Directory of Collaboratives
- Region 1 Collaborative / Edinburg
- UT-Brownsville Regional Collaborative / Brownsville
- UT-Pan American Regional Collaborative / Edinburg
- TAMIU Regional Collaborative / Laredo
- TAMU-Corpus Christi / ESC 2 Regional Collaborative / Corpus Christi
- Region 3 Collaborative / Victoria
- Region 4 Collaborative / Houston
- Lake Houston Regional Collaborative / Humble
- Rice University Regional Collaborative / Houston
- UH-Clear Lake / EIH Regional Collaborative / Houston
- Aldine ISD Regional Collaborative / Houston
- Galveston County Regional Collaborative / Galveston
- Region 5 Collaborative / Beaumont
- TAMU-College Station Regional Collaborative / College Station
- Region 7 Collaborative / Kilgore
- Region 8 Collaborative / Mount Pleasant
- TAMU-Texarkana Regional Collaborative / Texarkana
- Region 9 Collaborative / Wichita Falls
- Region 10 Collaborative / Richardson
- UT-Dallas Regional Collaborative / Dallas
- University of Dallas Regional Collaborative / Irving
- Region 11 Collaborative / Fort Worth
- University of North Texas Regional Collaborative / Denton
- North Central Texas College Regional Collaborative / Gainesville
- Region 12 Collaborative / Waco
- Region 13 Collaborative / Austin
- Capital City Regional Collaborative / Austin
- ACC Regional Collaborative / Austin
- Region 14 Collaborative / Abilene
- Region 15 Collaborative / San Angelo
- Region 16 Collaborative / Amarillo
- Region 17 Collaborative / Lubbock
- Region 18 Collaborative / Midland
- Region 19 Collaborative / El Paso
- Region 20 Collaborative / San Antonio
- OLLU Regional Collaborative / San Antonio
- UT Tyler Collaborative
Mission
The Mission of the ESC Region XI Science Collaborative is to increase district capacity to ensure K-12 science teachers will have the knowledge and skills to engage students in meaningful science learning experiences.
Accomplishments
Region XI's collaborative has been modeled around a vertical team concept. Each of the school districts, charter schools or private schools that are involved in this collaborative send teachers from their high schools, their middle schools and from their elementary schools to attend all the training that is offered whether or not it is at an elementary, middle or high school level. In this manner, each of the districts will have a team of teachers that can serve as advocates in their district for science education at all grade levels, mentor to other science teachers and provide good sound instruction in their own classrooms.
By the end of the first two year cycle, we had provided an average of 105 hours of science staff development to 55 school teachers from nine Independent School Districts, two Private Schools and one Charter School campus. This school year (2007-2008) we will be providing the same high quality science staff development to 30 science teachers from nine new school districts with-in the Region XI Education Service Center area.
Contacts
Becky Yarbrough
Project Director
email: byarbrough@esc11.net
phone: 817-740-7635
Web Site: http://www.esc11.net
Partners
Texas Christian University
Molly Weinburgh Ph.D
School of Education and Department of Biology
m.weinburgh@tcu.edu
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Cathy Barthelemy
Director of School Services
cbarthelemy@fwmsh.org
Anne Herndon
Assistant director of School Services
aherndon@fwmsh.org
Participating Districts and Schools
Participanting Districts:
Alvarado ISD
Bridgeport ISD
Burleson ISD
Crowley ISD
Eagle-Mountain Saginaw ISD
Little Elm ISD
Poolville ISD
Slidell ISD
Strawn ISD
2007-08 Activities & Events:
| August 2007 | Title: Science Assessments/TSDS |
| September 2007 | Title: Science Journaling |
| September 2007 | Title: Science for the English Language Learner |
| October 2007 | Title: Inquiry Institute: Science in Action |
| October, November and December 2007 | Title: Physics for All |
| January and February 2008 | Physics for All |
| January 2008 | Contemporary Issues in Ecology |
| May 2008 | GLOBE: Secondary and Elementary |