Texas Education Agency Launches Portal Showcasing Outstanding Educators

AUSTIN, TX — The state's commissioner of education on Wednesday announced the Texas Education Agency has established a website showcasing educator profiles.

The site at www.tea.texas.gov/iamtxed features all educator profiles published in the agency’s #IAmTXEd social media campaign. Launched in December 2016, the campaign collects and shares ongoing success stories of Texas educators whose work is leading to greater student outcomes and achievements, Commissioner of Education Mike Morath said. The social media posts are shared statewide each Thursday via the TEA’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts.

“Social media is a great avenue for quickly sharing stories that spotlight our teachers, but this website offers a place to view our ongoing collection of great work,” Morath said. “There continues to be no shortage of great work taking place in classrooms across our state every school day.”

Stories from the campaign feature teachers providing rigorous and rewarding academic experiences; highlight the critical role that educators play in students’ lives; showcase teachers driving student achievement, a love of learning and personal growth; and/or exhibit instances in which educators go above and beyond to provide meaningful learning experiences for students, Morath added.

Since the campaign’s launch, the published #IAmTXEd stories have highlighted the work of educators in almost 20 districts, including the Northwest, Lubbock, Duncanville, Presidio, Decatur, Amarillo, Port Aransas, Floresville, Socorro, Crosby, Cleburne, Kaufman, Cypress-Fairbanks, Comstock, New Braunfels, Athens and Rockwall independent school districts, as well as the Harris County Department of Education, TEA officials said.

Their stories have reached approximately 300,000 people via social media to-date. TEA has solicited submissions to the #IAmTXEd campaign directly from school districts and charters and plans to publish stories from every region of the state.

Submitted stories should be approximately 300 words in length and include at least one high-resolution photograph that corresponds to the story. To see submissions and to learn more about the #IAmTXEd campaign, visit TEA on social media or online atwww.tea.texas.gov/iamtxed.

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