Our Mission
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.
TxCEE’s Texas Educator Excellence Model (TEEM) encompasses eight components that, when combined, form a comprehensive educator support system that increases educator and student success. While districts address each of these components, TxCEE can help maximize resources and systems to leverage a singular component or the comprehensive TEEM.
TEEM Components and Key Strategies
Click on the component titles below for additional information.
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Data Driven Instruction Instructional Support that guides and monitors instructional decision making and leads to continuous improvement
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High-quality, Job-embedded Professional Development that differentiates based on educator and student needs to improve teaching and learning
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Educator Mentoring and Support that strengthens induction, coaching, and existing mentoring systems
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Teacher Career Pathways that offer opportunities for educators to advance professionally
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Educator Evaluation Systems that provide feedback for growth while also identifying the most effective educators
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Recruiting, Retaining, and Rewarding High-Quality Educators in order to build and sustain an effective team of educators to improve student outcomes
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Family, Community, and Educator Involvement that engages stakeholders to improve all systems that enhance the student experience
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Leadership Pipelines that identify and build highly effective leaders for schools
TxCEE used research and lessons learned from a number of districts and states across the country to develop a Student Learning Objective (SLO) process. This process can be used to measure student growth in every classroom. [MORE]
SEED is a district-wide professional learning system that stems from school and district goals and uses collaborative learning efforts of educators to strengthen teacher quality, impacting classroom teaching and student achievement. [MORE]
New principals receive intensive and individualized coaching, mentoring, training, and support to positively impact school culture, educator development, and student achievement. This approach also increases leadership skills. [MORE]
This mentoring program for new teachers helps them learn how to implement research-based practices yielding high results and provides customized support to help maximize the impact on student achievement in their classroom. [MORE]
TEEMS is a data system for educators that integrates instructional, operational, and personnel data to help inform human capital decisions. TEEMS helps organize, document, monitor, and evaluate educator practices and student learning at the campus and district levels. [MORE]
Texas Center for Educator Excellence
The Texas Center for Educator Excellence (TxCEE), an Austin-based satellite office of the Region 18 Education Service Center (ESC), provides leadership and technical assistance across Texas to improve educator excellence. TxCEE’s mission focuses on equipping educators to improve student achievement by aligning district resources and increasing educator effectiveness through educator training, coaching, and instructional support.
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and Consulting Services
If you would like information about our training and consulting services for Texas school districts, please contact Priscilla Gonzalez Flores, TxCEE Communications Manager, at pflores@txcee.org.