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As the nation's eleventh largest school district, Dallas Independent School District serves more than 160,000 students who come from homes where 58 different languages are spoken.  Operating with a $1 billion dollar budget, DISD employs 18,613 employees including 10,000 teachers in 220 schools

More Teachers Needed

4 Aug 2000

DISD Hosts 2 More Teacher Recruitment Job Fairs, Aug. 8 and 10

After hiring 251 teachers at July's job fair, Dallas Independent School District plans two more teacher recruitment job fairs this month. DISD invites educators to attend its next two job fairs scheduled for Aug. 8 and 10. Both fairs will be held from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Cesar Chávez Learning Center, 1710 North Carroll.

The district continues to offer special incentives to teachers who hold certificates in early childhood (PK-K), bilingual education, science, math and special education. The incentives include a $1,500 signing bonus to the first 1,000 teachers and stipends ranging from $500 to $3,000 depending on the teaching area.

Recently, the Dallas school board approved $26 million in pay increase for its district employees. This allows DISD to offer teachers competitive salary packages. The average base teacher salary for the upcoming school year is $41,500. Beginning teachers salary starts at $33,000.

Job fair participants should bring references, transcripts, teaching certificate or college letter of recommendation for certification.

For more information, call 1-800-443-6181 or (972) 925-4247. Also, applicants may visit the web site at www.dallasisd.org.