A standing hour for Texas district leaders

240 Virtual Mini‑Cons

One question districts are actually working on, looked at three ways: what the state decided, what we built in response, and what a district is already doing about it.

  • Second Friday 9:00 AM CT
  • 60 minutes virtual
  • No cost for 240 partners and districts exploring partnership
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Next session

Friday, October 9, 2026

9:00 AM CT · 60 minutes

9:00 AM CT · 10:00 AM ET · 7:00 AM PT

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Topic

Building the PREP Preservice pathway together

Focus question

How can districts and 240 work together to build a successful PREP Preservice Alternative Certification pathway?

Policy
The latest from the PREP Guidebook, alongside what came out of the LASO Cycle 5 webinar.
Product
A sample MOU, line by line: which responsibilities sit with the district and which sit with 240. Then transfers, from another program or from a non-PREP pathway into Preservice. Training for the TEA-required coursework is underway, expected complete in February.
Partner
Open floor on the agreements themselves: which certification areas your district most needs filled, and what actually distinguishes a candidate who finishes PREP from one who does not.

Who it is for. Human resources directors, talent and certification staff, and campus leaders.

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Fall and winter schedule

Three sessions, one continuing conversation.

The agreement in October, the funding that sustains it in November, and the candidate who walks through it in December. Each hour picks up the open questions from the last one, so the fall reads as one arc rather than three unrelated webinars.

  1. Session 02Friday, October 9, 20269:00 AM CT · 10:00 AM ET · 7:00 AM PTVirtual · 60 minutes
    Topic confirmed

    Building the PREP Preservice pathway together

    Focus question. How can districts and 240 work together to build a successful PREP Preservice Alternative Certification pathway?

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  2. Session 03Friday, November 13, 20269:00 AM CT · 10:00 AM ET · 7:00 AM PTVirtual · 60 minutes
    Planned topic

    Paying for the pathway: which allotment covers what

    Focus question. Once the agreement is signed, which costs of preparing and certifying a candidate does each allotment cover, and who claims them?

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  3. Session 04Friday, December 11, 20269:00 AM CT · 10:00 AM ET · 7:00 AM PTVirtual · 60 minutes
    Planned topic

    From admission to teacher of record: the candidate's year

    Focus question. What does a candidate's path from admission to teacher of record actually look like, and where does the district need to be ready?

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Topics are planned and confirmed two weeks before each session, because the question log from the previous hour has the final say on what districts most need next.

How the hour works

Three spotlights, same order, every time.

The shape is familiar by the second time you join. Each spotlight owns a colour and keeps it.

Policy

What the state decided

The rule or the statute, cited on the slide with its section number, and an honest account of what is still developing.

10 minutes

Product

What 240 built in response

Every item traced back to the policy driver behind it. If we cannot name the driver, it does not go on the slide.

10 minutes

Partner

What districts are already doing

A practice you can start before the guidance lands, and open floor for the districts in the room.

30 minutes

The hour opens with one focus question and closes by answering it out loud. Whatever is still unclear at the end becomes the next month's policy spotlight.

Save your seat

Register once for a single session or for the whole fall.

Built for 240 partner districts and systems, and open to any Texas district or system representative with an interest in this work. There is no cost.

What happens after you register

  1. Right awayConfirmation and calendar inviteThe focus question and a calendar file so the hour is already on your schedule. The join link comes with it.
  2. The day beforeReminderOne email, with the join link, the morning before the session.
  3. The day afterThank you and feedbackA short survey, four questions, and the one that picks next month's topic.
  4. Within the weekThe highlights resourceOne short piece pulling together what the hour landed on, written to be forwarded to the people who could not attend. Sent with the question log, where every question is answered in writing, including the ones we could not answer live.

Your address is used for this series only: the join link, the reminder the day before, the survey, and the follow-up. Nothing else.

Documents and recordings

What a session produces stays posted.

The highlights resource, the full written question log, and any district brief. Nothing sits behind a form. Slides stay internal, and recordings are posted only when the session is cleared for it.

Session 01Wednesday, September 9, 2026

What do districts need to do now to prepare for PREP Preservice Alternative Certification program candidates?

Policy
The preservice alternative certification pathway: 150 hours of coursework and 120 hours of pre-internship clinical teaching before a candidate becomes teacher of record.
Product
How 240 is mapping the new requirements into its curriculum and designing admissions that stay practical for districts.
Partner
Three partnership practices districts can build now: regular connection, clear roles, and feedback loops that reach the candidate.
  • Highlights resource posting soon
  • Question log posting soon
  • LASO Cycle 5 district brief posting soon

Question logs

Ask before. Ask during. Every question gets a written answer.

Questions come in two ways: sent ahead with your registration or here, or asked live during the hour. Every one of them is answered in writing, including the ones we could not answer on the call, and the full log posts above within the week.

Up to 2,000 characters.