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Chris Castillo Comer
Director of Science - TEA

EDUCATION EVENT		PRESENTATIONS AND RESOURCES
		The TRC Presentation Library The Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching is pleased to host the following presentations for our science and mathematics education communities. The library contains presentations by TEA leadership, TRC staff, and other Texas education leaders. The content is organized by event with the most recent presentations located at the top of the list. Additional documents that may be useful in a presentation may also be provided. The presentations are in PowerPoint or QuickTime format and are 1 to 5 megabytes in size. Depending on how your browser is configured, you may need to Control Click (Mac) or Right Click (Windows) on the link to download the file. Please direct questions regarding the content to the presenter.
TASM September 18, 2007		Texas Association of Supervisors of Mathematics Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez, Director Mathematics TEA Erika Pierce, Assistant Director of Mathematics, TEA
13th TRC Annual Meeting June 27-29, 2007		TRC Overview for T-STEM Summit Presented by Carol Fletcher, Assistant Director/R&D Coordinator Texas Regional Collabortives TEA Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science - TEA
CAMT June 28-30, 2007		TEA Student Assessment Mathematics Update Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez - Director of Mathematics, Curriculum Division - TEA Larry Duncan, Manager of Mathematics Assessments Student Assessment Division - TEA TASM Meeting Presented by Norma Torres-Martinez - Director of Mathematics, Curriculum Division - TEA Julie Guthrie, Director of Mathematics and Science Assessment Division - TEA TEA Mathematics Update Presented by Julie Guthrie - Director of Mathematics & Science Assessments - TEA Larry Duncan, Manager of Mathematics Assessments Student Assessment Division - TEA
TASSP June 14, 2007		Science Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science - TEA Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science - TEA Cyndi Louden, Assessment Division - TEA
TEPSA June 14, 2007		Science Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science - TEA Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science - TEA Cyndi Louden, Assessment Division - TEA
TSELA Conference April 23rd, 2007		Texas Science Education Leadersip Conference Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency Handout: Division of Performance Reporting Brochure: The KEY to reach your goal Graduate Bro7 130 01; January 07 PDF: Pocket Edition 2005-06 Texas Public School Statistics Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8 Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science; Texas Education Agency Handout: Planning for Laboratory and Field Facilities for the 4X4 Program TEA Science Assessment Update Cyndi Louden, Ph.D. Texas Physics Taskforce Karen Jo Matsler STAT Update and STAT Report Kenn Heydrick
NARST April 2007		The Effects of Professional Development on Science Teaching Practices(ZIP) Todd Sherron, Ph.D. - Info2knowledge, llc. Carol Fletcher, Ph.D.The University of Texas at Austin Center for Science and Mathematics Education The Texas Regional Collaboratives James P. Barufaldi, Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin
TRC Advisory Board March 6, 2007		TRC Advisory Board Meeting Program Evaluation and Assessment Presenter: Carol Fletcher, Assistant Director/R&D Coordinator, TRC Texas High School Project and the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (T-STEM) Initiative Presenters: Jan Lindsey, Education Inititiatives - TEA
TASA Midwinter January 29-31, 2007		TASA 2007 Midwinter Conference Dynamic Partnerships for 21st Century Science Education� Presenter: Carol Fletcher, Assistant Director/R&D Coordinator, TRC Impacting Student Achievement through K-16 STEM Collaboration Presenters: Kamil Jbeily; Carol Fletcher; Jesus Chavez, RRISD superintendent; and Patty McLelland, RRISD instructional specialist
TEEAC January 11-12, 2007		The Texas Environmental Education Advisory Committee How to Use TAKS Results to Focus Programs Presenters: Cyndi Louden TAKS Science Manager; Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science; Texas Education Agency Current Issues and Opportunities Presenters: Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science; Texas Education Agency
Assessment Conference December 10-13, 2006		21st Annual Texas Assessment Conference & 18th Annual Texas Association of Collegiate Testing Personnel Conference Science Curriculum and Assessment:� What You Need to Know! Presenters:� Chris Castillo Comer, Director of Science; Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science; Cyndi Louden, Science Team Manager, Assessment Division; Shannon Miller, Science Specialist, Assessment Division TEA Science Update Presenters:� Chris Castillo Comer, Director of Science; Irene Pickhardt, Assistant Director of Science; Cyndi Louden, Science Team Manager, Assessment Division; Shannon Miller, Science Specialist, Assessment Division Resources for Elementary School Resources for Middle School Resources for High School
ASTE January 3, 2007		Assessment of Science Proficiency in Grade 4: Establishing Valid and Reliable Measures using Mixed Methods(PDF) Research Paper Presented by Carol Fletcher, Ph.D. Assistant Director/R&D Coordinator for Texas Regional Collaboratives and Todd Sherron, Ph.D. Senior Researcher for Info2knowledge, llc.
CAST November 9-11, 2006		TEA Update Presented by Shannon Miller - Student Assessment, Texas Education Agency Administrator Session Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency Elementary Science TEA Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency High School Science TEA Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency Middle School Science TEA Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency TSELA Science TEA Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency Texas High School Project Presented by Kelvey Oeser - Program Manager T-STEM Initiative,Texas Education Agency Wichita Falls, Get Ready to Fall in Step with Science Presented by Irene Pickhardt - Assistant Director of Science, Texas Education Agency Texas Secondary Science Saftey Survey Presented by Dr. Sandra West - Texas State University Science Cognates Shared by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency Words Shared by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency
Science Project Director's Meeting October 16, 2006		TEA Update Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency
Texas Science Diagnostic System PDA September 13, 2006		Science Diagnostic Training Presented by Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency
		Texas Science Diagnostic System Richard Powell - Project Consultant to the Texas Education Agency JPX Interactive Technologies, Inc. provided by Chris Comer
		Texas Science Diagnostic System Contributed by Donna Price, Humble ISD
		The Texas Science Diagnostic System TSDS Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency This additional PowerPoint document was provided by Chris Comer along with a TSDS FAQ document
Math Project Director's Meeting September 12, 2006		Limited English Proficient (LEP) Student Success Initiative Lilie Elizondo-Limas - Office of Education Initiatives, Texas Education Agency
		Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (T-STEM) Initiative Kelvey Oeser - Program Manager T-STEM Initiative,Texas Education Agency
TRC 12th Annual Meeting July 12, 13 & 14, 2006 Austin, Texas		TEA Update Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency
		Annual Meeting Opening Reception Video segments from each presenter.
		Synergizing P-16 Science Education Partnerships Carol Fletcher - Assistant Director/R&D Coordinator Texas Regional Collaboratives - UT Austin

TEA TASSP Conference June 7, 2006 Austin, Texas		TEA Science Update Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency

TEA ASAP Conference April 24-25, 2006		TEA Update Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency

TSELA Conference April 26th, 2006		TEA Science Update Chris Comer - Director of Science, Texas Education Agency
		TEA Science Update - Federal Projects Irene Pickhardt - Assistant Director Science, Texas Education Agency

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