{"id":302162,"date":"2025-10-14T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/302162\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T08:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:30:20","slug":"dallas-isd-launches-new-goals-for-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/302162\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas ISD launches new goals for seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas ISD is rolling out a new initiative for high school seniors that introduces habits of mind competencies, designed to prepare students with transferable skills for college, careers, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The three competencies are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Digital Inquiry and Competency<\/b>: Led by media specialists, this module focuses on strengthening students\u2019 digital literacy.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Emotional Intelligence:<\/b> Led by school counselors, this area helps students develop self-awareness and learn how to respond to others with respect.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Communication Across Platforms<\/b>: Guided by English teachers, this skill builds students\u2019 ability to become stronger writers and communicators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThese are human skills and employers are naming these as future-ready,\u201d said Trustee Byron Sanders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The courses, which take about three hours per competency, include videos, readings, and self-paced learning activities. Students must complete assignments and projects to demonstrate mastery before earning their digital badge. The badges can be added to resumes and LinkedIn profiles, giving students something measurable to show employers, universities, and their networks \u2014 a tangible outcome from skills that are often considered intangible.<\/p>\n<p>Students who earn all three badges will also receive a special cord to wear at graduation. The initiative gives students the opportunity to articulate and showcase the skills they\u2019ve developed through hands-on projects, such as creating a podcast, making a video, or other demonstrations tied to the module competencies.<\/p>\n<p>A district dashboard allows leaders to track progress in real time, from individual students to entire campuses, helping inform adoption rates, engagement, and next steps for future implementation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled that we are starting to roll out our habits of mind,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cThis is the wave of the future, as we start to communicate how skills are being developed by young people that are transferable to any industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde, Ed.D. credited the board with encouraging district leadership to emphasize the value of soft skills students develop through the habits of mind instruction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout this board pushing us, I don\u2019t think we would have codified it in this badging system,\u201d she said. \u201cNow we have something to tell employers and universities that our students can demonstrate \u2013 and meet a proficiency \u2013 in these skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students are expected to begin the modules at the end of October, with district leaders set to evaluate outcomes and next steps at the end of the school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas ISD is rolling out a new initiative for high school seniors that introduces habits of mind competencies,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":302163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,1322,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-302162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115371589044591494","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}