January 5, 2021

Welcome to the January edition of the PL Lighthouse!
This monthly email blast and webpage has been designed to serve much like a lighthouse, to serve as a way forward and help in navigating through the busy school year. Nothing else speaks of safety in the face of adversity and challenge quite like the lighthouse. 

Introducing our New Personalized Learning Coordinator

Brittny Fillmore
Brittny comes from a long lineage of educators and began her own education career in 2007.  At the elementary level, Brittny has taught numerous grade levels and supported teacher growth as an Instructional Coach. Brittny holds a BS in Education and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. Currently, she serves as a Personalized Learning Coordinator for Dallas ISD, supporting schools as they implement personalized learning.  She is passionate about creating diverse and inclusive learning environments where all students are given opportunities to thrive.  When she’s not working, Brittny can be found gallivanting across DFW with her husband Jerry and their son, Braylen. 

Design Studio Week | January 11-15th

Our winter design studio week will be Monday, January 11th through Friday, January 15th. 

We'll officially kick off the week on Monday, January 11th from 9:00-10:30 AM [required for Principals + PL Quarterbacks]. We strongly suggest that you include others on your leadership team in tasks throughout the week to help ensure that PL implementation is distributed across all leaders on campus. If you have any questions about who on your team might be a good fit to support throughout the week, please reach out or join the PL monthly office hours to ask. Each team will receive a personalized team work plan that will include must dos and may dos such as Readiness Continuum Reflection, QB led work time, check-ins with PL coach, new learning, and individual wayfinding time.

Quarterbacks, onboarding will take place on January 7th from 1:00-2:30 PM. We'll provide you with a sneak peek of the tasks to help you calendar out the week and block off time with your team!

If you have conflicts with either of these dates, please let us know ASAP!

PL Transformation Recruitment Opportunities

Please consider helping our PL Transformation Schools advertise by sharing upcoming recruitment opportunities. The deadline to apply is January 31st, 2021!

January 12th | PL Feeder Recruitment Webinar

This informational webinar is for families who are interested in learning more about Personalized Learning in Dallas ISD. During this webinar you'll have the chance to learn about Dallas ISD's three Personalized Learning Transformation Schools and how to apply.

Personalized Learning Transformation Schools include:

1. Personalized Learning Preparatory at Sam Houston Elementary (Pre-K 4-5th grade)
2. IGNITE Middle School (6-8th grade)
3. Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (9-12th grade)