September 2019 Committee on Instruction Item 1
Ratification of Texas Lesson Study Resources
September 13, 2019
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: CONSENT
SUMMARY: This item gives the committee and board an opportunity to consider ratifying the third set of teacher-designed lesson study resources, which became available on the agency’s web portal March 14, 2019–August 2, 2019.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §8.0531.
TEC, §8.0531 requires that instructional lessons developed as part of a curriculum management system by a regional education service center, acting alone or in collaboration with one or more other regional education service centers, be subject to the same review and adoption process as outlined in TEC, §31.022.
The full text of statutory citations can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: On April 5, 2019, the board ratified the second set of teacher-designed lesson study resources. On November 16, 2018, the board ratified the first set of lesson study resources that were available on the agency’s web portal as of October 31, 2018.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: Commissioner of Education Mike Morath included the Texas Lesson Study (TXLS) professional development program in the TEA Strategic Plan 2017–2021 and 2019–2023. TXLS is inquiry-based, job-embedded professional development where teachers work collaboratively to develop, teach, and assess research-based lessons. Through this process, teachers document their learning and lesson design on a lesson proposal and videotape the taught research-based lesson. The lesson proposal and video may become published on TEA’s online teacher and student resource center, the Texas Gateway.
At the September 13, 2018 and November 15, 2018, Committee on Instruction meetings, staff presented on the TXLS professional development program.
PUBLIC BENEFIT AND COST TO PERSONS: Benefits include teachers and parents having access to teacher-designed, master lessons that are aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and may be adapted and implemented in the classroom to increase student outcomes. Publishing these master lessons on the Texas Gateway may also increase the public perception of the teaching profession.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
moves to ratify the third set of Texas Lesson Study resources as presented in Exhibit II.
Staff Members Responsible:
Tim Regal, Associate Commissioner, Instructional Support
Blair Claussen, Director, Educator Recruitment and Development
Separate Exhibit I: How to Access Gateway Lesson Study Resources
Separate Exhibit II: Gateway Lesson Study Resource List: March 14, 2019–August 2, 2019