Region 20 Collaborative/San Antonio
Mission
The mission of the ESC-20 mathematics team is to build leadership capacity through long-term and intensive training with teacher leaders. Participants attend high quality, relevant training in concepts specifically correlated to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for mathematics.
Accomplishments
Our main goal is to improve academic achievement of students in mathematics by providing high quality, sustained, and high intensity professional development focused on the education of mathematics teachers as a career-long process. The process is designed to strengthen teachers' knowledge and skills by fostering teachers' thinking through the big ideas of K-12 mathematics and analyzing the development of those ideas in the classroom.
Our teachers and curriculum coordinators have received 12 to 134 hours of training. Many of our teachers have participated in ongoing professional development throughout the school year, and are on their way to becoming mathematics leaders on their campuses. In fact, all seven of the high school MTMs elected to return for a second year.
One of our most promising high school teachers, Peter Barrera from Pleasanton ISD, was a recipient of this year's Distinguished Teaching Award at the TRC Annual Meeting in Austin. What he's learned in the TRC has helped him become an inspiration to his colleagues.
Contact
Tori Austin
Project Director
[email protected]
210-370-5200
Participating School Districts
East Central ISD
Southside ISD
Pleasanton ISD
Harlandale ISD
Sabinal ISD
Jourdanton ISD
Poteet ISD
La Vernia ISD
Edgewood ISD
Somerset ISD
Brackett ISD
KIPP Aspire Academy
Partners
Our Lady of the Lake University
Harlandale ISD
Sabinal ISD
Events and Activities
Download a PDF of our 2008 - 2009 Collaborative Events.
Mathematics Collaboratives