Oct 28, 2020 | TXTOY Perspective
by Michelle Sandoval Villegas, 2020 Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year Today is September 8, 2020, and I am sitting at my home desk with my fingers on the keyboard trying to find the right words to describe how I am feeling, how my students are feeling, their...
Sep 30, 2020 | Press Release, TASA News, Texas Teacher of the Year
TASA, which facilitates the Texas Teacher of the Year program, has named Texas’ top teachers for 2021. Eric Hale, a kindergarten and first-grade teacher from Dallas ISD, is the 2021 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year, and Anthony Lopez-Waste, a history teacher from...
Sep 9, 2020 | Press Release, TASA News, Texas Teacher of the Year, Uncategorized
TASA has announced that six outstanding educators from across Texas have been chosen as finalists in the 2021 Texas Teacher of the Year program. Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year Finalists Eric Hale, David G. Burnet Elementary School, Dallas ISD “My students and...
Aug 20, 2020 | TXTOY Perspective
by Karen Sams, 2020 Texas Teacher of the Year It seems like just yesterday and also years ago since I was last in my classroom with my students. I still remember the beginning of that week in March. With one week remaining until our spring break began, we jokingly...
May 4, 2020 | TXTOY Perspective
by Michelle Sandoval Villegas, 2020 Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year Chaos. Mass shootings. Pandemic. Fear. Anxiety. In the past school year, teachers have faced the hardest academic year in our city, and we share the same feelings with many educators all across...