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AISD Trustees Revise Consultation Policy to Expand Employee Representation
Austin, TX—Austin ISD’s Board of Trustees voted to revise the district’s consultation policy to expand employee representation on such issues as compensation and workplace environment.Since December, AISD has been reviewing its policy, which recognized Education Austin as the district's exclusive consultation agent for the past four years, to examine how to potentially increase the amount of…
Ann Richards School: The Dream Realized
The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders is a unique all-girls school founded to educate young women and give them the confidence and skills necessary to succeed in college, in their careers, and in their communities.It's a public school in the Austin Independent School District serving girls in 6th through 12th grade. The vision is to focus on the whole girl, providing academic and…
Volunteer Spotlight: Karen Yokum, with Austin Partners in Education
Every year, Austin Partners in Education trains more than 1,500 community volunteers to be classroom coaches and mentors throughout Austin ISD.Karen Yokum, an electrical engineer at IBM, has volunteered with APIE as an eighth-grade math classroom coach for three years, helping students understand real-world applications of their classroom studies.
TED-Ed Develops Animated Series Based on Lesson Plan Created by AISD Teacher
AUSTIN, Texas--An Austin ISD lesson plan is being shared globally by TED, a nonprofit organization famous for its inspirational 18-minute talks and its "Ideas Worth Sharing" tagline.TED developed an animated video series based on a lesson plan created by Joy Lin, the math specialist at Linder Elementary School, who uses pop culture and superheroes to explain complicated theories in physics,…
AISD Police Host 2013 Anti-Gang Summer Camp for Students
More than 80 students had the opportunity to learn from police officers, fire and emergency officials and members of the media during the Austin Independent School District’s second annual Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T) summer camps.
Zavala Student Wins National Hispanic Heritage Safety Poster Contest
Last week Zavala Elementary held an assembly in honor of fifth grade student, Sofía Valadez who won the national Hispanic Heritage Safety Poster Contest, put on by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The contest is held annually during Hispanic Heritage Month to teach elementary school children in Hispanic communities about safety.
ESAC Meeting
Where: Austin ISD New Headquarters, First Floor - 4000 South IH 35 Frontage Road, Austin, Texas 78704.
KLRU Invites AISD to Help Guide New American Graduate Project
AUSTIN, Texas–KLRU-TV, Austin PBS, has been awarded a $200,000 American Graduate community service grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The grant’s purpose is to raise awareness in Central Texas about the true costs of our youth leaving school before graduation, as well as efforts conducted in our region to reduce dropout rates.
AISD, Whole Kids Foundation Partner to Offer Free, Nutritional Workshops to District Employees
As part of its ongoing initiatives to help improve the health and wellness of its employees, the Austin Independent School District is teaming up with two educational nonprofit organizations to offer free, nutritional workshops to district employees. Staff members will have the opportunity to attend one of two six-hour workshops on either May 9-10 or May 11. The free workshops are…
AISD Teacher Awarded for Helping Reduce Freshman Course Failures, Dropouts
On Dec. 8, Austin High School teacher R. Keeth Matheny and two of his students will be featured on the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network’s monthly webcast, “Solutions to the Dropout Crisis.”