General Education Services

EXPERT ASSISTANCE IN PK-12 CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT

ESC Region 12 offers a multitude of content area professional development, expert assistance, resources, research-based strategies and ongoing communication for PK-12 teachers to enhance their skills and knowledge in providing lessons that give students research, analysis and critical thinking skills needed to be successful on assessments. 
Content Areas
 

  • The Reading Language Arts Support Service provides professional development and expert assistance to PK-12 teachers in the ESC Region 12 area. This service supports RLA teachers in enhancing their skills and content knowledge in the areas of reading, writing, oral and written conventions, listening and speaking, and research.

    Services include:

    • Evidence-Based Professional Development
    • Expert Assistance
    • TEKS and STAAR Support
    • Ongoing Communication

     

    Learn more >

    Training opportunities >

    HB3 Reading Academies >

  • ESC Region 12 offers support for instructional technology coaches and/or facilitators, media specialists and librarians. These services provide opportunities to create relationships through intentional conversations to foster change through innovative tools and learning practices.
    Benefits include:

    • Monthly Collaboration Meetings
    • Vendor Fair
    • Networking opportunities
    • Library Conference

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  • The Mathematics Support Service provides professional development and expert assistance to PK-12 teachers in the ESC Region 12 area. This service supports mathematics teachers in enhancing their skills and content knowledge in order to effectively teach the state standards.

    Services include:

    • Evidence-Based Professional Development
    • Expert Assistance
    • TEKS and STAAR Support
    • Ongoing Communication

     

    Learn more >


    Training opportunities >

  • The Science Support Service provides professional development and expert assistance to PK-12 teachers in the ESC Region 12 area. This service supports science teachers in enhancing their skills and content knowledge in order to effectively teach the state standards.

    Services include:

    • Evidence-Based Professional Development
    • Expert Assistance
    • TEKS and STAAR Support
    • Ongoing Communication

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    Training opportunities >

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  • The Social Studies Support Service provides professional development and expert assistance to PK-12 teachers in the ESC Region 12 area. This service supports social studies teachers in enhancing their skills and content knowledge in order to effectively teach the state standards.

    Services include:
    • Evidence-Based Professional Development
    • Expert Assistance
    • TEKS and STAAR Support
    • Ongoing Communication 

     

    Learn more >

    Training Opportunities >

  • STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education is a method of hands-on teaching and learning where students learn to apply academic content by creatively solving real-world problems with innovative design-based thinking to prepare students for future career opportunities.

     

    According to labor projections, Texas is expected to have the second-highest percentage of the nation’s future STEM job opportunities. To ensure our students are prepared for this future workforce, The Texas Education Agency has established the Texas EcosySTEM – a collaborative effort which unites various stakeholders to work towards the common goal of increasing access for young people to STEM-rich learning environments so that they are engaged and have mastered the necessary skills for success in STEM careers.

     

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Campus-Based Services
 

  • High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) is an optional, aligned suite of resources for Texas educators in the new learning environment. This free resource helps Texas educators use high quality instructional materials – one of the most impactful parts of a student’s education – in virtual, in-person, and hybrid settings with professional learning and technology supports for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

     

    Learn more about our services we provide to support Texas Home Learning on your campus or district by visiting our HQIM Website.

     

    Learn More >

  • The Instructional Coaching Service provides PK-12 
    teachers with job-embedded expert assistance and sustainable, relevant and customizable instructional support to improve teacher and student success. 

    Customized services may include:

    • Campus-based professional development
    • Collaborative planning
    • Data analysis
    • Resource alignment
    • Classroom observations
    • Team teaching
    • Model teaching
    • Tier 1 Strategies to support MTSS

  • Being an effective instructional coach can be rewarding, but it often comes with its own set of challenges. Build the capacity of your campus-based instructional coaches through four full days of learning.

     

    • Learn how to implement current evidence-based strategies
    • Learn how to facilitate effective coaching conversations
    • Collaborate with other instructional coaches throughout our region
    • Reflect on and refine your current practices

     

    Training opportunities >

     

     

  • Profiling Engaged Learning using the IPI tool is a systemic improvement effort designed to help educators build a common language, process and structure around student engaged learning.

    The Instructional Practices Inventory tool is an instrument that can be used on campuses to collect data about student engagement. The instrument provides an optimum profile of student engaged learning. The purpose of the instrument is to engage teachers in reflective, problem-solving conversations so instructional change evolves.

    The IPI process, when used properly, provides valid, reliable data for profiling student engaged learning and serves as the basis for the collaborative problem-solving faculty conversations necessary in a professional learning community.

     

    Learn more >

  • With on-site professional development, our specialists come to you! Choose courses customized to meet your district's needs. 

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  • Texas Lesson Study (TXLS) provides a framework for inquiry-based, campus-specific professional development for grades 
    K-12, in any content area. Participation in teams of 2 - 5 will dive deeply into a chosen standard while creating a detailed, research-based lesson for publication consideration.
    Benefits include:

    • FREE Participation (Grant-Funded)
    • Teachers receive a stipend for initial participation
    • All lesson study materials are provided
    • Sessions are held on campus, during school hours
    • Earn approximately 40 CPE credits
    • A TXLS Facilitator to guide the team through the process

     

    Learn more >

General Services

  • The Texas Education Code requires that each school district partner with at least one institution of higher education to develop and provide courses in college preparatory math and English language arts. These classes should be designed to help Texas high school seniors be ready to enter college at the time of their graduation. ESC Region 12 has developed resources to help you start your programs.

     

    CONTACT:

    Larissa Mezynski - ELAR Specialist
    254-297-1184
    lmezynski@esc12.net

     
    Andi Parr - Math Specialist
    254-297-1248
    aparr@esc12.net

     


    Learn more > 

  • The Data Analysis Support Service provides professional development and expert assistance to PK-12 educators and administrators in the ESC Region 12 area. This service supports teachers and campus leaders in the practice of data based decision making.

    Services include:
    • TEKS and STAAR Data Support
    • TSDS Support and Professional Development
    • Evidence-Based Professional Development
    • Expert Assistance
    • Ongoing Communication

  • The Digital Innovation Support Service provides engaging professional development that will prepare PK-12 teachers and administrators to integrate technology and implement innovation in the classroom. 
     
    Services include:

    • Evidence-based professional development
    • Modern teaching and learning models
    • Flexible learning environments
    • Innovative approaches to teaching and learning
    • Technology integration services
    • Technology applications with TEKS support
    • Expert assistance
    • Instructional coaching 
    • Innovative Teaching Academy
    • Learning Management Systems (Canvas, Schoology)
     

  • Early Childhood Education Services offers teachers and administrators specific training and consultative services to implement prekindergarten consistent with the requirements of a High-Quality Prekindergarten program, as established in Education Code, §§29.167 - 29.171, and consistent with the provisions of Education Code, Chapters 41 and 42.

     

    Topics Include: 

    • Prekindergarten Guidelines
    • Evidence-Based Curriculum
    • Student Progress Monitoring
    • Teacher Qualifications and Professional Development
    • Class Size and Ratio
    • Family Engagement
    • Program Evaluation
    • Data Reporting
    • Kindergarten Readiness Assessment
    • Classroom Management
    • Data Analysis
    • Response to Intervention
    • Early Childhood Data System (ECDS)

     

    Training Opportunities >

    Learn more >

     
  • Do you want support to ensure compliance with the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted and Talented students? We are here to help you meet the unique needs of gifted learners. The Gifted and Talented Support Service provides professional development and expert assistance to PK-12 teachers and administrators in the ESC Region 12 area.


    Training Opportunities >


    Learn more >

     

  • The Instructional Materials Adoption processes require strategic planning by the district's curriculum, technology and textbook coordinators since the IMA appropriations include instructional materials, technology equipment and technology-related service.

    Learn more about Instructional Materials Adoption >

  • ESC Region 12 educational specialists are widely considered leaders in education, speaking at conferences across the nation as experts in their field. Many of these specialists can be contracted as keynote speakers for your events, conferences or on-site professional development.

     

    Andi McNair, ESC Region 12 SpecialistAndi was a classroom teacher for 16 years before pursuing her passion to change education by sharing practical ways to engage and empower this generation of learners. She is currently a digital innovation specialist at ESC Region 12 and is passionate about using meaningful technology in the classroom.

    Andi’s keynotes are designed to shift mindsets and change perspectives.  She spends time helping the audience understand the “why” first, then moves into the “how” to make it happen in any classroom, on any campus, or in any district.
     
    Visit Andi McNair's site >

  • ESC Region 12 is pleased to offer two learning management systems at a discount to schools in Region 12. The two systems, Canvas & Schoology provide systems that allows educators to import, build and manage courses, to grade and to communicate with their students. 

     

    For more information, contact Lisa McCray

    254.297.1262 | lmccray@esc12.net

     

     

    Schoology Logo, white and blue text on black

    Schoology is a learning management system (LMS) that has all the tools your institution needs to create engaging content, design lessons, and assess student understanding.

     

     

     

    Canvas logo, black text

    Open, intuitive, and born in the cloud, Canvas streamlines all the digital tools and content that teachers and students love, for a simpler and more connected learning experience.

  • The Pre-K Outcomes Framework is designed to support early childhood educators in their effort to provide high-quality instruction and learning.  This framework, aligned to the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines, includes Core content area units, purposeful planning guides, recommended timelines and materials, as well as unit assessments. An introductory Pre-K Outcomes Framework 101 training is provided with the purchase of access to the planning tool. 

  • These academies are provided based on House Bill 3, passed by the 86th Texas Legislature in June of 2019. In accordance with this bill, all kindergarten through third grade teachers and principals must attend a teacher literacy achievement academy by the 2022-2023 school year.

     

    Visit the Reading Academies Web Page >

  • This program provides professional development through training, technical assistance and leadership to develop a district/campus framework that addresses the needs of all students. This is accomplished through a continuum of services which provide high-quality instruction and tiered intervention strategies aligned with individual student needs for grades K-12, frequent monitoring of progress to make results-based academic or behavioral decisions and the application of child response data to important educational decisions.

    Customizable assistance includes:

    • RtI needs assessment for district/campus
    • RtI documentation development
    • Program evaluation
    • Design of RtI process for district/campus
    • Data collection and use for guiding instruction
    • Coaching support for RtI implementation
    • Coaching support for interventionists
    • Professional development

     

    Learn more >

    Training Opportunities>

  • Section 504 is a federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. ESC Region 12 supports districts and charter schools in their understanding and implementation of these federal requirements by offering professional development and technical assistance.

     

    Learn more > 

    Training opportunities >

     

  • The Statewide Assessment program provides professional development, expert assistance, and professional services as requested to ESC Region 12 customers in the area of assessment of students including those with disabilities, including allowable and appropriate accommodations, and eligibility for and administration of alternate and modified assessments; English Language Learners and general education students. Testing programs include STAAR, STAAR Alt and TELPAS. 

    Services include:
    • Testing Coordinator Training and Support
    • Assessments for special populations
    • Consultative services
    • Communication and updates on state testing requirements
       
    Learn more >
 
Co-operatives
 

  • The Enhanced Curriculum Co-op offers a wealth of content area training and services at discounted prices or at no additional cost. This is an excellent option for districts who are looking for methods to implement systemic change!

     

    View the flyer for the updated Enhanced Curriculum Co-op Services >

  • The Gifted and Talented Co-operative provides professional development and expert assistance to PK-12 teachers and administrators in the ESC Region 12 area.

    The following benefits are available to Gifted and Talented Co-operative members at no additional charge or at a discounted price as noted:

    • 30-hours of initial G/T training
    • Annual six-hour update on various topics
    • Annual six-hour G/T update for administrators and counselors
    • Online G/T training at a discounted price
    • Expert assistance in program options, planning and implementing G/T
    • Annual G/T Summer Conference

       

  • The TEKS Resource System (TEKS RS) offers a comprehensive, customizable, user-friendly curriculum management system built on current research-based practices. Its primary focus is to create an aligned curriculum for the four core content areas in grades K-12.

     

    Benefits include:

    • TEKS RS 101 for administrators & teachers
    • TEKS RS Newsletter
    • Evidence-based professional development
    • Expert assistance
    • TEKS RS Updates

     

     

    The TExGUIDE resource serves as a bridge between curriculum, aligned resources, and instructional planning. TExGUIDEs provide teachers with a platform to easily access TEKS-aligned resources; they increase the efficiency and quality of lesson planning for teachers and positively influence student performance.


    This resource is only available for districts using TEKS Resource System; the TExGUIDEs are aligned with the TEKS RS Year at a Glance (YAG) document and link to relevant TEKS RS resources. 

    The benefits of the TExGUIDE Co-op membership include:


    • Resources and activities aligned to TEKS Resource System YAGs and grade level Units for assessed grade levels.
    • TEKS Resource System updates and newsletters at no additional charge.
    • Ongoing communication and expert assistance.

    For more information contact Lisa Cisneros, 254-297-1189
  • TEKS Resource System Leadership SuppTEKS RSort provides an opportunity for campus and/or district-level administrators to receive development updates and professional development related to the TEKS Resource System. 

    Services include:

    • TEKS Resource System Leadership Network Meetings
    • Expert Assistance
    • Ongoing Communication

    View meeting details >

Education Specialist
(254) 297-1221
Digital Innovation
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Digital Innovation Specialist
(254) 297-1250
Digital Innovation Support Services
Digital Innovation Specialist
(254) 297-1123
Digital Innovation Support Service
Digital Innovation Specialist
(254) 297-1291
Digital Innovation Support Service
G/T
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Education Specialist/Team Leader
(254) 297-1189
G/T Support
Education Specialist I
(254) 297-1250
G/T Support
Education Specialist I
(254) 297-1123
G/T Support
Education Specialist I
(254) 297-1291
G/T Support
General Education
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Education Specialist I
(254) 297-1160
General Education Services
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Education Specialist
(254) 297-1205
Director
(254) 297-1153
Literacy Specialist
(254) 297-2933
Education Specialist
(254) 297-1157
High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM)
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Continuous Improvement Specialist
(254) 297-1221
Teaching Strategies
Continuous Improvement Specialist
(254) 297-1249
Eureka
Ed. Specialist
(254) 297-1160
Math
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Education Specialist
(254) 297-2932
Education Specialist I
(254) 297-1272
Mathematics Support Grades 6-9, Instructional Coaching, Math TRC
Education Specialist I
(254) 297-1248
Mathematics Support Grades 6-12, Instructional Coaching
Education Specialist I
(254) 297-1131
Mathematics Support Grades K-5, Instructional Coaching
Reading Academies
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Reading Cohort Leader
(254) 297-1213
Education Specialist
(254) 297-1184
Reading Academies
RLA
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Education Specialist
(254) 297-1268
RLA Support Grades 6-12, Instructional Coaching
Education Specialist I
254-297-1254
RLA Support Grades K-8, Instructional Coaching
Education Specialist I
(254)297-1190
RLA Support Grades K-5, Instructional Coaching
Science
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Education Specialist/Team Leader
(254) 297-1189
Science Support Grades K-5, Instructional Coaching, Instructional Practices Inventory
Education Specialist III - Coordinator
(254) 297-1130
Science Support Grades 6-12, Instructional Practices Inventory
Support Staff
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Secretary II
(254) 297-1162
Digital Innovation, RLA & G/T
Reading Academy Assistant
(254) 297-1143
General Education Services
Office Manager
(254) 297-1256
Science, LEx Labs
Department Assistant
(254) 297-1128
Math and Social Studies
Texas Lesson Study
NAME
TITLE
PHONE
SERVICES
Education Specialist
(254) 297-1126
Texas Lesson Study Consultant
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