Dallas-Fort Worth Annual Report 2022 by Teach For America TX

2022-2023 Annual Report U N W A V E R I N G C O M M I T M E N T

Margaret Hirsch Board Chair President, Hirsch Family Foundation

Meredith Bebee Civic Leader

Lindsay Billingsley

Founder, LAB Strategies

Honorable Dan Branch

Attorney & Shareholder, Winstead PC

Kathy Crow Civic Leader

Kelsey Clark

Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Rashawnda Harvey Director, State Farm

Kenji Hashimoto

Portfolio Company Chief Financial Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners

Lee Hobson

Founder & Managing Partner, Highside Capital Management

Katrina James Managing Director, Dallas County Promise

Bill Payne President, Druid Hills Capital, LLC

Pat Tribolet

Immediate Past Board Chair Managing Partner, Fenway Capital Advisors

Karen Pollock

Civic Leader

Anne Raymond Board of Directors, Crow Holdings

Michael Sorrell President, Paul Quinn College

Elizabeth Wattley

President & CEO, Forest Forward

Todd Williams

Past Board Chair Chairman & CEO, The Commit! Partnership

Past Board Chairs

Catherine Rose J. Puckett

Past Board Members

Aleta Stampley

Allen Anderson

Bev Dale

Brian Phillips

Chris Mahowald

David J. Chard

David Miller

Edwin Flores

Garrett Boone

Jeff Strese

Jeremy Smith

John Rocchio

Katie Eska Kelly Compton Larry Dale Les Kries Mattie Parker Michelle Kinder Mike Terry Victor Terry

OURBOARD:2022-2023

DearFriendsandSupporters,

On behalf of Teach For America Dallas Fort Worth, we thank you for your support during another year of adaptive yet rewarding times as our educators continue responding to the challenges introduced by the pandemic Despite these obstacles, TFA DFW recruited 200 teachers to six school districts over the last two years. Our 1,400 alumni are thriving as well, with 40 school principals, 25 school systems leaders, and 15 policy advocates who are leading at all levels. In total, TFA DFW’s 1,600+ corps members and alumni currently serve over 90,000 students across the metroplex, and in the 2021 22 school year, our corps members made 1.3 years of growth, exceeding expectations for the school year. With the support of such a powerful network committed to improving student outcomes, we believe our corps members are poised to help our cities’ children meet, and surpass, pre pandemic achievement levels.

Our region’s strength positions Teach For America Dallas Fort Worth to achieve a bold goal:

Our region’s strength positions Teach For America Dallas Fort Worth to make a bol By 2030, twice as many children in the communities where we work will reach key college and career readiness milestones indicating they are on a path to economic mobility and a future filled with possibility.

To achieve this goal, TFA DFW will focus our development of educators in four strategically selected geographic impact zones representative of our cities’ greatest need, based on poverty concentration and academic performance We are prioritizing concentration of our talent in pockets of our community in a much more rigorous way than we have previously. This allows our corps members to benefit not only from a stronger community of TFA peers and alumni, but it will also help TFA DFW collaborate with community partners to accelerate learning in tandem with others supporting those schools.

We embark on this concentrated strategy to more efficiently and effectively allocate our precious resources of corps members and alumni for the greatest impact on students in classrooms. We cannot overstate how much we value your partnership and support as we strive to maximize the transformative power of our corps members and alumni in schools and on our students

TFAPRESENCEINTHECLASSROOM&COMMUNITY 70% share the background of our students 4 %OFSCHOOLSRATEDAORB %OFECONOMICALLYDISADVANTAGED 78% 71% 80% 58% TFAPRINCIPALS NON TFAPRINCIPALS I M P A C T 225 CORPS MEMBERS OURNETWORKSERVESOVER 90,000STUDENTSACROSS THEDALLAS-FORTWORTH METROPLEX 1,400ALUMNI 455ALUMNICONTINUETOTEACH 190 SCHOOL LEADERS; PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS 650COMMUNITYLEADERS;4ELECTEDOFFICIALS AND9NONPROFITSLAUNCHEDORLEDBYALUMNI TeachForAmericaDallas-FortWorth'snetworkleadsinschoolsandcommunitiestomeettheneedsofstudents. OFDFWALUMNIWORKINEDUCATIONFORATLEASTA3RD YEARAFTERTHEIR2-YEARCORPSCOMMITMENT. 75%

Josue Tamarez Torres DFW '11

Josue has received the honor of being appointed Chair of the Teacher Vacancy Task Force by Governor Abbott The Task Force will make recommendations for districts, the Texas Education Agency, teacher preparation programs, and the Texas Legislature that are intended to help improve teacher recruitment and retention amid our current teacher vacancy crisis His leadership gives Josue an important voice for teachers and students across Texas

Kristen Watkins DFW '09

Following her nationally recognized success as a classroom teacher, Kristen has continued to serve Dallas ISD in the personalized learning department Today, as Executive Director of Personalized Learning & Innovation Sustainability, Kristen leads all district efforts to move towards scale, sustainability, and implementation of personalized learning districtwide. This is an essential component of the district's plan to overcome learning loss caused by the pandemic.

Jesse Acosta DFW '18

Jesse has been teaching at his alma mater, Justin F. Kimball High School, since he graduated from college, but he wanted to do more to serve his community. So in 2020, he launched Pasos for Oak Cliff, a nonprofit that has already distributed over 1,800 pairs of shoes to students in need! He was also named Campus Teacher of the Year for the 2021 22 school year for his visionary leadership and exceptional service to his school

Alexia Rogers DFW '22

Alexia Rogers teaches 5th grade science at IDEA Achieve Academy in Haltom City. She was named Teacher of the Month in her first year of teaching and has gone above and beyond advocating for her students’ needs When her homeroom students asked for a fun school wide event, she set up a pep rally to support their emotional needs without taking away from time spent on their academic progress

Cam Hedden DFW '21

Cam Hedden teaches 10th grade chemistry at O.D. Wyatt High School in Fort Worth. When he noticed the absence of a Gay Straight Alliance at his school, he stepped up to start one himself to foster inclusion and belonging. He was surprised by how many students joined, and then in its second year the club’s numbers doubled! When thanked for his hard work, Cam replied “I am grateful that TFA led me to where I am right now I love knowing the work that I’m doing matters the kids are worth it!”

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OURPARTNERSHIPS

DONORS:SCHOOLYEAR2021-2022

Teach For America Dallas Fort Worth is deeply grateful for the support of the following individuals, corporations, and foundations that contributed $1,000 $100,000+ to our efforts in FY22 (June 1, 2021 May 31, 2022)

$100,000+

AmeriCorps: OneStar Foundation

Amon G. Carter Foundation

Ashley and Greg Arnold

David B. Miller Family Foundation

Greater Texas Foundation

Monica and Leland White

NCR Corporation

Pat and Dan Wright

Sid W. Richardson Foundation

State Farm

Texas Education Agency

Texas Instruments Foundation

The Eugene McDermott Foundation

The Hirsch Family Foundation

The Meadows Foundation U.S. Department of Education

$25,000-$99,999

Anne and Robert Raymond

Catherine and Will Rose

Chris and Joe Popolo H E B Grocery Company

Hillcrest Foundation

Jerry Freeman Jr.

Kathy and Harlan Crow

The Boone Family Foundation

The Lowe Foundation

The Morris Foundation

TurningPoint Foundation Wendy and Bill Payne

$10,000-$24,999

Ann and Lee Hobson

Beth and J Puckett

Dallas TRHT: Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation

COMMUNITYPARTNERSHIPS

$10,000-$24,999 (cont.)

Dawn and Toby Grove

Dawne and Pat Tribolet

Emy Lou and Jerald Baldridge Gwen and Doug Parker

Dana Starner and Kenji Hashimoto

Laura and Greg Bird

Lyda Hill Philanthropies

Martha Sue Parr Trust

Mary Ann and James R. Harris Mike A. Myers

Nancy and Stephen Rogers Northrop Grumman Foundation

R4 Foundation

Rusty and John Jaggers The Hoglund Foundation

The Robert P. and Mariana Scripps Family Foundation

Thomas M , Helen McKee, and John P. Ryan Foundation

$5,000-$9,999

BNSF Railway Foundation Cindy and Howard Rachofsky

J.F. Maddox Foundation

Jennifer and Jon Mosle Joyce and Mike Ernst Karen and Richard Pollock

Lennox International, Inc.

Lindsay and George Billingsley

ONE DAY, ALL CHILDREN IN THIS NATION WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION.