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Dallas NAACP recognizes Board President Justin Henry with one of its highest awards
0The Dallas National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has selected Dallas ISD Board of Trustees President Justin Henry to receive the Juanita Craft Award, one of its highest honors. “You have been a standard bearer in making sure that every citizen, especially minorities, have the same opportunities to experience their American Dream,” Dallas NAACP President Aubrey Hooper wrote in a letter to Henry. The Juanita Craft Award in Youthful Empowerment and Educational Engagement is named in honor of the late Dallas City Councilwoman and NAACP icon. Dallas NAACP will present Henry with the award at the Juanita…
Dallas ISD builds “grow-your-own” principal pipeline to ensure best-fit leaders at every school
0Amber Shields has a unique perspective as principal of N.W. Harllee Early Childhood Center: it’s where she attended elementary school. “Harllee is like home to me, and it’s a privilege to lead such a tremendous school,” Shields said. Shields, who previously served as an assistant principal at Soto Elementary, is one the district’s 20 principals starting their first year leading a campus. Of those 20 first-year principals, 19 are homegrown candidates such as Shields who previously worked in Dallas ISD schools. Growing LEADers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4FPyGGqUrU&t=65s Dallas ISD last school year launched the Leader Excellence, Advancement and Development (LEAD) Department–with a first task…
South Oak Cliff High School credits enrollment jump to excellent academics, community support
0On the way to her afternoon class, junior Kendell Cole asks South Oak Cliff High School Principal Willie Johnson what she needs to join the swim team. Cole transferred from Crandall High School to SOC, and she is interested in bringing her significant swimming skills to the Golden Bears. Cole is one of more than 200 additional new students to start at SOC this year, which has seen its enrollment climb from 1,096 last school year to 1,322 this month. The school, which earned three academic distinctions from the Texas Education Agency, was originally projected to serve 963 students this…
“There’s hope for our future:” Program trains professionals to inspire future generations as educators
0Dallas ISD graduate Macario Hernandez was working with teens in the juvenile offender system when he found a calling for teaching. “It really feels that my inspiration to become a teacher was my way of finding a profession that I could give back to my community,” he said. “Education is what offered me that dream.” Hernandez enrolled in the Dallas ISD Alternative Certification Program (ACP), which trains college graduates who studied a career outside of teaching to follow their passion and lead a classroom. After inspiring students as a teacher, Hernandez now serves as principal at Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early…