Dear BCE Teachers,
Part of the legislation that came out of House Bill 3 requires all teachers who teach reading to students in grades K-3 and elementary campus administrators to go through the new Texas Reading Academy. With the start of this school year being so unprecedented, we are putting off starting this program until late September, when The Meadow’s Center will do a short training with all of us at that time. There is nothing you need to do right now, except sign up for a TEAL account (link and instructions below and attached). Once you’ve done this, forget about this for now so you can just focus on getting the school year up and running. It isn’t something you need to worry about right this minute.
Here is the direct link to sign up for your cohort (Cohort 1):
https://tealearn-utameadowscenter-ra-k3.pdx.catalog.canvaslms.com/courses/utameadows-10
Here is a little about the Texas Reading Academies:
It takes about 60 hours online to complete.
We will each have 11 months to complete it.
The Reading Academy content is focused on the science of teaching reading.
Our staff will be divided into 3 cohorts of teachers and 1 cohort of administrators.
Each cohort will have a leader from The Meadow’s Center for support.
You will have a few artifacts and quizzes along the way to complete.
There is a dual-language training component for bilingual teachers.
The following professionals will be participating:
Elementary principals and assistants principals
Elementary teachers in grades PK-3
Elementary special education teachers who serve students in grades EE-3
Reading specialists
ESL/Bilingual specialists
Elementary coaches
We will all be completing this training together and will be able to support each other along the way. Again, please don’t worry about this right now. Just complete the sign up and we’ll get everyone started later this fall semester.
Thank you,
Jodie
P.S. Here is an instructional video if you have trouble navigating the sign-up.
