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Career fairs offer teacher candidates introduction
0The freezing temperatures weren’t enough to dissuade soon-to-be-graduates of University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University from coming out to the recent Education Career Fair in Denton. Dallas ISD joined school districts from Texas and beyond at the event where they met with potential teacher recruits, collecting résumés and discussing opportunities in our schools. The talent acquisition group in Human Capital Management travels to job fairs as close as downtown Dallas, and as far as Spain and Puerto Rico in search of the best candidates to educate students. According to Talent Leader Jordan Carlton, the chance to meet with…
Photo Gallery: Dade student leaders enhance their skills
0Approximately 100 students from Billy Earl Dade Middle School sharpened their leadership skills and received encouragement during the inaugural Dade Leadership Academy gathering on Nov. 13 at the Hulcy school campus. The goal of the project is to build a stronger cohort of student leaders that can serve as mentors and help positively influence their peers. Campus counselors identified students to attend the workshop based on their current outcomes. One-half of the students are among those with the best attendance, behavior and grades. The other half of the students among those struggling with attendance, behavior and grades. At the event,…
VIDEO: See what makes Nakia Douglas an outstanding principal
0Nakia Douglas, principal of Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, was recently recognized at a special reception honoring Dallas ISD’s top principals. This year as part of the district’s new pay for performance initiative, Douglas was one of 184 principals who received an increase in pay under the new system that is based on a combination of performance measures and student achievement results. With the new compensation plan, the higher the principal effectiveness, the higher the salary. On average, principals received a $9,164 increase in pay. The average salary for the 2014-2015 school year is $100,300 up from $91,136 in the 2013-2014 school…
VIDEO: PART ONE: Expanding school choice offerings
0In a two-part series, Chief of Transformation and Innovation, Mike Koprowski spells out information on some exciting news to expand public school choice offerings. The plan calls for 35 new schools of choice by year 2020. Chief Koprowski reveals some of those details, during the first part of these look into schools of choice.