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THE DSST LAUNCHPAD

 

The DSST Human Capital team is excited to welcome you to THE LAUNCHPAD. As you prepare to join the DSST family, we want to provide you with information about our community, events happening across the network, and ways for you to get to know your new colleagues before you start. This will serve as not only an informational resource about DSST and for your transition here, but also a way for the Human Capital team to provide updates and upcoming deadlines to our new community members.


Below you will find our previously published blog posts, which we encourage you to dig into to learn more about our community at DSST. Additionally, check out our "Resources" sections to find additional external resources about Denver's educational landscape and our work.

Questions? Reach out to Brook at brook.abitz@scienceandtech.org

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Recent Posts

6/19

#SummerinDenver

At DSST we care about your development and wellness as a whole person, not just as an employee. Before you begin at DSST this July, we wanted to share some fun events happening in Denver this summer. For those of you new to Denver, we hope you have some time to explore your new city and enjoy the sunshine.

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5/24

College Success @ DSST

Creating a college-going culture is something DSST has strived for since day one, and we are continuously looking to improve the access our students have to top 4-year universities and their success through college; which is why building up our college success program is one of our network-wide goals for the 2018-2019 school year.

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4/30

Equity and Integrated Schools at DSST

Recently, integrated schools have been a focus of a number of publications. And for good reason. Integrated schools have the power to close all-too-wide achievement gaps all while improving average test scores for all students and reducing all students biases.

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4/24

Learn Who Works Behind the Scenes

DSST campuses are where the majority of our staff work; however, there is a small but mighty group that work out of the Home Office. The Home Office is equivalent to our districts’ network level support. You have already interacted with several of the Home Office staff and as you go into your first year at DSST, you will continue to interact with even more.

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4/2

Understanding Student Recruitment at DSST 

School Choice and Student Recruitment

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3/6

Where we came from and where we are headed

Like many urban school districts at the turn of the century, Denver Public Schools (DPS) struggled with underperforming schools and a significant decline in enrollment in the early 2000s. By 2005, nearly a third of the seats inside the district were empty and around 15 percent of students had left for private or suburban schools.

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2/27

So What is A Charter School?

Charter schools have existed within the United States since 1992, yet many people are still confused about what a “charter school” is. A charter school defined by the United State Department of Education as a publicly funded school established by teachers, parents, or community groups under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority. In short, a charter school is a public school that has autonomy inside the school while being held accountable to an authorizer - usually a nonprofit or government entity. Meaning public charters such as DSST serve ALL students and are tuition free.

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