1. HB 5 Updates HS Graduation Plan Foundation only
Foundation with Endorsement(s)
Foundation with Endorsement(s) and Distinguished Level
Foundation with Endorsements(s), Distinguished Level and Performance Acknowledgements

2. HB 5 Updates LEA option to add to graduation requirements Endorsements
Not new
Does not add to number of state credits required for graduation
Endorsements
Students are not limited in number earned
Local decision on how to display on diploma
AAR is being reviewed
Umbrella (options within endorsements)

3. HB 5 Updates
Speech
Be sure that you land on the option(s) students have to satisfy the requirement

4. HB 5 Updates New Requirement:
A specific speech course will not be a requirement under the Foundation High School Program.
New Requirement:
To receive a high school diploma, a student must demonstrate proficiency, as determined by the district in which the student is enrolled, in:
delivering clear verbal messages
choosing effective nonverbal behaviors
listening for desired results
applying valid critical-thinking and problem-solving processes
identifying, analyzing, developing, and evaluating communication skills needed for professional and social success in interpersonal situations, group interactions, and personal and professional presentations

5. HB 5 Updates College Prep Course TEC 28.014 (TSI)
TEC (b-2) (Remediation for EOCs)

6. HB 5 Updates TAA Letter – April 9th TEC 28.0217 TEC 29.081
Expands the requirement for acceleration to HS
TEC
Accelerated Instruction at no cost to student
Separately budget for services to students who don’t pass EOCs
Prioritize State Comp funds
Program intent code 24
Evaluate and Report (public hearing) effectiveness of programs used
TEC and (SSI)
Letter serves as TEA certification for and 14-15

7. HB 5 Updates TEA Communication
FAQs
General
Endorsements
TBA
TETN/Webinar(s)
Counselors
Administrators
Note: Please send us your questions, and we will submit to TEA.

8. HB 5 Updates
Special Education and HS Graduation Plans

9. Photo by Blue Square Thing - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Created with Haiku Deck

10. Survey Season Principal Survey to Evaluate Teacher Prep Programs
Not New
Principal Survey to Evaluate Teacher Prep Programs
Completed and submitted by building principal
Required by TEC and TAC 229
Collecting data regarding the performance of beginning teachers and the effectiveness of educator preparation programs in preparing beginning teachers to succeed in the classroom
April 2 May 1 – June 16, 2014

11. Survey Season Statewide Survey of Teachers and Administrators
NEW
Statewide Survey of Teachers and Administrators
The Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Texas Survey
House Bill 2012
Questions about teaching conditions that have been shown to be important to student achievement and teacher retention, such as instructional practices and support, time, school and teacher leadership, facilities and resources, community engagement, professional development, managing student conduct, and new teacher support
April 5 – May 5 31, 2014 (you may delay start to May 1)
Administered by New Teacher Center (NTC)
Results after 5 weeks shared with districts and schools who have at least 50 percent of educators and five staff members participating

12. Survey Season Professional Development Audit One submission per LEA
NEW
New
Professional Development Audit
One submission per LEA
Required by House Bill 2012
Collecting data to inform agency action to eliminate conflicting and consolidate duplicative requirements by either taking administrative action, encouraging school district to make appropriate changes to district policies, or by recommending statutory changes to the state legislature
March 31 – April 14, May 1 – 31, 2014

13. The Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Texas Survey
Who Completes?
When Administered?
What Are We Surveying?
Do We Get Survey Results?
How Administered?
Legal Requirement?
PD Audit
One per LEA
March 31 – April 14, May 1 – 31, 2014
Collecting data to inform agency action to eliminate conflicting and consolidate duplicative requirements by either taking administrative action, encouraging school district to make appropriate changes to district policies, or by recommending statutory changes to the state legislature
Results will be used to examine state policy decisions around duplicative or restricting rules.
Online
House Bill 2012
The Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Texas Survey
Teachers and Administrators
April 5 (May 1) – May 31, 2014
This *ANONYMOUS*online survey asks questions about teaching conditions that have been shown to be important to student achievement and teacher retention, such as instructional practices and support, time, school and teacher leadership, facilities and resources, community engagement, professional development, managing student conduct, and new teacher support.
Results after 5 weeks shared with districts and schools who have at least 50 percent of educators and five staff members participating
Teachers and administrators will be able to access the survey using a unique, ANONYMOUS access code that will be included in the materials mailed to each school the week before the survey begins.
Principal Survey to Evaluation Teacher Prep Programs
Campus Principal
May 1 – June 16, 2014
Collecting data regarding the performance of beginning teachers and the effectiveness of educator preparation programs in preparing beginning teachers to succeed in the classroom
Data reported back to Educator Preparation Programs
Available to principals via the TEA educator profile in the Educator Certification Online System (ECOS) on May 1, 2014
Required by TEC and TAC 229