School Secondary Teacher of the Year El Campo ISD McKinney ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year Elementary Teacher of the Year ESC Region 7 XOCHITL GONZALEZ RACHEL GEORGE MELODY DAVIS Harold Cade Middle School William B. Travis Elementary School Inspired Vision Secondary School Victoria ISD Marshall ISD A+ Charter Schools, Inc. Secondary Teacher of the Year Elementary Teacher of the Year Secondary Teacher of the Year
ESC Region 4 KATHLEEN BROWN ESC Region 11 Palestine High School TERRI ARMENDARIZ MARISSA TORRES Palestine ISD Carpenter Elementary School Blue Haze Elementary School Secondary Teacher of the Year Deer Park ISD White Settlement ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year Elementary Teacher of the Year
94 #TASA18 AMANDA MCKNIGHT ESC Region 15 GENA LANCASTER Briarhill Middle School Alpine High School LESLIE ANAYA Lewisville ISD Alpine ISD Coggin Intermediate School Secondary Teacher of the Year Secondary Teacher of the Year Brownwood ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year ESC Region 12 ESC Region 19 DEBORAH DEGRAFF GARY STRICKLAND CHRISTINA CASTAÑOS Bell’s Hill Elementary School Coleman High School Purple Heart Elementary School Waco ISD Coleman ISD Socorro ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year Secondary Teacher of the Year Elementary Teacher of the Year
CRAIG SULLIVAN ESC Region 16 LUIS C. LUNA Belton High School Clint Junior High School ALICIA LOHBERGER Belton ISD Clint ISD Lakeview Elementary School Secondary Teacher of the Year Secondary Teacher of the Year Canyon ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year ESC Region 13 ESC Region 20 ALLIE DUFFY AMANDA HEAD ANDREA LUCAS Joe Lee Johnson Elementary School Caprock High School Lamar Elementary School Round Rock ISD Amarillo ISD San Antonio ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year Secondary Teacher of the Year Elementary Teacher of the Year
TARA BORDEAUX ESC Region 17 AMANDA WHITE Lanier High School Somerset Junior High School KELLY BAUM Austin ISD Somerset ISD Charles L. Waters Elementary School Secondary Teacher of the Year Secondary Teacher of the Year Lubbock ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year ESC Region 14 CAROLYN MULLICAN RACHEL WHEELER East Ridge Elementary School Brownfield Middle School Sweetwater ISD Brownfield ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year Secondary Teacher of the Year
MONICA ROGERS ESC Region 18 Sweetwater Middle School EDITH LOYA Sweetwater ISD Pecos Kindergarten Secondary Teacher of the Year Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year
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2017 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards
District Level Awards Recognized at the 2nd General Session | Tuesday, January 30, 3:30-5 p.m., Exhibit Hall 5
H-E-B’s Excellence in Education Awards are designed to honor outstanding public school professionals and to thank them for their dedication and commitment. Through this program, H-E-B seeks to pay tribute to those school districts, principals, and teachers who go the extra mile each and every day to serve their students and communities and who inspire others to do the same. More than $800,000 in cash awards is presented each year to public school teachers, principals, districts, and campuses in Texas.
School Board Award Principal Awards Leadership - Honors teachers with 10-20 years in the classroom ($25,000 cash prize) ($10,000 cash prize each and a $25,000 grant for their schools) ($10,000 cash prize each and $10,000 FORT BEND ISD grants for their schools) Kristen Tassin, Board President, Elementary Board of Trustees DR. MYRTHA VILLARREAL Elementary Colonel Santos Benavides Elementary, RAUL MUNOZ District Awards United ISD George Evans Elementary, Large School District Secondary Corpus Christi ISD ($100,000 cash prize) JULIE DIAZ GRAND PRAIRIE ISD Secondary Travis High School, Fort Bend ISD Susan Simpson Hull, Superintendent JAMIE FLINT Teacher Awards Spring Woods High School, Small School District Spring Branch ISD ($50,000 cash prize) Lifetime Achievement - Salutes ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD more than 20 years of experience Rising Star - Honors exceptionally Kevin Brown, Superintendent promising teachers with less than 10 ($25,000 cash prize each and a years of experience Early Childhood $25,000 grant for their schools) Education Facility ($5,000 cash prize each and $5,000 ($25,000 cash prize) Elementary grants for their schools) PRE-K SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION RHONDA PENA CENTER Bryan Elementary, Mission CISD Elementary Sandy Weser and Belinda Gonzalez, RICKY DAVIS Directors Secondary Schertz Elementary, MICHAEL BAILEY Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD Omar Bradley Middle School, North East ISD Secondary RICHARD EMBRICK David Crockett Middle School, Fort Bend ISD
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2017 Blue Ribbon Schools
Recognized on Monday, January 29, noon-2:30 p.m., Ballroom D
Founded in 1982, Blue Ribbon Schools is a U.S. Department of Education program that recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels. All schools were selected as exemplary high-performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests. Each school as an economically disadvantaged population of 25 percent or greater. The schools completed a rigorous application process through the U.S. Department of Education. Schools that receive the award were recognized at the 2017 Blue Ribbon School conference in Washington, D.C.
Amarillo ISD – WHITTIER Edinburg CISD – AUSTIN Houston ISD – EASTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ACADEMY Principal: Bea Enevoldsen Principal: Homero Cano Principal: Brandi Lira Superintendent: Dana West Superintendent: Rene Gutierrez Superintendent: Richard Carranza
Banquete ISD – BANQUETE Edinburg CISD – JEFFERSON Houston ISD – LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Principal: Adriana Tagle Principal: Ana H. Salinas Principal: Cecilia A. Gonzales Superintendent: Max Thompson Superintendent: Rene Gutierrez Superintendent: Richard Carranza
Birdville ISD – SMITHFIELD El Paso ISD – GREEN Jim Ned CISD – LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Principal: Melissa Minix Principal: Charlotte “Judy” Quintana Principal: David Hogan Superintendent: Darrell Brown Superintendent: Juan Cabrera Superintendent: Bobby Easterling
Dallas ISD – BARACK OBAMA El Paso ISD – MAXINE SILVA Judson ISD – CRESTVIEW MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HEALTH MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (MIDDLE SCHOOL) Principal: Fred Rojas Principal: Yvonne Munoz Principal: Michael Bland Superintendent: Juan Cabrera Superintendent: Carl Montoya Superintendent: Michael Hinojosa Galveston ISD – AUSTIN KIPP Houston – KIPP SHINE Dallas ISD – DALLAS MIDDLE SCHOOL PREP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Principal: Cathy Van Ness School Leader: Deb Shifrine ACADEMY Superintendent: Kelli Moulton Superintendent: Sehba Ali Principal: Arnoldo Zuniga Superintendent: Michael Hinojosa Gunter ISD – GUNTER La Porte ISD – JENNIE REID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Dallas ISD – IRMA LERMA Principal: Dara Arrington School Leader: Diane Weeden RANGEL WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP Superintendent: Jill Siler Superintendent: Lloyd Graham SCHOOL (MIDDLE SCHOOL) Principal: Lisa Curry Superintendent: Michael Hinojosa
98 #TASA18 Laredo ISD – HECTOR J. GARCIA San Antonio ISD – TR AVIS EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Principal: Israel Castilla Principal: Adrianna L. Arredondo Superintendent: Sylvia Rios Superintendent: Abelardo Saavedra
Los Fresnos ISD – RANCHO Whitehouse ISD – STANTON- VERDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Principal: Maria Elisa Pineda Principal: Sterling Haskell Superintendent: Gonzalo Salazar Superintendent: Chris Moran
Montgomery ISD – Wylie ISD – RF HARTMAN MONTGOMERY INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHOOL Principal: Shawna Ballast Principal: Mallory Kirby Superintendent: David Vinson Superintendent: Beau Rees Ysleta ISD – VALLE VERDE EARLY Oakwood ISD – OAKWOOD COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Principal: Paul Covey Principal: Tina Rayborn Superintendent: Xavier De La Torre Superintendent: Donny Lee
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Real Challenges. Real Possibilities.
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Real Challenges. Real Possibilities.
A new resource to fuel a culture of STEM Teaching and Learning in Texas. Discovery Education STEM Connect is an interdisciplinary K-8 resource used to enhance core curriculum. It guides students to develop and apply knowledge and skills to important real-world challenges as it helps them builds real possibilities for their future. EXHIBIT HALL LEARN MORE DiscoveryEducation.com/STEMConnect
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Inside the Exhibit Hall
Robotics—Texas Style! Located in the entrance area of the Exhibit Hall (Monday-Tuesday only). Specific demonstration times and district participants are posted at the entrance.
Learn how your students can participate in the new UIL robotics program.
The University Interscholastic League hosted the first ever UIL robotics pilot program during the 2015-2016 school year. The program includes two divisions, UIL Robotics: BEST(TM) Division, and UIL Robotics: FIRST(R) Division, with two competitions in the FIRST Division—the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). Now in its third year, UIL Robotics is on track to move out of pilot status to become an official UIL event beginning in 2018-2019.
The third FIRST Division championship event will take place May 17-19, 2018. The second BEST Division championship event took place December 8-9, 2017. All UIL high schools have access to the UIL robotics program.
Representatives of UIL and FIRST and BEST will also be available to in the demonstration area to answer questions about the UIL program.
The FIRST in Texas foundation Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports FIRST robotics teams and events across Texas with a focus on increasing accessibility for low-income and underrepresented students. By investing in Texas students’ participation in FIRST, the FIRST in Texas Foundation addresses the growing demands of the stem workforce.
BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) Robotics, Inc. was founded in Texas in 1993 to inspire the next generation of students to be prepared for the expanding technological workforce. BEST Robotics, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. BEST is a middle school and high school robotics program whose mission is to engage and excite students about STEM subjects as well as inspire them to pursue careers in STEM fields.
TASA/Corwin Bookstore Located in the entrance area of the Exhibit Hall (Monday-Tuesday only)
In partnership with Corwin, TASA is pleased to offer a special opportunity for TASA members and conference attendees to purchase select books and other resources during the conference, all at a special discounted rate available throughout the conference.
All TASA members receive 20 percent off Corwin books at www.corwin.com with promo code N138F1. This promo code and discount will be applied to all books purchased in the bookstore or online by conference attendees throughout the TASA Midwinter Conference. Set apart since day one by Corwin’s expert authorship, research base, and depth and breadth of coverage, Corwin books provide the rock-solid foundation for flexible, system-wide professional development planning and solutions. Take advantage of this special opportunity to browse the bookstore for new releases, critical topics, best sellers, and award-winning publications.
Recharge / Coffee Stations Recharge your device or yourself at any of the three Recharge / Coffee Stations located throughout the Exhibit Hall!
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The TASA/TASB Exhibit of School Architecture (EoSA) showcases new and renovated Texas schools and celebrates excellence in planning and design of the learning environment. This year, 49 projects were nominated for the exhibit and displayed at the 2017 TASA/TASB Convention. Of the original 49 projects, 27 were awarded Stars of Distinction in at least one of six Areas of Distinction: Community, Design, Planning, Sustainability, Value, and School Transformation. These projects were then eligible to be displayed at the Exhibit of School Architecture at the 2018 Midwinter Conference.
This year’s showcase offers two ways to view entries: hanging project boards for casual, walk-by observation and online versions offering an in-depth look at entries and the architectural design behind the project. Visit the showcase to gain new vision and expanded design ideas for your own district. While you’re in the hall, take a few minutes to view the online EoSA, which serves as a digital archive of EoSA project entries. All nominated projects are displayed for a full year; projects that receive Stars of Distinction will be displayed for three years and those receiving Caudill Class status will be featured for five years.
Caudill award winners will be announced at the 1st General Session, Monday, January 29, 3:30-5:15 p.m., Exhibit Hall 5.
District Facility Superintendent Architect Firm Abilene ISD Johnston Elementary School David Young Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc. Alvin ISD Shadow Creek High School Buck Gilcrease Stantec Castleberry ISD Gary S. Jones Administration Building Historic Preservation John Ramos WRA Architects Coppell ISD Coppell Life Safety Park Brad Hunt Brown Reynolds Watford Architects Crosby ISD Crosby High School Keith Moore cre8 Architects Denton ISD Ray Braswell High School Jamie Wilson VLK Architects Fort Worth ISD Washington Heights Elementary School Kent Scribner WRA Architects Granbury ISD Granbury High School James Largent Huckabee Houston ISD Charles Atherton Elementary School Richard Carranza IDG Architects, Inc. Houston ISD Condit Elementary School Richard Carranza VLK Architects Houston ISD Mandarin Immersion Magnet School Richard Carranza PBK Houston ISD Sterling Aviation High School Richard Carranza Stantec Hutto ISD Howard Norman Elementary School Eduardo Ramos Pfluger Architects Judson ISD Copperfield Elementary School Carl Montoya Stantec Katy ISD Bethke Elementary School Lawrence Hindt VLK Architects Leander ISD Tom Glenn High School Dan Troxell Pfluger Architects Lubbock ISD Lubbock High School Auditorium Renovation Berhl Robertson BGR Architects, Inc. McKinney ISD McKinney North High School Rick McDaniel Stantec Midlothian ISD Dolores W. McClatchey Elementary School Lane Ledbetter VLK Architects Northwest ISD Northwest ISD Outdoor Learning Center Ryder Warren Stantec O’Donnell ISD O’Donnell High School/Middle School Cathy Palmer Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc. Plano ISD Plano East Senior High School Health Sciences Academy Brian Binggeli WRA Architects Sunnyvale ISD Sunnyvale Middle School Next Generation Addition/Renovation Doug Williams WRA Architects Texas City ISD William R. Blocker Addition and Renovations Rodney Cavness Texas-IBI Group, Inc. West ISD West High School / Middle School David Truitt Huckabee
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Exhibitors
Be sure to visit the state’s fastest growing exhibit of school- January 29 | 8 a.m.–3 p.m. | Exhibit Hall 4 related products and services. Education vendors from January 30 | 8 a.m.–2 p.m. | Exhibit Hall 4 across the U.S. offer solutions in instructional resources, technology, food services, athletic equipment, insurance, TASA Corporate Partner specialty services, building services, and more. Stroll the aisles, test out new products, and gather ideas.
1GPA—440 ACT, Inc.—1015 Guaranteed Issue for employees with no Purchasing cooperative Educational assessment services health questions 512.970.0179 512.345.1949 800.937.3148
2NDGEAR—1526 Action Floor Systems—751 American College of Education- Computer hardware and IT services Athletic floors Dallas—1512 714.702.1023 715.476.3512 Regionally accredited online offering affordable M.Ed, Ed.D & certifications 806 Technologies—544 Adams, Lynch, & Loftin, P.C.—933 512.650.6900 806 Technologies General counsel to TASA 877.331.6160 817.552.7742 AMS Pictures—412 Offers FREE & easy-to-use college-prep A-Lert Roof Systems—612 Advanced Financial Strategies—1309 tools for educators, students & families A-Lert Roof Systems designs, engineers, Financial and retirement planning 512.330.9434 & manufactures metal roofs 800.876.3817 830.626.7755 Angelo State University—1148 Aeries Education Solutions, Inc.—507 Offering online master’s degrees and TEA A. Bargas & Associates—445 Aeries Student Information System – accredited certifications Classroom furniture Aeries Analytics – Aeries Enrollment 325.942.2212 210.344.2821 888.487.7555 Anonymous Alerts | K12 Alerts—1413 ABC Companies—655 Aim for Success—747 Anonymous Alerts anti-bullying app, Activity coach Educational and motivational programs Smart Button instant panic button app 507.334.1871 for students, parents, and educators 914.220.8326 972.422.2322 ABM Education—926 Apex Flooring Services—451 Facilities services including custodial and All Aboard America! School Flooring Products maintenance for K-12 schools Transportation—1550 469.682.3613 888.711.2772 Contract pupil transportation 903.328.0068 Apex Learning—325 Abrams Learning Trends—1409 More learning happens with Apex Publisher of early childhood educational ALL In Learning—706 Learning digital curriculum materials – PreK to 5th grade ALL In cloud, clickers, apps, and Domain 206.381.5600 800.227.9120 1 data 940.484.5300 Applied Practice—1306 Academic Specialties—1412 Integrated test prep and classroom-ready Athletic equipment, bleachers, flooring, Alpha Testing, Inc.—1046 resources lockers, lab casework Geotechnical engineering, construction 866.374.3768 281.380.8470 materials, environmental services 972.620.8911 APTech Group, Inc.—1215 Achieve3000—833 Safe, solid water treatment for boilers & Differentiated literacy instruction Alton Lynch Associates—819 cooling towers accelerating growth for every student 513.761.8111 469.400.8021
104 #TASA18 ARAMARK K-12 Education—313 Boynton Williams & Associates—707 ClassLink—825 Food and facilities company Architecture, planning, interior design Enables instant access to Web, Windows, 215.238.3000 972.661.5461 and Google apps and to files at school or in the cloud Architects Rabe + Partners—1139 Braun Intertec—738 214.415.2210 Architecture master planning bond Geotechnical engineering, environmental program services consulting, materials testing services Claycomb Associates, Inc.—1233 512.349.7173 512.243.5792 Full service architectural firm specializing in K-12 educational facility design Aries Building Systems, LLC—1641 BrightBytes—1434 972.233.6100 Mobile & modular buildings & classrooms Educational research organization that 817.964.4752 provides data-analytics solutions Code to the Future—1024 415.654.4686 Computer science immersion ARMKO Industries—515 Armko provides roofing/waterproofing Brock USA—413 Combined Benefits Group—1634 consulting for the building envelope Shock pads for artificial turf fields Employee benefits, compliance & human 972.874.1388 303.544.5800 resources 800.749.6458 Armstrong Flooring, Inc.—1219 BRW Architects—812 Armstrong Flooring Architectural services COMBS Consulting Group—906 866.456.3322 214.528.8704 Technology, audio/visual and security design and consulting Audio Enhancement—740 Buford-Thompson Company—247 210.698.7887 Audio Enhancement – experts in Construction managers classroom audio, safety, and education 817.467.4981 Complete Book and Media Supply—1639 technology Supplier of books, subscriptions, and 800.383.9362 BuyBoard—433 media offering over 18 million items Purchase products, services, and 512.616.0400 AVID Center—946 instructional materials through BuyBoard Professional development 800.695.2919 Concordia University Texas—637 773.426.8912 Graduate education and business CADCO Architect-Engineers—1533 programs BELFOR Property Restoration—1244 Architectural/engineering services, bond 512.313.3000 Property restoration after water loss, issues, master planning storm, fire – all aspects of a disaster 325.695.6281 Confluence Academic Systems LLC—948 254.799.8400 Research management software Canela Software, Inc—1620 970.472.7979 BELL (Building Educated Leaders for 20/20 vision screening software, Life)—1147 NurseNotes software Cooperative Strategies LLC—1250 Summer/after-school partnerships 866.410.2377 Facilities planning and financial services 646.856.1023 949.250.8300 Carter Construction Company—1325 Blackboard Inc.—1109 Athletic facility builder Corgan—914 Leader in K-12 learning solutions, 817.244.3622 Architecture and interior design education technology, and engagement 214.748.2000 solutions Chartwells K-12—1118 919.573.4932 Food services management company Creative Learning Systems—508 469.252.1704 Smart lab & student broadcast studios Blackmon Mooring/BMS CAT—610 800.458.2880 Full turnkey restoration Cisco—732 817.817.5331 Transforms how educational institutions Curriculum Associates—1208 communicate, collaborate, and educate i-Ready, STAAR Ready, BRIGANCE BLGY Architecture—311 408.353.2636 800.225.0248 Architectural design and planning services for K-12 and higher education Claims Administrative Services, Inc.—1133 Daktronics—1022 512.977.0390 TPA for workers compensation Scoreboards & display products 903.561.8484 605.692.0200 Blue Star Bus Sales, Ltd.—744 Blue Bird School Buses 806.794.1959
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Dallas Baptist University—1632 E3 Entegral Solutions, Inc.—546 Energy for Schools—1045 Graduate and doctoral degrees E3 is a design-build contractor providing Energy procurement 214.333.5728 holistic facility solutions 281.647.7750 972.325.1919 Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center—1619 Engineer Your World from The University Child abuse mandated reporter training EAB—1007 of Texas at Austin—811 and best practice policy EAB solves urgent, intractable, and HS engineering courses, ongoing teacher 214.818.2676 consequential problems faced by public support & dual-enrollment option from schools UT Davis Demographics & Planning, 202.909.4388 512.471.3017 Inc.—315 Demographic studies, forecasting, Edgenuity, Inc.—327 ESC Region 6—736 boundaries, specialized GIS planning Edgenuity provides engaging and flexible Self-paced, on-demand, professional software online and blended learning solutions development platform for educators 951.270.5211 480.423.0118 936.435.8400
DBR Engineering Consultants, Inc.—1527 Edthena—1324 ESC Region 7—207 Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing Professional learning platform DMAC offers software to help educators engineering, technology, commissioning 855.338.4362 improve instruction and student learning 713.914.0888 903.988.6700 Educational Benefits, Inc.—1541 DecisionEd Group, Inc.—945 Employee benefits and HR consulting ESS | Source4Teachers—113 K-12 performance management software 501.227.0194 Leading educational staffing and 972.591.6480 management firm Educational Technology Learning—1426 877.983.2244 Delcom Group, LP—1314 Curriculum software to assist with credit Technology integration – AV & IT recovery, remediation, acceleration ETS—624 469.420.5189 888.919.6100 Preparing Texas educators in professional decision making Director’s Choice—1318 eduphoria!—840 210.837.9115 Safe, affordable student group travel Eduphoria Suite – software for 806.687.0812 assessment, curriculum, and professional EVERFI, Inc.—348 growth Our digital resources teach students District Management Group—748 866.260.1732 critical skills for class and beyond We partner with school districts to 713.449.3323 address your most pressing challenges EduStaff—749 877.362.3500 Educational staffing Eyeful Art—1435 877.974.6338 Hand-painted murals and graphics DK Haney Roofing—1414 for any surface walls, floors, indoor & Commercial roofing installation, service, Eidex LLC—1640 outdoor and maintenance Data analytics software 281.352.9866 817.546.2266 616.240.2672 FieldTurf—1050 Document Tracking Services, LLC—651 Ellevation Education—1047 Artificial turf Improvement planning, translations, ELL software solutions for data/ 514.375.2627 forms, compliance management program management, compliance, and 858.784.0960 instruction Financial Benefit Services—951 617.307.5755 Third-party administrator of employee DreamBox Learning Math—1212 benefits Adaptive online K-8 program EMA Engineering & Consulting—1240 469.385.4649 877.451.7845 Professional MEP engineering services 903.581.2677 First Financial Group of America—1145 DSA Construction Management—644 Third-party administrative services Construction management as owner’s Empower Educational Consulting—350 281.847.8422 agent since 1965 Results oriented PD & coaching with TX 817.645.8864 specific materials for literacy and math Forecast5 Analytics, Inc.—641 480.347.5863 Comparative statewide data analytics and Durham School Services—411 financial forecasting software Student transportation services 630.955.7500 800.950.0485
106 #TASA18 Formative Loop—849 Grand Canyon University—1213 Hoar Program Management (HPM)—1425 Formative Loop Math Online education programs Construction management 512.994.9629 505.377.7620 214.302.2250
Frontline Education—418 Grasshopper Company—1119 Home Team Marketing: TicketRoar—1418 Frontline Education is an integrated Zero Turn lawn mowers and implements Ticket Roar, powered by Eventbrite insights partner 620.345.8621 866.810.2111 214.587.9840 Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P.—1125 Honey’s Roofing LLC.—1351 Fruhauf Uniforms, Inc.—944 Construction defect & insurance Roofing Marching band and concert apparel recovery 254.662.9900 316.263.7500 210.472.1111 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—432 Gabbart Communications—1224 Guardian Security Solutions—606 Educational products and results-driven Websites, mass communications, mobile Access control, security cameras, panic learning solutions for pre-K–12 apps, and learning management systems systems, alarm systems, networking 972.459.6048 580.931.9333 Guest Communications Houston ISD - MFCS—725 Gallagher Construction Services—1222 Corporation—1618 Consulting services, financial and Construction management services Quick reference custom emergency insurance 972.633.0564 guides & emergency mobile application 832.808.7123 800.637.8525 Gerloff Company, Inc.—915 Huckabee—139 Fire & water restoration, mold Harris County Department of Architectural/engineering services remediation, restoration reconstruction Education—922 817.377.2969 210.490.2777 Staff training, safe & secure schools, records management, Choice Partners IBM Watson Education—239 GermBlast—1433 Co-op Watson Education: Using AI to Improve Air sanitizer, GermBlast service 713.694.6300 learner outcomes and teacher impact 806.771.3558 978.399.5919 Hayes Software Systems—1406 Gexa Energy Solutions—925 Solutions focused on school asset Ideal Impact, Inc.—646 Total energy management planning, management and textbook inventory Campus optimization energy conservation, renewable energy 512.219.7610 817.915.3649 682.325.5153 Hazelden Publishing—1436 Illuminate Education—1247 Gift Solution—601 Addiction prevention curriculum Data and assessment Unique women’s clothing & accessories 800.328.9000 425.864.1403 – sizes petite to 3X 512.656.4436 Heartland Park & Recreation, LLC—1239 Image Engineering Group—1012 We take your ideas, suggestions, and MEP consulting firm GoldStar Transit (GST)—1408 budgets and design a park/playground 817.410.2858 Transportation products & services 866.388.1365 512.632.8392 Imagine Learning—1424 Hellas Construction, Inc.—1439 Educational software Goodwin-Lasiter-Strong—1044 Sports turf 801.377.5071 Architecture, engineering, interiors; high- 512.250.2910 value, moderately priced design Imperial Construction, Inc.—939 936.637.4900 HIBster Anti-bullying Software—352 General contractor serving all Texas HIBsterVention I&RS Software. (http:// locations Google for Education—425 hibreporting.com) 817.341.8886 Teach, learn, and create the future with 866.315.2306 Google for Education tools INDECO Sales, Inc.—145 650.495.7355 Hilltop Securities, Inc.—341 School, office, science, makerspace, Financial advisory STEAM, library, early childhood furniture Government Capital Corporation—1333 214.953.4000 800.692.4256 Public finance 817.421.5400 HKS, Inc.—1315 Architect 214.969.5599
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Institute for Public School Initiatives, UT Kimco Services—1308 Lone Star Furnishings, LLC—213 Austin—807 Facility services Furnishings Customized professional development 866.476.2433 972.862.9900 services to support student learning 512.232.6569 Lamar University—1515 Lone Star Investment Pool—433 Lamar University Investment services for school districts, ISIMET—1524 409.880.7011 with a focus on safety, liquidity, and yield Laboratory utility controllers 512.467.3695 903.897.0737 LBL Architects—746 Architecture, interior design, space LPA, Inc.—625 istation—1008 planning LPA provides architecture, planning, Education software 817.265.1510 interiors, and landscape architecture 866.883.7323 210.503.6200 Lead Your School—1344 itslearning, inc.—735 Tools, training, and systems to optimize Maq Innovations—1248 Our LMS seamlessly connects people to student, school & district performance TENS units, portable massagers ideas, passions, and each other 832.477.5323 832.692.1750 888.853.2761 Learning A-Z—1013 Matific—1211 JCPenney/IZOD—741 PreK-6 digital learning products Math software K-6 JCPenney offers the IZOD schoolwear 361.946.3322 line perfect for uniforms & dress codes McKinstry—506 877.301.6400 Learning List—737 Energy solutions and capital projects that Instructional materials review service cut waste and save money Jacob & Martin, LLC—408 512.852.2131 214.906.8080 Architecture/engineering 325.695.1070 Learning Sciences International-Marzano McLemore Building Maintenance—921 Center—1210 Custodial, exterior management, and JASON Learning—834 Professional development and research- maintenance Connecting students to real science & based school improvement solutions 832.201.6027 exploration to inspire and motivate them 512.732.9000 to study & pursue careers in STEM Medicpad USA—1310 703.726.8540 Learning Without Tears—1238 TENS units, portable massagers K-5 curriculum based handwriting, 832.692.1750 JPW Learning Center—1112 keyboarding, and pre-K educational A place to learn about dyslexia and how program Merit Roofing Systems, Inc.—711 to work with students who have it 301.263.2700 Roofing installation 325.655.2331 972.664.0762 Lee Lewis Construction, Inc.—201 JR3 Education Associates LP—1624 Construction management MeTEOR Education—1025 Financial and SIS software and support 806.797.8400 MeTEOR Education connects education services methods, tools, and environments 254.759.1902 LIFESCAPE—1206 800.699.7516 Performance-based in-service training JRNL Inc.—1407 254.715.5730 Mexican American School Board Semi-custom event books as Members Association (MASBA)—1049 personalized keepsakes used fundraising Lightspeed Technologies, Inc.—514 Texas trustees closing the achievement 702.813.9210 Classroom audio gap for Hispanic students & ELLs 800.732.8999 512.414.1700 K12 Insight—333 K12 Insight offers a full-scale customer Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, Mighty Music Publishing—1150 experience platform for K-12 schools LLP—633 Resources for Title IV Funding for 703.542.9600 Professional collection services to Texas Classroom Arts Integration – eBooks & schools for more than 40 years PD KAMICO Instructional Media, Inc.—1245 512.447.6675 800.809.8963 STAAR Preparation – TEKS-based assessments, developmental activities, Live Oak Public Finance, LLC—1220 Milliken—436 board game Financial advisors Superior carpet and LVT flooring that 254.947.7283 903.461.5729 support learning environments 864.503.2020
108 #TASA18 Moak, Casey & Associates—647 Nearpod—1108 Panorama Education—635 Experts in Texas school finance and Software Panorama Education helps educators use accountability 855.632.7763 data to support each student’s success 512.485.7878 617.356.8123 Netsync Network Solutions—607 MooreCo Inc.—1450 IT solutions, products, services, expertise Paragon Sports Constructors—301 Educational furniture for inspiring in the industry Athletic facility construction, synthetic turf, learners 469.858.9596 running tracks, maintenance 254.718.0406 817.916.5000 Nevco—407 MP2 Energy—1246 Video displays, scoreboards, scorers Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.—1319 Retail electricity supplier tables, marquees, messages centers Architecture | Engineering | Interiors | 832.510.1030 618.659.7530 Landscape Architecture 806.473.3542 MSB Consulting Group, LLC—1018 NWEA—133 Medicaid billing and consultation services Assessment solutions and professional Parsons Commercial Roofing, Inc.—1635 512.501.2440 learning offerings Commercial roofing 503.624.1951 254.881.1733 Musco Sports Lighting—714 Sports lighting O’Connell Robertson—813 PBK—233 866.786.1841 Architecture, engineering, interior design Architectural design for educational and 512.478.7286 sports facilities MWM Architects, Inc.—453 713.965.0608 Architects OdysseyWare—406 806.441.1260 Odysseyware® offers multimedia- Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, LLP enriched online curriculum for grades —1232 myON—924 3-12 Delinquent tax collection, property value Enhanced digital books dynamically 877.795.8904 study appeals, tax value audits 512.302.0190 matched to individual learner’s interests, grade, Lexile reading level OnDataSuite—512 Performance Matters—1026 940.312.3867 OnDataSuite Design-build, performance contracting, 800.521.2563 solar power National Bus Sales Inc.—855 801.453.1036 School buses Organizational Health: Diagnostic and 800.475.1439 Development Corporation—850 Performance Services, Inc.—1135 Providing leadership development Design-Build Construction | Energy Saving National Family Care Life Insurance services and data-based improvement Performance Contracts | Solar Power Company—1006 strategies 888.390.2700 Employee benefits administration 972.966.6197 972.387.8553 Perkins & Will—613 Page—733 Perkins+Will is an interdisciplinary, National IPA—937 Creating designs that make lives better research-based architecture design firm Cooperative purchasing since 1898 with offices in Austin, Dallas & 214.283.8700 713.744.8115 Houston 512.472.6721 Pfluger Architects—511 Natures Med—1644 Architectural services Skin care, LED technology Palomar Modular Buildings—923 512.476.4040 858.633.6573 Permanent or portable modular classrooms Pine Gate Renewables—909 Naviance by Hobsons—709 866.312.4032 Solar development and energy solutions Increases district-wide student access to 904.834.7779 college & career planning resources Panasonic—1207 703.859.7410 Video surveillance solutions, video surveillance software, IP cameras NaviGate Prepared—726 713.621.9779 Suite of emergency-preparedness solutions 866.861.7400
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Pogue Construction—351 Records Consultants, Inc.—1113 Rock and Roll Academy—1645 Construction Records retention management, fixed SEL music curriculum license & 972.529.9401 asset management program, document consultation imaging 970.708.1140 Positive Learning—851 877.363.4127 Academic language system for ELLs Romine Romine & Burgess Inc.—614 800.210.0827 REDD Team—847 Mechanical/electrical/plumbing REDD Team is a leading manufacturer of engineering design services Powell & Leon, LLP—1326 high-quality aluminum access products 817.336.4633 Full service educational law firm 800.648.3696 512.570.0000 Roscoe Collegiate Edu-Drone—107 Reliance Architecture, LLC—1519 Edu-Drone curriculum package & Prime Systems—1151 Architecture and planning firm veterinary opportunities for secondary Desktops, laptops, servers, interactive specializing in rural and community students displays, document cameras, and more schools 325.766.3629 713.933.0934 512.758.7660 Rush Bus Centers—645 ProComputing Corporation—823 Renaissance Learning—832 New bus sales, service, and parts Interactive LED panels & projectors, Renaissance® is the leader in K-12 877.578.7428 digital signage, audio solutions learning analytics 214.634.2450 866.559.7793 Safari Montage—319 The leading K–12 learning object ProEthica by ETS—622 Rentacrate/Hitouch Services—837 repository Preparing Texas educators in professional Moving equipment rental/purchase 610.645.4000 decision making 214.223.9601 609.683.2078 SafeStop—845 Responsive Learning—1038 School bus tracking app PSX Inc—949 Online PD aligned to T-TESS dimensions 800.843.8936 Physical security solutions: access 915.532.9964 control, video surveillance, intercoms, Salas O’Brien—1114 etc. Responsive Services International Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing 281.773.3461 Corp—1234 engineering, commissioning, technology Network IT, wireless, VoIP and security 504.352.0933 PTI Sports & Recreation solutions Construction—1221 806.763.1586 Sam Houston State University—1525 We make your sports & recreation needs Recruitment for the College of Education happen ResponsiveEd School Services—1627 936.294.1101 936.756.7529 Online digital curriculum 469.251.7775 Scholar Craft—1444 Public Educators Association of Classroom furniture Texas—1338 RetirePC.com—1549 254.721.7175 Insurance products and services Educational technology buy back 903.561.8484 972.231.6600 Scholastic—225 Literacy and math assessments and Qualtrics LLC—1251 RevTrak, Inc.—1106 interventions; classroom libraries Software technology RevTrak’s online payment solution 214.414.3040 801.374.6682 enables K12 districts to process every fee 817.251.8742 School Check In—1313 Ramtech Building Systems, Inc.—936 School security – visitor and volunteer Design and construction of relocatable Robbins Sports Flooring—836 check-in – fast, easy, and reliable classrooms and permanent school Sport flooring 813.962.7264 buildings 972.248.9001 817.473.9376 School City—548 Robotics Education and Competition SchoolCity Inc. is a premier product RBC Capital Markets—1218 Foundation—551 provider of revolutionary 21st Century Financial Robotics curriculum 214.989.1725 903.401.8088 650.934.6123
110 #TASA18 School District Strategies—1036 Southern Regional Education Board—806 Physics, Precalculus, and Statistics Demographic studies, enrollment STEM-based advanced career (AC) 813.309.2926 forecasting, boundary planning, & pathways curriculum, leadership support housing data 512.791.8129 SXSW EDU—545 972.381.1400 Fostering innovations in teaching and Special Olympics Texas—1621 learning; March 5-8, 2018, in Austin, TX School Improvement Network—844 Special Olympics TX is a year-round 512.467.7979 Edivate – online professional sports/training organization for youth/ development adult Syfr Learning, LLC—344 801.758.9638 512.491.2951 Empower teachers through the science of learning for school improvement SchoolMint—1547 Spectrum Scoreboards—307 360.694.8071 A cloud-based student enrollment and Texas manufacturer of scoreboards, school choice platform video scoreboards, and Horizon LED Symmetry Hand Hygiene—1345 626.512.6847 marquees Maintenance and hand hygiene products 713.944.6200 with a program focus to reduce SchoolStatus—810 absenteeism SchoolStatus connects rich data analysis Sport Court—932 800.321.2583 and meaningful parental communication Sport Court Gymnasium Floor – “The 601.620.0613 Safest Court in The World” Symmetry Turf Sports Field 512.335.9779 Construction—713 Scientific Learning—337 Sports field construction Fast ForWord SpringBoard—1032 903.285.6049 817.468.4935 SpringBoard 866.392.3017 SystemsGo—1341 SFE- Southwest Foodservice Innovative HS curriculum using rocketry Excellence—938 Square Panda—1107 to teach STEM and 21st century skills Food service management company Multisensory early literacy edtech 830.997.3567 480.551.6550 for Pre-K, kindergarten, at-risk subpopulations T.F. Harper and Associates, LP—1545 Sibme—1009 972.955.0872 Playground equipment, shade structures, Video coaching and collaboration site amenities, & construction services platform SSC & Chartwells K12—1019 512.440.0707 888.601.6786 Quality facilities services and nutritional dining services for K-12 districts T&G ID Systems, Inc.—919 Sika Sarnafil—935 214.353.8858 Photo ID Systems for student/faculty Roofing membranes badges, custom lanyards, ID accessories 781.828.5400 Stantec—125 800.873.0045 Architecture, engineering, planning, and Silverback Learning Solutions—734 interior design for education facilities TASB Energy Cooperative—433 Mileposts, Teacher Vitae, EdifyAssess 713.548.5700 Your source for competitive electricity 208.258.2580 rates and fixed-rate transportation fuel Stars Information Solutions—1532 512.467.0222 or 800.580.8272 Skyward, Inc.—918 Enterprise content management systems K-12 administrative software and document scanning services TASB Risk Management Fund—433 800.236.7274 210.490.9156 Comprehensive risk management solutions for school districts Smartox—1307 Steelcase Education—419 512.467.0222 or 800.580.8272 Drug and alcohol testing products Learning spaces 469.284.9910 979.393.8392 TCMPC TEKS Resource System—808 An online, customizable curriculum Sodexo Schools (K-12)—447 Student Resource USA—848 management system aligned to the TEKS Food service and facilities management Concordia University-Portland, OR, 806.392.2455 512.527.9191 offers online M.Ed programs: 18 concentrations Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc.—552 Solar One—1451 480.565.2097 Civil engineering, landscape architecture Solar and surveying 903.816.3029 Study Edge—1048 817.336.5773 FREE TEKS-aligned videos for Chemistry,
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Tech-Labs, Inc.—414 Texas Association of School Business Texas Rural Education Association Provide certification programs, 3D Officials (TASBO)—639 (TREA)—1225 printing solutions, training systems for TASBO is the trusted resource for school Association/insurance STEM finance & operations 512.423.0293 800.445.1088 512.462.1711 Texas School Safety Center—1521 Techline Sports Lighting—1420 Texas Association of School Personnel School safety education and resources Techline provides outdoor LED sports Administrators (TASPA)—1253 lighting innovation Providing professional development Texas State Billing Services Inc.—510 800.500.3161 opportunities for HR professionals and Medicaid billing and consulting services staff 877.897.8283 Templeton Demographics | 512.494.9353 Metrostudy—1427 Texas Teachers—911 Demographics and planning Texas Center for Educator Largest online teachers’ certification 817.251.1607 Effectiveness—1523 program in the state of Texas Instructional and educational resources 512.610.9910 Texas A&M University—1337 512.538.0647 Graduate degrees: M.Ed.(online)/ Texas-IBI Group, Inc.—710 Ed.D./Ph.D., principal/superintendent Texas Computer Cooperative—745 Architectural services certification Business and student administrative 281.286.6605 979.845.2716 software 210.370.5200 TexBuy Purchasing Cooperative—1432 Texas A&M University-Commerce—1010 Purchasing cooperative Educational services Texas Department of Agriculture—1438 806.677.5000 888.868.2682 Feeding the hungry and promoting healthy lifestyles TexPool—1011 Texas A&M, Dept. of Educational 512.463.7476 Texpool Psychology—1339 412.288.1900 Graduate degrees: M.Ed., M.S. (online), Texas Facilities Commission Surplus Ph.D., Bilingual/ESL certification Property Program—1312 TextHELP—550 979.845.2716 Federal surplus property donated by Literacy and learning software federal government agencies 512.970.0113 Texas Alliance of Black School Educators 512.463.4551 (TABSE)—1149 TFD Supplies—1320 Committed to improving the educational Texas Higher Education Coordinating Unbeatable earbud and headphone achievement of African-American Board (THECB)—1638 prices students Education outreach 618.628.3106 713.694.6300 512.427.6101 The Brokerage Store Inc.—1123 Texas ASCD—1513 Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite Program Student/athletic accident insurance Texas ASCD provides professional – A Program of DSHS—652 210.366.4800 learning to educators in Texas TMFW recognizes TX worksites who 512.477.8200 support nursing mothers in the The Scholastic Network—401 workplace Connecting students to opportunities Texas Association for the Education of 512.482.6151 Young Children (TAEYC)—908 The University of Texas at Austin—907 Association for early childhood teachers Texas Political Subdivisions, JSIF—950 UTeach is the preeminent STEM teacher (PreK-3rd grade) Complete workers’ comp & property/ preparation program, and so much more 512.215.8142 casualty solutions 512.471.4652 972.361.6300 Texas Association of School Boards TimeClock Plus—1633 (TASB)—433 Texas Retired Teachers Association Workforce management software, Providing advocacy, training, legal (TRTA)—1051 timeclocks services, and legislative and regulatory The largest association in the nation for 325.223.9500 information retired teachers 512.467.0222 or 800.580.8272 512.476.1622 or 800.880.1650 TIPS—841 National purchasing cooperative 866.839.8477
112 #TASA18 True North Consulting Group—245 Vidcode—1146 Worthington Contract Furniture—609 A/V multimedia, structured cabling, Vidcode – the most engaging coding Furniture for schools networking, security, design, data center platform for teens and tweens 512.331.1628 254.307.1833 612.578.1499 WRA Architects, Inc.—519 Turnitin—424 Virco, Inc.—1033 Architectural services, bond planning and Comprehensive writing solutions Classroom furniture promotion, facility assessment 512.677.6412 816.645.2429 214.750.0077
Tyler Technologies—251 VitalSmarts—1111 Write About—1415 Software/services Crucial Conversations, Crucial WriteAbout.com – writing community and 800.772.2260 Accountability, Influencer book, GTD student publishing platform for classrooms books 888.619.5646 Unify Energy Solutions—410 801.765.9600 Reliable controls products and unify Xello—1144 services VLK Architects—525 K-12 future readiness software programs 281.447.0777 An architectural firm specializing in next 800.965.8541 x120 generation designs for our K-12 clients University of Texas Health Science Center 817.633.1600 Young Public Adjusters—549 at Houston—648 Professional consultants Free, research-based resources for Texas Voyager-Sopris Learning—547 682.267.0336 schools and families PreK-12 research-based education 713.500.4472 solutions and online learning tools Zoche, Inc.—1141 800.547.6747 Indoor sports flooring University of Texas-Arlington—1340 817.880.9231 Online degrees VS America, Inc.—1039 817.272.5476 Leading edge school furniture for 21st zSpace, Inc.—1110 century learning environments VR/AR hardware and software technology University of Texas-Austin—809 214.842.2499 408.498.4122 PK.12 STEM professional development 512.471.7255 W.B. Kibler Construction—1346 Construction services US Army - San Antonio Recruiting 817.235.8363 Battalion—1534 Training for more than 150 careers Walch Educational Consulting, LLC—1625 available with the US Army TRE consulting services 210.295.0626 210.414.0826
USA Shade—947 Walker Quality Services—846 Shade structures Consulting services 713.254.8861 832.892.4404
USIN—1514 Waterboy Graphics—1440 Radiology network with member School and athletic branding concierge program servicing TX school 512.688.5656 population 212.300.0739 What On Earth Publishing—345 Encourage learning and curiosity via UT High School & UT OnRamps—910 illustrated timelines of history Courses and services for Texas HS students, teachers, and districts willSub/PCMI Staffing Services—913 512.471.7255 Substitute staffing services and absence tracking & management software Vanir Construction Management, 877.855.7264 Inc.—724 Professional services Workplace Resource LLC—1615 281.205.2200 Prefabricated interior construction 210.226.5141
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114 #TASA18 Revision Date: TASA Midwinter Conference 1/10/2018 deleof January 29-30, 2018 Austin Convention Center Job Number: 415051 500 E. Cesar Chavez St. Austin, Texas Acct. Exec: BRENDA HOFFMANN File Name: TASA 0118.DWG EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS FLOORPLAN. HOWEVER, NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OF File Path:F:\_FLOOR PLANS\2018\01-Jan\TASA (415051)\DWG IMPLIED, ARE MADE WITH RESPECT TO THIS FLOORPLAN. IF THE LOCATION OF BUILDING COLUMNS, UTILITIES OR OTHER ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS OF THE FACILITY IS Files\TASA 0118.dwg A CONSIDERATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR USAGE OF AN EXHIBIT, IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EXHIBITOR TO PHYSICALLY INSPECT THE FACILITY TO VERIFY ALL DIMENSION AND LOCATIONS. ©COPYRIGHT 2007, FREEMAN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FX
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Texas Association of School RevisionAdministrators Date: 115 TASA Midwinter Conference 1/10/2018 deleof January 29-30, 2018 Austin Convention Center Job Number: 415051 500 E. Cesar Chavez St. Austin, Texas Acct. Exec: BRENDA HOFFMANN File Name: TASA 0118.DWG EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS FLOORPLAN. HOWEVER, NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OF File Path:F:\_FLOOR PLANS\2018\01-Jan\TASA (415051)\DWG IMPLIED, ARE MADE WITH RESPECT TO THIS FLOORPLAN. IF THE LOCATION OF BUILDING COLUMNS, UTILITIES OR OTHER ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS OF THE FACILITY IS Files\TASA 0118.dwg A CONSIDERATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR USAGE OF AN EXHIBIT, IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EXHIBITOR TO PHYSICALLY INSPECT THE FACILITY TO VERIFY ALL DIMENSION AND LOCATIONS. ©COPYRIGHT 2007, FREEMAN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
GETTING AROUND MIDWINTER TASA CONFERENCE
Convention Center Hotel & Shuttle Parking Information
5th Street Garage Located at the northeast corner of the Convention Center at 601 East 5th Street. The entrance is on 5th Street between Red River and Sabine streets. ** Hotels on Shuttle Route Courtyard by Marriott Downtown 2nd Street Garage 300 East 4th Street Located two blocks west of the Convention Center at 201 East 512-236-8008 2nd Street (between Cesar Chavez and 2nd streets). Entrances DoubleTree by Hilton–University Area are on Brazos Street and San Jacinto Blvd. 1617 IH 35 North 512-479-4000 Hours of Operation Four Seasons Sunday–Thursday 6:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m. 98 San Jacinto Blvd. 512-478-4500 Friday and Saturday 6:30 a.m.–2 a.m. Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Parking Fees 200 San Jacinto Blvd. 512-472-1500 0–15 minutes Free Hilton Austin 15–60 minutes $4 500 East 4th Street 1–3 hours $6 512-482-8000
3–7 hours $9 Hilton Garden Inn Downtown 500 N. IH-35 7–9 hours $13 512-480-8181 9–12 hours 18 Hyatt Place 24-hour maximum charge $36 211 East 3rd Street 512-476-4440 Lost ticket $38 ** JW Marriott Weekend “Pay on Entry” Information 110 East 2nd Street 512-474-4777 On weekends (Fridays & Saturdays 4 p.m.–2 a.m.) and during ** Omni Downtown special events, rates will be as posted. Pay on entry during this 700 San Jacinto Blvd. timeframe. The flat rate is applicable from time of entry until 512-476-3700 11 a.m. the following morning. At 11 a.m. the regular rates will apply. The Convention Center Parking Garages accept cash Radisson Austin Downtown and major credit cards. East 1st Street 512-478-9611
Residence Inn Austin Downtown 300 East 4th Street 512-236-8008
Westin Austin Downtown 310 East 5th Street 512-391-2333
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15TH ST 15TH ST DOUBLETREE BY DOUBLETREE HAMPTON INN AT&T HOTEL & AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION/ HILTON AUSTIN- HOTEL ELLA SUITES BY HILTON & SUITES AUSTIN CONFERENCE (48 rooms) (188 rooms) TRINITY ST AC HOTEL UNIVERSITY 2
AT THE UNIVERISTY/CONGRESS AVE CENTER (297 rooms) (Proposed 347 rooms; (149 rooms) 14TH ST
14TH ST GUADALUPE ST RIO GRANDE AVE RIO GRANDE AVE CAPITOL (137 rooms)
SAN ANTONIO ST opening 2019)
13TH ST 3 13TH ST Waterloo Park
Texas State SAN JACINTO ST 4
12TH ST Capitol Building 12TH ST 12TH ST
LA QUINTA AUSTIN CAPITOL JUNIPER ST 5 BRANCH ST (130 rooms) 11TH ST 11TH ST 6 11TH ST
SHERATON AUSTIN HOTEL HYATT HOUSE AT THE CAPITOL (365 rooms) 10TH ST 10TH ST 10TH ST DOWNTOWN 10TH ST LYDIA ST Duncan SAN ANTONIO ST CONGRESS HOTEL INDIGO/ Park (190 rooms) 7 Wooldridge CORRIDOR HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS 9TH ST Park (305 rooms) 9TH ST 9TH ST SAN MARCOS ST 9TH ST
WALLER ST NAVASOTA ST ST NAVASOTA
INTERCONTINENTAL TRINITY ST WEST SIXTH NECHES ST RED RIVER 8 8TH ST STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
8TH ST STREET DISTRICT (189 rooms) OMNI AUSTIN HOTEL DISTRICT
DOWNTOWN (392 rooms) RED RIVER ST 7TH ST 7TH ST 7TH ST 9 COLORADO ST THE DRISKILL STARWOOD ALOFT/ th EAST AUSTIN LAVACA ST LAVACA NUECES ST WEST AVE WEST AVE HOTEL (189 rooms)
GUADALUPE ST 6 STREET 6TH ST ELEMENT HOTELS 6TH ST 35 EXTENDED STAY AMERICA (414 rooms) DISTRICTST MEDINA 6TH ST SABINE ST 10 DOWNTOWN (101 rooms) WESTIN AUSTIN DOWNTOWN DISTRICT 5TH ST AVE CONGRESS (366 rooms) HILTON AUSTIN HILTON GARDEN INN 5TH ST 11 WAREHOUSE COURTYARD & CONVENTION CENTER AUSTIN DOWNTOWN (254 rooms) Republic Brush (800 rooms) Park DISTRICT RESIDENCE INN Square 4TH ST HOTEL ZAZA BY MARRIOTT AUSTIN
SAN MARCOS ST MARCOS SAN 4TH ST
WALLER ST WALLER 12 ATTAYAC ST ATTAYAC
(160 rooms; opening spring 2018) (449 rooms) VISITOR ST NAVASOTA CENTER 3RD ST W AUSTIN (251 rooms) JW MARRIOTT HYATT PLACE AUSTIN 3RD ST AUSTIN DOWNTOWN (296 rooms) Palm (1,012 rooms) BRAZOS ST HAMPTON INN & SUITES Park 2ND ST 13 DOWNTOWN (209 rooms) 2ND ST FAIRMONT AUSTIN AUSTIN PROPER HOTEL nd 2 STREET DISTRICT (1,048 rooms; opening late fall 2017) (244 rooms; CESAR CHAVEZ ST MARRIOTT HOTEL AUSTIN 14 CONVENTION opening late 2018) RADISSON HOTEL & SUITES (Proposed 615 rooms; E. CESAR CHAVEZ ST CENTER 15 AUSTIN – TOWN LAKE (413 rooms) opening 2019) DRISKILL ST WILLOW ST 16 Lady Bird Lake FOUR SEASONS HOTEL AUSTIN (291 rooms) DAVIS ST
S 1ST ST 17 HOTEL VAN ZANDT (KIMPTON) (319 rooms) CANTERBURY ST 18 Auditorium RAINEY STREET Shores DISTRICT GARDEN ST HYATT REGENCY DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ON THE LAKE (448 rooms) TAYLOR ST RIVER ST 19
CONGRESS AVE HOLLY ST PALMER EVENTS CENTER 20 EAST AVE EAST AVE
RAINEY ST 35 EMBASSY SUITES DOWNTOWN AUSTIN – HASKELL ST TOWN LAKE (259 rooms)
CLERMONT AVE 21 BARTON SPRINGS RD
RIVERSIDE DR EXTENDED STAY AMERICA (130 rooms) HOLIDAY INN AUSTIN LADY BIRD LAKE (322 rooms) FESTIVAL BEACH RD
BOULDIN AVE SOUTH AUSTIN DISTRICT
AUSTIN MOTEL (41 rooms) TO SOUTH CONGRESS HOTEL SAN JOSE (40 rooms) HOTEL SAINT CECILIA (14 rooms) (SOCO) DISTRICT SOUTH CONGRESS HOTEL (83 rooms)
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EXHIBIT HALLS, BALLROOMS AND MEETING ROOMS Convention Center Floor Plan
Radisson Willie Nelson Hampton Inn Hyatt Place JW Marriott Blvd. 3rd St. Level 1 Courtyard & Suites Four Seasons P Marriott
Trinity Street
BUS LOADING/UNLOADING BUS LOADING/UNLOADING
Westin
Solar Atrium Fourth Street / Metro Rail Station CIRCLE DRIVE Fourth Street
Cesar Chavez Street Nueces St.
Hilton Austin N 19
Hotel Van Zandt
Red River Street
Fairmont (Opening 2017) P
Level Exhibit Halls, Ballrooms and Meeting Rooms
1 Dimensions GSF Theatre Classroom 30” Tables Classroom 18” Tables Banquet 66” Rounds Ceiling Height FootageBooths 10’ x 10’ Exhibit Halls Exhibit Hall 1 210’ x 210’ 44,100 4,032 1,728 2,464 (As drawn) 31 225 Exhibit Hall 2 120’ x 272’ 32,640 3,024 1,300 1,600 (As drawn) 31 179 Exhibit Hall 3 181’ x 272’ 49,232 4,392 2,052 2,568 (As drawn) 31 280 Exhibit Hall 4 260’ x 305’ 79,525 5,285 3,954 4,838 (As drawn) 31 410 Exhibit Hall 5 183’ x 227’ 41,555 3,600 1,982 2,402 (As drawn) 31 195 Totals (1–5) 247,052 20,333 11,016 13,872 1,289
Ballrooms Level 1 Sq. Footage Ballroom A 104’ x 147’ 15,288 1,432 724 766 994 35 Ballroom B 53’ x 73’ 3,896 373 164 176 224 35 Ballroom C 58’ x 73’ 4,234 396 184 200 254 35 Totals (A,B,C) 23,418 2,291 1,012 1,135 1,644
Meeting Rooms Level 1 1 29’ x 31’ 996 83 47 54 64 9 2 28’ x 38’ 1,121 112 62 64 64 18 3 34’ x 45’ 1,576 157 76 89 104 18
Room dimensionsLevel are based 2 on usable space. They do not include alcoves, angled walls or entry ways; therefore, the dimensions may be less than the gross square footage.
120 #TASA18 AUSTIN SUITE, MEETING ROOMS
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Level 3 GRAND BALLROOM, MEETING ROOMS
Level Austin Suite, Meeting Rooms and Show Offices
Dimensions GSF Theatre Classroom 30” TablesClassroom 18” Tables Banquet 66” Rounds Ceiling Height Footage
4A 26’ x 29’ 770 84 34 41 44 17 4B 17’ x 26’ 442 48 22 25 24 17 4C 21’ x 28’ 595 68 28 32 34 17 4 (A, B, C) 1807 184 79 100 104 17 5A 22’ x 35’ 770 78 36 36 44 17 5B 23’ x 29’ 840 68 32 31 44 17 5C 25’ x 29’ 875 69 27 31 44 17 5 (A, B, C) 2485 225 88 104 124 17 6A 42’ x 38’ 1806 177 88 95 114 17 6B 35’ x 37’ 1512 144 74 74 94 17 6 (A, B) 3318 331 158 193 204 17 7 28’ x 38’ 1287 120 64 62 64 17 8A 26’ x 38’ 1014 95 37 40 44 17 8B 20’ x 31’ 780 61 25 28 44 17 8C 34’ x 31’ 1365 LOWER113 LEVELS53 57 64 17 8 (A, B, C) 3159 298 114 144 174 17 9A 26’ x 42’ 1274 125 54 64 64 17 9B 30’ x 42’ 1470 147 67 76 64 17 9C 49’ x 42’ 2401 272 106 118 124 17 9 (A, B, C) 5145 504 229 289 324 17 10A 30’ x 37’ 1318 130 56 69 84 17 10B 45’ x 42’ 1913 188 83 101 104 17 10 (A, B) 3231 319 144 172 184 17 10C 29’ x 46’ 1350 131 56 76 74 12 Austin Suite 37’ x 43’ Permanent seating for 24 with full AV/IT capabilities Show Office 12 19.5’ x 28’ 546 Show Office 13 20’ x 28’ 560 Show Office 14 20’ x 27’ 540 ShowLevel Office 15 19.5’ 4 x 21’ 409.5 Show Office 16 19.5’ x 21’ 409.5
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Dimensions GSF Theatre Classroom 30” Tables Classroom 18” Tables Banquet 66” Rounds Ceiling Height Footage
Ballroom D 148’ x 178’ 26,540 2,408 1,236 1,516 1,824 26 Ballroom E 72’ x 59’ 4,470 471 212 274 274 26 Ballroom F 72’ x 59’ 4,570 481 243 293 274 26 Ballroom G 72’ x 68’ 4,930 452 194 235 274 26 Totals (D-G) 40,510 3,940 2,172 2,488 3,084 26
Meeting Rooms Level 4 11A 24’ x 30’ 827 70 34 41 44 15 11B 27’ x 24’ 770 70 33 40 44 15 11 (A, B) 1,597 160 72 94 104 15 12A 30’ x 54’ 1,690 200 88 109 114 15 12B 31’ x 54’ 1,750 190 93 105 114 15 12 (A, B) 3,440 393 172 211 244 15 13A 23’ x 29’ 815 67 37 47 44 15 13B 23’ x 26’ 754 67 33 40 44 15 13 (A, B) 1,569 152 79 94 104 15 14 55’ x 28’ 1,650 207 104 128 94 15 15 28’ x 57’ 1,617 207 104 128 94 15 16A 32’ x 57’ 1,859 202 115 124 124 15 16B 33’ x 59’ 1,952 230 123 137 124 15 16 (A, B) 3,811 424 207 257 244 15 17A 56’ x 36’ 2,103 257 124 156 144 15 17B 56’ x 31’ 1,790 219 102 128 134 15 17 (A, B) 3,893 488 211 273 254 15 18A 56’ x 26’ 1,516 181 88 110 94 15 18B 56’ x 32’ 1,803 222 110 138 124 15 18C 56’ x 32’ 1,803 222 108 136 124 15 18D 56’ x 26’ 1,503 182 85 107 94 15 18 (A, B, C, D) 6,625 820 378 466 504 15 19A 56’ x 30’ 1,790 212 102 128 124 15 19B 56’ x 28’ 1,610 184 94 118 94 15 19 (A, B) 3,400 424 185 235 274 15 MIDWINTER TASA CONFERENCE
Hilton Austin Hotel Map
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122 #TASA18 Texas Professional Standards for the Superintendent/Principal Certificate Continuing Professional Education (CPE) TASA Midwinter Conference—January 28–31, 2018
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Note: A summarized description of the SBEC standards (Texas Professional Standards for the Superintendent/Principal) for superintendent/principal certificate renewal is provided on the back of this form. It is the responsibility of the administrator to keep an accurate account of CPE credit hours earned.
Texas Association of School Administrators • SBEC Provider Number: 500101 Requirements for the Standard Superintendent Certificate Texas Administrative Code §242.15
(See note at the bottom of this page for educators who hold the Lifetime Superintendent Certificate)
The Superintendent/Principal is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by practicing learner-centered …
S P 1 1 Values and Ethics of Leadership Acts with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner 2 2 Leadership and District Culture Facilitates the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community 3 3 Human Resources Leadership Implements a staff evaluation and development system to improve and Management the performance of all staff members, selects appropriate models for supervision and staff development, and applies the legal requirements for personnel management 4 N/A Policy and Governance Understands, responds to, and influences the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context; and works with the board of trustees to define mutual expectations, policies, and standards 5 4 Communications and Community Collaborates with families and community members, responds to Relations diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizes community resources 6 5 Organizational Leadership and Provides leadership and management of the organization, Management operations, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment 7 6 Curriculum Planning and Facilitates the design and implementation of curricula and strategic Development plans that enhance teaching and learning; provides for alignment of curriculum, curriculum resources, and assessment; and uses various forms of assessment to measure student performance 8 7 Instructional Leadership and Advocates, nurtures, and sustains a district culture and instructional Management program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth.
Effective September 1, 1999, individuals who have not completed all requirements for the Lifetime Superintendent Certificate will be issued the Standard Superintendent Certificate that must be renewed every five years. Current holders of the Lifetime Superintendent Certificate are not required to participate in the renewal process but may voluntarily choose to do so. The renewal process for superintendents, principals, and assistant principals includes obtaining 200 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) credit every five years. The local school board will be notified at the end of a five-year period of any employed superintendent participating in the renewal process, as required or voluntarily, who has not met renewal requirements.
Complete information on SBEC rules for educator certificates and renewal requirements for superintendents, principals, and teachers can be found on the Texas Education Agency’s website, www.tea.state.tx.us.
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Texas Association of School Administrators 125 MIDWINTER TASA CONFERENCE
TASA Officers and Executive Committee
President Region 3 Region 9 BUCK JEANETTE KEVIN L. DYES GILCREASE WINN Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Holliday ISD Alvin ISD (4) Karnes City ISD
President-Elect Region 4 Region 10 GAYLE CHARLES E. KEVIN WORTHY STINSON DUPRE Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Royse City ISD Lake Dallas ISD Fort Bend ISD (11)
Vice- Region 5 Region 11 President RICHARD J. DAVID BELDING GREG SMITH BAIN Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Aubrey ISD Clear Creek Silsbee ISD ISD (4)
Past President Region 6 Region 12 KEVIN BROWN CLARK C. GEORGE E. Superintendent EALY KAZANAS Alamo Heights Superintendent Superintendent ISD (20) College Station Midway ISD ISD
Region 1 Region 7 Region 13 DANIEL STAN JODI DURON TREVIÑO, JR. SURRATT Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Elgin ISD Mercedes ISD Lindale ISD
Region 2 Region 8 Region 14 TROY CRAIG REX BURKS SHAUN MIRCOVICH Superintendent BARNETT Superintendent Simms ISD Superintendent Ingleside ISD Stamford ISD
126 #TASA18 Region 15 At-Large AARON HOOD PAULINE DOW Superintendent Deputy Superintendent Robert Lee ISD of Schools San Antonio ISD (20)
Region 16 At-Large STEVE POST GONZALO SALAZAR Superintendent Superintendent Tulia ISD Los Fresnos CISD (1)
Region 17 At-Large KEITH ROLAND TOSCANO BRYANT Superintendent Superintendent East Central ISD (20) Lubbock-Cooper ISD
Region 18 At-Large ARIEL ELLIOTT DOUG WILLIAMS Superintendent Superintendent Greenwood ISD Sunnyvale ISD (10)
Region 19 JEANNIE MEZA-CHAVEZ Superintendent Executive Director San Elizario ISD JOHNNY L. VESELKA
Region 20 BRIAN T. WOODS Superintendent Northside ISD
Texas Association of School Administrators 127 Conference at–a–Glance (*Separate registration fee required)
Sunday, January 28 7:30 a.m.–Noon Budget Boot Camp(*) 12AB Noon–6 p.m. Registration Atrium (Level 1) 1:30–4:30 p.m. Aspiring Superintendents Academy(*) Ballroom E 2:30–4:30 p.m. Preconference Session: Google 12AB 5:30–7 p.m. Welcome Reception Hilton Governor’s Ballroom (6th Floor) Monday, January 29 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Registration Atrium (Level 1) 7:30–10:30 a.m. Aspiring Superintendents Academy (*) Ballroom E 8–9:30 a.m. Designated Exhibit Viewing Exhibit Hall 4 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Exhibits/TASA Marketplace/Member Services Exhibit Hall 4 8:15–9:15 a.m. Thought Leader Session – Jaime Casap Ballroom G 9:30–10:30 a.m. Thought Leader Session – Richard Erdmann Ballroom F 9:30–10:30 a.m. Thought Leader Session – Robert Corbin Ballroom G 9:30–10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 10:45–11:45 a.m. Thought Leader Session – Holly Kaptain Ballroom G 10:45–11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. Designated Exhibits Viewing Exhibit Hall 4 1–2 p.m. Thought Leader Session – Trevor Packer Ballroom F 1–2 p.m. Thought Leader Session – Christopher Lloyd Ballroom G 1–2 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 2:15–3:15 p.m. Thought Leader Session – Troy Hutchings Ballroom F 2:15–3:15 p.m. Thought Leader Session – Donyall Dickey Ballroom G 2:15–3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 3:30–5:15 p.m. First General Session – Chip Heath Exhibit Hall 5 Tuesday, January 30 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Registration Atrium (Level 1) 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Exhibits/TASA Marketplace/Member Services Exhibit Hall 4 9–10 a.m. Thought Leader Session – John Almarode Ballroom F 9–10 a.m. Thought Leader Session – John Tanner Ballroom G 9–10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 10:15–11:15 a.m. Thought Leader Session – Kushal Kadakia Ballroom F 10:15–11:15 a.m. Thought Leader Session – Kimberly O’Malley Ballroom G 10:15–11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 11:15 a.m.–2 p.m. Exhibits Viewing Exhibit Hall 4 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Thought Leader Session – James Stronge Ballroom F 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Thought Leader Session – Shelby McIntosh Ballroom G 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 2:15–3:15 p.m. Thought Leader Session – Mike Patrick Ballroom F 2:15–3:15 p.m. Thought Leader Session – Anthony Kim Ballroom G 2:15–3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 3:30–5 p.m. 2nd General Session – Mike Morath Exhibit Hall 5 Wednesday, January 31 7 a.m.–Noon Registration Atrium (Level 1) 8:30–9:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. SBOE/SBEC Learning Roundtable Ballroom D 9:45–11:15 a.m. Third General Session – Peter DeWitt Exhibit Hall 5 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Accountability Forum Seminar (*) Ballroom E