We would like to give a BIG congratulations to
@lsqualls
, an Area Superintendent for Richardson ISD, for being named a recipient of a
@tasanet
2024 Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship! Read more about this terrific honor here ➡️
Curriculum Leaders: Region 10 is preparing curriculum support materials PK-12 for the final nine weeks of the school year and posting them as they are developed. Access them here:
A master of fostering an inclusive learning environment for students of all backgrounds, we are thrilled to announce
@mckinneyisd
’s
@MrsYougas
as the Region 10 Elementary Teacher of the Year! Congratulations! 👏
That's a wrap from Day 1 of the
@R10ELsupport
#R10Multilingual
Symposium! Thank you to everyone who attended today! Please give a 👏 to our incredible Multilingual team for helping make such an impactful day possible!
An unforgettable Friday surprise! Today, educators in the Region 10 diagnostician certification cohort were asked to join a very important Zoom meeting this morning. Why? So that we could surprise them with the news that we are covering $85,000 in program fees for them! 🎉
A master of bringing global opportunities into her classroom,
@Irvingisd
’s Shelley Jeoffroy is the Region 10 Elementary Teacher of the Year! 🏆 Congratulations!!!
A champion of building relationships and fostering community inside and outside the classroom, we are excited to announce
@gisdnews
@SachseMrMurray
as the Region 10 Secondary Teacher of the Year! Congratulations! 👏
“Remember that everything you are doing is creating a profound impact on many many generations across our community”
🎤 Hear from our Elementary Teacher of the Year,
@MrsYougas
, of
@mckinneyisd
!
Let's go Mavs! Region 10 staff members are wearing their
@dallasmavs
gear today as we cheer on the hometown team in their NBA Finals matchup against the Boston Celtics! 🏀
#OneForDallas
Today, our Head Start/Early Head Start educators came together for some collaborative learning at the Birth to Five conference! They are ready for the 2023-2024 school year! 😁 Thank you to everyone who made this day a huge success!
In
@IrvingISD
, students' social-emotional health are being supported with champions. Through the Student Champion position at each campus, staff members with backgrounds in teaching or social work are creating healthy environments. Read more at
🎉 We are excited to share that Dr. Justin Terry, Superintendent of
@forneyisd
, is the 2024 Region 10 Superintendent of the Year! Dr. Terry's leadership has created impactful opportunities for students, teachers, and the Forney community! Congratulations, Dr. Terry! 👏
It is almost that time to take flight ✈️ we are ready to celebrate outstanding teachers from across the region during tomorrow’s Teacher of the Year Ceremony! Stay tuned as we announce the Region 10 Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year tomorrow!
What an amazing day today! Our parents and teachers from different Districts got to experience walking on the red carpet and enjoyed a full-filling and cultural experience at our Title lll Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Fair. Thank you all for making today memorable!👏
Check this out! Our Region 10 Special Populations team is hanging out with Gerry Brooks and learning about Building Community Through Personal Actions at the Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (
@txcase
)
#TCASEgreatideas23
Conference in Austin! 🙌
We would like to give a big congratulations to Region 10 McKinney Head Start teacher Genesis Yougas for winning Lawson Early Childhood’s Teacher of the Year award! Way to go! 👏👏👏
We would like to congratulate Dr. April Estrada, Region 10's Director of
@R10sped
, for being one of six individuals appointed by the Governor to serve on the Continuing Advisory Committee For Special Education!
📰 :
✅ Baggage checked
✅ Passports recieved
✅ Session boarded
✅ Introductions made
@R10ELsupport
attendees are ready to take flight during today’s training!
WOW! If we could give out Olympic gold medals, we would be giving plenty out to the educators who attended day 1 of the Multilingual Symposium Language Olympics! We can't wait to see what day 2 brings us! ✨
A small town English teacher whose volunteer work authored big opportunities for her students. Congratulations to
@howeisd
’s Chelsie Nail, Region 10’s 2022 Secondary Teacher of the Year! 🏆
What a day! We are so glad we could host the one and only Joe Sanfelippo as he poured words of wisdom and inspiration into attendees at today's Region 10 Leadership Symposium!! 🙌
The Experiencing Ed Tech Conference had the Region 10 conference center buzzing today! A big shoutout to all the awesome partners, knowledgable presenters, and engaged attendees who made this day so, so, so amazing!!! 🙌
It was a 😁ing start to our 2023-2024 Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (APLA)! Today, Assistant Principals in our APLA cohort met for the first time, where they were treated to an inspiring and hands-on presentation from Peter DeWitt, Ed.D. over instructional leadership! 🤩
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we asked some of our Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx staff members what their heritage means to them. For Teaching & Learning Consultant
@evmoreno
, her heritage “means I have so much to be proud of and grateful for!”
#HispanicHeritageMonth
“This has gotta be our best year ever!”
🎤 Hear some words of encouragement from Region 10 Secondary Teacher of the Year,
@SachseMrMurray
of
@gisdnews
!
We’re handing out a very special award this morning! We would like to congratulate the
@DuncanvilleISD
Board of Trustees for being named the Region 10 Board of the Year! 🎉
Today, with the help of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Region 10 celebrated reading during
#ReadAcrossAmericaDay
! Region 10 staff members & the Cowboys Cheerleaders had the opportunity to read to children at Life School Oak Cliff and at Clinton P. Russell Elementary!
Today educators across Region 10 and
@ESCRegion11
are attending Day 1 of the Ethnics Study Conference in
@friscoisd
. The day began with a keynote from the
@dhhrm_org
.
Check this out! Today a group of CTE teachers finishing a training were surprised with gift bags containing new iPads, keyboards, and other goodies, courtesy of a summer grant funded by the
@teainfo
!
We have our first
@R10ELsupport
Spanish Spelling Bee winner! Congratulations to Diego Ramirez from
@DenisonISD
for taking first place in the 3rd Grade competition!
2nd place: Mateo Rodriguez, Legacy Prep Charter
3rd place: Abigail Newhouse,
@mckinneyisd
Today we started our week off on a great note with an
@r10worldlangs
World Language New Teacher Toolkit from Consultant Dr. Meredith Clark! Thank you to everyone who attended today's impactful training! 😁
Today was full of 😁 and 👏 as we hosted the Texas College Bridge today for their first statewide conference! 400 educators from across the state of Texas joined us to hear from speakers, including the TEA! Thank you to everyone who made today an enriching start to June!
The final day of
@R10N4F
was just as exciting and full of energy as the first! Thank you to everyone who attended, we can't wait for next year's conference!
Today, six students with visual impairments took part in the Braille Challenge! Through several tests, they showed off their spelling, speed and accuracy, and reading comprehension. In addition, they also had some fun learning about adapted sports they can participate in!
By building family involvement in the classroom, he built on his own family’s legacy in education.
@dallasschools
’s &
@JohnJPershingE1
’s
@armendarizdisd
is Region 10’s 2022 Elementary Teacher of the Year! Congratulations! 🏆
We have our final
@R10Multilingual
Spanish Spelling Bee winner! Congratulations to Luis from
@WaxahachieISD
for winning the 6-8th grade competition! He will get to go to El Paso to compete in the National Spanish Spelling Bee!
🥈Danika -
@forneyisd
🥉Maria -
@gisdnews
Region 10 congratulates Jill Stafford, Principal of the Allen ISD Lowery Freshman Center, for being named the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals 2019-2020 Outstanding High School Principal of the Year!
@Allen_ISD
#R10ESC
#R10proud
#TASA
#TASSP
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
! Today and every day, we celebrate the endless, important contributions women have made worldwide to the field of education.
Our Region 10 Special Populations team has pulled together both state and federal guidance for educators. They will continue to add information to this Smore as it is available.
Good Morning!!! 🌞 We have an absolutely STACKED day full of events across the region! Here is just some of what is going on today! What are you looking forward to?
Today
@RichardsonISD
volunteers are at Region 10 to prepare seed packets! This program, ran by Richardson ISD, sends these packets to schools for their students to take home and plant! On each packet is a QR code to a website that teaches the student how to grow the plant. 🥕
Put them in the game! Instructional Coaches across Region 10 joined
@R10Multilingual
for the two-day Multilingual Coaching Academy! Through collaboration and chants, these educators are ready to serve their teachers and students! 🏅
Check out our new magazine, Reach! This magazine highlights the amazing work Region 10 staff are doing to support and positively impact our educators and students every day, as well as feel-good stories from schools across the region.
#WeAreRegion10
Today Region 10 staff members held mock interviews with students from around Region 10, as part of the
#ImproveYourEmployability
workshop, which aims to equip students with disabilities with professional skills.
We had a great time hearing from Principals during our last APLA of the year! Thank you to all the Assistant Principals who made this year such an enriching year of leadership and learning! 👏
Construction is underway! Today, our Pre-K consultants are kicking off with a new cohort of Early Childhood Educators in their session called Building the Foundation! This cohort is learning to build a high-quality foundation for future learning in Pre-K! 🦺
No matter what season it is, we always root for teamwork and collaboration 🏆. We had championship-level discussions during our
@R10Multilingual
Multilingual Coaching Academy!
We would like to give a BIG congratulations once again to Region 10 Elementary Teacher of the Year
@MrsYougas
for being chosen as a
@tasanet
2024 Texas Teacher of the Year Finalist! Thank you to TASA for recognizing her and
@SachseMrMurray
during today's ceremony! 👏
All day we found teachers in their classrooms doing what they do best!! We hope these photos inspire you as our teachers and students have inspired us today! Great way to
#BeginExcellence
, MISD! We will see you again online tomorrow!
Fridays are better when we capture great moments like today's at our Region 10 first-ever Literacy Conference. Teachers, coaches, and leaders enjoyed and learned from well-known speakers and experts in literacy, engaging in breakout sessions and invaluable conversations! 📚
Sneak Peek 👀: We are spending the day at the Plano Event Center, as we get ready to welcome 750+ Pre-K Educators at the
@R10N4F
Early Childhood Conference! Who is ready for two days of fun, engaging learning? 😁
#R10N4F
We cannot thank everyone enough who helped make these past two days of
#R10N4F
such a success! We LOVED getting to see all of our Early Childhood friends all in one place 😊
We would like to congratulate
@SunnyvaleISD
student Briana John for placing 3rd at the Business Professionals of America’s National Competition for the “Network Administration Using Cisco” category! She thanks her coach Blair Briscoe, her BPA officers, and her friends and family.
A celebration of resilience, unity, and progress, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Today we reflect on past struggles and honor triumphs as we work towards building a brighter future together.
The prize patrol also made one more stop today to surprise Chasity Bass and Cathy Leonard of
@gisdnews
with the news that they are presenters!
We are announcing the final group of speakers on Friday! Stay tuned for more! 👀
Today, Region 10 Homeless & Foster Care Consultant Sonia Rhykerd delivered hygiene kits to Kemp ISD, Crandall ISD, and Forney ISD! These kits will go to students and families who are experiencing homelessness this holiday season.
Happy Friday! Check out how we are rolling into the weekend with Reggie’s Robots! This robot is getting ready to be delivered to a school district, where it will assist a homebound student in staying connected to their classes throughout the school year! 😁
We have our 6th-8th grade Spanish Spelling Bee winner! Congratulations to Andrea Cuevo from
@gisdnews
for placing first!
2nd place: Lucy Gonzalez, Faith Family Academy
3rd place: Perla Andaverde,
@denisonisd
Happy National School Counseling Week! Region 10 and the Region 10 Counseling team thank school counselors for their service to education and for the powerful impact they make every day!
#NSCW23
You are going to want your volume 🆙 for this one. Addy, a student with a Visual Impairment from Greenville, took the mic to perform a rendition of "Fight Song" during today's White Cane Day celebration at Region 10. Take a listen as she shows off her incredible talent! 🎵
Today was full of important conversations and learning, as school leaders learned how to make their schools safer during the annual Safety 1st Conference. Topics ranged from mental health intervention, crisis communications, and programs. Thank you to everyone who participated!👏
We would like to give a HUGE congratulations to Region 10 Elementary Teacher of the Year Shelley Jeoffroy (
@IrvingISD
), who was just named the 2023
@tasanet
Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year!! 🎉
We would like to congratulate
@R10sped
Program Coordinator
@QuinnInR10
for winning the National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators (NAFEPA) 2022 State Leadership Award! We are proud of the work he has done in support of federal education programs. 👏
We loved getting to see our
@Region10ESC
Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year in person to present them with their awards! Congratulations once again to Eric Hale,
@dallasschools
and Helen Arceneaux,
@RichardsonISD
.
It’s tiiiiiiime! We are announcing our local
#Now4Forever
presenters this week, with the prize patrol 🎉
Stay tuned! We are announcing them throughout the week in this thread👇
Over the past few weeks, our Region 10 Pre-K and Early Childhood teams have been out on the Now4Forever Prize Patrol delivering the exciting news to educators who were selected to be presenters at this year's Now4Forever conference!! 🎉 Congrats to this year's presenters!