BISD Selected for Texas School Ready Project

Congratulations to Brownsville ISD for being selected as one of four districts in this area to participate in the Texas School Ready (TSR) Project Online+ for the 2015-2016 school year. The funding was awarded with the intention to serve many teachers across the state. The delivery model will include the following: CIRCLE-2 Day Teacher Training-32 indentified BISD PK Teachers: The CIRCLE 2-Day Teacher Training is a face-to-face introduction to the foundational, research-based concepts. Remote Coaching-8 identified BISD PK Teachers for 5 Sessions TSR Online+ provides 5 sessions of individualized, data-driven coaching that is tightly connected with professional development content. Developing Talkers Materials and Training – 32 identified BISD PK Teachers TSR Online+ provides advanced training to teachers in high need districts in the Pre-Kindergarten Response to Intervention (P-RTI) instructional framework and supplemental curriculum, Developing Talkers/Hablemos Juntos. These parallel English and Spanish versions are designed to meet the needs of many aspects of Tier 1 and Tier 2 pre-K oral language instruction. Also open to all of the district's Early Childhood teachers is the CLI ENGAGE platform which provides online professional development modules to the teachers. This online access will open to the teachers during the month of September. The Curriculum and Instruction Department will be providing TSR Online+ and CLI Engage informational sessions. For more information, call the Curriculum & Instruction Department at (956) 547-7350.