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TEA’s Teacher Vacancy Task Force final report was released back in February. It focused on 3 key areas: Compensation, Training/Support, & Working Conditions. What happened to #txlege focusing on these key areas? Instead bills such as #SB8 are attempting to divert monies from #txed and add additional testing.
#SB8 that aims to divert monies from #txed along with additional testing.
#SB9 creates Teacher Retention Allotment to increase teacher salaries by $2K in districts with 20k+ students, $6K in districts with less than 20k. Only to be provided in the 2023-24 school year.
#HB100 increases student allotment by $90 from $6,160 to $6,250 rather than what is needed.
What can you do? Tell your legislators to protect and support public ed.
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For #EarthMonth & #NationalPoetryMonth we're revisiting our Art Works conversation w/ poet Camille Dungy on ecopoetry, the historical absence of Black voices in environmental literature & much more. Here's a sneak peek: https://t.co/fCkRyHLCFS
The full episode goes live TOMORROW
Acknowledging my racial bias is not the same as knowing how to identify & eliminate racism. Both are important. But not confusing them is also important. As a white person, at some point doing that internal work without transitioning to institutional work looks like entitlement.
Yesterday @TeachPaj and I had our last session of the Alief Art Integration Cohort. We had an incredible time learning new ways to incorporate art in our classrooms. Thank you so much to @M_LopezMusicMom and @IntegrationEd for the best PD ever! 🎨🖌👩🏻🎨
This week we used our investigative skills to match the organism with it's behavior/characteristics and recorded our information. But I think the most fun of all was acting out the effects that come from environmental changes. @Martin_Mustangs@AliefScience
We had such a great time presenting today! Thank you to everyone who came and participated in our session! If you are here and see us, say “Hi!”#NAEA22#artsintegration#VisualArt
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We are in New York this week to present at the National Art Educators Association Conference and saw Come From Away last night!
#imnotcryingyouare#comefromaway#broadway#livetheatre
Extremely proud of this group of educators. They are part of our first Arts Integration cohort. They show up to learn, grow, take risks, and share. Love their enthusiasm and passion for teaching!! @IntegrationEd@Cummings_Alief@mataeagles@Martin_Mustangs