Teach Plus Texas

Teach Plus Texas empowers excellent, experienced teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students’ success.

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🎒Preparing students for the future means more than teaching content.

It means helping young people think critically, ask questions, consider multiple perspectives, and engage thoughtfully with the world around them.

@teachplusTX Alumna Jo Spark shares in her latest op-ed. 👇🏽

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🧑🏽‍🎓 As we continue conversations across Texas around student success, workforce readiness, and educator leadership, this question remains at the center:

✨ What kind of future are we helping students create?

[Teach Plus Texas @teachplusTX]

🧠 As AI adoption accelerates, access and implementation often depend on where a student lives, which district they attend, and whether their teacher has received adequate support.

Successful implementation begins with supporting the educators who use it every day. 👇🏽

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This Pride Month, we celebrate LGBTQ+ teacher leaders who create opportunities for students and foster classrooms where every learner can thrive and reach their full potential.

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Ensuring each child has access to high quality education truly takes a village.

In her latest op-ed for @BlackPressUSA, @teachplusTX alum @jteree reflects on mentorship, advocacy, + paying it forward. 📚👇🏽

https://t.co/AMBVkrroPF

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This year, educators and community leaders explored key topics shaping the future of education in Texas.

These conversations help connect educator voice, policy, and community collaboration to stronger student outcomes across Texas.

Stay tuned - recaps loading. ✨

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Network Fellows play a critical role in ensuring educator voice remains connected to the systems and decisions shaping Texas schools.

Apply: https://t.co/bMC8NokD7J

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📣 Applications are open for the Teach Plus Texas Alumni Network Pilot Program!

We’re recruiting Regional Ambassadors and Network Fellows from among our alumni to help strengthen educator voice and alumni advocacy across Texas. 💚

📅 Apply by May 29 👇🏼🧵 (1/3)

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Regional Ambassadors serve as a key bridge between educators, communities, and policy conversations happening across the state.

Apply: https://t.co/Qfefs2BLUw

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Meet the new CEO of @DalAfterschool – @KDMalonson!

Kevin’s leadership at Teach Plus Texas helped elevate educator voice and advance policies supporting teachers and students across Texas.

We’re grateful for his impact and excited for this next chapter. 💚

[Teach Plus Texas @teachplusTX]

The right book can do more than improve literacy outcomes.

@teachplusTX alumna Mollie Wright reflects on how thoughtful, high-quality text selection paired with educator expertise can create deeper learning experiences for students across Texas. 📚👇🏽

https://t.co/PNVnvoWt7H

[Richardson ISD @RichardsonISD]

The future is bright for the #RISDClassof2026 ✨

Together, they have been offered nearly $79 million in scholarships — a reflection of their hard work, determination, and big dreams for what comes next. From colleges across the country to career and military pathways, the Class of 2026 is making their mark, and we can’t wait to see where they go next. 🎓👏

#RISDDreamBig

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🎓 “Are we preparing students simply to survive in that world—or to transform it?”

At the Dallas–Fort Worth Student Success Summit, Dr. Jared Williams reminded us that career-connected learning is about more than workforce preparation.

⏯️ https://t.co/Ho0k98n6rJ

[👨🏾‍🏫📚Mr. Martin🍎✊🏾 @iteachmrmartin]

Got a chance to see @SierraJoseph15 yesterday at the @teachplusTX showcase @RiceUniversity. Always good to be in a room of so many wonderful educators and communality leaders!

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What a gift to be in the presence of a lifelong learner—52 years of teaching is powerful.

Grateful to work alongside you. It’s been so awesome learning from you Dr.T.

#LifelongLearner #TeacherLegacy #EducationMatters #AdvocacyInAction @RTMSThundercats @FortBendISD @teachplusTX

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Way to go, Houston! 🚀

A huge THANK YOU to @EdTrustTX
for being our partner in development and advocacy.

Congratulations to all of our educators whose hard work was recognized today.

We're looking forward to taking this work all the way to the Capitol!

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🚀 "Passion matters, but strategy moves change." — Dr. Monea Beene, @EdTrustTX 2025 Cohort, Houston-area Educator Advisory Council

#StudentSuccessSummit

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"Ultimately, supporting teachers strengthens schools, empowers students, and builds more resilient, informed communities, equipped to face the environmental challenges ahead.” -- Dr. Kelly Knight, 2025 -2026 Houston Policy Fellow.

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HAPPENING NOW: The 2026 Student Success Summit in Houston 🚀

In partnership with @EdTrustTX, we've gathered educators, community partners, and district leaders at @RiceUniversity to explore career-connected learning, workforce readiness, and the future of education policy.

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When educators, communities, and industry leaders are in the same room, solutions become more actionable.

Join @EdTrustTX and @teachplusTX for the Student Success Summit in Houston this Saturday, May 16.

Reserve your seat: 🎟 https://t.co/s178FGM6Ll