National School Counseling Week, Feb. 6-10, is a week to celebrate the invaluable contributions school counselors make within their schools and in the lives of their students and communities.
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Dawn Buie named new principal of Petersen Elementary
Dawn Buie has been selected as the new principal of Petersen Elementary School. Buie began her career as an elementary teacher in Galena Park ISD and then began teaching at Blackshear Elementary in Houston ISD. She was then selected as a Principal Intern at Tanglewood Middle School as part of the first cohort for the Houston A+ Regional Principal Leadership Academy. Buie went on to serve for 4 years as Dean of Students at Tanglewood Middle School and mostly recently, Administrator at Codwell Elementary.
Continue readingDanitra Arredondo named new principal of Petersen Elementary School
Danitra Arredondo has been selected as the new principal for Petersen Elementary School, where she has served as assistant principal since 2015. Arredondo has been an educator for 13 years and has served in various roles, from teacher to assistant principal. She began her career at Looscan Elementary School as a fourth-grade teacher and served as a leadership fellow and assistant principal at both Yes Prep and HISD. Arredondo earned her bachelor’s degree in Spanish from DePauw University and her Master’s of Education at University of Maryland.
Principals prepare for launch at New & Emerging Leaders Institute
Almost two dozen new principals will take the driver’s seat for the first time this fall at various HISD campuses, and the district’s New & Emerging Leaders Institute is helping to prepare them for success.
The intensive four-week training program, which started July 7, provides new and aspiring campus leaders with information on both practical matters, such as balancing budgets and analyzing data subjects, and more ethereal subjects, such as managing change, building community, and providing leadership.
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