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In 2019 Jonathan Lopez made a big switch from working in commercial refrigeration to teaching Dual Language Principles of Construction and HVAC 1 at the North Dallas Career Institute. After graduating from Townview School of Business in 2014, Lopez attended a trade school and got his degree in air conditioning and then started his career in the field working in commercial refrigeration and residential HVAC. While Lopez loved the day-to-day variety of his commercial refrigeration job, he saw the opportunity to teach at a career institute as a no-brainer.  “I wanted to give back to the community and I wanted…

Forty-one schools have adopted an intersession calendar, which extends the school year to start at the beginning of August and end in late June. These are answers to the most frequently asked questions about the intersession calendar. Why are the schools extending the school year? Data shows the pandemic has seriously impacted student learning. Creating more time to learn is part of a comprehensive strategy Dallas ISD is taking to ensure students don’t fall behind because of the pandemic. What is the intersession calendar? The intersession calendar extends the school year to start Aug. 9 and end June 23. Select…

Jeremy Taylor siempre tuvo el deseo de inspirar y ayudar a la gente, sobre todo a los jóvenes. Ya fuera en la iglesia, en su carrera como electricista, en el cuadrilátero o ahora como maestro en un Instituto de Profesiones, el deseo de Taylor de marcar una diferencia no ha cambiado. Taylor es maestro de la especialización de electricista en el Instituto de Profesiones del Norte. Tiene más de ocho años de experiencia como electricista: empezó en mayo de 2013 como aprendiz en Humphrey & Associates, Inc., y en enero de 2014, continuó su formación en Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC)…

Jeremy Taylor has always had a passion for inspiring and supporting people, especially young people. Whether it was at church, through his career as a professional electrician, in a professional wrestling ring, or now as a Career Institutes instructor, Taylor’s desire to make a difference has remained the same. Taylor is an instructor for the electrical pathway at Dallas ISD’s Career Institute North. In addition to his passion for working with youth, he brings more than eight years of professional electrical experience to the role, having started his professional trade career in May 2013 as an electrical apprentice at Humphrey…

Los datos muestran que el periodo entre el nacimiento y los tres años es crítico en el desarrollo educativo de los niños, por ello, Dallas ISD comenzará un esfuerzo por dar a las familias con niños de dichas edades oportunidades educativas preescolares de alta calidad. El 8 de abril, los líderes del distrito informaron a la Junta Escolar sobre el Proyecto Legado 2050. Junto con una coalición de socios, Dallas ISD quiere ampliar las oportunidades educativas para los niños pequeños con el fin de prepararlos para prekínder. “Queremos ayudar a las familias conectándolas con socios y servicios cruciales que ayudan…

Dallas ISD’s Maintenance and Facility Services is looking to add to their custodial, grounds, and maintenance teams and will be hosting a Spring Drive-Up Hiring Event on Saturday, April 24, 2021, from 9 to 11 A.M. at Pleasant Grove Stadium. During this socially distanced event, participants will have an opportunity to interview with our hiring managers safely from their car. Masks will be required. You can register for the event and find additional information by visiting the Eventbrite page. If you have any questions, please email opsmaintenancehc@dallasisd.org.

In order to become a districtwide trainer and campus leader, veteran educator and distinguished teacher Teresa Walter overcame new teacher anxiety and being overwhelmed. Now, she helps others do the same. In addition to her 14 years of teaching experience, Walter serves as the lead mentor at Trinity Heights Talented and Gifted and as a teacher trainer for Dallas ISD’s first-year teachers. Trinity Heights TAG is a 1st-through-7th grade campus that’s among 30 high-quality magnet schools offered by Dallas ISD. Their Talented and Gifted program maintains and supports a variety of instructional strategies that address Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, and…

Dallas ISD está dando a conocer lo importante que es reducir su impacto medioambiental, ya que entre sus planes ecológicos está que para el 2027, se usen platos y bolsas de basura que se pueden compostar, para el 2025, conducir autobuses sin emisiones de carbono y, además, asegurar que las próximas escuelas y remodelaciones se realicen de manera ecológica y sustentable. El 27 de febrero de 2020, la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD aprobó por unanimidad la Resolución sobre el Medioambiente y el Clima. Esta dio pie a un comité, el cual se viene reuniendo para desarrollar objetivos y medir…

With data showing that prenatal to three-years-old is a critical period in a child’s educational development, Dallas ISD is launching an effort to connect young families with high quality early learning opportunities. District leaders briefed trustees on April 8 on Project Legacy 2050. Along with the coalition of partners, Dallas ISD wants to expand early learning opportunities to younger children to get them pre-k ready. “We want to make the experience of raising children easier for families by connecting them with partners and places that offer crucial services for the development of our youngest children,” Deputy Superintendent Susana Cordova said.…

Elena y David Bates llevan 16 años de casados. Su historia de amor empezó cuando ambos trabajaban en Thomas C. Marsh Middle School y dirigían grupos estudiantiles y apoyaban asociaciones comunitarias. David comenzó su carrera en Dallas ISD en 1999 como instructor del cuerpo de cadetes de liderazgo, entrenador y líder en Marsh Middle School. Es veterano del ejército de Estados Unidos y actualmente es superintendente asistente de mantenimiento y servicios de instalaciones/apoyo a servicios de construcción. Elena se unió a Dallas ISD como maestra de inglés como segundo idioma en Marsh Middle School en el año 2000. Después, hizo…