TEPSA Express

April 2008

In This Issue

State News
Differentiating Instruction with Technology
TEPSA Summer Conference

Mark Your Calendar for 2008 TEPSA Events

TEPSA Summer Conference Partners

Mentoring Minds

Horace Mann

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State News

Henrietta ISD's Scot Clayton Elected TEPSA State Secretary

Raise Your Hand Texas to Send 100 Principals to Harvard for Summer Learning Institute

TEA Updates
2007-08 Flowchart of Process for Exiting LEP Students Receiving Special Ed. Services from Bilingual/ESL Programs

Revisions to Student Exemptions from Physical Fitness Assessment Due to Disability

Application for Fitness Assessment Data Submission

Texas PreK Guidelines Revision Draft
Deadline to Submit Comments: April 15

TEA Launches New Web Portals to Ease Website Navigation

State Board of Education
Following hours of comment on the Reading/ELA TEKS revisions, the SBOE voted to adopt the StandardsWork document without the embedded author and title list. As well, the Board directed the facilitator to work with teacher work groups and Hispanic experts in order to improve the StandardsWork document.

Texas Principal Excellence Program Seeks Learning Coaches
Deadline to Apply: May 9

Texas Storytelling Youth Challenge 2008
Deadline to apply: May 17

Differentiating Instruction with Technology

Two New Articles from the Instructional Leader

By Dr. Grace Smith and Dr. Stephanie Throne

Learn More in Their Book: Differentiating Instruction with Technology in K-5 Classrooms

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TEPSA Summer Conference

Sessions At-A-Glance Coming Soon!

Chairpersons are needed to assist topic session presenters. Please contact Joni Carlson for more information.

Pre-Conferences
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