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What's New for High Schools?

NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

The State Board of Education adopted amendments to the Texas Administrative Code regarding new Graduation Requirements to be implemented beginning in the 2010-11 school year.

For answers to these and more questions about the new Graduation Requirements,

CLICK HERE.

- Download a quick reference GradReq Side-by-side Chart.pdf

 

NEW TEKS & EOC ASSESSMENTS


Also coming down the pike,
new state standards for Social Studies and a new high-stakes assessment!

For answers to these and more questions about the new TEKS & EOC implementation,

CLICK HERE.


 

Previous Professional Development Info. / Photos


2009-10 Theme:  


"Rules of Engagement: Motivating Students by Teaching What Matters"

SPRING 2010 District-Wide Staff Development

The program included presentations from Austin ISD social studies teachers, university scholars, curriculum publishers, and liaisons from local museums and community agencies. Teachers thumbed through selecting 2-morning sessions and 1-afternoon sessions to attend. For the final session of the day, teachers attended their specific content-area's meeting to review the proposed TEKS revisions and were provided an orientation to the district's new IPGa system.

Participants received six hours of professional development credit, including 3 hours of G/T credit.

Fall 2009 District-Wide Staff Development


Teachers thumbed through an impressive program, selecting 2-morning sessions to attend. The program included over 40 presentations from Austin ISD social studies teachers, university scholars, curriculum publishers, and liaisons from local museums and community agencies.

Participants received four hours of professional development credit.

2009-10
NEW TEACHER ACADEMY

Welcome New Teachers!

What an impressive group of new high school social studies teachers we have in Austin ISD this year. We really enjoyed getting to know each of you at our New Teacher Academy the week of August 10 - 14 at Akins High.

Our thanks to Cherry Whipple who accepted our invitation to be our master teacher this year and who modeled so well those "best practices" that are expectations in Austin ISD's social studies classrooms. Click here to locate the lesson Cherry modeled, 'Was Ancient Sumer a Civilization?'

Assisting our master teacher again this year were Ian Grayson, providing our ELL instructional support, and Jim Fulbright, providing Special Education instructional support - thank you both!

Below are several of the NTA presentation documents promised you. Let me know if you are looking for others and are unable to located them on our site.


Day 3:
Day 5:

2008-09
Spring District-Wide Staff Development

SPRING '09

February 13, 2009
Location: Crockett High School
"Reaching All Students in Social Studies:
Academic Rigor without Rigor Mortis"


Teachers thumbed through an impressive program, selecting 2-morning and 2-afternoon sessions to attend. The program included over 60 presentations from Austin ISD social studies teachers, university scholars, textbook publishers, and liaisons from local museums and community agencies. Participants received six hours of professional development credit, including a three-hour G/T component for attending.