1. A project funded by the Texas Education Agency

2. The Institute for Public School Initiatives is a center of the UT Austin College of Education Mission is to improve the quality of academic outcomes for public education in Texas by building awareness and alignment between P-12 and higher education Improve student college readiness, access & success Develop innovative approaches and tools for students & teachers Grant-funded

3. Academic Foundations Texas Reading First Initiative Texas Reading Institutes UT Elementary Charter School College Readiness Algebra Readiness Toolkit District Awards for Texas Excellence (DATE) Technical Assistance Center OnTRACK for College Readiness Texas Center for Student Success (TSCC) College Access Texas College Money Texas College Advising Corps

6. Project Share TEA initiative to develop and deliver high quality professional development in an interactive and engaging learning environment A collection of Web 2.0 tools and applications to provide professional development for teachers and build professional learning communities Materials are in Epsilen, a learning management system

7. Supporting Teachers with Project Share In Project Share, teachers can: Complete online professional development modules Collaborate and share resources with other teachers same interests same professional development needs Access digital content Online repositories State-owned instructional materials

8. Supporting Students with Project Share Teachers will be able to provide online resources for Students will be able to access electronic textbooks Students will be able to access state-owned instructional materials, and other resources developed through partnerships between TEA and content development partners

11. Project Goals Help students exceed the minimum score required on each high school STAAR assessment in order to meet graduation requirements Prepare all students to meet the college-readiness component of the Algebra II and English III STAAR assessment

12. Project Specifics Online learning tools for students in the Math, science, English/language arts and social studies Within TEA’s Project Share platform Aligned with STAAR and TEKS Free to use

13. Subject Areas Math Algebra I, Algebra II & Geometry Science Biology, Chemistry & Physics English/Language Arts English III Social Studies U.S. Geography, U.S. History & World Geography Growing to include middle school courses

14. Content Specifics Organized into courses by subject Up to 80 lessons in each course (~600 lessons) Each lesson has content, interactives, assessments w/feedback & additional resources Lessons developed by Texas classroom teachers & reviewed by curriculum experts Uses open source materials

15. How to Login to Project Share Option 1 (preferred): Enter through the Project Share website at http://www.projectsharetexas.org http://www.projectsharetexas.org Option 2: Enter through the Epsilen website at http://www.epsilen.com

16. Shallowater Elementary Shallowater ISD Phil Warren, Superintendent Mary Hughes, Principal Terri Nichols, Literacy Coach http://www.shallowaterisd.net Texas Reading First Demonstration Site Project

17. © Texas Education Agency/University of Texas System

18. Select Courses

19. Search Courses Join Course

21. Lessons Video You Tube, Teacher Tube, National Geographic, etc. Assessments and self check items Interactive learning opportunities Multiple representations Lots of pictures that connect the content to a context Digital assets Open source From a repository

22. Questions Login See your District Technology Specialist Feedback, Questions, Report errors ontrack@ipsi.utexas.edu For more information on OnTRACK Paula Steffen Moeller, Ed.D. pmoeller@ipsi.utexas.edu