HQIM Newsletter

As a TEA approved vendor, our Region 10 HQIM team is here to help.

R10 HQIM Team Supports:

• Amplify/Odell (RLA)
• Eureka/Carnegie (Math)
• Teaching Strategies (PreK)

Please access LINK to request sessions at your district.

Session Description:

Want to learn the most effective strategies in literacy instruction? Look no further, let’s explore the RBIS! Participants will discover how RLA Research Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS): foundational skills, text complexity, knowledge coherence and text-based responses can create meaningful connections that accelerate instruction.

• March 27 - Session ID #2652121
• April 24
• May 22

Session Description:

Want to learn the most effective strategies to address unfinished learning? Look no further, let’s explore the RBIS! Participants will discover how Math Research Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS): the balance of conceptual and procedural, depth & coherence of key concepts and productive struggle can create meaningful connections that accelerate instruction.

• March 2 - Session ID #2652122
• April 4
• May 18

Our professional development offerings, grounded in Research Based Instructional Practices (RBIS), are tailored to meet the needs of your students, teachers, and district/campus instructional leaders. To request trainings for your district or campus, please call, email, or click the button below to begin the request process.

February

• Feb. 7-14 - TEA Announces Awards **Date was extended to Feb. 21**
  

• March 31 (Extended Timeline) - LEAs must formally accept award by 3/31/23. Reach out to us if you need support with completing the Applicant Designation & Certification (ADC) in eGrants.
  
• Feb. 13 - April 13 - Receive NOGAs
  

TEA Dates for LEAs Participating in Strong Foundations Framework Grant

• 2/6: Optional Office Hours with TEA, Meeting Registration - Zoom
• 2/15: Community of Practice, Meeting Registration - Zoom
• 2/17: Optional Training – Preparing for a successful Adoption, Registration Link
• 2/20: Optional Office Hours with TEA, Meeting Registration - Zoom

• The planned SY 23-24 pilot of ECR: TX will be postponed to SY 2024-25
  
• LEAs using Teaching Strategies will continue to be supported with this resource 2023-24
  

As part of contingency planning for the disruptions of COVID, TEA acquired a temporary, statewide license for Amplify ELAR Texas 6-8, and it has been freely available for Texas schools as part of the state’s emergency response. The licenses expire September 2023 and TEA support will not be provided beyond that date.

A school system that chooses to continue using Amplify ELAR Texas 6-8 beyond September 2023 would be required to cover the license and print costs of the product locally and would need to coordinate directly with Amplify regarding pricing.

Amplify ELAR 6-8

The PhD Science curriculum is freely available in digital form. However, LEAs will need to purchase printed instructional materials and science kits to implement the curriculum with fidelity in the classroom.

If an LEA has remaining TCLAS 2A direct-grant funding or 2B direct-grant funding, Decision 2, Page 15 gives Grant Program Guidelines for acceptable use of those funds, which includes the purchase of TEA Available Instructional Materials. If an LEA is not part of TCLAS grant program, or does not have any remaining grant funds, they will need to use local funding to purchase materials directly from Great Minds.

PhD Science Pricing

How is your LEA doing with meeting the Milestones Dates (see chart below)?

• Cohort 1
• Cohort 2

Deliverables Checklist

If R10 is your Approved Provider:

• Please reach out to the HQIM consultant point of contact if you have any questions or need to schedule a meeting.
• Mid-Grant Meetings were completed.
• LEAs are currently working on the Instructional Framework. R10 has submitted an extension for some LEAs that started the process later.
• HQIM consultants have reached out to the LEA point of contact to acquire access to LEA curriculum resources in order to conduct an audit as part of the Case Study requirement.

If R10 is NOT your Approved Provider:

• Please reach out to your Approved Provider if you need support with completing the required deliverables. They are your first point of contact and 70% of your funding is going to them for support in the deliverables.
• If you have questions R10 is always happy to help. If you need additional support with the completion of the milestones, there is a fee for consultation and professional development.

TEA Strong Foundations Web

Deliverable Templates

Milestone Extension Form

"A growing body of research shows that, in addition to the influence of teachers, curriculum has a significant effect on student learning. Quality curriculum is also a great tool for teachers: it saves them time and enables them to focus on interacting with their students. See what the research says about high-quality instructional materials, or HQIM." -Amplify Texas

Read More at Amplify Texas

Find links to past webinars and additional training resources under the Learn & Connect section of the Amplify Texas page.

Success on STAAR

What does success on STAAR look like, not just this year, but for every year?

Check out this piece to find out. Success on STARR

What is Developmentally Appropriate?

"The Creative Curriculum promotes inquiry discovery and hands-on exploration that fosters learning at a child's developmentally appropriate pace that will effectively lead towards student academic achievement."

-Teaching Strategies

TCLAS Webpage

TCLAS Overview Webinar: Recording | Slides

LASO Overview General Webinar (Recording | Slide Deck | FAQ)

LASO Grant-Specific One Pagers

LASO Grant Overview Deck

• K-5 RLA Literacy Program
• 9–12 RLA Literacy Program
  
• K-5 Math Literacy Program
• 9–12 Math Literacy Program
• K-5 Science Literacy Program