MICHAEL HINOJOSA, ED.D. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS - … · 2019. 4. 9. · As you graduate students this year to pursue a career teaching the deaf and hard of hearing, we would like

MICHAEL HINOJOSA, ED.D. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

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March 25, 2019 To: Universities/Colleges Offering Degrees in Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing As you graduate students this year to pursue a career teaching the deaf and hard of hearing, we would like your graduates to consider a career with the Dallas Independent School District in Dallas, Texas. Our program, the Dallas Regional Program for the Deaf, serves approximately 550 students with Auditory Impairment, from birth to 22 years of age. We have a vibrant staff of about 99 professionals - Teachers, Parent Advisors, Instructional Specialists, Interpreters, Paraprofessionals, Communication Specialists and Counselors. We offer a full continuum of services through our program and therefore, a wonderful opportunity to experience many types of teaching environments. Our full continuum of services provides for students, in the least restrictive environment, with minimal services in their home schools to self-contained settings for students needing maximum support. We respect communication modalities by offering dual programs that are geared to students using listening and spoken language, as well as programs for our students that communicate manually. We love the opportunity to employ staff with different backgrounds and educations. We mentor new staff and hope to help them experience the many aspects of educating deaf and hard of hearing students. The district’s web site, www.dallasisd.org has links to our online application, as well as information on our comprehensive benefits program, compensation and retirement system. We are also available to answer questions or guidance through the process. We’d love to interview, either in person or via Skype/Facetime as soon as there might be an interest for 2018-19 school year. There are also attachments to this email from the Dallas Chamber of Commerce that will show Dallas to be an incredible place in which to live and work. This link might also be of interest: https://mydallasmove.com/. We hope you’ll take the time to suggest Dallas Independent School District/Dallas Regional Program as an opportunity for your students starting their careers. With Best Regards,

Tina Cindi Carol Manager Instructional Specialist Interpreter Coordinator

Dallas RDSPD Dallas RDSPD Dallas RDSPD

972-581-4140

[email protected]

MICHAEL HINOJOSA, ED.D. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

Dallas Regional Day School for the Deaf The Dallas Regional Day School Program for the Deaf is a program that serves students with

varying degrees of hearing loss that severely affects their processing of linguist information, with or without amplification, which adversely affects the student’s academic performance. We currently serve over 591 students throughout Dallas ISD, surrounding districts and private and charter schools. Ninety nine dedicated and experienced staff members are part of our program that provide a full continuum of services.

Dallas RDSPD provides a full continuum of services based upon each student’s individual needs as

determined by assessment and the ARD committee. Services may include:

● Parent/Infant (0-3 year old) services are provided through Dallas ISD and the Early Childhood Intervention Program (ECI) that serves the location of the family’s residence. These services are provide in the family’s home.

● Services are available for early childhood through high school (ages 3-22) in centralized classrooms on a regular education campus for intensive instruction. Student’s schedule of services is based upon each student’s individual needs. Centralized campuses include Polk, Marcus, Hogg and Mockingbird Elementary, Long Middle School and Woodrow Wilson High School. Our PPCD pre-school is located at the Callier Center for Communications.

● Students have the opportunity to be provided instruction in their or their family’s preferred mode of communication. Dallas RDSPD currently utilizes two different communication modes in the program.

● Auditory Communication Mode-In this mode of communication students utilize their hearing technology and speech to communicate and receive instructions.

● Total Communication Mode-In this mode of communication students may utilize some type of hearing technology, a signing system, gestures and lip reading to communicate and receive instruction.

● Assisted listening devices are provided when recommended by the RDSPD audiologist.

Dallas RDSPD contracts with the University of Texas at Dallas-Callier Center for Communication Disorders for

our audiological assessment, management, and assistive listening equipment ordering, fitting and maintenance.

● Itinerant teachers of the deaf provide support to students with hearing impairments enrolled in general education or basic special education programs on their home school campus. ● Sign language interpreting/transliterating is provided for students whose mode of

communication is sign in the general education setting and for before and after school educational activities.

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● Other additional supports and related services such as deaf education counselors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, are available to students if recommended through evaluation and the ARD process.

Students are able to fully participate in their learning communities through extra-curricular sports, clubs and campus activities. Sign Language classes and parent groups are organized to encourage family and community involvement.

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QUALITY OF LIFE | 

ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT

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Dallas Museum of Art

Nasher Sculpture Center

Crow Collection of Asian Art

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science

The AT&T Performing Arts Center:

The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House

The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre

City Performance Hall

Annette Strauss Artist Square

FORT WORT H CULT URAL DIS T RIC T

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Kimbell Art Museum & Renzo Piano Pavilion

Darnell Street Auditorium

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Casa Mañana

National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Fort Worth Community Arts Center

W.E. Scott Theatre

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ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENTDallas-Fort Worth has not one but two major arts districts.

The Dallas Arts District, which is anchored by the Dallas Museum of Art, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, and AT&T Performing Arts Center, is nearly 70 acres—the largest urban arts district in the country. Here you can catch a performance of Texas Ballet Theater, a Broadway touring production, classical or local musicians, a night of live storytelling, TED talks, movies and music under the stars, festivals, art exhibits, and so much more. We’d be willing to bet you could spend every weekend in our Arts District and never run out of new things to do.

The Fort Worth Cultural District claims fi ve internationally recognized museums, including the Kimbell Art Museum, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and The Modern.

Beyond our fantastic cultural centers, DFW is home to hundreds of smaller museums and public galleries; scores of professional and community theaters; and dozens of local symphony and chamber orchestras, dance troupes, and opera associations. DFW is Texas’ most arts intensive metro area on a per capita basis—meaning we spend a lot of money per person on cultural arts. No matter what artistic pursuits you enjoy, you can fi nd them here.

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African American Museum

Amon Carter Museum

Cavanaugh Flight Museum

The Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park

Dallas Heritage Village

Dallas Holocaust Museum

Dallas Museum of Art

Fair Park

Fort Worth Museum of Science & History

Frontiers of Flight Museum

Heritage Farmstead

International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame

Kimbell Art Museum

The Meadows Museum

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Museum of the American Railroads

Nasher Sculpture Center

National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

National Scouting Museum

Perot Museum of Nature & Science

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza

The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art

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QUALITY OF LIFE | 

COST OF LIVING

DENVER (110.4) KANSAS CITY (93.1)

OKLAHOMA CITY (84.6)

ATLANTA (98.7)

CHARLOTTE (94.8)

NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) (228.2)

BOSTON (148.1)

MIAMI (111.0)

CHICAGO (118.5)

MINNEAPOLIS (105.6)

DALLAS (100.4) FORT WORTH (102.3)

AUSTIN (96.7)

HOUSTON (98.8) SAN ANTONIO (86.0)

NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO

DALLAS

COMP.MISC.

-12.0%

+.4%+8.5%

-1.3%

+1.5% +6.3% +6.6%

For example, utilities costs in Dallas are 20%

lower than in Philadelphia

WASHINGTON DC (149.2)

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ACCRA COST OF LIVING INDEX100=US AVERAGE

-63%

-12%-4% -1%

-23%

-35%

-20%-6% 0%-12%

-15% -22% -24%

-81%

-8%

-73%

-17% -11%-25%

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COST OF LIVINGQuite simply, it’s easy to live in DFW. The Dallas–Fort Worth region is one of the most aff ordable in the country, a competitive advantage for companies as they seek both to keep labor costs low and to recruit the best workers. Employees in DFW enjoy a higher standard of living, with consistently lower costs for housing, groceries, transportation, and health care compared with workers in other major U.S. business centers. The region’s relatively low housing prices provide the strongest edge for companies that operate here, coming in more than 24 percent lower than the national average and more than 50 percent lower than many other major metropolitan areas.

SAN FRANCISCO (177.4)

LOS ANGELES (142.3)

SAN DIEGO (144.4) PHOENIX (97.0)

DENVER (110.4)

SEATTLE (145.1)

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For example, housing costs in

Dallas are 56% lower than in

Boston

IF YOU LIVED IN ONE OF THESE CITIES AND MOVED TO DALLAS, HERE’S HOW YOUR COST OF LIVING WOULD CHANGE.

BOSTON

-56%

-38%

+3%

-20%

-10%

CHICAGO

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