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(Seminar in the Dev’t. of Moral Values including School & Community Relations)
Submitted to:
Mrs. Adela Dela Cruz
Submitted by:
Divina C. Guio Guio
Distinguished Teacher Stage
Teachers at this stage are some of the district’s top performers, with a record of exemplary
instructional best practices and may serve as models to colleagues who are still developing their skills.
Objective: Recognize faculty members whose skill and career achievements focus on teaching. skills
as recognized by the academic community by their enhancing the student outcomes. • Driven by the
Unique style
She recognized potential and pushes each one to reach and even exceed
Content was merely a vehicle to us and our minds not the end all be all
prominent, or eminent. Under Dallas ISD’s ground-breaking Teacher Excellence Initiative(TEI), being
distinguished requires exceptional teaching skill and expertise that makes a powerful impact on student
learning.
According to Lindsay Coshatt, who spearheads TEI, the Distinguished Teacher Review
(DTR) is the district’s process of identifying the top 20 percent of highly effective teachers who excel
not just in the classroom but as campus leaders; they are teachers who demonstrate a commitment to
lifelong learning, pursue and share information with colleagues and contribute to the profession.
Specifically, TEI defines a distinguished teacher as one whose effectiveness level is Proficient II or
higher on the TEI evaluation. Distinguished teachers achieve high scores in teacher performance,
student achievement and, if applicable, on student perception surveys. On a practical level, to be named
distinguished, a teacher must be good at his or her craft, capable of moving students academically,
active as a campus leader and role model, and able to articulate these characteristics throughout the
Nearly 1400 teachers participated in the inaugural year of the DTR process. The first cohort of
distinguished teachers will be identified when scorecards are released Sept. 18. DTR candidate Rachel
Harrah, drama teacher at Thomas Jefferson, describes the DTR process as a step toward “giving
students the very best quality of education.” Read what other DTR candidates have said about the
process.
Below are the steps these teachers accomplished to complete this first cycle of TEI:
practices.
They must be competitive enough to be at par with the teaching standards in other
developed countries.
They exhibit exceptional capacity to improve their own teaching practice and that of
others.
A distinguished teacher must be keen to evaluate his or her teaching ways and styles.
He or she must apply masterful teaching practices that must be highly beneficial for the
learners.
They are recognized as leaders in education, contributors to the profession and initiators
A distinguished teacher must be a role model in the field of education, able to contribute
his skill, talent and ability for the betterment of the field of education. They must have a
good working relationship with co-teachers that would foster teaching collaborations to
They create lifelong impact in the lives of colleagues, students and others.
A distinguished teacher is a teacher who excel not just in the classroom but as campus
leaders; they are teachers who demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning, pursue
and share information with colleagues and contribute to the profession. They also have
high moral standards that made them a role model to their colleagues and especially to
their students.
They consistently seek professional advancement and relevance in pursuit of teaching
A distinguished teacher never stops learning. A teacher must also go back to school for
masters and attend seminar or trainings for advancement. By this, he or she be excellent
in her craft, capable of moving students academically giving students the very best
quality of education. When evaluation happens she must have a high score in teacher
They exhibit commitment to inspire the education community and stakeholders for the
or with the learner’s parents, she must show optimism. That is to foster goodwill to the
Submitted to:
Mrs. Adela Dela Cruz
Submitted by:
Divina C. Guio Guio