Dallas ISD’s Human Capital Management (HCM) Department is seeking hundreds of applicants to fill teaching positions for the 2020-2021 school year. “Our students can only be as successful as our teachers can be, so we’re always looking for diligent and caring educators to join our classrooms,” said Priscilla Vega, recruitment manager for HCM. “You’ll be working in a district where you can really make a difference. We have a very diverse student population and many of our students face socio economic difficulties. This is truly an opportunity to be a hero.” Dallas ISD is having an online all-level teacher job…
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A partir del 20 de abril, los dos sitios donde se realizan pruebas para determinar posible contagio de COVID-19 ampliaron los requisitos para incluir a personas que no presenten síntomas y sean parte del personal de primeros auxilios, conductores de DART, profesionales de la salud, empleados esenciales de supermercados y tiendas minoristas. Los sitios operan diariamente de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m. y están ubicados en: • American Airlines Center, estacionamiento E, 2500 Victory Plaza • Ellis Davis Field House, 9191 S Polk St. Se debe cumplir con uno de los siguientes requisitos: • Tener temperatura de 99.6° o más…
Dallas ISD is now offering at-home learning lessons in a total of seven languages. Weekly lessons for students in grades pre-K–6 are now offered in: Arabic Amharic Burmese English Nepali Swahili Spanish Go here to learn more!
Students and staff can celebrate National Library Week by checking out an ebook from the Dallas ISD electronic library. Although students might not have access to physical books, they can still check out reading material on a smart phone, tablet or computer. A wide selection of ebooks is accessible through Dallas ISD’s electronic library and the local public library simply by downloading the Sora app, available for iOS and Android devices. Dallas ISD staff also have access to the district’s library with their employee ID by downloading the app. Users can access to the public library, whether in Dallas or…
The Dallas Regional Chamber (DRC) today announced that Emmitt Smith will serve as the chief spokesman of its campaign to connect workers displaced by the COVID-19 crisis to thousands of available jobs in the Dallas Region. The NFL All-Time Rushing leader, who is also a DRC board member, will appear on billboards and in radio, television, and social media marketing for the DRC’s “Connecting Displaced Workers to Jobs” platform. The online portal lives on the DRC’s Say Yes to Dallas talent attraction campaign page and includes listings broken down by sector, including hospitals, pharmacies, grocery stores, food service, and warehouses.…
Dallas ISD this week will begin distributing the 10,000 mobile hotspots it purchased last month to help ensure students have Wi-Fi access while learning from home. Staff worked over the weekend preparing the shipment of hotspots for distribution, placing decals, ensuring they broadcast a Wi-Fi signal, labeling them with students’ names and boxing them per campus. Hotspots will start being delivered to high schools on Monday and middle schools on Tuesday and Wednesday. Students without Wi-Fi access who are in need of a hotspot should reach out to their school principal to arrange for pickup. Next week staff will start…
Both Community Based Testing Sites (CBTS) will open the criteria to include testing for no symptoms required for first responders, DART drivers, healthcare workers, grocery store and essential retail store workers beginning April 20. The sites operate daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and are located at: • American Airlines Center, Parking Lot E, 2500 Victory Plaza • Ellis Davis Field House, 9191 S Polk St. Criteria for testing sites are as follows: • Must have temperature of 99.6 or higher and shortness of breath or cough; OR • Anyone 65-years-old or older; OR • Anyone with chronic health…
The #DallasISDAtHome Vlog series continues with Demarre Johnson, a student at Townview School of Business Management, who is here to share his distance learning experiences with us. Check out his first Vlog and let us know what you want to hear next!
Dallas ISD próximamente ofrecerá a las familias en busca de un modelo educativo más especializado una opción más en el centro de la ciudad. La escuela Downtown Montessori, bajo el modelo de escuela pública de opción, abrirá en el otoño de 2020, bajo la dirección de la recién nombrada directora Dra. Olga Korobovskaya. Su impresionante experiencia le permite contar con una variedad de habilidades de alto nivel. Tiene aproximadamente 30 años de experiencia en el campo de la educación como maestra y directora e incluso, ha dirigido una escuela Montessori. Korobovskaya utiliza un estilo de liderazgo práctico, comprensivo y motivante, que…
Nestled in the heart of downtown, Dallas ISD will launch a new offering for families seeking a more specialized learning approach. The Downtown Montessori, under the public school choice model, will open Fall 2020 under the direction of newly appointed principal Dr. Olga Korobovskaya. Her impressive background yields a range of high-quality skills with nearly 30 years of experience in education, as a teacher, principal and Montessori director. Korobovskaya utilizes a hands-on, supportive, and motivating leadership style, known to foster an inclusive, nurturing and stimulating educational environment. Her vision for the start-up school is simple: develop an authentic Montessori program…