ACE Playbook
The Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) model's holistic approach creates a robust framework for turning around underperforming schools by centering on these five pillars: effective leadership, instructional excellence, extended learning opportunities, wraparound services, and strong community partnerships.
ADSY Full Year Playbook
ADSY Full Year is an innovative model that is grounded in international research. It maximizes the potential benefits of an extended school year by fundamentally restructuring the school calendar and daily schedules. With the benefit of more time, ADSY Full Year provides an opportunity to creatively reimagine a typical school day, exploring new strategies that can benefit both students and teachers.
Early Childhood Playbook
High-quality prekindergarten programs increase the likelihood that children begin their K-12 school journeys with positive social development and work habits, gain foundational academic skills, and enter kindergarten ready to continue learning.
K-8 Advanced STEM Playbook
Implementing research-based school models like the Advanced STEM model enhances children's educational opportunities and benefits the surrounding community. This model fosters critical thinking and problem-solving skills through an interdisciplinary approach, preparing students for the modern workforce.
K-8 College & Career Prep Playbook
The College and Career Prep model, widely adopted by Texas districts, exemplifies this by offering rigorous academic preparation, robust programming, and individualized student support.
K-8 Montessori Playbook
The Montessori model, increasingly adopted by public school districts, provides high-quality, child-centered learning environments based on research about children's learning. Montessori schools enhance academic and developmental outcomes, offering a successful, equitable educational model that benefits students and communities.
Resource Campus Playbook
The Resource Campus model integrates complementary state initiatives—ADSY, TIA, HQIM, and ACE—to transform underperforming schools into high-quality options, fostering collaboration between parents and educators for a student-centered environment. Although new, individual components like ACE and TIA have shown substantial success in Texas, indicating the potential effectiveness of the comprehensive Resource Campus approach.
Rural P-20 System Playbook
The Rural P-20 System Model exemplifies this by offering rigorous academic preparation and work-based learning opportunities, addressing unique challenges in rural Texas communities. The Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District serves as a success story, demonstrating increased enrollment and student achievements through this model. Key components include community engagement, high-quality education, college and career readiness, and strong partnerships among local institutions. This model promotes economic growth, community engagement, and pathways to end generational poverty.
AB Duncan Case Study
Learn how AB Duncan ES sought campus transformation in order to uplift their large population of economically disadvantaged students using high quality instructional materials and strategies.
CLI Early Education Center at F.W. Gross Case Study
Listen to Victoria ISD's Ann Avila and their partner CLI describe their journey in opening up a new ECE campus to meet the needs of the community
La Promesa High School Case Study
Listen to Aldine ISD's team describe their journey in designing and opening La Promesa, a school for Newcomers.
TEA Authorizer Handbook
This Authorizer Handbook is intended to serve, above all, as a playbook offering practical guidance to help district board members and the district staff involved in day-to-day authorizing (“authorizing staff”) carry out their work in alignment with national best practices. The guidance and accompanying attachments are designed to be adapted to fit the local context of each district.