TASA on iTunes U Expands to Include Elementary Core Content Course Collections

On January 26, 2015, the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) announced the addition of elementary core content area course collections on iTunes U.  The number of resource collections now total 58 for educators supporting most K-12 math, science, social studies, ELA, and CTE courses.  

Educators may access the resources by visiting www.itunes.com/tasa.  

The video linked below explains how to access the new resources on an iPad: http://viewpure.com/JOy_XgFoDnw

The full press release from TASA can be found here:
http://www.tasanet.org/cms/lib07/TX01923126/Centricity/domain/106/pressreleases/2015/itunes.pdf

If you have any questions regarding these resource collections, please do not hesitate to reach out to Mary Kemper or Ashley Minton (Elementary Math Coach).

Math TEKS Resources Available on TEA Website

The Revised Math TEKS were adopted in 2012 and implemented in grades K-8 in 2014-2015.  The Texas Education Agency has created a web page devoted to resources for parents and teachers as we transition to these new standards.

http://tea.texas.gov/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=25769819224

Resources for parents on the site include links to the new Interactive Math Glossary and Think Through Math, provided free to learners in grades 3-8 in the state of Texas.

Parents also may utilize links to the TEKS and side-by-side comparison documents, clarifying the updates that were made in the standards.

Resources for teachers on the site include a new document, TEKS with "Such As" Statements.  This document contains the "such as" statements that were included in the review committees' final recommendations for revision to the mathematics Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).  Such as statements are possible illustrative examples and are not required to be included in instruction in the TEKS.  This document is intended to serve as a resource for teachers in designing instruction for the revised mathematics TEKS.

Finally, the site includes links to online professional development sessions to support educators' understandings of the revised TEKS.

I encourage you to spend some time bookmarking this page, reviewing the materials, and collaborating and communicating about the revised TEKS with your colleagues.  

Region 10 Mathematics Professional Development Offerings - Fall/Winter 2014-2015

Mathematics Professional Development Offerings – Fall/Winter 2014-2015 For a list of campus-based titles available by request, please visit www.region10.org/Math
Title	Date	Time	Location
Making Mathematics Accessible to the English Language Learner (6-12)	12/2/2014	9:00am-4:00pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Ellis Room
Personal Financial Literacy (Grades K-2)	12/2/2014	8:30am-11:30 am	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Grayson Room
Personal Financial Literacy (Grades K-2)	12/2/2014	12:30pm-3:30pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Grayson Room
Representing Data – AKA  Stats: Adopted 2012 Measurement and Data Strand Grades 6-8	12/4/2014	9:00am-4:00pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Hunt Room
Laying the Foundation for Numerical Relationships (Grades K-2)	12/8/2014	9:00am-4:00pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Grayson Room
TI 84+ Family for New Users (Grades 3-12)	12/9/2014	9:00 am – 11:30am	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Hunt Room
TI Nspire for New Users (Grades 3-12)	12/9/2014	1:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Hunt Room
Focus on Algebra: Quadratic Functions,    Days 1 and 2 (Grade 8, Algebra I)	12/16/2014 1/21/2015	9:00am-4:00pm	Region10 ESC/Spring Valley/Burnet Region 10/Spring Valley/Ellis
Laying the Foundation for Numerical Relationships (Grades K-2)	01/08/2015	9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Burnet Room
Interventions with Manipulatives for Mathematics Students (3-11)	01/09/2015	9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Houston Room
Grades 6-8 Math STAAR Update Webinar	01/26/2015	4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	WEBINAR Format
Mathematics for Financial Success:  Personal Financial Literacy (Grades 6-8)	01/27/2015	9:00 am – 4:00 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Hunt Room
Let’s Talk: Building Mathematical Fluency (Grades K-5)	02/03/2015	9:00am – 4:00 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Hunt Room
Strategies for Math STAAR Success (Grades 6-8)	02/03/2015	9:00 am – 4:00 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Houston Room
2015-2016 High School Geometry TEKS in Action	02/09/2015	9:00 am-4:00 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Ellis Room
Extreme Makeover: Differentiating the Math Classroom (Grades K-5)	2/25/2015	9:00 am – 4:00 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Collin Room
Spring 2015 Middle School Math Cadre	02/26/2015	9:00 am – 3:00 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Collin Room
Spring 2015 High School Mathematics Cadre	03/04/2015	9:00am-4:00pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Grayson Room
Building Computational Fluency through Algebraic Relationships (Grades 3-5)	03/23/2015	9:00am – 4:00 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Burnet Room
2015-2016 Algebra II TEKS in Action	03/25/2015	9:00am-4:00pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Burnet Room
Building Computational Fluency through Algebraic Relationships (Grades K-2)	04/06/2015	9:00am – 4:00 pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Burnet Room
2015-2016 Algebra I TEKS in Action	05/18/2015	9:00am-4:00pm	Region 10 ESC/Spring Valley Site Ellis Room