Secondary RLA

5 Stories in 5 Days: Using Flash Fiction to Sharpen Students' Skills.
In this session for secondary RLA, we will work through several pieces of very short fiction and activities to get your students thinking, analyzing, inferring, and discussing important concepts around opportunity TEKS. Teachers will leave with several activities.
This session will meet on September 23, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Texts and TEKS: Using Powerful Texts to Create Compelling Lessons.
In this session for secondary RLA, we will explore several short stories that will be easy for students to engage with, but challenging for them to analyze. We will work through several activities to build students' skills, and teachers will leave with many resources.
This session will meet on October 7, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Explicit Teaching: Model Your Thinking and Get Students Involved.
This interactive session for secondary RLA is designed to elevate teachers' expertise in Explicit Instruction. We will learn, model, and practice techniques and strategies to execute the gradual release model.
This session will meet on October 22, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Get Them Writing!
No more staring blankly at a blank page. No more essays turned in with two "sentences." No more eyes rolling when it's a writing day. Learn over 30 activities to move your students from fun writing to essay writing, with all the steps in between.
This session will meet on October 28, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Revising and Editing that moves Scores: from Draft to Done!
In this session, we will learn the frequency of STAAR R & E questions so we can focus instruction; we will work on strategies to teach and practice R & E, and we will work on writing approaches. This session is designed to directly help teachers to get students to score better on STAAR.
This session will meet on November 5, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Unshakeable Foundations: From Bedrock Skills to High Rigor
Unshakeable reading achievement starts with foundational comprehension. Join us to explore practical, classroom-ready routines designed to deepen students' thinking in key TEKS areas.
This session will meet on November 19, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00pm.
Playbook Series for Planning
The Playbook Series is set up to provide teachers learning in TCMPC resources for lesson planning, collaboration time to plan with their teams, strategies for bellwork and exit tickets, practice in Explicit Instruction, and texts and activities to bring back to class.
Grades 6-8
High School