Instructional Support Services
ISS
ISS Staff
Four Core Areas
Other Services
Certification
Workshops
Our Mission:
To advance excellence in education for all students, one teacher at a time.
Instructional Support Services (ISS) is committed to providing professional development and instructional support to administrators, teachers, support personnel, students, parents, and the community. Instructional Support Service consultants will meet with individual administrators and other staff as a part of program improvement planning to help design and meet specified staff development needs. HCDE consultants can also support educators through curriculum development, alignment and implementation. Consultants may be available on a long-term basis for specified projects.
Instructional Support Services
ISS strives to offer a variety of research-based programs and services that meet the changing needs of our clients in the following areas:
Art-Elementary
Behavior Management
Bilingual/ESL
Early Childhood
Gifted and Talented
Mathematics
Principal Certification
Reading/Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Special Education
Teacher Certification - Lesson Plan Template - click here
ISS also offers numerous national, regional, state and local programs and has customized services to address the needs of the learning community.
National Programs
  • 6+1 Traitâ„¢ Writing: English and Spanish
  • GEMS (Great Explorations in Math and Science)
  • The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
  • State/Local
  • Early Childhood Winter Conference
  • Leadership Group Meetings
  • Instructional Leadership Speakers Series
  • TAKS/SDAAII-Closing the Gap
  • National Leadership Speakers Series
  • Elementary Summer Conference
  • For more information:
    Linda Pitre, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent
    Phone: 713-696-8200
    Fax: 713-696-0723
    Email: lpitre@hcde-texas.org