Want to be a teacher, but don’t have a TEA Teaching Certificate? The Dallas ISD Alternative Certification Program (ACP) trains college graduates who studied a career outside of teaching to follow their passion and lead a classroom. Sunday, March 22 is the deadline to apply for the ACP’s Phase 53. Candidates who are interested in joining the Phase 53 cohort of the ACP can apply on this website: https://www.dallasisd.org/altcert . The ACP is a paid-training strategy to prepare applicants to lead the district’s classrooms. The program focuses on training the college graduates who studied a career outside of education but later…
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When Kathlyn Gilliam Collegiate Academy senior Quayvius Griswold got his first scholarship from Howard Payne University, he barely contained his excitement. Then came the offer from Abilene Christian University, Southern Methodist University and several other universities, with the offers eventually exceeding $1.1 million. As Griswold shared his story with nearly 900 attendees at the Dallas ISD State of the District on Feb. 21, he credited his teachers and schools for setting him on a transformative path. “I stand here as a scholar with the transformative intellectual property of my mind as I consider a few opportunities before me in the…
Dallas ISD will launch a record number of choice programs and schools in the 2020–2021 school year, significantly increasing the education choices in families’ backyards. Representatives from the Dallas ISD Office of Transformation and Innovation surprised schools with the great news on Friday, Feb. 21. OTI identified and selected the schools as part of the Public School Choice 6.o process, where educators create high-quality, best-fit options for Dallas ISD students to realize their full academic potential. The selected schools fall into one of these categories: Transformation; new start-up, open-enrollment schools that offer specialized academic programming without entry requirements. Innovation; existing…
The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees unanimously appointed Alan King–the well-respected education leader who at one point served as Dallas ISD interim superintendent–as the district’s interim chief internal auditor. King’s appointment follows this month’s resignation of auditor Steve Martin. In addition to his time as Dallas ISD interim superintendent, King’s resume includes serving as Dallas ISD chief financial officer and chief of staff. When residents voted in 2017 to dissolve Dallas County Schools–the taxpayer-funded agency that Dallas ISD contracted with to bus students–King was hired to successfully oversee the dissolution process. Multiple trustees praised King’s accomplished background as a perfect…
Un nuevo informe indica que Dallas ISD continúa reteniendo a un gran número de maestros eficaces gracias a la Iniciativa de maestros excelentes (TEI, por sus siglas en inglés), lo cual ha resultado en una mejora en el rendimiento académico. Se anticipa que Dallas ISD recibirá $28 millones adicionales en fondos del estado por medio del proyecto de ley 3 de la Cámara de Representantes (HB3). Más de 700 distritos escolares de Texas buscarán conseguir estos fondos en los próximos años, pero TEI califica a Dallas ISD como uno de los distritos que podrá acceder a dichos fondos tan pronto…
A process change will help ensure board policy is followed and the Dallas ISD magnet school admission process prioritizes students who live in the area the district serves. Starting this school year, the district’s central office will flag magnet school applicants who: Did not previously attend a district school Had a change-of-address form submitted this school year Families with flagged applications can then provide additional documents to confirm their residency and gain full entry into a magnet school. Home visits will be hosted as necessary for students who cannot substantiate their address. Click here for a more detailed FAQ about…
The Dallas Public Library is making it possible for more Dallas homes to have internet access by having mobile hotspots available for check out at 10 branches starting March 2. Meanwhile, a grant from the 1Million Project Foundation is providing mobile internet access for about 5,000 Dallas ISD high school students. The new DPL program will provide 900 mobile hotspots at the identified library locations to give residents the opportunity to access online resources for up to 30 days at home. More than 42 percent of Dallas residents do not have a fixed internet connection in their home, according to…
As for many prospective first-generation college students, Zamantha Romero and her parents were unfamiliar with the steps on the road to higher education. Romero is a junior at W. H. Adamson High School and plans to attend college after graduating. Seeking guidance, she applied to become a mentee of the Leadership Forward Mentoring Program, a non-profit that recruits professionals to volunteer as mentors for Adamson and Sunset High School students. Leadership Forward has worked with more than 115 students since the program started in 2014. Out of the 22 high school graduates who participated last year, 21 enrolled in college…
Christina Herrera sufrió de un infarto y fue sometida a una cirugía cardiaca hace dos años. Hoy en día, la maestra de estudios sociales de North Dallas High School está entrenando para su primer triatlón. “Estaba sudando, tenía palpitaciones irregulares y me faltaba el aire”, le contó Herrera a HealthDay. “La enfermera escolar me dijo que tenía que pedir una ambulancia, pero le dije que iría al hospital luego, que tenía que regresar a mi clase. Me insistió, ‘Tienes que ir ya mismo’”. Herrera había sido diagnosticada con prediabetes y había antecedentes de diabetes y fallo cardíaco en su familia.…
A new report shows that Dallas ISD continues to retain a higher number of effective teachers–which in turn is improving student performance–under the Teacher Excellence Initiative. Meanwhile, TEI is expected to bring Dallas ISD an additional $28 million in funds from the state under House Bill 3. While more than 700 Texas school districts plan to pursue this state funding over the next few years, TEI qualifies Dallas ISD as one of only several school districts able to access the funding as early as next school year. Of the $28 million in funding, at least 90 percent will go toward increasing…