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PPfT Optional Leadership and Professional Growth Opportunities
PPfT Optional Leadership and Professional Growth Opportunities Under PPfT, teachers can choose to participate in optional professional growth opportunities each year to have ownership over their career development and compensation. PPfT Point-Earning and Stipend-Based Opportunities Successful completion of the opportunities below will allow teachers to add compensation points to their PPfT…
Media Advisory: News Media Access to Schools Limited During STAAR and TAKS Examination Periods
Austin, Texas—Students in the Austin Independent School District are scheduled to take state exams, including the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness and the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, during March, April and May.To reduce distractions and help students focus on their tests, the news media’s access to AISD campuses will be limited during the weeks of:
Galindo Elementary Teacher Tells Her Story At The White House
Joyful tears ran down Karen Reyes's face as she called her mother on May 14. She had just talked with President Joe Biden alongside five other individuals like herself — recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
NACER, New Community Partnership, Celebrates First Semester
Coming out of a successful first semester, Austin ISD’s NACER community partnership is celebrating its achievements throughout the fall and is planning to expand its reach in the spring. Northeast Austin Communities for Educational Readiness is a family of schools that work together to focus on developing a streamlined system of academic and social support throughout its community.
Career and Job Fair—Summer Melt 2018
Class of 2018 graduates, join us to find additional resources and opportunities at the Career and Job Fair, July 14 9:30 a.m.–noon at Travis ECHS! The Career and Job Fair is part of our Summer Melt Program, a program through which we bring a number of our college advisors to provide additional support and outreach to recent high school graduates.These efforts are particularly targeted…
AISD Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Austin ISD will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, Wednesday, Nov. 25, through Friday, Nov. 27. All AISD offices and schools will be closed during this period. The district will resume regular business hours Monday, Nov.
AISD Invites Realtors to Tour Campuses in the LBJ Early College High School Family of Schools
Realtors will be riding an AISD school bus to visit four schools in east Austin to learn more about their academic programming, all to give Realtors a better idea of neighborhood schools in areas they may sell homes. The visit includes LBJ Early College High School, Gus Garcia Young Men's Leadership Academy, Bertha Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy and Blanton Elementary School.…
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AISD to Celebrate National School Choice Week, Highlight Program Options
Austin ISD will celebrate National School Choice Week by highlighting the abundance of choices within the district, with a focus on Early College High School. National Choice Week is dedicated to raising public awareness of the options available to students. The district currently offers early college high school options at six campuses. The program allows students to earn up to 60 hours…
Murchison Middle School Groundbreaking
On May 21, the Murchison Matadors Community gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Murchison Middle School as the modernization moves into the construction phase. Murchison MS is one of the campuses receiving a full modernization as part of the 2017 AISD Bond Program. The school will undergo Phase 1 of the full modernization, including a sixth-grade addition, library…