1. The Programmatic Nature of the TEKS

2. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS2 TEKS are: Linear Cyclical Interdependent Programmatic To inform decisions about planning, teaching, and assessment. To support continuity and connectedness among grade levels and among subject areas.

3. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS3 Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking, from Grade 6 to Algebra II 6.4 A-B, 6.5 7.2 F, 7.4 C, 7.5 A 8.4, 8.5 A-B Algebra I b (1) A-E, b (3) A-B Algebra II b(1) A-B, c (1) A-B

4. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS4 Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking, Grade 6

5. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS5 Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking, Grade 7

6. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS6 Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking, Grade 8

7. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS7 The Algebra I TEKS Foundations for Functions

8. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS8 The Algebra II TEKS

9. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS9 Vertical Articulation Subject: Grade/Course: Strand: Grade/Course KS SE/PD KS SE/PD KS SE/PD Changes Key: KS = Knowledge and Skills SE = Student Expectations PD = Performance Descriptions

10. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS10 Vertical Articulation

11. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS11 Questions to Consider What changes from grade to grade? Content? Processes? What patterns emerge? Where are new concepts introduced?

12. Ensuring Teacher Quality Leader's Resource Guide: Programmatic Nature of the TEKS12 More Questions to Consider What are the implications for... Classroom teachers? Campus communities? The K-12 program? Instructional leaders?