What’s New: TIA and T-TESS
After months of stakeholder engagement aimed at designing HISD’s TIA program, the Office of Talent is now partnering with leaders across the district to write the TIA application, which will be submitted to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in April as part of Cohort F. Earlier this month, the Talent team launched an Implementation Task Force composed of leaders from across departments. The Task Force is finalizing outstanding details for the application and planning for TIA administration once approved. You can expect more details on HISD’s progress in the coming months.
The deadline for the second formal observation is Feb. 24. Following formal observations, appraisers will hold post-conferences with teachers to debrief and inform and guide the teacher’s future practices and growth. To date, we have received consistent positive feedback from teachers on the post-conference process and are excited to move forward with the evaluation cycle this semester.
read more…Leadership series being offered to HISD managers
The Office of Talent’s Organizational Development team is offering a New Manager Leadership Series course for frontline managers.
All HISD employees in entry-level managerial or supervisory positions are eligible to participate.
read more…Conversational Spanish course offered to Nutrition Services employees
The Office of Talent’s Organizational Development team has partnered with Nutrition Services to develop a Conversational Spanish for Beginners Series.
Nutrition Services employees can participate in the six-week course that will enhance their ability to conduct meaningful conversations with Spanish-speaking students and parents.
read more…Intent to Return (2024-2025 School Year)
High-quality educators are the strongest drivers of student learning and success. In addition, predicting vacancies accurately— and hiring earlier— gives campuses the best opportunity to provide students excellent teaching and learning year-round.
As we approach peak season for hiring more teachers, we want to better anticipate vacancies. The earlier vacancies are predicted, the earlier hiring can take place, and the more likely schools are to be staffed with high-quality educators by the first day of school. This benefits our students and fellow teachers.
The Office of Talent is administering a formal Intent to Return survey from Feb. 15 – March 10, 2023. Qualifying educators will have the ability to name their intentions for the 2023-2024 school year via OneSource Self-Service, selecting one of the following options:
read more…Intent to Return survey asks educators about their plans for next school year
As an HISD educator, you are powerful; you do work that impacts hundreds of thousands of students—and in many cases, changes life trajectories; you unlock the promise and potential of Houston’s children; and, your expertise in the classroom is the strongest driver of student learning and success.
Predicting vacancies early and accurately allows schools to hire high-quality educators. To achieve this goal of earlier hiring, the Office of Talent is administering an Intent to Return survey from Feb. 15 – March 10. Here, district educators will have the ability to name their intentions for the 2023-2024 school year via OneSource Self-Service, selecting one of the following options:
read more…Principal application schedule for SY 2023-2024
Aspiring Campus Leader information sessions
Register here.
Two years ago, HISD announced its plan to apply for the Texas’ Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA). Since then, we’ve engaged HISD teachers, administrators, and staff in technical and design committees, administered stakeholder surveys, and held feedback groups to inform the details of HISD’s TIA design and implementation. This April, we will submit our TIA Application to begin in Fall 2023.
read more…SSLB 2022-2023 Open Enrollment Aug. 1–31, 2022
Program offers up to 30 additional leave days for catastrophic illness/injury or COVID-19
The HISD Supplemental Sick Leave Bank (SSLB) program offers participants up to 30 additional leave days for extended absences due to a catastrophic injury or illness.
For the 2022-2023 plan year, COVID-19 illness is also covered by the SSLB. Documentation of a positive PCR test (employee only) will be required. As with other illnesses, extra leave days may be granted from the SSLB only after all available leave banks have been exhausted. Up to five SSLB days may be granted per COVID-19 illness.
The SSLB membership enrollment instructions will be emailed to eligible employees during the week of Aug. 8, 2022. Please note, current SSLB members are automatically re-enrolled in the program. Plan details are also available on the SSLB webpage.
Contact Leave Administration via email at LeaveAdministration@Houstonisd.org or by phone at 713-556-6590 for additional assistance.
You’re eligible for a scholarship at Grand Canyon University!
HISD employees are eligible for a scholarship at Grand Canyon University to earn a bachelor, master, or doctoral degree online.
HISD is a participant in Grand Canyon University’s “Participants in Learning, Leading and Serving” program (PLLS), which provides members of our school community the opportunity to earn a bachelor, master, or doctoral degree online and receive a scholarship.
Grants and scholarships amounts for graduates of HISD high schools:
- 10% scholarship for HISD faculty, staff, and governing board members (when combined with the College of Education scholarship, teachers will receive 25%)
- 15% scholarship for paraprofessionals and classified staff entering an online bachelor’s program through the College of Education, a Secondary Education Emphasis degree program, or a Bachelor of Science in Applied Management degree program
- 5% scholarship for spouses of faculty, staff, and governing board members
- 5% scholarship for students’ parents for degrees related to the field of education
Dual enrollment opportunities for students:
To learn more, please contact GCU’s local University Development Counselor Carrie May at carrie.may@gcu.edu. You can also call or text 281-245-7657 or inquire online.
You may also register to attend the GCU webinar on Wednesday, July 27, at 3:30 p.m. where you may ask questions on how to become a teacher, administrator or counselor. Learn about how to advance in your education and career with a bachelor, master or doctoral degree online. Click Here to REGISTER.
Everyone must contact Carrie May (the local counselor) directly to qualify for the HISD scholarship. Call or text 281-245-7657 or inquire online.
For current GCU students, the scholarship will apply to all future classes as long as you are continuously enrolled in the program. The 15% scholarship for paraprofessionals and classified staff is available to new students only.
More GCU information:
- 100% online and in-state tuition no matter where you call home
- may transfer up to nine graduate credits for teachers with alternative certification through iTeach or Texas Teachers
- No GRE required for graduate admissions
- Complimentary transfer evaluations provided (email unofficial transcripts to Carrie.May@gcu.edu)
To learn more about GCU, please visit click here.
