resources & advocacy

We’ve gathered a list of helpful links for you.

Included in our list are state organizations, national organizations, and many more.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• LearningForward

• Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

• International Reading Association (IRA)

• National Association of Elementary Supervisors & Principals (NAESP)

• National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)

• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

• International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE)

STATE ORGANIZATIONS

• Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)

• Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA)

• Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)

• Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP)

• Texas Center for Educational Technology (TCET)

• Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA)

• Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education

• Texas Education Agency (TEA)

• Texas Elementary Principals and Suervisors Association (TEPSA)

• Texas Library Association (TLA)

• Texas Middle School Association (TMSA)

• Texas PTA

• Texas School Public Relations Association (TSPRA)

• Texas Educational Secretaries Association (TESA)

PROMOTE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Five Professional Development talking points

• Sustained (30 – 100 hours) professional learning for teachers is related to student achievement gains (SEDL, 2007, Darling Hammond, 2009), showing a gain of 21%.

• Good teaching is not an accident. It is the result of study, reflection, practice and hard work (Mizelle, 2010).

• Time must be provided for teachers to participate in professional learning.

• Teachers learning collaboratively improves student achievement (Gallimore, 2009).

• Training alone does not equal transfer to classroom practice and working with students. A combination of training, practice, feedback and coaching does equal transfer to classroom practice. (Joyce and Calhoun, 2010)

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