Explore the features of argumentative texts and gain strategies to help students analyze and write in this genre across grade levels.
Understand the six syllable types to improve students’ decoding, fluency, and spelling of multisyllabic words.
Discover how to plan and organize your literacy block effectively using a weekly lesson plan aligned with standards and instructional goals.
Identify six key steps for lesson planning that align to rigorous standards and follow the gradual release of responsibility.
Gain strategies to deepen comprehension through the four cognitive pathways that prepare students for success with new STAAR items.
Classroom Management
How do I identify, organize, and facilitate?
Join us for a FREE Region 4 Inspire Texas information webinar to explore how you can become a certified teacher in Texas. You'll get all the details on program requirements, admissions, fees, and hear directly from those who've completed the program. Bring your questions, and let's talk about your future!
High-Yield Strategies and Specially Designed Instruction (SDI)
This immersive, 3-day experience equips educators with the tools to design and implement Gold Standard PBL projects. Engage in hands-on learning, collaborate on a project that crosses over core subjects, and walk away with a ready-to-use project that inspires curiosity, critical thinking, and student engagement.
Join us for a FREE Region 4 Inspire Texas information webinar to explore how you can become a certified teacher in Texas. You'll get all the details on program requirements, admissions, fees, and hear directly from those who've completed the program. Bring your questions, and let's talk about your future!
We’re headed to CAMT 2025—and we’re bringing the energy, expertise, and support you expect from Region 4! Join the Region 4 Mathematics team July 10–12, 2025, in San Antonio as we present and exhibit at Texas’s largest math education conference, designed to equip educators with tools that make math meaningful, equitable, and engaging for all students. Stop by Our… Continue reading Region 4 at CAMT 2025
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Deepen your summer learning with Visual Phonics: See the Sound, presented by Vicki Alford, Visual Phonics ICLI Board Member and ​Resource Specialist. Through sound, gesture, and symbol connections, Visual Phonics training helps students overcome challenges in reading, writing, and auditory processing, giving them the foundational skills to thrive in the classroom and in everyday life!
Classroom Management
This free two-day training equips secondary school staff with the skills to recognize and respond to signs of drug or alcohol impairment in students, helping prevent impaired driving and support early intervention.
Free for K–5 educators! Get your promo code FIRST at bit.ly/R4LaunchK5.
Gear up for a high-impact day built for assistant principals and education leaders to strengthen leadership and drive campus success.
Gear up for a high-impact day built for assistant principals and education leaders to strengthen leadership and drive campus success.
Classroom Management
Strengthen your leadership skills and meet state appraisal requirements with training that builds a positive school culture, supports teacher growth, and drives student success.
This session provides an overview of the special education process for students with dyslexia, covering IDEA, Child Find, evaluations, ARD committees, and IEP development.
This session guides dyslexia interventionists in adapting Reading by Design® to meet the individualized needs of students served through special education under IDEA.
Join us for a FREE Region 4 Inspire Texas information webinar to explore how you can become a certified teacher in Texas. You'll get all the details on program requirements, admissions, fees, and hear directly from those who've completed the program. Bring your questions, and let's talk about your future!
Gain practical guidance on setting and monitoring student outcome goals, understanding accountability systems, and fulfilling required trustee training.
This required training provides newly elected or appointed school board members with an overview of the Texas Education Code.
This virtual training provides school staff with the knowledge and skills to identify opioid overdoses, administer Narcan, and respond effectively to fentanyl-related emergencies in compliance with state requirements.
What’s in Your Toolbox?
This session equips participants with the knowledge and skills to select, administer, and interpret curriculum-based measurements (CBMs) for reading to support dyslexia identification and data-driven instructional decisions.
This immersive learning experience invites K–12 educators, instructional leaders, and administrators to challenge assumptions, shift viewpoints, and rethink how history, civics, and society are taught.
Explore how to evaluate and support bilingual students with dyslexia by understanding second language acquisition, the advantage of bilingualism, and effective instructional approaches.
This virtual session prepares school staff to confidently support students with medical needs by addressing common concerns and providing clear, practical strategies for managing health emergencies.
This course equips school nurses with essential skills to assess, recognize, and stabilize pediatric emergencies, enhancing their ability to respond effectively before advanced care arrives.
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No matter your proficiency level, our expert instructors will guide you through intensive, level-matched small groups for maximum impact. Join us at the Region 4 Signing Exact English Skill Shop and take part in an immersive learning experience where you'll gain essential and advanced signing skills to better reach and teach students who are deaf or hard… Continue reading Signing in Exact English (SEE) Skill Shop
This session is part of the Supporting All Learners to Increase Academic Engagement Series.
Join us for a FREE Region 4 Inspire Texas information webinar to explore how you can become a certified teacher in Texas. You'll get all the details on program requirements, admissions, fees, and hear directly from those who've completed the program. Bring your questions, and let's talk about your future!
Complete this required 1-day training to effectively evaluate and support principals using the TEA-approved T-PESS model.
Middle School Force and Motion
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Gain practical guidance on setting and monitoring student outcome goals, understanding accountability systems, and fulfilling required trustee training.
Classroom Management
Crafting Targeted Reading Instruction That Works
Learn how to confidently conduct Behavioral Threat Assessments using the Sentinel system in this free, hands-on, in-person training designed for school safety personnel.
This comprehensive food safety training course provides guidance for school nutrition professionals to assure the preparation and service of
safe food and how to manage a safe and sanitary school nutrition operation.
Complete this required 3-day training to become a certified appraiser and support teacher growth through the Texas teacher evaluation system.
Explore engaging strategies for implementing Volume 5 to help students develop fluency, vocabulary, and word study skills through meaningful, morphology-based instruction.
Join us for a FREE Region 4 Inspire Texas information webinar to explore how you can become a certified teacher in Texas. You'll get all the details on program requirements, admissions, fees, and hear directly from those who've completed the program. Bring your questions, and let's talk about your future!
Presented as part of the Summer Science Power Hours virtual series
Join us Wednesday, July 30 and Thursday, July 31 for this statewide virtual conference focused on child find; evaluation; and admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) support topics. The Aligned! 2025: From Child Find to IEP Implementation conference provides expertise, best practices, and networking supports to help public school districts and charter schools elevate their impact.… Continue reading Aligned! 2025: From Child Find to IEP Implementation
This five-day training equips participants with the knowledge and tools to deliver effective dyslexia intervention using Reading by Design, including foundational laws, instructional best practices, and a complete set of program materials.
Join fellow child nutrition professionals at this annual event to attend training sessions related to managing compliant school nutrition programs. Receive updates and guidance on operating the National School Lunch, School Breakfast and After School Care Programs to comply with federal and state guidelines.
Discover coaching strategies that boost teacher growth by aligning support with adult learning principles and motivation.
This session is offered through our collaboration with JASON Learning. This session includes a 1-year digital subscription to the module.
Presented as part of the Summer Science Power Hours virtual series
Join fellow child nutrition professionals at this annual event to attend training sessions related to managing compliant school nutrition programs. Receive updates and guidance on operating the National School Lunch, School Breakfast and After School Care Programs to comply with federal and state guidelines.
Learn how to adapt Reading by Design® for secondary students by exploring age-appropriate strategies and adjustments that support effective implementation.
This session is offered through our collaboration with JASON Learning. This session includes a 1-year digital subscription to the module.
Mastering Syllables and Morphology in Upper Grades
Cracking the Mystery of Deeper Reading
Complete this required 3-day training to become a certified appraiser and support teacher growth through the Texas teacher evaluation system.
The focus of this session is developing present levels of academic achievement and functional performance (PLAAFP) development based on student data, drafting annual goals (academic and/or functional) and objectives, if appropriate, and collecting data for reporting progress.
This five-day training equips participants with the knowledge and tools to deliver effective dyslexia intervention using Reading by Design, including foundational laws, instructional best practices, and a complete set of program materials.
This five-day training equips participants with the knowledge and tools to deliver effective dyslexia intervention using Reading by Design, including foundational laws, instructional best practices, and a complete set of program materials.
Build stronger coaching relationships through effective pre-observation meetings and evidence-based classroom visits.
This virtual training provides school staff with the knowledge and skills to identify opioid overdoses, administer Narcan, and respond effectively to fentanyl-related emergencies in compliance with state requirements.
Join us for a FREE Region 4 Inspire Texas information webinar to explore how you can become a certified teacher in Texas. You'll get all the details on program requirements, admissions, fees, and hear directly from those who've completed the program. Bring your questions, and let's talk about your future!
This certification course equips non-medical school staff with the skills to perform CPR, use an AED, and provide basic first aid in emergency situations.
Gain practical strategies for planning and sustaining multi-week coaching cycles that drive meaningful teacher growth.
Explore engaging strategies for implementing Volume 5 to help students develop fluency, vocabulary, and word study skills through meaningful, morphology-based instruction.
Join us for a FREE Region 4 Inspire Texas information webinar to explore how you can become a certified teacher in Texas. You'll get all the details on program requirements, admissions, fees, and hear directly from those who've completed the program. Bring your questions, and let's talk about your future!
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Presented as part of the Summer Science Power Hours virtual series
This course is designed to assist personnel responsible for managing the operational, financial, and procurement functions of child nutrition programs with procedural knowledge and resources to prepare for an Administrative, Financial, and Procurement Review.
Presented as part of the Summer Science Power Hours virtual series
Join us at the Region 4 Teacher Job Fair on Tuesday, August 19 at the McKinney Conference Center.
Discover the impact of dyscalculia on student learning and explore practical strategies to support success.