Announcements

Region 7 ESC Reading Academy Cohorts 2025-2026

Very Important - Teachers and principals who are currently employed in grades K-3 and have not completed a Reading Academy, must enroll by June 2025.  

Region 7 ESC will offer the following comprehensive cohorts starting in June 2025:

• Comprehensive ELAR in three locations.  Each location is open to participants from any Region 7 district.

  • Region 7 ESC

  • Lufkin ISD

  • Rains ISD

• Comprehensive STR (for teachers who have passed the STR exam

  • Region 7 ESC

Region 7 ESC will also offer a Comprehensive Biliteracy cohort starting in September 2025. This will be the only biliteracy cohort offering in 2025-26.

Registration

Pre-registration is currently underway.  Teachers who need to enroll in a Reading Academy cohort should complete the pre-registration form, and then specific registration information will be emailed to them.

Districts need to submit POs to the Region 7 ESC business office prior to registration by emailing them to Amanda Pullen, email apullen@esc7.net. The fee for the Comprehensive course is $3,000/participant.

Participants will need their TEA Unique ID number to register and they will need to know the PO number their district is using to pay for the academy.  This information has to be entered at the time of registration.

If you have additional questions or need guidance as you prepare to enroll teachers/administrators, please contact: Rhonda McCallie at rmccallie@esc7.net or 903-988-6808 or Wendy Marshall at wmarshall@esc7.net or 903-988-6806.

Administrator Pathway

The Administrator Course is now facilitated by a centralized provider.  This document provides additional information and a registration link for the Administrator pathway.