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Webinars

Texas Turnaround Center webinars are a convenient way to learn about timely topics, issues and trends affecting under-performing schools.

Each webinar is:
  • Approximately 1.5 hrs long
  • Hosted by experts and practitioners who offer insight and answers to questions in real time
  • Archived and downloadable for no cost any time

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Past Webinars

Please see below for past webinar topics and documents available for download. Please note presentation and video recording files can be large and may take some time to download.

Title:Tools for Reducing Dropouts, Increasing Completion and Graduation Rates
Hosts: TTC and Tx Comprehensive Center
Intended Audience: CITs, TAPs, CAMs
Documents: Click here
Date: May 18, 2010
Time:  9 AM CST

Title:Maintaining a Continuous Improvement Process (full slide / notes format)
Presenter: John Fessenden, Director of Accountability and Research at Del Valle ISD
Intended Audience: CITs, TAPs, CAMs
Documents: Summer Time and the Livin' Is PD
Date:  April 20, 2010
Time:  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST

Title: Top 10 Things To Do Now in Preparation for TAKS (full slide / notes format)
Presenter: John Fessenden, Director of Accountability and Research at Del Valle ISD
Intended Audience: CITs, TAPs, CAMs
Documents: It's Spring Handout, Campus Accountability 2009 and Preview of 2010, Campus Planning Template, Videos
Date:  Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Time:  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Title: 2009-2010 TAT Campuses (ppt)
Presenter: Ted Kerr, TEA
Intended Audience: ESC Turnaround Teams, District and Campus Leaders
Date:  Thursday, December 3, 2009
Time:  1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CDT

Title: 2009-2010 CIT Progress Report - TEA update (ppt)
Presenter: Ted Kerr, TEA
Intended Audience: CITs
Date:  Monday, November 16, 2009
Time:  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CDT

Title: Dropout, Completion and Graduation (full slide / notes format)
Presenter:John Fessenden, Director of Accountability and Research at Del Valle ISD
Intended Audience: CITs, TAPs, CAMs
Documents: Preliminary Completion/Graduation Rate Cohort Template , Completion/Graduation Rate Template Directions,
Class of 2009 Cohort Calculation
Date:  Monday, November 16, 2009
Time:  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Title: Dropout and Completion: Definitions and Documentation (ppt)
Presenter: Linda Roska, Director of TEA's Division of Accountability Research
Intended Audience: ESC Turnaround Teams
Date:  Thursday, November 5, 2009
Time:  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Title: State and Federal Accountability (presentation pdf: full slide / notes format)
Presenter: John Fessenden, Director of Accountability and Research at Del Valle ISD
Intended Audience: CITs, TAPs, CAMs
Documents: Accountability 09-10, Accountability Resources, Accountability Standards, Comparison of State and Federal, Glossary of Terms
Date:  Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Time:  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Title: 2009-2010 Intervention Requirements for AU Schools (ppt)
Presenters: Ted Kerr and Roy Green, TEA
Intended Audience: ESC Turnaround Teams and CITs
Documents: *Please click here to go to the TEA website for the most current forms
Date:  Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Time:  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Title: 2009-2010 Technical Support and Interventions (ppt)
Presenters: Eileen Reed, ESC Region XIII, Laura Taylor, TEA and Ted Kerr, TEA
Intended Audience: ESC Turnaround Teams
Date:  Thursday, June 18, 2009
Time:  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
NOTE: There is a 10 minute period during which the audio is not functioning

Title: TAKS Vertical Scale Scores and Best Practice in Dropout Prevention in Texas (presentation pdf: full slide / notes format)
Presenters: John Fessenden, Director of Accountability and Research at Del Valle ISD and Chris Caesar, Program Manager College and Career Readiness at Texas Education Agency
Intended Audience: ESC Turnaround Teams
Documents: Vertical Scale Handout, Vertical Scale Info from TEA, Vertical Scale Scores FAQ from TEA
Date:  Thursday, May 14, 2009
Time:  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
Title: Texas Projection Measure (ppt)
Presenter: Ervin Knezek, Deputy Executive Director ESC Region XIII
Intended Audience: ESC Turnaround Teams
Documents: TPM Considerations, TPM Guide from TEA, TPM FAQs from TEA
Date:  Thursday, April 2, 2009
Time:  1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CDT
Title:  External CIT Registration Process: Why and How (ppt)
Presenter: Clint Neighbors, Program Manager Tx Turnaround Ctr
Intended Audience: ESC Turnaround Teams and External CITs
Documents: CIT Responsibilities, Registration Flyer
Date:  Thursday, March 26, 2009
Time:  1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CDT
Title: Dropout Prevention: Everyone's Problem (ppt)
Presenter: Dr. Jay Smink, Executive Director National Dropout and Prevention Center/Network
Intended Audience: ESC Turnaround Teams
Documents: NDPC Risk Factors, South Hills HS Completion
Date:  Thursday, January 15, 2009
Time:  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Title:  Support Schools and Districts in Creating and Implementing Turnaround Plans (ppt) (notes)
Presenter: Andy Calkins, Senior VIP Mass Insight Education and Research Institute
Intended Audience: ESC Turnaround Teams
Documents:  4 Phases of Initating Turnaround, Readiness, Benchmarks, Workstreams, Turnaround Leader Action Table
Date:  Thursday, November 20, 2008
Time:  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Title:  Technical Assistance Team Training (ppt)(notes)
Presenter: Catherine Haynes, Program Specialist Tx Turnaround Ctr
Intended Audience: ESC Turnaround Teams
Documents: Click here for training materials
Date:  Thursday, November 6, 2008
Time:  2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT