Advanced Academics & GT Updates

Region 10's advanced academics services are part of the Instructional Practices Package and align with CCMR as well as secondary core content areas to support ALL students.

Dual Credit MOU Review for Statewide Dual Credit Goals, TEC and TAC

Dec 7, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.

Register in advance for this Zoom meeting

January 18, 2024 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.

Register now for this ZOOM session

This session is being presented by R10 and will provide an overview of publicly available resources.

January 11 (This session is currently full and has a waitlist.)

March 28

Two Day Deep Dive June 4-5

Learn more about how you can help students earn college credits! CLEP offers 34 exams and is accepted at 2,900 U.S. colleges and universities.

CLEP session recording

CLEP session Slide deck

Explore the presentation slide decks and resources from the November 15 Region 10 CCMR Summit! In addition to updates on accountability, advising frameworks, and more, you'll see what many districts are doing for CCMR.

The College Prep courses (TEC §28.014) may be delivered through a locally-developed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between an institution of higher education and a school district. Or, the courses may be delivered through the statewide Texas College Bridge program.

As previously communicated, the funding that has been in place for Texas College Bridge since 2020 will come to an end Summer of 2024. For your budget planning process, Texas College Bridge is providing initial information about fee structure that will be put in place for Texas College Bridge starting with the 2024-2025.

Texas College Bridge will be available for a flat rate that is intended to make budgeting simpler and give you the assurance of unlimited access to Texas College Bridge courses. The cost of the flat rate is dependent on the district’s high school enrollment from the fall of the previous school year. For example, the 2024-2025 rate is based on the Fall 2023 enrollment snapshot (last Friday in October) for all students in grades 9-12 enrolled in the district. 10% discounts are available for early payment and multi-year commitments. Details are located in this FAQ.

Complete this form by January 31, 2024 to indicate your intent on providing Texas College Bridge during the 2024-2025 school year, including whether you are also interested in making an early or multi-year commitment. Your answer is for planning purposes and is non-binding.

In addition to regular Thursday afternoon hours, TCB will be holding extended office hours to provide personalized answers to any questions you may have.

Monday, December 4, 2023 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:30 - 10:00 am
Monday, December 11, 2023 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 8:30 - 10:00 am

For questions about Texas College Bridge, contact timi.creekmore@commitpartnership.org

The College Prep courses (TEC §28.014) may be delivered through a locally-developed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between an institution of higher education and a school district. If a district is interested in exploring a locally-developed MOU to deliver college prep courses, the district can initiate a conversation with a partnering institution. Although the college prep courses are NOT dual credit, dual credit providers may also be able to offer solutions for college prep courses.

Watch your emails because Region 10 will be hosting the College Board for several sessions in Spring! As soon as we have dates and details finalized, we'll send them out through the Advanced Academics ListServ. Until then, note that accommodations requests and required documentation must be received by January 16, 2024 for the March 4-8 SAT School Day Testing.

This one day, 6-hour, online AP Seminar is geared toward new AP teachers or teachers who were unable to attend a full APSI during the summer. The seminar will emphasize best practices and strategies for teaching AP course content. Explore AP content areas and submit your registration.

Region 10's gifted and talented program is a separate cooperative focused on the individual academic and emotional needs of identified GT students. You can explore all GT offerings on the GT Events Calendar.

Anyone can be creative. That's the message Creative Confidence drives home by showing that creativity is an innate ability that requires courage to uncover. It's not so much a case of learning how to be creative, but rather learning how to release creativity by overcoming fears and doubts, something that all GT students - and their teachers - can benefit from in life.

Asynchronous Course: December 1- Dec 31

Explore the GT Calendar of Events for all Spring Offerings!

• GT Foundations
• GT Counselor Training
• GT Adminstrator Training
• Teaching Affective Education for Social & Emotional Learning
• Taking Differentiation to the Next Level
• Own Your Own Learning: GT Idea Exchange

TEA hosts virtual informational sessions, with question and answer time, on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. You can register here for both the morning (9:00 am CST) and afternoon (1:00 pm CST) meetings. Find more information about the upcoming sessions and recorded past sessions on their website.

Program Coordinator: Arynn Rasmussen

Advanced Academics: Jennifer Gunn - jennifer.gunn@region10.org

Adminstrative Assistant: Bobette Mauck

Gifted & Talented: Ron Bramhall - ronald.bramhall@region10.org

Gifted & Talented: Jessica Gitzinger - jessica.gitzinger@region10.org

• November 2023 (CCMR, College Prep Courses, Executive Functioning, & More)
  
• October 2023 (Coordinator Meeting Slide Deck)
• September 2023 (Digital SAT, TCB, TEA Performance Reporting, & Fall GT Offerings)