A Microsoft Word version of this letter is available for download
and PRINTING. |
|||
September
20, 2011
TO
THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED:
SUBJECT: Availability of Reasoning Mind program for
eligible campuses
The
purpose of this correspondence is to notify districts of an opportunity to
participate in the Reasoning Mind program and the eligibility requirements for
a campus to participate.
The
Reasoning Mind program was authorized by the General Appropriations Act,
Article III, Rider 56, 82nd Texas Legislature, (2011) and is part of
the Student Success Initiative, which provides funding for initiatives aimed at
improving student achievement in mathematics and preparing students to meet the
Algebra I end-of-course standard.
Reasoning
Mind is a nonprofit organization that partners with schools to provide a hybrid
of online and face-to-face mathematics instruction with individual attention
provided to each student. To learn more about Reasoning Mind visit http://www.reasoningmind.org.
The attached
eligibility list includes all campuses that are eligible to apply to
participate in this program. Eligibility
requirements are:
Campuses
must apply to participate in the program due to space limitations. If a campus
is selected to participate by Reasoning Mind, the campus will be provided
resources and services at no cost to the campus beginning as early as October
2011, and continuing through the end of the 2012-2013 academic year. Each selected campus will receive access to the Reasoning
Mind online mathematics curriculum for students in grades 2-4, professional
development for teachers serving those students, and on-campus support through
monthly visits by qualified intervention specialists.
Districts
interested in learning more about participating in the Reasoning Mind program are
invited to attend informational webinars held between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.,
September 21st-23rd and 26th-30th. All
webinars will contain similar content. To register for a webinar visit: http://webinars.reasoningmind.org.
To
apply to participate in this program, visit http://TEAGrant.reasoningmind.org and
complete the Reasoning Mind online application no later than September 30, 2011.
Campus participation will be based on a first come-first served basis.
For
questions about the program or application process, please contact Jesse
Obbink, Development Director, Reasoning Mind, by phone at 832.255.2904 or by
email at Jesse.Obbink@reasoningmind.org.
Sincerely,
Lizzette
Gonzalez Reynolds
Deputy
Commissioner
Policy and Programs
LGR/sa
Attachment
|
|||