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Duncanville ISD proposes restructuring instructional-support staff; board to act next month
Summary
Administration proposed replacing 19 district instructional-support specialists with 11 instructional coach roles and stipend-funded mentor-teacher assignments; staff said no employees in good standing will lose employment and that central-office specialists will return to campuses to increase classroom-level instructional expertise.
Duncanville ISD presented a proposed program change that would restructure district instructional-support staffing, replacing 19 instructional-support specialists with 11 instructional-coach positions and assigning other specialists to paid mentor-teacher positions. The board was briefed but did not take formal action; the administration said it will present a formal resolution next month.
Pam Brown, the district—s chief human resources officer, described the intent as placing experienced educators closer to classrooms to improve teaching and student outcomes while aligning personnel with fiscal…
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