Building Teacher and Leader Capacity through an Effective Release Time Model

Participants will gain an understanding of how the Strategic Staffing Release Time Model benefits the entire school campus from K-12 students, to residents and teachers.

Room | Conference Room 1-2

Building Community and Sustainability through Residency Summits

In this session, UTEP leaders will delve into the importance of community and sustainability . Learn about their Residency Summits that bring together districts from across the El Paso community to create a shared vision, develop region-wide goals, share data, and best practices for residency and strategic staffing.

Room | Conference Room 3-4

Sustaining Robust Gateway Standards for Residency through Collaborative Partnership Structures

Tarleton State University's leadership has successfully designed and upheld rigorous gateways and residency standards through strategic collaboration with partner districts. See how they leveraged partnership structures such as Governance and a leadership team feedback loop to effectively navigate and overcome challenging problems of practice in a paid residency model.

Room | Conference Room 16-17

Release Time Model:

Multiplying Educator

Expertise

This session highlights Harlingen CISD’s implementation of the Release Time Model to increase educator effectiveness. Discover how this South Texas school district is raising the bar on educator skill throughout the campus and district. Join us to delve into the practical application of this teacher residency model.

Room | Pearl 1

Building Tomorrow Together: 

UTSA, Edgewood ISD, and ESC 20 in Partnership for Innovative Recruitment and Retention

Embark on an enlightening journey as we unveil the dynamic partnership between UTSA and Edgewood ISD, pioneering a comprehensive approach to recruitment and retention with technical assistance from Education Service Center, Region 20. Discover the innovative strategies, collaborative approaches, and transformative practices that have ensured not just the attraction of top aspiring teachers but their sustained success within our educational community. Join us in exploring the future of academic excellence through this unique union that redefines standards in recruitment and retention strategies.

Room | Pearl 2

Preparing Teachers for Texas:

An Evaluation of Tech

Teachand Tech Teach

Across Texas

This session will share evidence about the impact of Tech Teach and Tech Teach Across Texas on K12 student learning outcomes and teacher effectiveness over time.

Room | Pearl 3

Residency 101:

Building a Yearlong

Sustainable

Residency

As states across the country grapple with growing teacher shortages, and seek to build a teacher workforce that is well equipped to meet the diverse learning needs of our nation’s students, more and more school systems are turning to teacher residencies — yearlong clinical experiences that pair teacher candidates with highly effective mentor teachers in a Pk-12 classroom — as a pillar of their talent pipeline strategy. Teacher residencies have emerged as a highly successful model of teacher preparation, developing candidates who are more diverse, more likely to stay in the classroom longer, and have a greater impact on student learning outcomes. In this session, participants will learn about the quality components of a high-quality residency program and ways educator preparation programs are piloting, scaling, and sustaining this successful model of teacher preparation.

Room | Salon A

Strategic Staffing 101:

Learn the Basics

This session is designed to define and highlight the benefits of strategic staffing. Strategic Staffing reallocates underutilized district funds to provide sustainable resident stipends. In turn, residents fulfill immediate instructional needs in schools as a part of their year long student teaching experience. 

Room | Salon B

Substitute Solutions: A District’s Blueprint for Effective Strategic Staffing

Explore implementation of the Substitute Model, a strategic solution tailored to address the need for substitute teachers in the district. Join our presentation to discover how this approach efficiently fills staffing gaps but also enhances the overall learning environment.

Room | Salon C

Strategic Staffing: Fostering Effective, Culturally Responsive
Partnerships in the Challenging 21st Century Educational Setting

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, leaders face dynamic challenges requiring adaptability, strategic thinking, and collaborative efforts. This session delves into key themes essential for educational leaders aiming to navigate change successfully, through the development of mutually beneficial partnerships. This session aims to equip educational leaders with practical insights, tools, and strategies to not only navigate the complexities of change but also to build a foundation for sustained success. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the tenets needed to develop and sustain partnerships between the university and its partnering school districts, and leave with actionable steps to foster positive transformations within their educational institutions that produce high-quality educators.

Room | Salon D