The new episode of the Alief ISD podcast series - ImpactED - has been posted. In the "Preparing Students for Jobs That Don't Exist Yet" episode, Superintendent Chambers chats with Jennifer Baker (Director of Career and Technical Education) and Kimberly Crow (Alief ISD Director of Career and Technical Education and Innovation) in the Center for [...]
The Bistro at the Center for Advanced Careers is taking reservations for Dine In or To Go lunch on March 28. Service is from 11:00 a.m. until Noon and you must have a reservation. The address for the Center for Advanced Careers is 12160 Richmond Avenue. Please click the link below to make reservations. Space [...]
The new episode of the Alief ISD podcast series - ImpactED - has been posted. In the "How STEM Partnerships Power Learner-Centered Education" episode, Superintendent Chambers welcomes Larry Elizondo (CITGO General Manager of Community Relations, Corporate Social Responsibility and Legislative Affairs) and Nelda Billescas (Olle Middle School Principal) to talk about how the CITGO Innovative [...]
The Bistro at the Center for Advanced Careers is taking reservations for lunch on March 22. Service is from 11:00 a.m. until Noon and you must have a reservation. The address for the Center for Advanced Careers is 12160 Richmond Avenue. Please click the link below to make reservations. Space is limited and reservations fill [...]
You may have seen media coverage this week regarding the misalignment of what is tested on the reading component of the STAAR exam to what is actually being taught in classrooms throughout the state. There is currently a problem in the state's education system. Our standardized test is broken. Teachers across Texas, including the dedicated [...]
The new episode of the Alief ISD podcast series - ImpactED - has been posted. In the "When Schools and Districts are Graded with the Flawed STAAR Test" episode, Superintendent Chambers visits with Dee Carney from Moak, Casey and Associates and Alief ISD Director of Accountability, Assessment and Attendance Natalie Martinez on accountability and its [...]
The new episode of the Alief ISD podcast series - ImpactED - has been posted. In the "Is the STAAR Test Designed for Your Child to Fail?" episode, Superintendent Chambers visits with the district's Elementary and Secondary Language Arts staff members who break down the complex issues surrounding literacy and how the state of Texas [...]
Neighbors and community members will receive updates on the design of the new Alief Neighborhood Center and have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with the architects, engineers and city representatives. Your comments and input are welcome!
The new episode of the Alief ISD podcast series - ImpactED - has been posted. In the "How students are choosing their own future education and career path while still in middle school" episode, Superintendent Chambers visits with Alief ISD high school students who decided to pursue special high school programs while still in middle [...]
Some of you may have read a recent article in Texas Monthly magazine regarding the apparent misalignment of what students are being taught in classrooms and what the STAAR test is actually measuring in reading. Anyone who has taught reading in Texas over the last seven or eight years has probably questioned why their students [...]
