Click here to see our albums from the 2017 Annual Conference, provided by retired member Brian Morris. 
Link to the 2011 Accountability Ratings Talking Points 2011AccountabilityRatingsTP.pdf
Announcements
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Sign up for Spoken Word Training in Jacksonville ISD
Click here to sign up for Spoken Word Media and Crisis Communications Training in Jacksonville ISD June 22. The cost is $250 per person. -
2017 Annual Conference follow-ups available online
Click here to see our albums from the 2017 Annual Conference, provided by retired member Brian Morris. - Visit the Document Vault in the Member Area (click the button in the bottom right) for resources from presenters.
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2017 CTPS Video Contest State Winners
Click here to see state winnersfor the 2017 Celebrate Texas Public Schools Video Contest, sponsored by Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union. -
Congratulations to our 2016 Key Communicator
TSPRA has named Shanna Peeples, the 2015 National Teacher of the Year from Amarillo ISD, its 2016 Key Communicator.
Click here to read more.
TSPRA E-newsletter
Issue 278 June 7, 2017 Newsletter
In this issue...
Feature Story
Keep up with TSPRA this summer
Other Stories
♦ Spoken Word training in Jacksonville ISD
♦ Key Communicator nominations
♦ Sponsor spotlight
Congratulations,
Upcoming Events
and MORE!
GOOD TO KNOW
Broaden your punctuation horizons
Did your high school English teacher scare you off from using semicolons? Fear not, for they're easier than you might remember.
Semicolons are meant to link two related yet independent clauses – meaning they can stand as sentences on their own – without requiring a conjuction. Take a look at these three examples:
Bad: Our new math curriculum has been a big hit; and the training was easy to implement.
Use a comma with "and" or other conjuctions rather than a semicolon
Bad: Our new math curriculum has been a big hit; our schools are safer this year too.
Clauses that aren't linked should be separated by a period.
Good: Our new math curriculum has been a big hit; students' test scores are up 12 points.
Both clauses here relate to the new math curriculum, so it's fine to link them with a semi-colon.
TSPRA Tweets
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Survey
Stay tuned for the next TSPRA survey.
- Oct. 28 - Deadline to submit your proposal to present at the 2017 Annual Conference.
- Oct. 31 - Deadline to renew your TSPRA membership without having to pay the $45 late fee.
- Nov. 14 - Deadline to submit your Star Awards entries through the new online system.
- Nov. 22 - Deadline to apply for a TSPRA conference scholarship.
- Jan. 27, 2017 - Deadline to register for conference without a late fee.
- Oct. 28 - Deadline to submit your proposal to present at the 2017 Annual Conference.