Division of Leadership, Teaching and Learning Leaders Kick Off School Year

For the third year in a row, the leaders of the Division of Leadership, Teaching and Learning (LTL) kicked off the new school year by helping schools and teams prepare for the arrival of students.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

School-Support Team Members Honored for Outstanding Service

Nearly 400 school-support team members were recognized Aug. 9 for demonstrating outstanding customer service to our schools and other teams during the ninth-annual Kudos for Customer Service celebration. These team members – ranging from those in Transportation to Finance to Human Resources and other school-support departments -- received at least five shout outs by name in DPS’ annual customer service survey.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

Everything You Need for Back-to-School

Help kick-start a successful 2018-19 school year with these resources and tools! Check backtoschool.dpsk12.org every day for a new tip — such as how to apply for free- and reduced-price meals, parent engagement opportunities, transportation options and more.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

New Teachers Are Often Assigned to High-Poverty Schools. Why Not Train Them There?

Denver is testing a strategy for preparing new teachers: having them serve for a year as "associate teachers" in highly rated, high-poverty schools.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

From DPS to Dow Jones: Getting to Know Wall Street Journal Editor and DPS Alum Robert Barba

On July 30, members of DPS’ Communications school-support team had a Q&A with a deputy editor from the Wall Street Journal – one who started his journey in DPS. Robert Barba, deputy editor on the spot news desk of the paper and Dow Jones Newswire, shared with the group his experiences and ideas on journalism, as well as his beginnings as a DPS student in southwest Denver that got him there.  Read More  | Comments (-1)