Description
Are you looking for an informative introduction to T-TESS that fulfills your state requirement? Look no further! This on-demand 3-hour long T-TESS Orientation course gives new teachers the tools needed to prepare for their yearly evaluations successfully.
As the teacher shortage crisis continues, we can help simplify your new hire process. The content is organized into five manageable modules that teachers can easily comprehend, allowing for meaningful discussions between principals and educators. Once teachers have completed this course, they will have the knowledge and confidence to help positively impact students’ learning outcomes, as well as their own performance and professional growth. The T-TESS Teacher Orientation is excellent for new and late hires.
Do your teachers need an in-depth understanding of specific T-TESS dimensions? Explore this bundle: Unpacking the T-TESS Rubric.
Chelsea – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It has helped me to understand more of what T-TESS really is.
Jennifer – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course extremely helpful. I am a new teacher this year, and I feel the information presented will help me in my journey to success.
James – DIBOLL ISD (verified owner) –
good thought planning
Julie – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It was well done.
Emily – PASADENA ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Kevin – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
The course was helpful and engaging.
Juan – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
I would rate this course with 4 stars. I am taking it at home and it took me more than 3 hours to complete.
Chimira – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this training because of the pace and layout of the information. It was helpful to engage in the activity in chunks.
Sarah – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It is very thorough with the information but concise. I did appreciate the presenter’s voice and body language through the presentation.
Ashley – PASADENA ISD (verified owner) –
Great way to know district expectations.
Emily – HUBBARD ISD (verified owner) –
Informative and self paced
Joy – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was long and comprehensive.
Jennifer – EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD (verified owner) –
I like that it is in the video format.
Jace – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great insight into evaluations
Rebecca – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Maria – CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY (verified owner) –
It’s too long in my own personal opinion.
Zainab – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
It tells you what you need to know.
Kayla – PASADENA ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is a great starter course for the T-TESS evaluation system.
Michael – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I found the presenter to be easy to listen to. The ability to download documents was a nice feature.
Jacob – DIBOLL ISD (verified owner) –
I believe that it is very informative and others who take it will be better prepared for training.
Eva – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
I would rate the training as a 5. The training was thorough but extremely long.
Jennilee – ANNA ISD (verified owner) –
This was better than many before it.
Hillary – LITTLE ELM ISD (verified owner) –
Easy access and clear content.
Jessica – LIBERTY ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course it was very helpful for me as a first year teacher.
Asia – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and interactive.
Jenny – NEW BRAUNFELS ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this was a great introductory course. The reflections and taking the role of the observer and watching a live lesson was very helpful.
Odalis – LIBERTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information for a first-year teacher! It definitely answered some questions I had been thinking of.
Andrea – EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD (verified owner) –
I honestly felt like this course was helpful. I know that sometimes training can be redundant but I think this orientation did a great job at making it interactive, helpful, informational,etc.
Jane – LITTLE ELM ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good overview, but didn’t really cite any examples or videos of what the T-Tess interaction looks like.
Celina – PASADENA ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and It clears the misconception that observations are about ratings when in reality is about professional growth.
Renie – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
It was thourough.
Karisa – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
This course was helpful not only in preparing me what to expect from evaluations, but in outlining what separates teachers who need improvement from proficient teachers and beyond. I enjoyed the example we were shown in the video of the 4th grade English lesson.
Elizabeth – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. It was helpful viewing a lesson and evaluating it ourselves.
Kristina – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
It was informational.
Gilbert – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
bit too fast paced
kind over direct
Maria – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
It has clear content.
SANDRA – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great experience for teachers.
Daisy – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Madison – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
I think that the video example of the ELA teacher was far too long, but that most of the information provided in the training was relevant and useful. I did not like that several of the questions had a timed response and did not really give me an opportunity to thoroughly reflect.
Adriana – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
I like the short and concise explanations along with short interactive discussion responses.
Parker – KERRVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was helpful and broken up very well.
Sage – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
very informational
Darla – HUFFMAN ISD (verified owner) –
I felt this course was thoroughly written and executed. It explained a lot about the t-tess itself and also what the process of a t-tess evaluation will look like.
Lindsey – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think having to tell the difference of each section from needs improvement to distinguished really helped me understand where I want to be and things that need to be done in order to get there.
Rachel – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was okay.
Ellen – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think it was a lot of talking and overly cute phrases about something that isn’t as magical as we claim for it to be.
Randi – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Easy and clear.
Sara – DENTON ISD (verified owner) –
I would give this training a 4.5 star rating. Most of the information was straight forward but there was one section on SLO that I think could have been longer.
Laura – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very information, but questions need to be more clearer.
April – Alief ISD (verified owner) –
Very thorough and broken down in small pieces.