AISD's Equity Advisory Committee (EAC) will host its monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 20 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The purpose of the EAC is to provide recommendations and counsel on a wide range of matters related to equitable outcomes in resource allocation, evaluation, policies, and practices.
Register via zoom to request a link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0of-itrT8vHtOHUVU05eo1h4kHRP7aITgS
Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School dual-credit biotechnology teacher Joseph Oleniczak and Austin Community College District professor Kissaou Tchedre have received a $385,845 grant award from the National Science Foundation to establish a DNA sequencing and genomics program at LASA.
This is a virtual event for graduating seniors to sign up for training, internships and full-time employment opportunities offered by Austin area employers. (For example, City of Austin Fleet Services will hire two students through their high school graduate internship program; once students complete the internship program, they will be eligible for full time employment with benefits). Focus will be on high skill/high demand jobs in healthcare, information technology, manufacturing & skilled trades (mechanics, programmers, carpenters, electricians etc).
Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School dual-credit biotechnology teacher Joseph Oleniczak and Austin Community College District professor Kissaou Tchedre have received a $385,845 grant award from the National Science Foundation to establish a DNA sequencing and genomics program at LASA.
Austin ISD’s Equity Officer Dr. Stephanie Hawley will be participating in a program with the Harvard Graduate School of Education called Bravely Confronting Racism in Higher Education.
Bravely Confronting Racism in Higher Education is a new program that will enable participants to effectively confront issues of inequality and racism within higher education from various perspectives.
As part of the program, Dr. Hawley will participate in a panel discussion on how practitioners can start or continue their personal journeys as anti-racist leaders.
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Dra. Carla España, Ph.D. Es Profesora Asistente de Educación Bilingüe y Estudios Puertorriqueños/Latinx y Latinoamericanos en Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Es la co-autora de En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students, The Translanguaging Collections: Affirming Bilingual and Multilingual Learners Handbook, y co-fundadora de la Colectiva En Comunidad con la Dra. Luz Yadira Herrera.
Join VELA, Austin ISD Parent Engagement Support Office and Austin ISD Department of Special Education for a free interactive virtual four-session course to learn how to start planning for adulthood, how to get the most out of high school and connect to key resources to ensure that you can dream big with and for your child.
This course is in English. Interpretation services available upon request; must request by March 30.
Join VELA, Austin ISD Parent Engagement Support Office and Austin ISD Department of Special Education for a free interactive virtual four-session course to learn how to start planning for adulthood, how to get the most out of high school and connect to key resources to ensure that you can dream big with and for your child.
This course is in English. Interpretation services available upon request; must request by March 30.
Join VELA, Austin ISD Parent Engagement Support Office and Austin ISD Department of Special Education for a free interactive virtual four-session course to learn how to start planning for adulthood, how to get the most out of high school and connect to key resources to ensure that you can dream big with and for your child.
This course is in English. Interpretation services available upon request; must request by March 30.
Join VELA, Austin ISD Parent Engagement Support Office and Austin ISD Department of Special Education for a free interactive virtual four-session course to learn how to start planning for adulthood, how to get the most out of high school and connect to key resources to ensure that you can dream big with and for your child.
This course is in English. Interpretation services available upon request; must request by March 30.
