Ector County ISD Technology

The official profile of the Technology Services division for ECISD. @ectorcountyisd

[Ector County ISD @EctorCountyISD]

Big news! Ora Christian, 1st-grade special education teacher at Noel Elementary, and Gerald Mabele, biology teacher at Permian High School, have been named ECISD Teachers of the Year. Surprised by district leaders on their campuses, both were recognized for their impact and dedication to students. 🍎🏆

[Dr. Lauren Ŧavarez, CETL @LTavarezECISD]

“Next school year could be the one when AI starts strengthening student outcomes, or the one when school systems bury themselves under a fresh round of breathless pilots. The difference will not be the tools selected, but how leaders approach the moment.” 💡🦾😍

Ector County ISD has been incredibly intentional about our approach to leveraging AI as a system to identify opportunities for improvement & to solve problems experience by students and staff.

So excited to see these efforts strengthen student outcomes for #teamECISD as we continue to learn & grow as a system, embracing the moment!

Shout out to the many districts in our collaborative network that are featured in this link. I’m proud of y’all and appreciate everything we are learning, together! 🫶🏼 #ECISDproud #ILOGroupAIcohort #letsgrow #AIinEducation #artificialintelligence

https://t.co/JQYhg2E4ko

[Dr. Lauren Ŧavarez, CETL @LTavarezECISD]

Our Ector County ISD Technology division talks about leadership not as a title but in how we each show up every day to do the jobs we are responsible for. Each team member matters as a collective whole if we are going to make an impact supporting ECISD staff.

This quarter, we focused on the “Empower” capacities of the ECISD Leadership Definition. A team member from each department was voted on & selected by our division team members. They absolutely killed it with these choices & I’m so proud of these four. Thank you for all that you do Martin, Sam, Viktoria & Brit! 🏆💪🏼🥳 Ending the day a proud & happy CTO, y’all! #ECISDexcellence #ECISDproud #teamtechnology

[Ector County ISD Technology @Tech_ECISD]

A team member from each Technology department was celebrated for their strength in the “Empower” capacities from the ECISD Leadership Definition!

Congrats to Martin Franco (Tech Support), Sam Sotelo (IS), Viktoria Henderson (DL) & Brittany Molinar (IT). We’re so proud of y’all!

[Dr. Lauren Ŧavarez, CETL @LTavarezECISD]

In Ector County ISD, we are focused on identifying ways to leverage AI that solves problems our system is experiencing. It’s also critical that our system is designed to empower staff to think about AI through the lens of their work & to clear the runway for excellence as they explore new opportunities.

Mr. Sako, a 4th Grade teacher & one of our #TechyTribe Ambassador AI Pilot Teachers accepted this challenge & knocked it out of the park! 🍎🦾 Check out this example of how AI is being utilized in his classroom to provide a more personalized learning experience for his students & to provide more timely feedback to close gaps!

Shout out to our incredible ECISD Communications team for capturing this example of excellence in action! 🫶🏼 Way to grow, Mr. Sako & team! 🥹 #AIinEducation #AI #ECISDexcellence #ECISDLeads

https://t.co/Rr5iIcMtmx

[Dr. Lauren Ŧavarez, CETL @LTavarezECISD]

This morning, we continued our district’s AI Journey with another opportunity to think forward about leveraging AI to effectively elevate our system during our monthly District Leadership Team meeting! 🦾💡🤔

The conversation during today’s PL session focused on how we are evaluating the AI tools currently being used and developing metrics to measure their impact on our work, related to each leader’s role and context.

In Ector County ISD, the question is always what problem are we trying to solve by using AI? We believe it is the responsibility of our leaders to be informed, to be intentional and to take responsibility for the opportunity at hand.

The question was never whether AI would change how organizations operate. The question is whether the humans leading those organizations will stay in the room, stay accountable, and stay focused on what matters! #AIinEducation #artificialintelligence #letsgrow @MNMarquez10

[꧁༒☬𝓡𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓵 𝓖𝓪𝓵𝓿𝓪𝓷☬༒꧂ @DLS_Galvan]

Great AI 🤖training for anyone looking for an effective way to prepare for a variety of 🧑🏻‍🏫teaching certification tests and beyond! @TechECISD

[ECISD Blended Learning🌞 @ECISDblendED2]

When Blended Learning is done with intention it inspires beyond district lines! . 💫 When systems shift from “one size fits all” to intentional design, even veteran educators feel renewed. That’s the power of data driven small groups, personalization & student voice & choice.

[Ector County ISD @EctorCountyISD]

A milestone moment. The last steel beam went up at Vasquez MS this morning but not before school namesake, Gilbert Vasquez, members of his family, & district leaders signed their names into history.

Adela & Gilbert Vasquez Middle School opens in August.

#ECISDbond #Bond2023

[Dr. Lauren Ŧavarez, CETL @LTavarezECISD]

It’s been an exciting week for #teamECISD as we continue to explore the positive impacts that AI can have on our system! 🤖

Both school board & district leadership team engaged in presentations discussing where we have been & where we are headed. Opportunities to leverage AI in a way that was relevant to each participants’ context was the highlight for many! 😎 The future is bright & there’s no stopping this team of #edurockstars! We’re growing forward together, y’all! @EctorCountyISD @MNMarquez10 @KeeleySBoyer #ECISDproud #AIinEducation @Tech_ECISD

[Ector County ISD Technology @Tech_ECISD]

We are so incredibly proud of these awesome principals & their schools! 💪🏼

Way to help students GROW, y’all! 🌱 #ECISDproud #ECISDleads

[Ector County ISD @EctorCountyISD]

Today, we surprised 5 of our most effective principals with big Principal Incentive Allotment awards. Congratulations to these outstanding leaders! The story - https://t.co/nBFOrgicRM.

Thank you, @PermianSP, for making this possible and helping us recruit, retain, and reward our team members.

#LeadershipMatters #ECISDProud

[Ector County ISD @EctorCountyISD]

Congratulations, Maribel Aranda on being named our Excellence in Leadership Award winner for January. In her role, Ms. Aranda deals directly with families each day, living out our definition of Empowering through effective communication. She puts parents at ease with transparency, thoughtfulness, and empathy.
#LeadershipMatters #ECISDProud

[ECISD Blended Learning🌞 @ECISDblendED2]

📢HUGE shoutout to the incredible teachers at @cameroncheetahs! 🎉All Cameron Year 1 Blended Learning implementation teachers have officially completed their training! We can't wait to see the impact continue to grow. 📈#ECISDblendED @EctorCountyISD @TechECISD @Tech_ECISD

[Dr. Lauren Ŧavarez, CETL @LTavarezECISD]

This week, our ECISD Technology family took learning about ourselves & each other to a new level with the CORE Recon approach! 💪🏼🎯🪖

CORE Recon is a digital assessment tool that helps teams connect better by understanding each person’s temperament.

By completing a 5 minute digital assesment, we learned how to communicate more effectively with each other based on our natural preferences and stress responses. Every team member left with a digital tool (in their pocket, on their phone) to guide interactions, using each other’s profiles! 💪🏼

Shout out to Cynthia & Brian for taking us next level and for all that we learned this week! Way to GROW, ECISD #teamtechnology! 🌱💻 @Tech_ECISD

[ECISD Blended Learning🌞 @ECISDblendED2]

ECISD crushed it💪hosting the 3-Day TEA #BLSummit25 Shared our journey, district rollout, PD, & support. Campus tours @wilsonyoungms & @HaysSTEAMshines showcased #ecisdBLENDed magic. Our students and teachers blew everyone away! Huge thanks to @TexasTech, @utpb & @UTeachPD

[Dr. Lauren Ŧavarez, CETL @LTavarezECISD]

Had a “sweet” visit this afternoon from our incredible Ector County ISD Digital Learning & Blended Learning teams! 🍫🍭🎃👻 So proud of these #edurockstars & the work that they do to level up learning for students with our teachers! 🍎 Want to make a bigger impact for students? There’s an app for that…and these are the people to reach out to! ♥️💻

Happy Halloween, y’all! #teamECISD @TechECISD @Tech_ECISD @EctorCountyISD @ECISDblendED2 #edtech #Halloween

[Ector County ISD Technology @Tech_ECISD]

Today we hosted our Fall #teamECISD AI Task Force meeting. We had great representation from departments & schools as we shared progress updates, gathered feedback from team members & continued to strengthen how we think about leveraging AI, system wide! #teamECISD 🤖🦾

[Dr. Lauren Ŧavarez, CETL @LTavarezECISD]

Today we celebrated excellence with these four ECISD Leadership Definition “Evolve” award recipients at our quarterly @EctorCountyISD Technology division meeting! 🎉🥳🏆

Our ECISD Technology family was asked to nominate team members that exemplify the competencies for the Evolve Leadership category & they absolutely got it right!

Big appreciation to (from left to right):

✨ Technology Support: Daniel Timmons, Area Support Manager
✨ Information Systems: Austin Perrin, Data Coordinator
✨ Digital Learning: Til-Lois Calhoun, Digital Learning Coordinator
✨ Information Technology: Efren Zuniga, Senior Network Engineer

Proud & grateful CTO for all that these four & our team does to ensure our students & staff have everything that they need to level up learning, every day! ♥️🍎💻 #teamECISD #ECISDproud #ECISDexcellence #proudCTO @KeeleySBoyer

[Ector County ISD Technology @Tech_ECISD]

Shout out to our ECISD Leadership Definition “Evolve” award recipients.

Our ECISD Technology family nominated team members that exemplify the competencies for the Evolve Leadership category.

Thank y’all for all that y’all do, every day! ♥️🍎💻 #teamECISD #ECISDexcellence

[Dr. Lauren Ŧavarez, CETL @LTavarezECISD]

Our Ector County ISD Digital Learning Specialists kicked off our Student Centered AI Use Pilot at the #TechyTribe Ambassadors meeting. For the next several months, each teacher will choose one of these three approaches & will be teaching students to use AI in one of these ways to level up learning! 🦾🤖

During this pilot, we are hoping to gain feedback from these teachers on both the student’s experience to improve our approach & insight into what is most appropriate for each age group of students when engaging with AI.

I’m super excited for them to get started & to see what we can learn. No better perspective to get than that of a teacher as we continue to develop what student centered AI use looks like for our classrooms to make a bigger impact on teaching & learning! 💪🏼 @TechECISD @Tech_ECISD #AI #artificialintelligence #ECISDTTA