Coronavirus (CoVID 19) UPDATES Regarding Appraisal

Evaluation Services T-TESS/T-PESS/Student Growth/AEL

  • The ESC Region 11 Leadership Development Team provides support, training, and technical assistance to districts on the Texas Evaluation Systems. ESC Region 11 trains district leadership responsible for evaluating educators using the Texas Principal Evaluation and Support System (T-PESS), the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS), Advancing Educational Leadership (AEL), the Student Growth Measures, specifically Student Learning Objectives (SLO), and Impact Coaching for T-TESS & T-PESS.

Links to Information

  • AEL

    Administrators must be knowledgeable in curriculum and instruction, be skillful in data gathering and analysis, be able to set goals, be skillful in conducting effective conferences, have team-building skills and conflict resolution skills, and have mentoring and coaching skills.  In order to meet these expectations, Advancing Educational Leadership (AEL) was developed.  This three day, research-based and engaging training is now required for teacher appraisers and is the co-requisite for the Texas-Teacher Evaluation Support System (T-TESS).  Administrators who have an ILD Certification WILL NOT be required to take AEL.  If you have any questions regarding AEL, please contact Travis Whisenant, Jeff Smith, or Jennifer Baadsgaard. 
     

    TRAINING                         
    AEL Training                   January 19-21, 2021  (8am-5pm) (Virtual - additional information will be sent the week prior to training - make certain to check your email and filter)

    AEL Training                   March 15-17, 2021  (8am-5pm) (may be Virtual - additional information will be sent the week prior to training - make certain to check your email and filter)

    AELTraining                    June 15-17, 2021  (8am-5pm)

    AEL Training                  July 20-22, 2021 (8am-5pm) 

    AEL Training                   August 9-11, 2021 (8am-5pm) 

    AEL Training (late hire)    September 7-9, 2021 (8am-5pm)

    T-TESS

    The Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS) supports instruction and student performance.  This new system includes an evaluation rubric, goal-setting, and an embedded student growth measure.  T-TESS is intended to promote a growth mindset among educators by providing tools for self-reflection as well as a system of continuous, purposeful feedback from appraisers and observers.  If you have any questions regarding T-TESS, please contact Travis Whisenant, Wes Jackson, or Jennifer Baadsgaard. (An ILD or AEL Certificate is a co-requisite in order to be T-TESS certified.)

    TRAINING                         
    T-TESS Appraiser Training    January 12-14, 2021  (8am-5pm) (Virtual - additional information will be sent the week prior to training - make certain to check your email and filter)

    T-TESS Appraiser Training    March 10-12, 2021   (8am-5pm) (may be Virtual - additional information will be sent the week prior to training - make certain to check your email and filter)

    T-TESS Appraiser Training    June 7-9, 2021  (8am-5pm)

    T-TESS Appraiser Training    July 13-15, 2021 (8am-5pm)

    T-TESS Appraiser Training   August 3-5, 2021 (8am-5pm)

    T-TESS Appraiser Training (Late Hire)    September 1-3, 2021 (8am-5pm)

    T-PESS

    The state evaluation system for principals is the Texas Principal Evaluation and Support System (T-PESS).  This system is designed around research-based best practices among school administrators and promotes a growth mindset, reflection, and setting/sustaining professional goals.  If you have any questions regarding T-PESS, please contact Travis Whisenant or Jennifer Baadsgaard.

    TRAINING                                                    
    New T-PESS Appraisers - updated rubric   January 27, 2021 (9am-4:30pm) (Virtual - additional information will be sent the week prior to training - make certain to check your email and filter) ** (For new appraisers in districts adopting the new TPESS rubric in the 2020-2021 school year)         

    NEW Rubric T-PESS 1/2 day Update June 2, 2021 (9:00am - 12:00p) (For all appraisers who already attended the original 2 day TPESS training in previous years)

    NEW Rubric T-PESS 1/2 Day Update June 2, 2021 (1:00p - 4:00p)  (For all appraisers who already attended the original 2 day TPESS training in previous years)

     

    Impact Coaching for T-TESS & T-PESS

    This state-created training provides additional support to T-TESS and T-PESS appraisers/observers in the area of coaching. Participants will learn and practice coaching skills based on cognitive coaching, instructional coaching, and action-coaching research.   If you have any questions regarding T-PESS, please contact Jennifer Baadsgaard or Wes Jackson.
     

    Impact Coaching for T-TESS & T-PESS   February 1-2, 2021   (Canceled due to CoVID 19)

    EPP - Education Preparation Program

    The Texas Education Agency has created two separate trainings for Field Supervisors of Educator Preparation Programs.  This training was developed to meet the requirements of the recently adopted Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §228.35(g) and (h). This section of TAC requires that “supervision of each candidate shall be conducted with the structured guidance and regular ongoing support of an experienced educator who has been trained as a field supervisor. Supervision provided on or after September 1, 2017, must be provided by a field supervisor who has completed TEA-approved observation training.   If you have any questions regarding EPP, please email Kayce Hale.  If you have questions regarding Field Supervisor Observation or Field Supervisor Coaching Training, please email either Jennifer Baadsgaard or Wes Jackson.

    Field Supervisor Observation Training (for Teacher Certification Candidates)

      • Field Supervisor Observation Training was developed to provide guidelines and instruction delivery of classroom structures and best practices for field supervisor observation visits to teacher candidates participating in clinical teaching or internship experiences through educator preparation programs (EPPs).
      • This training is designed for field supervisors who support clinical teachers or internship teachers who have been admitted to an EPP on or after December 27, 2016.

    TRAINING                    
    Field Supervisor Observation Training   December 16, 2020 (9:00am-4:00pm) (Virtual - additional information will be sent the week prior to training - make certain to check your email and filter)

    Field Supervisor Observation Training  January 19, 2021 (9:00am-4:00pm) (Virtual - additional information will be sent the week prior to training - make certain to check your email and filter)
     

    Field Supervisor Coaching Training (for Advanced Certification Candidates)

      • Field Supervisor Coaching Training provides guidelines and instruction for field supervisor support to candidates seeking certification in an area other than a classroom teacher and who are participating in practicum experiences through educator preparation programs (EPPs). The training focuses on structures and practices that support candidates’ development with respective certification standards for performance.
      • This training is designed for all field supervisors who support educational diagnostician, master teacher, principal, reading specialist, school counselor, school librarian, and superintendent candidates who have been admitted to an EPP on or after December 27, 2016.

    TRAINING                   
    Field Supervisor Coaching Training   January 19, 2021 (8:30am-4:00pm)  (Virtual - additional information will be sent the week prior to training - make certain to check your email and filter)

     

    Student Growth Measures            

    Training Dates for Student Learning Objectives (SLO) TDB.  For additional information, please contact Wes Jackson. 

Contact Information

  • Director:  Travis Whisenant (817) 740-7636

    T-PESS:  Jennifer Baadsgaard, Leadership Development Consultant/Campus Coach (817) 740-7640

    AEL:   Jennifer Baadsgaard, Leadership Development Consultant/Campus Coach (817) 740-7640

    T-TESS:   Jennifer Baadsgaard, Leadership Development Consultant/Campus Coach (817) 740-7640

    SLO:   Wes Jackson, Leadership Development Consultant/Campus Coach (817) 740-7638

    Field Supervisor Observation/Coaching:  Kayce Hale, EPP Certification Coordinator, (817) 740-7589