A new director of a Texas disciplinary school took an unconventional approach to leadership by arriving weeks before the official start date to ensure readiness for the school year. Recognizing the urgency of preparation, they bypassed traditional timelines to implement necessary changes ahead of students’ arrival. The experience highlights the challenges of transforming a disciplinary education program in a high-stakes environment. The account offers insight into the practical steps taken to reshape an alternative school system.
I did not wait for my start date. My official first day as director of the Del Valle Independent School District’s Disciplinary Alternative Education Program was July 22, 2015. I walked onto campus weeks before then. I knew that if I waited, we would never be ready for the first day of school. In Texas, […] The post TEACHER VOICE: How I rethought disciplinary school in Texas appeared first on The Hechinger Report.
