1. Texas Regional Collaboratives
for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching
TRC Professional Development Effectiveness: Impact on Students and Teachers
Carol L. Fletcher
Assistant Director/R&D Coordinator
Todd Sherron
Evaluation Coordinator
TRC Advisory Board
March 3, 2009
Austin, Texas

2. Data compiled from August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008
Statewide Impact in
SCIENCE
MATHEMATICS 37
COLLABORATIVES 22
784
DISTRICTS
818
2,324
CAMPUSES
2,153
7,894
TEACHERS
8,033
497,322
STUDENTS
433,782
Data compiled from August 1, July 31, 2008

3. ITMs

4. Educator Demographics - Science Teachers

5. Mathematics Teachers

6. Economic Status of Participant Schools
Data indicates the percentage of students who receive free or reduced lunches on campuses served by the TRC.

7. Title I Status of Participating Campuses

8. Ethnicity of Students Served by Collaborative Teachers
Based on actual classroom data reported by TRC science teachers from August July 2008.

9. Program Evaluation – Teacher Knowledge
Science Content
Knowledge

10. Teacher Content Knowledge

11. Program Evaluation – Student Achievement

12. Round Rock ISD: Two-Year TAKS Data
For example, after Hutto ISD teachers joined the TRC in the school year, students significantly increased the percent passing and percent commended in Grade 5 on the Elementary TAKS at the 3 campuses that had TRC teachers.

13. Rice University
The Rice University Regional Collaborative worked with Houston ISD throughout the school year. The Rice Elementary Model Science Lab (REMSL) supported 65 teachers from across HISD to improve science content knowledge and instructional skills. Teachers received an average of 175 contact hours of training. As a result, students of REMSL teachers improved by almost 40% in passing rates between 2007 and 2008

14. Region 7 Science Data

15. Region 9 Science Data

16. Region 15 TAKS

17. Challenges and Successes

18. Challenges and Successes

19. Testimonies
My knowledge of science has improved as has my teaching methods. My students have been successful because of it. This year I had 100% pass the TAKS Science 5th grade with 70% commended within a population majority Hispanic and disadvantaged. These students would not have been as successful without my participation in the TRC.
How can I even begin? I have been in a collaborative almost consecutively for over 10 years. The year or two that I did not belong to one I felt like I was really missing out on the communication that develops between fellow teachers. The TRC has allowed me to participate in events that I would not have known about and see speakers that I would never have seen in my area of the state. It has broadened my horizons and thus changed the opportunities that my students are afforded. You have "grown" me as a teacher and this allows me to be a better "gardener" for my students.