The Texas Center for Educator Excellence (TxCEE) focuses on equipping educators to improve student achievement by aligning district resources and increasing educator effectiveness through training, coaching, and instructional support.

TEEM Components and Key Strategies

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• Data Driven Instruction Instructional Support – Establishing a culture of data use and continuous improvement promotes a positive campus culture and enhances student learning.

• High-quality, Job-embedded Professional Development – Providing differentiated, sustained professional learning opportunities support educator growth and ultimately improve student learning. 

• Educator Mentoring and Support – Implementing systems to strengthen induction, coaching, and mentoring programs leads to improved instruction and student growth.

• Teacher Career Pathways – Offering a variety of career pathway opportunities to become campus leaders allows effective teachers to advance professionally, while having options to maintain an instructional role.

• Educator Evaluation Systems – Employing rigorous, research-based observation tools and student growth measures to inform a variety of human capital management decisions.

• Recruiting, Retaining, and Rewarding High-Quality Educators – Having human resource systems aligned with best practices that foster opportunities to attract, retain, and reward effective educators and improve student outcomes.

• Family, Community, and Educator Involvement – Actively involving educators, parents, institutions of higher education, and other community members leads to improved educator effectiveness and student learning.

• Leadership Pipelines – Providing structures to identify, support, and retain effective leaders can create environments that attract and retain other skilled educators as well as improve student outcomes.