Region One ESC is pleased to sponsor the RECESS grant, an initiative of the Texas Education Agency's Early Learners Succeed Project. In 2019-2020, the first year of this initiative, Region One was partnered with Hidalgo ISD to provide a series of professional learning offerings including workshops and instructional coaching/mentoring to educators and parents of early childhood classrooms. Currently, all Region One ESC area districts/charter schools, Head Start and Learning Centers are able to receive RECESS services we offer services free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Additional supports include:

• literacy development
• family engagement
• access to books 
• expanded learning

Our RECESS Specialist is working closely with cohorts of literacy coaches, school and district administrators, and parents to expand RECESS to more sites. (Learn more: https://www.esc1.net/Page/5922)

Participants receive guidance on use of structured literacy sessions conducted by classroom teachers, parent liaisons, and parents as co-facilitators. Partnerships with Scholastic, Lakeshore Learning, the Region One ESC Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, and community organizations were developed to deliver services and resources for participants. 

With a project end date of December 2021, you are encouraged to learn more about RECESS expansion and to join in to positively impact early learning at your location. 

Need COVID-19 Supports? Go to the Language Arts page. (https://www.esc1.net/Page/4480).

Free webinar offerings to support remote learning are located at: www.esc1.net/elearning