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Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year finalist Nancy Salas, Henry W. Longfellow Career Exploration Academy. Nancy Salas, a Dallas ISD alumna, is a seventh- and eighth-grade Career & Technology teacher and yearbook advisor at Henry W. Longfellow Career Exploration Academy. After graduating from the University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor’s in Mass Communications, Salas began her education career as a substitute teacher. It was during that experience that she found her true calling and decided to devote…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year finalist Jonatan Joshua Cruz Cardona, School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove. Jonatan Cruz is the dual language instructional lead teacher and reading language arts teacher at the School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove. Cruz has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Puerto Rico in Río Pedras. He first taught at Bishop Arts STEAM Academy. His skills allowed him to become part of the “STAG…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year finalist Laura Trevino, W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy. Laura Trevino teaches eighth-grade English-language arts at W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy. She is an educator by accident and a writer by trade. Through an education posting in Kazakhstan with the Peace Corps, Trevino learned what teaching was all about and fell in love with the transformative power of education. After her tour in the Peace Corps, Trevino worked with AmeriCorps to train Texas teaching…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Principal of the Year finalist Julie Singleton, Central Elementary Julie Singleton, a graduate of Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science in Education, and Lubbock Christian University with a Master of Education in Educational Leadership, is completing her seventh year as principal at Central Elementary School. Singleton began her career in education 29 years ago and has served in a leadership role in Dallas ISD for 22 years. She has increased student academic achievement and improved…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year finalist Kayleigh Overman-Fassel, Emmett J. Conrad High School. Kayleigh Overman-Fassel teaches English 1 for emergent bilinguals at Emmett J. Conrad. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts from Trinity University, she realized her dream of working with language learners as a writing consultant for Lone Star College-Montgomery, as a substitute English 1301 instructor, and then as an intermediate developmental English instructor. She has also worked as an instructional coach, curriculum writer, test developer, and,…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year finalist Angela Burley, Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School. Angela Burley teaches sixth-grade world cultures at Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School, where she also serves as department chair and social studies lead. She is a Distinguished Exemplary II Teacher in Dallas ISD and a State of Texas Master Teacher. Burley proudly served as a 2021-2022 Teach Plus fellow and now serves as a 2022-2023 senior fellow for the Recruitment and…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Principal of the Year finalist Bobby Bailey, Billy Earl Dade Middle School. Bobby Bailey, instructional lead teacher and sixth-grade math teacher at Billy Earl Dade Middle School, joined Dallas ISD in 2011. A “proud product of Dallas ISD,” he was born and raised in Dallas and attended Dallas ISD schools from kindergarten through 12th grade, graduating from David W. Carter High School. Bailey earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Huston-Tillotson University in Austin. As a 12-year…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year finalist Mia Witt. A proud graduate of Dallas ISD, Mia Witt is a special education teacher at César Chávez Learning Center. She began teaching at J.L. Long Middle School, where her grandmother was a cafeteria worker for years and many of her family members attended. She has a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from UNT. Witt has provided interventions to and advocated for students with disabilities from Pre-K through 8th grade for over…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year finalist Ebony Garrett. Ebony Garrett is a third-grade math and science teacher at Umphrey Lee Elementary School. She believes educating scholars, colleagues, and families is essential to establish a community of support for students so they can succeed inside and outside the classroom. She has a bachelor’s degree from Texas Woman’s University and will earn her master’s in Public Administration from the University of North Texas at Dallas in May. Earning the Distinguished…

El Programa de Consejería Universitaria y Profesional (CCAP, por sus siglas en inglés) de Dallas ISD está preparando a los estudiantes para el éxito a partir de noveno grado gracias a una inversión anual de $11 millones del Fondo de Alivio de Emergencia para Escuelas Primarias y Secundarias (ESSER). Cheryl Nevels, superintendente adjunta de preparación universitaria, dijo que la típica consejería universitaria se enfoca en la ayuda financiera y en la solicitud de admisión, pero con la inversión ESSER, Dallas ISD ha podido expandir el programa, el cual ahora incluye también preparación profesional. El programa brinda a los estudiantes acceso…