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Teacher of the Year Finalist Spotlight: Jonatan Joshua Cruz Cardona, School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove
0Dallas 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…
Teacher of the Year Finalist Spotlight: Laura Trevino, W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy
0Dallas 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…
Teacher of the Year Finalist Spotlight: Kayleigh Overman-Fassel, Emmett J. Conrad High School
0Dallas 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,…
Teacher of the Year Finalist Spotlight: Angela Burley, Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School
0Dallas 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…