Texas Lesson Study
What is Texas Lesson Study?
Lesson Study is a job-embedded professional development opportunity in which teachers work collaboratively to develop, teach, and revise research-based lessons. The program aims to improve teacher effectiveness, share best practices, improve student outcomes, and provide a platform to demonstrate mastery within the teaching profession.
Lesson Study is a framework for collaborative, instructional research and lesson design that can be implemented by any campus and is proven to be effective in positively impacting teacher effectiveness and student outcomes (Gersten, Taylor, Keys, Rolfhus, & Newman, 2014). This teacher-driven process has also been shown to increase teacher self-efficacy and professional growth, including reported gains in the ability to craft good questions, use a variety of assessment strategies, provide alternate examples to alleviate student confusion, and implement alternative instructional strategies (Young, 2018).
Research. Reflect. Refine.
What Are the Goals?
The TEA Strategic Plan 2019–2023 includes Lesson Study as a part of TEA's effort to improve teacher in-service training and support by introducing teacher-driven, reflective, and job-embedded professional development and structures (p. 4). The three major goals of Lesson Study are described below.
Improve teacher effectiveness
through self-reflective, outcome-oriented, research-based learning communities
Increase self-mastery and public perception of the teaching profession
by producing high-quality research-based documents (similar to the medical and legal professions)
Compile a massive repository of master lessons
that have been delivered, dissected, and refined by teachers
Why is TXLS Important?
- Fosters continuous professional learning: Improves teacher effectiveness through inquiry-based professional development in which teachers work collaboratively to develop, teach, and assess research-based lessons
- Bridges the gap between research and practice: Provides a framework for teachers, the practitioners, to review educational research and consider how to embed these findings into a lesson
- Shares effective instructional practices: Spreads effective instructional practices so that teachers across the state can access the teacher-designed, -tested, and -approved lessons
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Community Support (Enablers)
- ESCs and TEA train and support district and campus leaders and teachers.
- Teachers collaborate in teams of 2–5 (may vary by grade level and or/ content).
- Teachers have dedicated time to meet during the school day or during a summer TXLS workshop.
- Lessons and accompanying videos are shared on the Texas Gateway site.
- Teachers are recognized for their thoughtfulness, expertise, and dedication to their students.
Where is Lesson Study?

ESC 3 HUB: ESCs 2, 3, 20:
Tammi Tinnin · ttinnin@esc3.netESC 4 HUB: ESCs 4 and 13:
Mendy Wandling · mendy.wandling@esc4.netESC 6 HUB: ESCs 1, 5, 6, 7:
Traci Seils · tseils@esc6.netESC 10 HUB: ESCs 8, 10, 11, 12:
Michelle Stimpson · michelle.stimpson@region10.orgESC 14 HUB: ESCs 9, 14, 16, 17:
Anne Post · apost@esc14.netESCs 15, 18, 19:
Texas Lesson Study · txlessonstudy@tea.texas.gov