Region 10 -
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District
About Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (C-FBISD)
encompasses 53.42 square miles primarily located in south east Dallas
County with a smaller portion in south east Denton County. The school
district's boundaries are not the same as municipal boundaries;
therefore, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD provides instructional services
to children who live in portions of Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Addison,
Coppell, Dallas, and Irving. The district contains twenty seven
elementary schools (PreK-5), six middle schools, five high schools, and
three Special Programs Centers (K-8/9-12). The total student enrollment
as of October 2007 was 26,222.
The teachers and administration of Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD strive
to keep open lines of communication with students and families. Parents
are taught to help understand and support their child’s learning
process. Parenting classes are offered throughout the year on a number
of topics such as, Parenting Your Child with Love & Logic, Internet
Safety (MySpace), Hope for Underachieving Kids, and ADD in the 21st
Century.
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD offers other tools to help
parents/guardians keep up with their child’s progress, such as the
ParentCONNECT and Parent Curriculum Access. ParentCONNECT is a
home-to-school collaboration tool that allows parents/guardians to
access the easy to use website and keep track of their students’
schedules, grades, assignments, attendance, and course history.
Parents/guardians can also easily communicate with teachers via e-mail
or receive automatic email notification of unexcused absences, missing
assignments, or failing grades. The Parent Curriculum Access is another
website that displays the scheduled curriculum that each school plans
for each grade level and each content area.
As you can see, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD believes that kids learn
best when parents and the community are involved and supportive of their
learning process. The schools in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD feel that
they can overcome the obstacles students face from diverse backgrounds
and economic circumstances.
In 2007, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD received an accountability rating
of Academically Acceptable by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The
district's average SAT score continues to be higher than the state and
national averages. The average SAT score in Carrollton-Farmers Branch
ISD is 1045. The average SAT score in Texas is 993 and the average
national SAT score is 1026.
The overall goal of Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD is to provide a
child-centered educational program and classrooms where teachers can
teach and children can learn. If you are interested in joining the other
1,892 certified teachers in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, go to the
district website at
http://www.cfbisd.edu/. You will find teaching
positions for all grade levels and subjects and an online job
application. A beginning teacher’s salary with a bachelor’s degree is
$41,500.
Alternative Certification Programs
If you are interested in teaching in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch
Independent School District, or any other school system in the state of
Texas, our online program can help you earn your teaching certificate without having to go
back to college full time.
The continuous change in demographics has made our online alternative
certification program increasingly popular, especially for busy
professionals. The Web-Centric Alternative Certification Program (WCACP)
is the perfect program for people with a bachelor’s degree that are
interested in starting a second career in teaching.
The coursework is conducted entirely online, so students can work at
their own pace. By dedicating yourself to studies full-time, the
pre-teaching course can be completed in as little as 12-18 weeks. WCACP
is designed to prepare students for their one-year teaching internship
that is required for earning a Texas teaching certificate.
For more information on how to enroll in the Web Centric Alternative
Certification Program Click Here
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