Eric Hale, a Kindergarten and First Grade Teacher at David G. Burnet Elementary School, was named 2021 Region 10 Elementary Teacher of the Year at a special virtual celebration on July 30. The event, hosted by Region 10 Education Service Center, recognizes all teachers of the year from school districts in the north central Texas region. The Teacher of the Year Program, sponsored by the Texas Association of School Administrators, allows districts to submit one elementary and one secondary candidate to compete at the regional and state levels. This year, 113 teachers from across 63 school districts in Region 10,…
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Dallas ISD is hiring substitute teachers for the upcoming school year to help assist with in-person and virtual virtual learning. The district is looking for candidates who have a minimum of 60 college hours or a bachelor’s degree; however, they are not required to be certified. Interested potential candidates can go here to learn more and apply. Substitute teachers will receive the health and safety training provided by the district. The pay to work as a substitute teacher is: Dallas ISD Rate Teacher Assistant $78 Teacher Non-Degreed $85 Teacher Degreed $100 Teacher Certified $110 Retired Dallas ISD Teacher* $120 Special Education…
El alcalde de Dallas Eric Johnson anunció que la 24a edición anual de la feria del regreso a clases se realizará el 20 y 21 de agosto. Tradicionalmente, la feria ha sido un lugar en el que los padres de familia ahorran tiempo ya que obtienen útiles, información y recursos comunitarios, todo en un mismo lugar. Este año, la feria será diferente: no ofrecerá los mismos recursos debido a la práctica del distanciamiento social y para limitar la exposición al covid-19. Aun así, las familias podrán recibir los útiles y recursos que necesitan antes de comenzar el nuevo año escolar.…
El lunes pasado, más de 600 empleados de Dallas ISD asistieron a un seminario en línea titulado Self-Care, Healing, & Equity-Responsive Practices When the World Feels Heavy de Dena Simmons, Ed.D., directora adjunta del Centro de Inteligencia Emocional de Yale. El seminario fue posible gracias a SEL Dallas, una colaboración local entre Dallas ISD, Big Thought, Dallas Afterschool y el Departamento de Parques y Recreación de la ciudad de Dallas. Durante su discurso, Simmons se expresó sobre estrategias de cuidado personal para ayudar a los empleados a sobrellevar el aislamiento, la incertidumbre, el agotamiento, el trauma colectivo del covid-19 y la lucha…
United to Learn, organización sin fines de lucro de educación con sede en Dallas, anunció hoy que afirmará su apoyo a 25 escuelas primarias más de Dallas ISD. Así, se duplica el número de planteles que se benefician del trabajo de United to Learn, cuyo objetivo es eliminar las brechas en los recursos y acelerar el aprovechamiento académico de los estudiantes. Con la misión de cambiar vidas al transformar la relación entre las escuelas y la comunidad, United to Learn ha comprobado que su modelo es efectivo para movilizar a socios comunitarios para que apoyen a las escuelas públicas de…
Mayor Eric Johnson announced that the 24th annual Dallas Mayor’s Back to School Fair will take place Aug. 20 and Aug. 21. The fair has traditionally served as a time-saving, one-stop shop that offers school supplies and a wealth of information and community resources. This year, the fair will look different and will not provide the same resource offerings because of the need to practice social distancing and limit potential exposure to COVID-19. But families will still be able to receive necessary supplies and resources they need ahead of the upcoming school year. For those without a car, the fair…
More than 600 Dallas ISD educators on Monday attended a webinar on “Self-Care, Healing, & Equity-Responsive Practices When the World Feels Heavy” led by Dena Simmons, Ed.D., Assistant Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. This webinar was put on by SEL Dallas, a local collective between Dallas ISD, Big Thought, Dallas Afterschool and City of Dallas Parks & Recreation. Simmons’ keynote talk explored self-care strategies to help staff cope with isolation, uncertainty, burnout, and the collective traumas of COVID-19 and America’s reckoning with race. She also shared practices to address Black trauma and ways to be an anti-racist…
Dallas-based education nonprofit, United to Learn, shared that it will partner with an additional 25 Dallas ISD elementary schools. The new schools double the number of campuses benefitting from United to Learn’s work, which aims to eliminate resource gaps and accelerate student achievement—now across 52 Dallas ISD elementary schools. With a mission of changing lives by transforming the relationship between schools and community, United to Learn has proven its model for mobilizing community partners to support Dallas public schools. Beyond the 52 Dallas ISD elementary schools, the United to Learn network includes over 25 community partners, including private schools, faith-based organizations,…
Durante la junta especial de la mesa directiva, celebrada este 23 de julio, la Mesa Directiva del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas aprobó cambios al calendario escolar para el año 2020-21. Los cambios aprobados son los siguientes: El inicio de clases se mueve del 17 de agosto al 8 de septiembre. El último día de clase se mueve del 27 de mayo al 18 de junio de 2021. Los días feriados de octubre se suspenden debido a la cancelación de la Feria Estatal. Se añade el 3 de noviembre como día feriado. Los periodos de calificaciones se aumentan de seis…
During the July 23 called board meeting, the Dallas Independent School District’s Board of Trustees approved several changes to the 2020-21 school year calendar. The approved changes to the calendar, which you can see here, are: The first day of school moves from Aug. 17 to Sept. 8. The last day of school moves from May 27, 2021, to June 18, 2021 Previously planned holidays in October are removed due to the cancellation of the State Fair. Tuesday, November 3, 2020, is added as a holiday. Grading periods are increased from six-week to nine-week periods. The COVID-19 threat closer to…