Student Support Team (SST) Monthly Meet-Up
SST chairs please join the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) team each month to learn more about how to support your campus with the SST process. Feel free to contact the MTSS department at mtss@dallasisd.org if you have questions about the MTSS framework, SST process & tools, and the PowerSchool MTSS Intervention Module.
For additional information and resources regarding SST, click on the links below.
Human Capital Management (HCM)
The District understands when teachers are absent it is important that students receive uninterrupted classroom instruction. To ensure that campuses have the personnel needed to continue uninterrupted instruction, the Human Capital Management has partnered with several third party vendors for the 2022-2023 to deploy substitutes to our most heavily-impacted high priority campuses. The partnership has contributed to an increase in substitutes at 35 high priority campuses resulting in more substitute teacher support to ensure that all classes are covered in the absence of a teacher.
The Dallas ISD Substitute Office serves as the primary liaison between third party vendors & campuses to ensure that substitutes are reporting daily to meet the overall needs of the District.
Professional Development and Curriculum Materials
Congratulations Accomplished and Breakthrough campuses on the work that you are doing with students to advance student achievement! The Teaching & Learning division is excited to announce an opportunity for Accomplished and Breakthrough campuses to apply for funding for professional development and curriculum materials.
Accomplished campuses may submit a proposal for consideration to receive up to $2000 and Breakthrough campuses may submit a proposal to receive up to $1000 to purchase campus specific curriculum resources for instructional lesson design and delivery and/or to cover registration fees for campus selected specialized professional development.
Campuses have until December 16, 2022 to submit their proposal using this Google Form. The awarded amount will be determined by the total number of submissions divided by budget capacity.
If you have any questions, please contact Candy Cox-Banda, Director of Operations for Teaching & Learning, at cbanda@dallasisd.org
Financial Services
Attention, campuses with a 2021 LAS rating of Accomplished or Breakthrough:
Rollover from 2021-2022 general operating funds (Accomplished or Breakthrough)
Rollover from 2021-2022 Substitute Pool funds (Accomplished only)
will be transferred into campus budgets in the month of November. An email confirmation with specific details and guidelines was sent to eligible campuses prior to the Thanksgiving break.
Questions or concerns? Contact: Rstraggas@dallasisd.org or jonparker@dallasisd.org
Field Trip Bus
Dallas ISD will approve and facilitate transportation for campus-funded field trips as outlined in FMG (REGULATION). Through the Theory of Action, Accomplished and Breakthrough campuses may receive free or reduced price transportation to one field trip within the county boundaries on a district-owned bus.
For more information, click here.
Dallas Assessment Navigator Training
As the district's online assessment platform, Dallas Assessment Navigator (DAN) is offering advanced training on How to Create New STAAR items types such as Multi-part, Inline choice and Drag and Drop. Come learn how to create practice opportunities for students to experience STAAR Redesign items types and tools.
Each session will be differentiated for participants to learn how to create content specific item types. Prerequisite: Participants must be familiar with How to Create an Item Bank Assessment.
For more information review the handout here.
