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Dallas ISD culinary students add flavor to this year’s Taste of Dallas
0This weekend at Fair Park, many of the top Dallas restaurants will sell samples of their wares at the Taste of Dallas, a culinary showcase of flavors and foods of all types and descriptions. And among the established culinary artists and restaurateurs will be a younger group of chefs: students from two of Dallas ISD’s culinary arts programs. Wilmer-Hutchins High School’s culinary team, which competed and won Texas Restaurant Association’s Students’ Taste of Dallas at Trinity Groves in February, will serve three-ounce pork sliders at the event. Meanwhile, the School of Health Professions at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center’s…
Partnership trains new teachers, increases summer learning options for students
0Teach For America (TFA), Dallas ISD, Momentous Institute, and Southern Methodist University’s Simmons School of Education and Human Development have formed a partnership to train new teachers and to expand summer learning opportunities for Dallas students through the Teach For America DFW Summer Institute, which begins this week. Through this partnership, Teach For America–Dallas-Fort Worth is bringing a pre-service training program to Dallas for the first time; new Teach For America teachers will complete their student teaching program developed by Teach For America staff in conjunction with the three partner organizations and will be housed on SMU’s campus. Through this program,…
Dallas ISD covers tuition for 150 teachers to attend SMU teacher academy (video)
0More than 150 Dallas ISD teachers will attend a professional development training this summer at the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education at Southern Methodist University. Approximately 245 Dallas ISD teachers applied for the opportunity to attend the training happening at SMU July 20–Aug. 6. Dallas ISD partnered with SMU to design the program. Dallas ISD will cover the $3,000 per teacher tuition. The curriculum will focus on increasing classroom effectiveness and improving classroom instructional practice. The teacher professional development training will support novice, progressing and distinguished level teachers with the goal of helping them advance within the Teacher Excellence Initiative’s…
See It Again: A Beginner’s Guide to the Teacher Excellence Initiative
0See It Again is a feature on the Hub that looks back on and reposts noteworthy stories from the past year. Research has repeatedly shown that effective teachers play the biggest role within schools in improving student achievement. Given their critical role, Dallas ISD launched the Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI) in 2014 to identify, support and reward effective teachers. TEI is a part of Dallas ISD’s Destination 2020 plan, which aims to improve the quality of instruction and place an effective teacher in every classroom. Here is what you should know about TEI. How does TEI identify effective teachers? Classroom…