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Fall 2024

Welcome to the ESC Region 11 English Language Arts and Reading newsletter. This quarterly newsletter, hosted by the ELAR team, provides up-to-date information on all professional development sessions and strategy spotlights. 

Kicking off the 2024-2025 School Year

Welcome back to another exciting school year! We hope your year is off to an excellent start. We want to express our appreciation for the dedication and passion you bring to the important work of teaching. We are thrilled to share some upcoming sessions that will enhance your understanding and application of key literacy strategies, offering practical tools to help students develop their reading skills in engaging and effective ways. Together, we are confident that we can help every student reach their full potential. Thank you for all that you do. We look forward to working alongside you to make this school year a successful and rewarding one for everyone. - ESC Region 11 ELAR Team

Professional Development

2024-2025 ELAR Instructional Leaders and Coaches Meetings

All Meetings 9:00 a.m. - noon
Face-to-Face • 3 Credit Hours Per Meeting
September 20, 2024
February 24, 2025
April 25, 2025

High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) RLA Cadre

October 16, 2024, February 18, or June 17, 2025
8:30 - 11:30 a.m. • 3 Credit Hours • Face-to-Face

This cadre is for instructional leaders utilizing TEA Open Education Resources for RLA (Amplify Texas and Odell Texas). The collaborative session will provide information and updates for K-12 educators using these instructional resource materials.

Research-Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS) for Reading Language Arts (RLA)

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.• Face-to-Face • 12 Credit Hours
September 9-10, 2024
November 11-12, 2024
January 13-14, 2025
May 7-8, 2025

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.• Face-to-Face • 6 Credit Hours
December 13, 2024
March 28, 2025

Research-Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS) RLA are 3-5 instructional strategies representing the most significant changes needed to bridge the gap between research and practice. This fast-paced, two-day RLA RBIS session will cover Foundational Skills, Text Complexity, Knowledge Coherence, and Text-Based Responses. Participants will explore thinking differently about RLA and what changes could benefit the students they serve.

Strategy and Resource Spotlight

Brittany Kosumsuriya, M.Ed.

Secondary ELAR Instructional Content Specialist
bkosumsuriya@esc11.net
817.740.3699

Erin Abernathy

Elementary ELAR Instructional Content Specialist
eabernathy@esc11.net

817.740.7582

Kimberly Smith

Elementary ELAR Instructional Content Specialist
kimberly.smith@esc11.net
817.740.7702

Jennifer Garica, Ed.D.

Texas Reading Initiative 6-12 Literacy Instructional Coach

jgarcia@esc11.net
817.740.7583

Rhonda Bell-Wallace, M.Ed.

Texas Reading Initiative K-5 Literacy Instructional Coach

rbell-wallace@esc11.net
817.740.7643