Advanced Academics & GT Updates

Thank you to everyone who joined us in person for our Advanced Academics & GT Coordinator Meeting on March 26. If you could not join us, we still want you to have all the information! Explore the slide deck linked below. We know there is a lot happening on the educational landscape, and we'll continue doing everything we can to keep you up to date.

Our May newsletter will focus on ALL the details about summer sessions! Until then, please note that registration for summer sessions will open on May 1.

• The Summer 2025 GT Roadshow has got you covered for GT Foundations and 6-Hour Updates!
• The Summer 2025 Region 10 Roadshow will have TWO NEW Advanced Academics sessions: Depth of Knowledge & Socratic Questioning. Additional Advanced Academics sessions will be available via Zoom sessions.

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.

Depth of Knowledge: Practical Tools & Strategies to Elevate Academic Rigor

May 12, 9:00 a.m. - noon

In Person at Region 10 ESC

400 E. Spring Valley Rd., Richardson

16-minutes Video: ACT, SAT, & TSIA2 Instructional Targets

• ACT & SAT TEKS Alignments
• Instructional Resources for ACT & SAT
• TSIA2 Test Specifications
• Instructional Resources for TSIA2

• As of April 2, we have not yet received a final list of approved college prep providers. This list should be posted on the TEA site for College Prepatory Courses.
• Remember, beginning in Fall 2025 reporting of college prep courses must utilize unique service provider IDs. TEA has reported that webinars will be coming to provide guidance on PEIMS and the reporting process for college prep courses.
• We are doing what we can to monitor the sitation regarding the communication you may have received from Texas College Bridge about a temporary pause in the release of certificates.
• As we receive more information, we will update this Smore and send a separate ListServ message when we have a final list.

The March 28 newsletter from TEA's Performance Reporting contains information on the following:

• Final Accountability Rating System Manual for 2025 Ratings
• College Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) Tracker Part I
• Final Accelerated Testers Listing
• Defense Department Form 4 (DDF4) Upload Portal
• PEIMS Summer Submission Preparation
• 2028 A-F Refresh Public Feedback
• & More

Region 10's gifted and talented program is a separate cooperative focused on the individual academic and emotional needs of identified GT students.

Our in-person 6-hour updates really consist of two, three hour sessions. You can mix and match on different days, or do a morning and afternoon on the same day. You must register for two courses to earn your full six hours.

• 4/24/25 8:30-11:30 Empowering Excellence: Cultivating Self-Teaching Skills in Gifted and Talented Learners (3 hours)
• 4/24/25 12:30-3:30 Screen Wisdom: Cinematherapy Lessons to learn for Teachers (3 hours)
• 5/8/25 8:30-11:30 Cultivating Empathy and Resilience: Tackling Bullying of Gifted Students (3 hours)
• 5/8/25 12:30-3:30 Thoughtful Learning: Using the 4 Cs to Challenge Gifted Students (3 hours)

Our asynchronous 6-hour book study runs each month. All readings, responses, and reflections are due by the end of the month in which you registered. If you decide to register near the end of the month, you will have limited time to purchase and read the book, and take part in all of the required activities. It might be best to register for the next month's session, so you have the full month to participate. You will be required to acquire your own copy of the required book.

• 4/30/25 Embracing the Whole Gifted Self: A 6 Hour GT Book Study (runs 4/1/25-4/30/25)
• 5/31/25 Embracing the Whole Gifted Self: A 6 Hour GT Book Study (runs 5/1/25-5/31/25)

GT Foundations parts 1 & 2 are to be completed in person, through your district or through Region 10. They do not have to be completed in two consecutive days or in sequential order. GT Foundations Parts 3-5 are to be completed online, asynchronously.

• 4/8/25 8:30-3:30 GT Foundations Part 1: Nature and Needs
• 4/9/25 8:30-3:30 GT Foundations Part 2: Identification, Assessment, and Service Design
• 5/12/25 8:30-3:30 GT Foundations Part 1: Nature and Needs
• 5/13/25 8:30-3:30 GT Foundations Part 2: Identification, Assessment, and Service Design

The required 6-hour GT Administrator training is for campus and district level administrators, and for GT teachers who have "supervisory duties for service decisions". This course must only be taken once. It is NOT an annual update.

• 4/8/25 8:30-3:30 Administrator 6-hour GT Training

The required 6-hour GT Counselor training is for school counselors "who work with gifted/talented students" (pretty much all school counselors) . This course must only be taken once. It is NOT an annual update.

• 4/16/25 8:30-3:30 Counselor 6-hour GT Training

The ToT is a two-day course, the Trainer of Trainers for GT Foundations Parts 1 & 2. It is for administrators and GT teachers to turn around the training and present it to the teachers in their own district. It cannot count as credit for GT Foundations Parts 1 & 2. Participants should already have taken GT Foundations Parts 1 & 2 before registering for this course.

• 5/19/25 8:30-3:30 ToT for GT Foundations Part 1: Nature and Needs
• 5/20/25 8:30-3:30 ToT for GT Foundations Part 2: ID, Assessment, and Service Design

• March 2025 (Spring ACT, SAT, & AP Testing, Dual Credit Guidance, Accountability Updates)
• February 2025 (CP Provider Updates, Performance Reporting, Adv. Academic Partners)
• January 2025 (CP Slides, TCB Professional Learning, Free Resources, List of Spring GT Offerings)
• December 2024 (CP Approval Process, Dual Credit Eligibility, Reminders about GT Students)
• October/November 2024 (Coordinator Meeting Slides, CP Approval Process, DC Eligibility Rule Changes, AP/IB Exam Subsidy, AP Career Kickstart, AP CS LASO Grant, GT Screening)
• September 2024 (Accountability, Texas College Bridge, Digital AP, Digital SAT, GT Reminders)