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Dallas ISD celebra la excelencia educativa al reconocer a los excepcionales educadores que marcan la diferencia en la vida de los estudiantes todos los días. Conozca al finalista a maestro del año 2022–2023 Kayleigh Overman-Fassel, Emmett J. Conrad High School. Kayleigh Overman-Fassel enseña inglés 1 para bilingües emergentes en Emmett J. Conrad. Obtuvo su licenciatura en Trinity University e hizo realidad su sueño de trabajar con estudiantes de idiomas consiguiendo empleo como asesora de escritura para Lone Star College-Montgomery, como maestra sustituta de inglés 1301 y luego como maestra de inglés de nivel intermedio. También ha trabajado como entrenadora de…

Dallas ISD celebra la excelencia educativa al reconocer a los excepcionales educadores que marcan la diferencia en la vida de los estudiantes todos los días. Conozca al finalista a maestro del año 2022–2023 Iván Medina, Marcus Leadership Academy. Iván Medina es maestro de matemáticas y ciencias de quinto grado en Marcus Leadership Academy. Es un americano de segunda generación cuyos padres emigraron del pequeño pueblo rural Arroyo Seco ubicado en Querétaro, México. Medina nació y creció en la metrópolis de Dallas. Es el primer miembro de su familia en graduarse tanto de la preparatoria como de la universidad. Medina tiene…

Dallas ISD celebra la excelencia educativa al reconocer a los excepcionales educadores que marcan la diferencia en la vida de los estudiantes todos los días. Conozca al finalista a maestro del año 2022–2023 Jonatan Cruz, School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove. Jonatan Cruz es el maestro líder de instrucción de lenguaje dual y maestro de artes del lenguaje de lectura en School for the Talented and Gifted en Pleasant Grove. Cruz tiene una licenciatura en artes de University of Puerto Rico en Río Pedras. Primero enseñó en Bishop Arts STEAM Academy. Sus habilidades le permitieron formar parte…

Dallas ISD celebra la excelencia educativa al reconocer a los excepcionales educadores que marcan la diferencia en la vida de los estudiantes todos los días. Conozca al finalista a maestro del año 2022–2023 Angela Burley, Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School. Angela Burley enseña culturas mundiales en sexto grado en Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School, donde también es cabeza de departamento y líder de estudios sociales. Es una maestra distinguida ejemplar de nivel II en Dallas ISD y una maestra líder del estado de Texas. Burley orgullosamente sirvió como miembro de Teach Plus en 2021-2022 y ahora…

Dallas ISD celebra la excelencia educativa al reconocer a los excepcionales educadores que marcan la diferencia en la vida de los estudiantes todos los días. Conozca al finalista a maestro del año 2022–2023 Bobby Bailey, de Billy Earl Dade Middle School. Bobby Bailey, maestro líder de instrucción y maestro de matemáticas de sexto grado en Billy Earl Dade Middle School, se unió a Dallas ISD en 2011. Un “orgulloso producto de Dallas ISD”, nació y creció en Dallas y acudió a las escuelas de Dallas ISD desde el kínder hasta el 12º grado y se graduó de David W. Carter…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-202 Principal of the Year finalist Gayle Rodgers, Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy. Gayle Ferguson Rodgers is the founding principal of Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy, an early college high school within the Choice/Magnet division. She has been an urban educator with Dallas ISD for 31 years. Her most rewarding years have been spent as a principal within early college high schools (ECHS). The ECHS program is uniquely designed to target first-generation college students, low-income youth, students of…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-202 Principal of the Year finalist Marquetta Masters, Trinity Heights Talented and Gifted. Marquetta Masters has served as the founding principal for Trinity Heights Talented and Gifted for four years. She received her undergraduate degree from Langston University, where she graduated magna cum laude. She earned her Master’s in Educational Leadership from Texas Woman’s University and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Educational Leadership at Southern Methodist University. Masters began her Dallas ISD career as a Reading Language…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-202 Principal of the Year finalist Shadaria Foster, Kennedy-Curry Middle School. Shadaria Foster, principal of Kennedy-Curry Academy of Modern Arts, started her education career at O.W. Holmes Middle School and later worked at Billy Earl Dade Middle School, where she was a multiyear Teacher of the Year recipient. Foster later served as assistant principal at Balch Springs Middle School, leading the English Language Arts and Reading department to distinction. She led the opening of the Young Women’s STEAM…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-202 Principal of the Year finalist Sandra Fernandez, Nancy Cochran Elementary School. Sandra Fernandez is in her third year as principal at Nancy Cochran Elementary, her 16th year as a principal, and her 27th year with Dallas ISD. She began her career as a bilingual teacher at Peeler Elementary, followed by an assistant principalship at Cesar Chavez Learning Center, and a principalship at Bonham Elementary. At Bonham, she led her team to an award from the National Center…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-202 Principal of the Year finalist Vivian Chandler Fairley, Emmett J. Conrad High School. Hailing from Pleasant Grove, Vivian Chandler Fairley is a first-generation college graduate. She received a bachelor’s in History and Political Science as well as a master’s in Curriculum and Instruction and a master’s in Education Administration from Texas A&M University-Commerce. She is a transformational leader skilled in serving students in underserved communities. As a champion for scholars, Fairley believes that all children should receive…