Texas Lesson Study
Texas Lesson Study recognizes the central importance and difficulty of teaching and serves as a process of professional development that brings to life standards, frameworks, and best practices in the classroom.
Texas Lesson Study is inquiry-based, job-embedded professional development where teachers work collaboratively to develop, teach, and assess research-based lessons.
A driver of effective instruction, Texas Lesson Study teachers engage in collaborative, continuous cycles of improvement aimed at building capacity in instructional practices and grounded in high-quality instructional materials.
Texas Lesson Study teachers utilize this proven, job-embedded PLC framework to explore instructional problems of practice, and/or to support the implementation of new curriculum, and/or support the implementation of instructional initiatives.
Ongoing support cadence includes a gradual release of tiered essential actions, administrative observation/modeling of PLC facilitation, and performance coaching.
Our program is
- job-embedded
- collaborative
- closely connected to classroom practice
- focused on student learning
- directed toward the teaching of specific curriculum content, and
- complementary to Professional Learning Communities (PLCs).
Benefits of Texas Lesson Study
- Improves student outcomes
- Elevates teacher effectiveness through self-reflective, outcome-oriented, research-based learning communities (PLCs)
- Enhances school culture through collective teacher efficacy
- Increases teacher retention
The Texas Lesson Study Cycle:
If your LEA is planning on implementing a high quality instructional product (HQIM) in 2024-2025, you may be a candidate to receive weekly implementation support under the Texas Lesson Study Grant. For mor information, please contact us or complete an interest form at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBX1iJlWtGfis1sWHPEqyKeSfRke1E53tPFMGSqXVp7-IROw/viewform?usp=sharing
Cynthia Cantu, Texas Lesson Study Lead
(361) 561-8558
