Vetted Programs
Training programs that have been vetted and approved to support LEAs in their selection of high-quality contracted services aligned with foundational essential actions within the Effective Schools Framework.
Sustainable School Improvement
The Texas Education Agency is committed to supporting sustainable district and school improvement efforts. As part of that mission, it is TEA’s intent to maintain a directory of training programs that have been vetted and approved as Vetted Improvement Programs (VIP). The Vetted Improvement Programs (VIP) List will be available to LEAs to support their selection of high-quality contracted services aligned with critical actions within the Effective Schools Framework.
Please note that there is no 2023 VIP application process for additional programs to be added to this directory. If interested in becoming a VIP, please continue visiting our website for information on the next application window. You may also email specific questions to vettedimprovementprograms@tea.texas.gov.
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TIL: Observation/Feedback
1.1, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2
Provide campus and district leaders opportunities to develop proficiency in establishing and coaching toward effective instructional practices in every classroom.
TIL: Data Driven Instruction
1.1, 5.3
Highly effective, research-based training that guides teachers and administrators to spend less time teaching their students what they already know and more time on what their students need.
TIL: Lesson Alignment and Formative Assessment
1.1, 4.1, 5.1
Leaders are trained to plan for and assess student learning by answering the following questions: What are students supposed to be learning? How do I know students are learning?
TIL: School-Wide Culture Routines
1.1, 3.1
Trains leaders to develop their cultural vision and the systems to bring that vision to reality, monitor it throughout the year, and how to intervene when necessary to ensure it stays strong.
Accelerating Instructional Leadership Through Leverage Leadership
1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Leverage Leadership provides best-in-class instructional leadership coaching and professional development to regional and campus leadership teams based on the work of Paul Bambrick-Santoyo.
Accelerating Instructional Leadership Through the National Principals Academy Fellowship
1.1, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
NPAF provides best-in-class instructional leadership coaching and professional development to regional and campus leadership teams based on the work of Paul Bambrick-Santoyo.
Achieving Leaders, Effective Schools Program
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
Works with school leaders directly to maximize their impact by: aligning instruction to frameworks, coaching for results through content- based feedback, creating a culture of optimal learning, and leveraging their own Instructional Leadership Team.
Aligned Systems for Student-Centered Schools
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
The E3 Alliance Team, with decades of experience leading Texas schools, provides professional learning, coaching, and tools for developing systems that leverage strengths, ensure implementation and improve outcomes.
AUSL LiberatED Way
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1 5.2, 5.3
A whole school revitalization partnership model that empowers entire school communities to author their school vision and engage in ongoing student-centered school improvement to transform both academic and whole-child student outcomes.
Catalyst Coaching Program for School Improvement
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Evidence-based personalized, job-embedded coaching for teachers, campus leaders, and principal supervisors that establishes and maintains a strong classroom culture so that teachers effectively use high-quality instructional materials and research-based teaching practices.
The Collins Writing Program
5.1
The Collins Writing Program provides campuses with a practical, unified structure for improving student performance through writing and thinking across the curriculum backed by decades of research.
Cycles of Instructional Improvement: Educator Training and Development
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Instruction Partners helps school and campus leaders build content-specific professional learning structures so that teachers can deliver exceptional Tier 1 instruction that addresses every student’s learning needs.
Early Learning Leadership Program (ELLP)
1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
A program during which child care directors, principals and district leaders learn about developmentally appropriate pedagogy in order to effectively support teacher practice and improvement.
Emerging Leaders Program
1.1, 2.1
Develops cohorts of teacher leaders and other school-based leaders to lead teacher teams and coach their colleagues to excellence, delivering breakthrough results for students.
ESC 4.1 Bundle Services
4.1
Texas Education Service Centers in regions 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20 provide customized 4.1 capacity building supports by bundling TEA supported initiatives with an existing Vetted Improvement Program. This approach creates a coherent experience for LEAs that more fully addresses Essential Action 4.1 to best meet LEA needs and further student achievement.
Essential Action Lever Support 1.1
1.1
EALS provides system-driven support that equips district and campus leaders with instructional protocols and tools to develop clear roles and responsibilities around planning, executing, monitoring, and following up observation and feedback cycles and data-driven instruction.
IE Continuum of School Advancement
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Instructional Empowerment’s partnerships embed rigorous supports and technology to rapidly improve and sustain student achievement through professional learning and coaching for all staff, from teachers through district leaders.
Instructional Leadership Program
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Supports principals and assistant principals at implementing data-informed school-wide practices, observation and coaching, and systems and structures that result in improved teacher practice and student success.
Instructional Leadership Teams Program
1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Customized PD and coaching with district and campus leadership teams to implement effective instructional practices that creates the best possible environment for students to achieve strong outcomes.
Leader in Me
1.1, 1.2
An evidence-based PK-12 model designed to build resilience, leadership, and life skills in students, educators, and families to create a high-trust culture and help improve academic achievement.
Leadership Coaching & Implementation Program
1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Partners with campus and district leaders to design systems, provide professional development and engage in weekly coaching to build capacity of leadership teams to drive student achievement, student and staff culture.
Leading Educators Inc.
1.1, 5.1, 5.3
Helps districts build strong conditions and works with teams of teachers, teacher leaders, and other school-based instructional leaders to develop key knowledge and skills for instructional improvement.
National Principal Supervisor Academy
1.1, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
NPSA provides best-in-class instructional leadership coaching and professional development to regional and campus leadership teams based on the work of Paul Bambrick-Santoyo.
Partnership for Leaders in Education
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.3
Partnership for Leaders in Education collaborates with district and school leadership to build collective leadership capacity and shift the paradigm in under-performing schools.
PLUS Instructional Leadership Development
1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
PLUS model builds school leaders and teams by including monthly PD, leadership coaching, focusing on observation and feedback cycles, DDI, and opportunities to practice learning.
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
1.2, 3.1
Embedded Restorative Discipline Practices addressing classroom management, school-wide systems, and individual student supports.
Professional Learning, Coaching, Strategic Planning, and Implementation Support
1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Full range of professional learning and support services for administrative teams including customized professional development, job-embedded coaching and feedback, strategic planning, and implementation support, and alignment to existing initiatives
Strategic Thinking & Improvement Planning, Coaching & Professional Learning
1.2, 5.2
Strategic Thinking and Planning for school/district leaders to establish concrete, actionable steps that will enrich student learning and professional practice supported with customized coaching and professional learning.
Strengthening Educational Leader Practices
1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
ANet provides job-embedded coaching and professional learning to build leadership capacity, skill, and strong practices in data-driven instruction.
System-wide Supports for Educator Development and Retention
1.1, 2.1, 5.3
Insight provides a suite of professional learning and support services for districts, schools, and educators, including coaching and feedback, tailored professional development, leadership development, and recruitment/retention strategies.
The TAP System
1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
TAP System professional learning supports educators in creating and sustaining systematic continuous improvement focused on instructional leadership teams, teacher collaboration, instructional excellence, and classroom instructional coaching.
Texas Lesson Study: Problem-Solving PLCs
1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.3
Job-embedded PLC process in which teachers engage in cycles of continuous improvement. Working collaboratively to plan, practice, and reflect, teachers develop a deep and lasting knowledge of content and pedagogy.
Texas Lesson Study: PLC Cycles of Learning
1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.3
PLC framework where campus instructional leaders engage teachers in cycles of continuous improvement. Working collaboratively to plan, practice, and reflect, they develop deeper knowledge of content and pedagogy.
Texas Lesson Study: PLC Cycles of Learning
1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.3
PLC framework where campus instructional leaders engage teachers in cycles of continuous improvement. Working collaboratively to plan, practice, and reflect, they develop deeper knowledge of content and pedagogy.
Whole School Model for Student-centered Practice
5.1
Campus leaders and teachers receive direct support to adopt a proven school-wide model that leverages a PBL instructional approach to achieve college and career readiness for all students.