T³ Professional Development Alliances
T³ works with many organizations to provide professional development to teachers. Below is a list of our alliances.
Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University and T³ - Teachers Teaching with Technology™, professional development services from Texas Instruments, are working together to provide graduate credit for courses that focus on mathematics and science using TI technology.
www.cel.cmich.edu/ti
Dallas Museum of Nature and Science
The Museum and T³-Teachers Teaching with Technology ™, from Texas Instruments, are working together to provide educational programs, designed to support Texas teachers and schools by providing programs unavailable in the typical classroom that include Texas Instruments technology in applied science in those program.
www.natureandscience.org
Colorado Association for Middle Level Education - Colorado Trailblazer Schools to Watch ™
Colorado Trailblazer Schools to Watch program is part of a national force in middle grades education that identify high-performing middle grades schools that are academically excellent, responsive to the developmental challenges of young adolescents, and socially equitable holding high expectations for all students.
www.coloradoschoolstowatch.com
The National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform- Schools to Watch ™
The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform is an alliance of over 60 educators, researchers, national associations, and officers of professional organizations and foundations committed to promoting the academic performance and healthy development of young adolescents.
www.mgforum.org
Teacher Domain- WGBH PBS Boston
Teachers' Domain is an online educational service with two related components - Collections and Courses - that help teachers enhance their students' learning experiences and advance their own teaching skills.
www.teachersdomain.org
North Carolina Middle School Association- Schools to Watch™
The purpose of the association is to foster excellence in education for emerging adolescents. Their membership includes elementary, intermediate, junior high, and middle schools representing 22 different grade configurations. The organization focuses on developing unique and transitional programs for young adolescents rather than on grade configurations of individual schools.
www.ncmsa.net
Georgia Middle School Association -Georgia Lighthouse Schools to Watch™
Georgia Lighthouse Schools to Watch as part of the Schools to Watch Program of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform has identified and continues to seek middle schools that have distinctive programs centered around the nationally recognized criteria areas of Academic Excellence, Developmental Responsiveness, Social Equity, and Organizational Structures and Processes that propel middle schools on a journey of excellence
Georgia Lighthouse Schools to Watch
Knowledge Delivery Systems (KDS)
Knowledge Delivery Systems is working with Texas Instruments to provide educators with convenient, affordable and self-paced online courses for continuing education, in-service, or graduate credits towards salary differentials and career advancement. KDS is offering the Exploring Mathematics with TI-Nspire™ Technology professional development course in an online format.
www.kdsi.org
Michigan Virtual University® (MVU®)
Michigan Virtual University® (MVU®) is a private, not-for-profit Michigan corporation established in 1998 to deliver online education and training opportunities to the citizens of Michigan. It is the parent organization of the Michigan Virtual School TM and the Michigan LearnPort ® professional development portal.
www.mivu.org
National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA)
National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA) was formed in 1959 to meet a need to develop science education leadership for K - 16 school systems. NSELA members have a strong interest in advances in a broad array of topics including student learning, safety, curriculum, technology, professional development, assessment, inquiry, and science education reform.
www.nsela.org
California State University, Monterey Bay
Provides 1 semester unit of graduate-level credit toward professional development to educators for the T³ 3-Day Hands-on Institutes - Exploring Mathematics with TI-Nspire Technology. Tuition (not included in Institute's registration fee) of $95 for one credit.
http://www.actprogram.info/ti-nspire.html
Webster University
Graduate credit is available for the 9-day TLC courses as well as the 3-Day Hands-on Institutes - Exploring mathematics with TI-Nspire technology. The cost for 1 semester credit hours is ~$155 for 1 credit hour. Registration materials can be obtained on site at the training.
http://www.webster.edu/
Region X Education Service Center
Region X ESC and T³ are working together to deliver professional development that incorporates pedagogy and TI technology fior Dallas area teachers. The missions of both organizations have a focus on excellence in education; both for the teacher and the student. Through their collaboration Dallas area teachers will learn to utilize the latest TI technologies and how best to use them in Math classrooms.
http://www.region10.org/index.html
Vennlogic
VennLogic and T³ are working together to deliver professional development that incorporates pedagogy and TI technology for Pre-K through grade 8 math teachers.
http://www.vennlogic.com/
