TAMU-CC Beginning Teacher Institute (TBTI)

ECDC 219A

From Striving to Thriving: Building Readerly Habits in Your Classroom

Dr. Bethanie Pletcher, TAMU-CC

Is traditional reading instruction keeping you from helping your students build lifelong reading habits? In this session, you’ll learn strategies to help your readers get excited about reading and off to a great start for the new school year.

ECDC 219B

Achieving Professional Growth through T-TESS

Dr. Jeanine Birdwell, TAMU-CC 

Gain tips and strategies to help you move from "Proficient" to "Accomplished" on challenging areas of the T-TESS Rubric.

ECDC 219C

Are You Ready for Graduate School?

Dr. Corinne Valadez, TAMU-CC

Learn about TAMU-CC’s graduate programs and ask your burning questions about when and how to pursue your next degree.

ECDC 219A

Dyslexia, MTSS and Section 504

Murray Bergman, M.Ed., Corpus Christi ISD

This session will break down the different programs of support your students may receive other than special education.  The focus will be to understand how to identify and instruct students with different learning styles in all grades.

ECDC 219B

Bridging Schools and Families

Samantha Garibay, West Oso ISD

Explore strategies for building stronger relationships with families as partners in education.

ECDC 219C

Brain Compatible Teaching and Learning in ESL

Dr. Frank Lucido, TAMU-CC

Learn how the brain is involved in second language acquisition and some strategies that can be used for improved second language acquisition.  Aspects of the importance of a positive mindset will also be covered.

ECDC 210

Partnership Panel featuring:

Dr. Adrienne Backer, TAMU-CC (School Counseling)

Dr. Jeanine Birdwell, TAMU-CC (Special Education)

Ms. Marcy Davis, West Oso ISD (Principal)

Dr. Crystal N. Garcia, LMSW, TAMU-K (Social Worker)

Ms. Diana Ramirez (Parent) 

During this panel, we will answer your questions about how to enrich relationships with families and communities.

ECDC 219A

QPR Gatekeeper Suicide Prevention Training (Extended session 1:40-3:30)

Maike Holleck, Graduate Student TAMU-CC

Ask a question, save a life. Learn tools to recognize warning signs of suicide and how to intervene with colleagues and students.

ECDC 219B

Positive Behavior Supports for Effective Classroom Management

Dr. Ashley Voggt, TAMU-CC

Learn that behavior is a form of communication. The goal of this session is to enhance your classroom management skills by learning to identify the function of challenging behavior and strategically use Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to address the function of challenging behavior.

ECDC 219C

Mathematics Across Secondary

Dr. Kathleen Lynch-Davis, TAMU-CC

Explore the teaching and learning of algebraic thinking across the middle and high school grade spans.

ECDC 219B

Can K-2 students really do multiplication problems?

Dr. Debbie Plowman, TAMU-CC

Children in younger grades can naturally think about multiplication problems when given the opportunity to solve word problems in ways they understand. Participants will learn about how to use word problems to engage young students to problem solve and make sense of word problems involving multiplication situations. Video-taped sessions with children solving problems will be shown followed by discussion.

ECDC 219C

Investing in Student Capital 

Dr. Denise Lara, TAMU-CC

Review the importance of understanding how to contribute to the community you are teaching in by authentically recognizing community and student capital, resources and needs; on their terms, not yours.