Services

Additional Information

Examples

Texas Education Agency (TEA) updates via Texas Education Telecommunications Network (TETN)

Access to exclusive meetings & legislative updates from TEA and to the recordings if available

STAAR Accommodations Updates Bilingual/ESL/Migrant/Title III Updates
TSNAP

Content enhancement programs and virtual field trips for K-12 students

Educational programs from various organization and/or field experts delivered via video conferencing technology

Connect2Texas (museums, zoos, etc.)
Read Across the Planet
Career Awareness

Dual credit courses

Access to colleges who choose to partner with ESC 11 to offer dual credit courses.

AP Biology, US History, Government, English Comp 1 & 2

High school courses

Share teachers within district or an opportunity to share teachers with other districts to save money and resources or access courses from outside Region 11 through other Education Service Centers

Foreign languages (Spanish)
Chemistry
Pre-calculus
American sign language

PRO Zoom accounts

Zoom is a desktop video conferencing solution available on PC, Mac, tablets or other mobile devices that has no time limit, includes break out rooms, live chat, polling, recording and can have up to 100 attendees per event.

Member districts will receive a set number of PRO Zoom accounts based on student enrollment and can purchase additional accounts for a minimal fee.

Legislative updates from TEA via TETN District/campus updates or meetings
Principal meetings
Teacher collaborations
Connect2Texas programs/virtual field trips Parent meetings Interviews

Ensemble video capture, management, and delivery

The Ensemble video portal enables users to deliver private and public media content. Features include ability to upload an array of video/audio formats, LMS & CMS integrations, lecture/classroom capture, streaming, security, closed captioning, responsive embed codes, analytics and reporting.

School board meetings
Graduation
Superintendent/Principal updates
Video instruction across district/campus Student/parent access to education materials
Collaborative learning projects

REATA robots

This program utilizes VGo Robots, an innovative solution that allows students to attend classes via interactive video conferencing while recovering from long-term illness, injury, or other factors requiring the student to be homebound or not able to be present in the classroom. Available on a first-come, first-served basis.

REATA robots will be loaned to districts on a case-by-case basis

Technical assistance

RETN help desk is available Monday-Thursday 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM & Friday 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM.

Phone and Email Support