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This training series serves as a holistic guide for educators to navigate the challenges of trauma within the educational environment, fostering a trauma-informed approach to education, and promoting resilience among both students and educators. Furthermore, it aims to create an empathetic, supportive, and responsive educational climate, benefiting all stakeholders in the educational community. By focusing on the principles of trauma-informed education, the series aids educators in facilitating an environment that encourages students to learn, grow, and thrive, despite the adversities they may have experienced.
This training series serves as a holistic guide for educators to navigate the challenges of trauma within the educational environment, fostering a trauma-informed approach to education, and promoting resilience among both students and educators. Furthermore, it aims to create an empathetic, supportive, and responsive educational climate, benefiting all stakeholders in the educational community. By focusing on the principles of trauma-informed education, the series aids educators in facilitating an environment that encourages students to learn, grow, and thrive, despite the adversities they may have experienced.
Instructional Design with Rigor in Mind is a groundbreaking course series that offers educators a comprehensive understanding of 'rigor' in education. Beginning with a pre-assessment and debunking common myths about rigor, the series progresses to defining rigor within an educational context and thoroughly explores the subject of alignment and its implications for different disciplines, including social studies. The concept of backward design is introduced as an effective strategy for enhancing rigor, coupled with its practical applications in lesson planning. The series culminates in a focus on devising a year-long plan aimed at fostering a rigorous and engaging curriculum. Combining theory with practical tools and reflective exercises, this course series empowers educators to cultivate an enriched, rigorous learning environment.
Instructional Design with Rigor in Mind is a groundbreaking course series that offers educators a comprehensive understanding of 'rigor' in education. Beginning with a pre-assessment and debunking common myths about rigor, the series progresses to defining rigor within an educational context and thoroughly explores the subject of alignment and its implications for different disciplines, including social studies. The concept of backward design is introduced as an effective strategy for enhancing rigor, coupled with its practical applications in lesson planning. The series culminates in a focus on devising a year-long plan aimed at fostering a rigorous and engaging curriculum. Combining theory with practical tools and reflective exercises, this course series empowers educators to cultivate an enriched, rigorous learning environment.
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The University of Texas at Austin GEAR UP
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The University of Texas at Austin GEAR UP. We are 2017, 2018, and 2022 GEAR UP Partnership grants funded by the Department of Education. We work with fifteen independent school districts in the Greater Austin, San Antonio, and East Texas regions and strive to increase college enrollment and persistence. School districts include Del Valle ISD, East Central ISD, Edgewood ISD, Lockhart ISD, Manor ISD, San Marcos CISD, Somerset ISD, Southwest ISD, Navasota ISD, Livingston ISD, South San Antonio ISD, Southside ISD, Coldspring-Oakhurst CISD, Lufkin ISD, Jasper ISD, and Port Arthur ISD.
