Thank you Brazosport ISD for joining Inspire Youth Sports by Region 4 ESC at the GCASPA meeting for a great conversation on Registered Apprenticeships for teachers. On our way to combat and eliminate the teacher shortage!!! Godspeed!

Congratulations to Robin Parker for being recognized as a Shining Star for Region 4 ESC serving the students of Spring Branch ISD. We salute you for joining the education profession. Thank you for all of your work to be a successful teacher. #TeacherAppreciationWeek

Recognizing Sarah Pollock from ESC Region 20 as a Shining Star Intern for her work North East ISD. Thank you for joining the education profession. Your students are fortunate to have a leader like you. #TeacherAppreciationWeek

Thank you to Jessica Lines from Alvin ISD. Your team teachworthy recognized you as a Shining Star Intern. Congratulations! #TeacherAppreciationWeek Thank you for joining the education profession.

Here's to Alyssa Martens! A Shining Star Intern from Region 20 ESC serving students from Jubilee Academies. Kudos to you for your success. Thank you for joining the education profession. #TeacherAppreciationWeek

Here's to Hannah Johnson! A Shining Star Intern from GoTeach11 serving students in Mansfield ISD. We appreciate your amazing work! Thank you for joining the education profession. #TeacherAppreciationWeek

A Shining Star Intern!!! Celebrating Michael Mae Bergman from GoTeach11. We appreciate you and applaud your work. Thank you for joining Fort Worth Independent School District and the education profession. Your hard work is noticed. #TeacherAppreciationWeek

Here's to you, Kara Gafford!! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to teaching. Definitely a Shining Star Intern from GoTeach11. The students in Azle ISD are fortunate you chose to enter the education profession. #TeacherAppreciationWeek

Kudos to a Shining Star Intern from teachworthy learning the craft in Katy ISD Thank you to Simbry Wedemeyer for being an amazing educator. Welcome to the profession. We appreciate you. #TeacherAppreciationWeek

Desirae Ortiz!! We celebrate you as a Region 20 ESC Shining Star Intern. Thank you for everything you have done to learn to be an amazing teacher. You model learning for your students. Thank you for joining the education profession. Edgewood ISD Desirae Ortiz 🌻

What an amazing opportunity to celebrate you Ms. Paone! You are the definition of dedication, hard work and passion colliding! Thank you #TIA #AliefProud

Way to go Ms. Tangela Kegler! It was a joy to have you in our T-TESS learning experience this week! Region 4 ESC Region 4 Leaders Aldine ISD

Thank you Mike for your guidance and leadership! I truly enjoyed the last three days!

Serving alongside my Region 4 teammates at Humble ISD was a true privilege, as their unwavering commitment to excellence as District Advancement Champions was a powerful catalyst for positive impact!

I’m incredibly proud to have been of part this effort! Working together to create sustainable pathways for future educators is so rewarding. I’m excited to see your paid residency program grow and make an even greater impact on teacher preparation and student outcomes in 2025-26

A sold-out success! Region 4 proudly hosted Houston’s first Google Educator Group and launched Gemini Academy—empowering educators with AI and Google tools.

Still pinching myself that I landed on such an incredible team. Talented, kind, collaborative, and genuinely inspiring. #dreamteam

The Center for Educator Success team leads the way in preparing future educators and growing leaders. Its impact was on display at the 2025 CSOTTE Conference as Center for Educator Success led 4 presentations on impactful topics that invest in education. blog.hcde-texas.org/2025/10/27/ces… #SeeTheImpact 🎉

Another productive, collaborative Department meeting is in the books! Thank you to Johanna for facilitating, Cleo for the connector, and everyone else that participated! Congrats to Mònica, our MVP! 🏆🧶 #CES #HCDE

Houston creatives & educators! Help uplift the next generation of artists and writers! Register to judge the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards from anywhere in the world! (Dec 19–Jan 9). Join here forms.gle/L2qkc7dttkFjM4… #ScholasticAwards #hcdesawa2026 #hcdegoldkey