Al entrar al salón de banda de Rodney Dittmar en Seagoville High School se encontrará con unos estudiantes totalmente dedicados a descubrir y perfeccionar sus talentos musicales como compositores, letristas, ingenieros de sonido y músicos, desarrollando a la vez todo tipo de habilidades que los prepararán para encontrar su voz como artistas. Seagoville High School es la única escuela del distrito, y solo una de tres en el país, en recibir el subsidio Hometown to Hometown, el cual provee $45,000 en instrumentos y entrenamiento a través de la Save the Music Foundation. Dittmar, quien es el encargado del Departamento de…
Author: Priscilla Rice
Walking into Rodney Dittmar’s Modern Band classroom at Seagoville High School, you will find his students fully engaged in their work—discovering and honing their musical talents as composers, songwriters, sound engineers, musicians—and developing all types of skills that will prepare them to find their voices as artists. In fact, they are the only school in the district, and only one of three in the nation to receive the Hometown to Hometown grant, which provided $45,000 worth of instruments and training through the Save the Music Foundation. Dittmar, who is the Fine Arts Department chair for the school, applied for the…
The Beat has interviewed Master Teachers across the district to share their stories and introspections about their careers, including tips for teaching. Meet Master Teacher Bob Adams. Adams, a Master Teacher at Rufus C. Burleson Elementary School first came to Dallas ISD in 2007 after spending six years teaching at an international school in China. Originally from Marlin, Texas, a small town near Waco, Adams said his plan was always to teach at Dallas ISD. Out of the 28 years in education,17 of those have been at Dallas ISD, not counting the three years in the U.S. Peace Corps working with…
Durante los últimos 19 años, Terry Stotts ha enseñado a sus estudiantes a hacer caballitos mecedores de madera, primero en el Multiple Careers Magnet Center y ahora en el Instituto de Profesiones del Sur, donde empezó a trabajar como maestro de construcción este año. Los estudiantes que elaboraron los caballitos para desarrollar sus habilidades los donarán al Ronald McDonald House, una organización que provee recursos a las familias con niños enfermos. Stotts afirma que este proceso de hacer caballitos de madera enseña a los estudiantes a retribuirle algo a su comunidad a la vez que adquieren nuevas habilidades. Los estudiantes…
The Beat entrevistó a maestros expertos de todo el distrito con el fin de compartir sus historias e introspecciones sobre sus carreras, incluyendo consejos para la docencia. Le presentamos a la maestra experta Chantrelle Lovett-Andrews. Chantrelle Lovett-Andrews, maestra experta designada en Umphrey Lee Elementary School, nació y creció en Fort Worth. Hoy trabaja en Dallas ISD luego de haber asistido a una feria de trabajo en julio de 2002, donde fue contratada enseguida por la directora Rachel George en Julia C. Frazier Elementary School. Hoy, en su 22.º año en Dallas ISD y con un total de 27 años en…
En los más de 20 años en que Yatta Johnson, profesional de salud mental, ha trabajado como psicóloga escolar, ha desempeñado varios cargos, pero tal vez ninguno ha sido más crucial como el que ahora tiene en Emmett J. Conrad High School. Todos los días forma vínculos con los estudiantes, los acompaña en momentos difíciles y los ayuda a entenderse mejor a sí mismos y a los demás. Johnson es una de varios psicólogos escolares en Dallas ISD, y de los miles que hay en el país, cuya labor es celebrada durante la Semana Nacional de Psicología Escolar hasta el…
In the more than 20 years Yatta Johnson—a licensed mental health clinician—has worked as a school psychologist, she has played many roles but perhaps none more crucial as the one she has now at Emmett J. Conrad High School. Every day, she connects with students, guides them through difficult times and helps them better understand themselves and others. Johnson is one of several school psychologists in Dallas ISD, and thousands throughout the country, whose work is celebrated and highlighted through Nov. 10 during National School Psychology Week. “I’m a non-traditional school psychologist because my degree is in mental health counseling psychology and…
For the past 19 years, Terry Stotts, has been teaching his students how to make wooden rocking horses, first at the Multiple Careers Magnet Center and now at Career Institute South, where he became a construction teacher this year. The students who worked on the rocking horses to develop skills will donate them to the Ronald McDonald House, an organization that provides resources to families with sick children. Stotts says that this process of making the wooden horses teaches his students to give back to the community, while learning a new skill. Students spend the semester cutting, sanding, staining, and…
The Beat has interviewed Master Teachers across the district to share their stories and introspections about their careers, including tips for teaching. Meet Master Teacher Chantrelle Lovett-Andrews. Chantrelle Lovett-Andrews, a designated Master Teacher at Umphrey Lee Elementary, was born and raised in Fort Worth. She ended up working for Dallas ISD after attending a job fair in July 2002 where she was hired on the spot by Principal Rachel George at Julia C. Frazier Elementary School. She is now in her 22nd year at Dallas ISD with a total of 27 years in education and said she credits her educational…
Gabriel Valles, maestro de Historia Mundial y Estudios Mexicoamericanos en Samuell High School, y Miguel Valles, maestro de Culturas Mundiales de sexto grado en Piedmont G.L.O.B.A.L. Academy, están uniendo fuerzas para hacer realidad los sueños de sus estudiantes de convertirse en futbolistas internacionales. Es por ello que este verano, harán un viaje transformador junto a sus alumnos al otro lado del planeta. Los Valles, quienes son entrenadores de fútbol, están preparando a sus estudiantes para participar en un equipo de Dallas ISD que representará al distrito en torneos el verano de 2024 en Argentina. De jóvenes, Gabriel y Miguel habían…