1. Curriculum Director’s Webinar Meeting
October 26, 2016
9:00

2. Agenda What’s New in Austin TEKS RS Updates
Texas Gateway T2% Resources; Dyslexia Modules; Math Resources
ReadWorks Resource

3. Richele Langley Deputy Executive Director of Academics October 2016
What’s New From Austin
Richele Langley
Deputy Executive Director of Academics
October 2016

4. To The Administrator Addressed Letters: MOE Calculation Tool
Letters/Revised_IDEA-B_LEA_MOE_Calculation_Tool_and_Upcoming_Training/
Fitness Gram Window 9/9/16 - 6/9/17
Letters/Required_Physical_Fitness_Assessment_for_the_ _School_Year

5. UT Top 7% Automatic Admission
A_Letters/University_of_Texas_at_Austin_Automatic_Admission_Policy/
Non-Public High Cost Funds Application
A_Letters/Required_Nonpublic_Day_and_Residential_Application_and_Data_C ollection_for_Districts/
Bilingual Exceptions/ESL Waivers

6. Commissioner Morath is to make final determinations on the A-F System by December 1st. A Chart similar to this will be sent to districts at that time, to give parents and community a better visual for understanding. Commissioner Morath will be back at Region 8 ESC on November 1st.

7. TEKS Resource System Update
TEKS RS Talking Points
STAAR Analysis:
ELAR- STAAR Tests Grades 3-ELA II
* Complete for and located in the Resources
* Grouped by Genre (Poetry, Fiction, Drama, etc.
SLAR-STAAR Tests Grades 3-5
* Complete for and located in the Resources
* Grouped by Genre
Mathematics-STAAR Tests Grades 5-8
* Complete for 2015 and located in the Resources
* Grouped by Units
Science-STAAR Tests Grades 5, 8, and Bio
* Complete for and located in the Resources
* Grouped by Standards
Social Studies-STAAR Tests 8th Grade and US History
* Complete for and located in the Resources
* Grouped by years

8. Save the DATES!! Robotics Competition: January 21, 2017
Special Education Conference: June 6-7, 2017
Region 8 Gifted/Talented Summer Summit: June 8, 2017
Region 8 ESC Excellence in Education Conference: July 25-26
TEKS Resource Conference: August 1-3, San Antonio, TX

9. Resources! http://www.texasgateway.org/ http://www.readworks.org/
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