ESC-20 TIA Supports and Services

Partnering for Your Success

Thanks to the TEA Targeted Regional Support grant, most of our services are available to your district at no cost. We work with the TEA to improve student and district performance by offering support in areas like introducing TIA, developing and implementing your local system, providing technical assistance, assisting with applications, guiding implementation, managing data, and supporting system renewal. Please contact us to design your district or charter's 25-26 TIA plan of support!

Applying Districts

Data Capture Year Districts

Fully Approved Districts

Applying Districts Cohort

Assessing Readiness for TIA Participation

Building Local Designation System

Data Capture Year Cohort

Data Collection, Analysis and Submission

TIA Teacher Buy-In Survey Analysis/Action Plan

Expansion/Modifications

Strategic Staffing and Compensation

Expansion & Modifications

TIA Annual Evaluation Surveys

Annual Program Submission

Charter Consortium

Stakeholder Engagement (District Leadership, School Administration, Teachers, School Board, Town Hall, TIA Planning Committee, Teacher Focus Groups)

Application Support, Review and Submission (New System, Expansion/Modification, System Renewal)

Spending Plans

Student Learning Objectives

Portfolios

SGM & Teacher Evaluation Data Analysis

Data Submission and Validation

Survey Analysis and Response

TTESS Refresher and Planning (in connection to TIA)

T-TESS Calibration (training for appraisers and on-site facilitation)

Student Growth Measures: VAM, Portfolios, Pre-Test/Post-Test, SLOs

Communication Resources

No-cost or reduced fees for services, thanks to the TEA Regional Support Grant

T-TESS Refresher and Appraiser Calibration Training

We offer half-day sessions, virtually or on-site to equip appraisers with calibration protocols to facilitate in-house calibration sessions. Please contact us to design a session customized to the needs of your district/charter school, which can also include a half-day T-TESS Refresher for certified appraisers.

TIA T-TESS Calibration Training Series

For regional districts creating a local designation system in accordance with the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA), ESC-20 is offering guidance and support through a series of training opportunities geared towards strengthening appraiser calibration across the district.

Intended audience: Certified District Appraisers

These customized sessions engage district appraisers in a sequence of training and collaborative activities designed to deepen T-TESS Rubric understanding and strengthen inter-rater reliability while embedding TIA foundational components.

Training topics include:
• T-TESS rubric analysis
• Lesson evaluations (video and live)
• Calibration activities
• Quality Evidence Analysis
• Coaching
• TIA Components