HQIM Connect!
High Quality Instructional Materials | 2024-25 1st Quarter
HQIM Connect! Newsletter for 2024-25
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Region 10 HQIM Team Contacts
Region 10 HQIM Professional Learning
HQIM: Implementing the RBIS to Accelerate Math Instruction
Experience cognitive shifts that are research based proven best practices in math instruction. Let’s explore the RBIS!
Participants will discover how the balance of conceptual and procedural, depth & coherence of key concepts and productive struggle can create meaningful connections that accelerate math instruction.
We have multiple opportunities for district/campus leaders and teachers to attend. Click on the links below to register!
HQIM: Implementing the RBIS to Accelerate RLA Instruction
Experience cognitive shifts that are research based proven best practices in literacy instruction. Let’s explore the RBIS!
Participants will discover how foundational skills, text complexity, knowledge coherence and text-based responses can create meaningful connections that accelerate literacy instruction.
We have multiple opportunities for district/campus leaders and teachers to attend. Click on the links below to register!
📅 SAVE THE DATE: HQIM Connect: Leading the Way!
Region 10 HQIM presents an opportunity for enrichment and networking around how educators can bridge the gap with students using High Quality Instructional Materials.
Join us on October 29th and 30th for a FREE literacy and math symposium at Region 10.
Save the date and register below!
HQIM Literacy Symposium - October 29
HQIM Math Symposium - October 30
Author Reflection Series
HQIM Consultants, Rich Balling and Iliana Gonzalez, sat down with celebrated educators Katie Garner and Antonia Fierro to discuss highlights from their presentations at the Region 10 HQIM Literacy Conference in May.
We are excited to bring to the October HQIM Connect Symposium some incredible educational leader! Don't miss the opportunity to learn from the best in the field! Register today!
R10 HQIM Team Support
As a TEA approved provider, our Region 10 HQIM team is here to help.
R10 HQIM Team Supports:
- Amplify (K-5 RLA)
- Eureka (K-5 Math)
- Carnegie (Secondary Math)
- RLA Research Based Instructional Practices (RBIS)
- Math Research Based Instructional Practices (RBIS)
- Strong Foundations Planning Grant - Approved Provider Training & Support
- Strong Foundations Implementation Grant - Approved Provider Training & Support
Our professional development offerings, grounded in Research Based Instructional Practices (RBIS), are tailored to meet the needs of your students, teachers, and district/campus instructional leaders. To request trainings for your district or campus, please call, email, or click the button below to begin the request process.
Please access LINK to request sessions at your district.
**Please be advised that these services/trainings would be fee based for districts that have not contracted with Region 10 as their Approved Provider for Strong Foundations.**
R10 staff will contact you for further details.
Innovator Districts
We are often asked about districts that are effectively implementing Eureka and Amplify effectively.
Check out the Texas Innovator Districts! You can see small profiles on the page or click to see a full PDF with information about the districts. If you are interested in seeing it first hand, you can request a visit using the interactive calendar.
Click on picture below to access web and schedule your visit.
LASO Cycle 3 is coming!
LASO Cycle 3 consolidated grant application opens October 14, 2024 and closes on December 13, 2024 at 5:00 P.M. CST.
Timeline
- General Webinar | October 1, 2024 and October 3, 2024 | Registration Links Found in Web
- Application Window | October 14, 2024 - December 13, 2024
- Program Webinar Window | October 17, 2024 - October 25, 2024 | Registration Links Found in Web
- Tentative Award Announcement | February 20, 2025
- eGrants Application | February 20, 2025 - March 24, 2025
- Notice of Grant Award | March 24, 2025 - May 24, 2025
EDGAR Requirements for Not Sole Source
Part of the EDGAR requirements when contracting with one of the Approved Provider for the LASO grants is for the LEA to complete a request for Non-Competitive (Not Sole Source) form in the EDGAR Connect WorkApp.
LEAs will need to indicate that this is an approved vendor for this program, and then their request will be reviewed for final approval by TEA. Once approved, the LEA will receive a letter from TEA grants department.
Below is a link to the TEA webpage with more information about prior approval forms.
HQIM - Instructional Materials Review and Adoption Process
The public comment period ends on Friday, August 16, 2024. To see the list of materials submitted for review, access copies of the instructional materials themselves, SBOE feedback forms, and SBOE-approved IMRA rubrics, the public can visit sboe.texas.gov/imra.
Strong Foundations Planning (SFP) Grant
Strong Foundations Implementation (SFI) Grant
Mark Your Calendars!
PLANNING GRANT - Strong Foundation CoP Dates with TEA
Communities of Practice (CoP) exist to provide a space to learn from one another, collaborate on best practices, share problems of practice and give feedback to TEA on how the work of Strong Foundations Planning is going in the field.
Participation of district representative in the monthly CoP meetings is a requirement of the PLANNING grant deliverables.
Registration Link for Small Districts
August 22 - 11:00 a.m.
September 19 - 11:00 a.m.
October 17 - 11:00 a.m.
November 7 - 11:00 a.m.
December 5 - 11:00 a.m.
January 16 - 11:00 a.m.
February 13 - 11:00 a.m.
Registration Link for Medium/Large Districts
August 23 - 9:00 a.m.
September 20 - 9:00 a.m.
October 18 - 9:00 a.m.
November 8 - 9:00 a.m.
December 6 - 9:00 a.m.
January 17 - 9:00 a.m..
February 14 - 9:00 a.m.
IMPLEMENTATION GRANT - Strong Foundation CoP Dates with Region 10
Participation of district representative in the monthly Communities of Practice for the Implementation grant is a requirement of the grant deliverables.
Click on the links below to register via Zoom!
August 26, 2024 (9:30-10:30 AM)
September 23, 2024 (9:30-10:30 AM)
October 21, 2024 (9:30-10:30 AM)
November 11, 2024 (9:30-10:30 AM)
December 9, 2024 (9:30-10:30 AM)
January 13, 2025 (9:30-10:30 AM)
February 24, 2025 (9:30-10:30 AM)
March 24, 2025 (9:30-10:30 AM)
IMPLEMENTATION GRANT - Training for R10 Approved Provider Districts
Strong Foundations Implementation Grant Required Training for Campus & District Leaders
**Training Only for LEAs that Selected Region 10 as Their Approved Providers**
In-person Dates at Region 10 -
The training will occur in the morning, lunch will be provided, and the room will be available in the afternoon for a working sessions with your team to complete the action plans or for additional support from the Region 10 team.
- HQIM Implementation Goals & Progress Monitoring Plan - Session 1: July 29th 9:00-11:30
- Action Plan 1: Creating the Conditions for Success - Session 2: August 19th 9:00-11:30
- Action Plan 2: Leading Internalization and PLCs - Session 3: September 16th 9:00-11:30
- Action Plan 3: Observation & Feedback Practices - Session 4: October 7th 9:00-11:30
- Action Plan 4: Aligning Assessment - Session 5: December 2nd 9:00-11:30
- Optional Session: Sustainability Plan - Session 6: March 3, 2025 9:00-11:30
Virtual Monthly Collaboration & Support
To learn more about Texas K-5 Math, click on the button below.
7 Strategies to Teach Conceptual Understanding in Math
Carnegie Learning provides an article on moving away from relying on math shortcuts and tricks by emphasizing deep conceptual understanding in math education, promoting critical thinking and problem-solving skills among students.
Key points:
- Math education traditionally relies on shortcuts like mnemonic devices and rules without explaining their underlying principles, causing confusion when these tricks fail.
- Recent educational shifts prioritize teaching a thorough understanding of mathematical concepts over shortcuts, aiming to foster independent problem-solvers.
- Strategies recommended include using a structured scope and sequence with spiral review, employing high-order tasks to build critical thinking, integrating visual representations and manipulatives, emphasizing connections between concepts, linking math to real-world applications, and fostering collaborative learning experiences to deepen mathematical understanding.
Click here to view the full article.
To learn more about Texas K-5 Literacy, click on the button below.
Ten Ways Educators Can Bring Knowledge-Building Into Their Classrooms
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) explores the importance of integrating knowledge-building into literacy education to enhance reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.
Key Points:
- It challenges the narrow focus on foundational literacy skills like phonics and advocates for a broader approach that includes expanding students' knowledge of the natural and social world.
- Ten practical strategies for educators to implement in classrooms, ranging from building vocabulary and engaging discussions to selecting knowledge-rich curricula and safeguarding instructional time for science and social studies.
- Creating a more comprehensive literacy education not only helps students decode words but also deeply understand and apply the information they read.
Click here to view the full article.
