7 Education Reform Lessons From the Denver Teacher Strike
Denver’s first teacher strike in 25 years marks a turning point in Colorado, and possibly the nation’s efforts to reform public education.
02/26/19
Parent Leader Institute - 3/2
This Saturday, March 2nd, DSST is hosting Parent Leader Institute! DSST hopes to engage parents from across the network in a one-day training with Innovate, a national leader in community organizing. Our goal is to build leadership skills and leverage the power of community organizing to make transformational change for students in our community.
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02/26/19
A Successful launch of Affinity Groups
Last Tuesday, DSST launched our first network-wide race based Affinity Groups! Over 40 staff members braved a snowy evening to come together at Cole Middle School and spend meaningful time sharing honest dialogue and reflection. Together we are excited to continue our personal and collective identity journeys and equity work.
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02/21/19
At Our Core: Black History Month Celebrations
The February chill hasn’t stopped students and staff across the network from celebrating Black History Month in fun and creative ways. Staff members, student leaders, as well as school-based Black Student Alliances (BSA), an organization that promotes achievement from awareness to activism, organized a range of activities for their school communities. This included Black History-themed Morning Meetings, guest speakers, parties, and more.
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02/14/19
At Our Core: Town Halls & Mid-Year Survey: Glows, Grows, and Everything In Between
We are very close to finishing up our annual series of school “Town Halls” where Bill K and other members of the Home Office visit each school to listen to feedback from you all and field questions about the DSST network. We know this is a time commitment on your part so thank you again for the thoughtful questions and concerns we heard across schools. We have also been listening to your thoughts and questions through the mid-year survey and the comments on this blog, At Our Core. While every campus is different and has their own unique needs, we have noticed some common themes from these channels that we thought would be helpful to collectively address in one place. These includes Aurora expansion, changes to DSST’s health insurance coverage, school funding & facilities, and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at DSST. We also want to share a couple of celebration points as well as areas for improvement from the mid year survey.
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02/12/19
Highlights from Master Teacher dinner
Good Morning DSST Team!
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02/12/19
Teacher Leadership Opportunity: Apply to be a Content Expert
DSST is excited to launch our Content Expert role to leverage our teacher leaders who have demonstrated track records of transformational student results. Content Experts are teacher leaders who will support development during New Teacher Training and lead content-specific training throughout the school year.
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02/11/19
Increased referral bonus!
DSST Public Schools recognizes that one of the best sources for new team members is referrals from current team members. Last school year, 50% of new hires came from referrals from current team members, community members, students, and families! To show our appreciation for referrals and the talent they bring to our network, DSST Public Schools offers a referral incentive bonus of $500 for every referral you make. Additionally, started February 8, 2019, all Math and Science teacher referrals will earn a $1000 bonus.
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02/11/19
Opinion: Implications of strike
For the first time in 25 years, teachers in Denver are likely to strike on Monday, a teacher revolt that would have major implications for over a decade of education reinvention locally and around the country.
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