R9 TIA News & Notes - Sept 2024

Dear TIA Leads,

Our Region 9 ESC Team is excited to send out the first edition of our newsletter titled “R9 TIA News and Notes”. This will be a monthly newsletter that we’ll send out on the first day of the month that will be specific to our Region 9 TIA districts. We want to keep you informed about our professional development, deadlines, things to consider, TIA Resources, TEA Zooms and much more. ESC 9 wants to be your source for helping to support your TIA system.

Thank you and we look forward to our continued partnership!

~R9 TIA Team

Region 9 will be hosting an R9 TIA Office Hours every month. The first one will start in October. This Office Hours will be a Zoom only for Region 9 districts. We’ll start each Office Hours with any updates you need to know, and then give you time to ask our TIA Team any specific questions that you have about your designation system, your data for submission or anything else related to TIA. We’ll be hosting these office hours on the second Tuesday of each month. We want you to vote for the time that works best for you. The time that gets the most votes will be selected as the permanent time for this year. Please vote below. Voting ends Sept. 27th!

🔔We want to highlight an important announcement: TEA will no longer use cohort names, meaning you will not be referred to as Cohort D, E, F, G, etc. This change is significant, as it will impact how you receive communications regarding deadlines and submissions from TEA.

We’re on top of it! Districts will now be given one of four labels moving forward. These labels include:

• Developing/Applying Districts- This is for a district developing their local designation system and applying to TEA for the first time.

• Application Accepted Districts- These are districts who had their initial application or an expand/modify application accepted, but have never had their data approved (received allotments).

• Fully or Provisionally Approved Districts- These are districts that have had their data approved by TEA and have received allotments for their teachers.

• Renewal Districts- Every 5 years, districts have to renew their application to TEA to remain a TIA district.

These titles can change year over year. For example, if a district has never received an allotment, but they turn in their data and it gets approved, then the district moves from Application Accepted to Fully Approved.

We’re here to ensure you stay informed about your district's progress. Below, you'll find a table that outlines your district's current designation within TIA.

Look down in the appropriate category below to keep track of PD opportunities, action items, TEA Zooms and deadlines. Each section is a one stop shop for all timely information for your category. We hope that this newsletter keeps you up to date with everything that you need to know in the world of TIA! Our next newsletter will come out on Oct. 1st.

Thank you so much to the following districts for submitting your LOI (as of 9/13/24):

🎉Bryson ISD

🎉Harrold ISD

🎉Knox City-O'Brien CISD

🚨If you are in your Application Year and have not completed a Letter of Intent (LOI), please do so. Here is the link. You will be added to the TEA mailing list to receive time sensitive information about your application.

💻TEA offers high quality zoom trainings throughout the school year. There are often testimonials from district personnel, and you can get your questions answered straight from the source! Click the image below to register.

This is your data capture year. Collecting beginning of year data is essential for teachers to qualify to earn a designation. Make sure that you are collecting data based upon your local designation system (pre/post tests, portfolios, SLOs, etc.). Beginning of year pre-tests should be administered soon if they haven’t been completed already.

T-TESS Calibrations are an important part of strengthening your TIA system. If you would like more information on T-TESS calibration or would like to schedule a brief calibration meeting with our TIA team, please reach out to scott.slater@esc9.net to do so.

🚨Begin collecting BOY data if you have not already. Remember to look at your Local Designation System to confirm what student growth measures you've chosen to use for your BOY. If you are uncertain about whether you have gathered the correct data or how to do so, please reach out to scott.slater@esc9.net as soon as possible.

💻TEA offers high quality zoom trainings throughout the school year. There are often testimonials from district personnel, and you can get your questions answered straight from the source! Click the image below to register.

Congratulations! Your Local Designation System has been accepted, you have captured at least one year of data, and that data has been validated by TEA. Moving forward, you'll continue to collect and submit data every year.

FYI: Next year, all of the districts formerly known as Cohort D will move to the Renewal Districts designation, as it is required to renew TIA applications every five years.

🚨Reminder: Begin collecting BOY data if you have not already. Remember to look at your Local Designation System to confirm what student growth measures you've chosen to use for your BOY. If you are uncertain about whether you have gathered the correct data or how to do so, please reach out to scott.slater@esc9.net as soon as possible.

🚨Data Submission for last year’s data is due to TEA by Oct. 17. Data must be entered in the TIA “Data Submission File for Fall 2024 T-TESS” (linked below). It is an Excel file, and MUST BE filled out in Excel (not Google Sheets). This spreadsheet will need to be uploaded into the TIA Data Portal. You can upload the file several times as needed to work through errors.

Data Submission File for Fall 2024 T-TESS

Data Submission Instructions Fall 2024

Data Submission FAQ Fall 2024

It is recommended to input your data into the “TIA Excel Analysis Tool 2024 T-TESS” and the "Designation Determination Tool 2024 T-TESS" to determine correlation and to help with designation decisions. If you would like us to look at your data or your team needs assistance with these tools, please reach out to scott.slater@esc9.net.

💻TEA offers high quality zoom trainings throughout the school year. There are often testimonials from district personnel, and you can get your questions answered straight from the source! Click the image below to register.

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