Learn the best practice strategies, tips, and resources for your advanced academic populations, including Gifted and Talented, AP, and STEM.| Region 13's Blog
Learn the best practices, strategies, updates, and resources you'll need to make sure all of your instruction is strategically designed.| Region 13's Blog
Everyone wants to do what's best for students. It can feel overwhelming to meet the training requirements for the gifted and talented program. However,| Region 13's Blog
Assessment, Subject Areas, TEKS| Region 13's Blog
Learn the best practices, strategies, updates, and resources you'll need to ensure all of your students have success in the core subject areas.| Region 13's Blog
Statewide tests and evaluations like STAAR and TELPAS are a crucial way to assess our students' performance and determine the effectiveness of instruction.| Region 13's Blog
Our classroom instruction articles focus on management, high quality lesson planning and delivering, and research backed strategies and tips for educators.| Region 13's Blog
You receive a letter from the school asking permission to test your child for the gifted and talented (GT) program. Or maybe you requested to have your| Region 13's Blog
Project Based Learning (also known as PBL) is a method of instruction that encourages students to learn through the use of projects and problem-solving.| Region 13's Blog
STEM activities integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math into lessons in order to teach students 21st century skills through problem solving.| Region 13's Blog
Gifted and Talented (GT) Programs vary across campuses, districts, and the state. Do you know your gifted and talented program goals? Are you meeting| Region 13's Blog
Project-based learning… STEM… Gifted and Talented. What’s the difference really in these ideas? Do you know? If you saw a student working in| Region 13's Blog
Amber Reinecke is the Cross-Curricular Systems Program Manager and Gifted and Talented (GT) Specialist at ESC Region 13. She has experience as an elementary classroom GT teacher, as well as six years of experience as a Gifted and Talented Pull-out Teacher and Instructional Coach. She has a passion for working with the gifted community in order to advocate for student needs.| Region 13's Blog
Every year, districts across the state are required to identify students who will participate in Gifted and Talented (GT) programs. This GT identification| Region 13's Blog
The Texas Performance Standards Project (TPSP) is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) created website providing teachers across Texas with free standards-based| Region 13's Blog