Dallas ISD honored Teacher and Principal of the Year finalists at the Winners Circle event. Photo courtesy of Dallas ISD via Flickr.com.
Dallas ISD announced the district’s finalists for Teacher and Principal of the Year, with four of the selected educators serving Oak Cliff schools.
When teachers are selected by their campus as Teacher of the Year, they are able to apply for the district-wide recognition. Of the total 85 educators who applied for this year’s honor, 10 teachers were selected as finalists for the district-wide award, according to a press release on Dallas ISD’s News Hub website.
Elizabeth Oyola, a bilingual elementary school teacher from Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak Cliff, was selected as one of the 10 finalists.
For Principal of the Year, school leadership regional directors selected eight finalists for each educator’s “ability to coach and support teachers, lead a student-centered and results-driven culture and support connections among all facets of the school community.”
From those eight finalists, three Oak Cliff principals were chosen. Those educators include Principal Sonja Barnes of Jimmie Tyler Brashear Elementary School, Principal Willie Johnson of South Oak Cliff High School and Principal Abram Joseph of Franklin D. Roosevelt High School of Innovation.
