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Tyler ISD outlines 'Evergreen ETX' initiative, seeks higher‑ed partners for lab schools and teacher pipelines
Summary
Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Bobby Markle described Evergreen ETX — a package of initiatives including 'Grow Your Own' teacher pipelines, lab schools, and 18/82 higher‑education partnerships — and said the district expects to present a vetted partner for 2026–27 in January.
Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Bobby Markle presented the board with a detailed update on 'Evergreen ETX,' a set of initiatives designed to strengthen teacher pipelines and targeted school models ahead of the 2026–27 school year.
Markle described three primary strands: 1) an 'Grow Your Own' strategy to recruit and prepare future educators beginning in K–12 through dual-credit pathways and paraprofessional-to-certification tracks; 2) a set of systems-of-excellence and lab-school models to accelerate improvement at targeted campuses; and 3) 18/82 partnerships with higher‑education institutions to operate clinical…
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