New Teacher Website

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025 - Professional Dress 

Azle ISD Administration Building

Swarm Conference Room

300 Roe Street

8:00 – 4:00 PM

All New to Azle ISD Professionals! 

8:00 - New Teacher Breakfast, Sponsored by EECU (Educational Employee Credit Union)

8:45 - Welcome -Todd Smith, Superintendent

8:50 - Community Presentations 

• Philippe Lalonde, Azle Education Foundation

• Maribel Moreland, EECU (Educational Employees Credit Union) 

• Joy Swartz, Academy 4

9:10 - New Teacher Introductions

• Campus Principals

Break - NTO Bingo

10:00 - Positive Schools

• Jessica Hanson, Assistant Superintendent

• Amy Rollmann, Hilltop Elementary Principal

Break

11:05 - Benefits Presentation 

• Amanda Deweese, Azle ISD Benefits & Higginbotham

12:00 - RAILHEAD BARBEQUE - sponsored by Representative Charlie Geren

12:30 - Lunch & Learn Technology 

• Kayde Brown, Azle ISD Technology Instructional Coach

1:00 - Fostering a Growth Mindset

• Jordan Thiem, Director of Secondary Curriculum & Federal Programs

Break

2:25 -  Depth & Complexity

• Christy Collins, District Coordinator of Math/Science 

• Breanna Reed, District K-6 GT Pullout Program Teacher  

• Melissa Bradley, District K-6 GT Pullout Program Teacher

4:00 - Closing

New Teacher Website

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - Professional Dress 

Azle ISD Administration Building     

Swarm Conference Room

300 Roe Street

8:00AM – 4:00 PM

All New to Azle ISD Teachers

8:00 - BREAKFAST,  Sponsored by Fidelity National Title-Azle

8:30 - District Adopted Resources 

• Christy Collins, District Science and Math Coordinator

• Julie Hall, District Humanities Coordinator

9:15 - Assessment Overview & Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) Overview

• Brynn Suter, District Testing Coordinator

• Bill Manley, TIA Coordinator

BREAK

10:00 - Special Education Overview

• Krista McFarlane, Director of Special Services

• Jena Walker, Assistant Director of Special Services

• Ashley Rose, Instructional Specialist

11:05 -  High Impact Strategies for Emergent Bilinguals

• Shelly Stringer, District Bilingual Coordinator

12:00 - Lunch, Azle ISD Child Nutrition

12:30 - Lunch & Learn - Families in Transition (Homeless)/McKinney-Vento Program

• Jamie Westbrook, Azle ISD Social Worker/McKinney-Vento & Foster Care Liaison

1:30 - Report to the campus that you will be teaching. This will be assigned time with your campus administration to go over campus specific information.

July 31, 2025 - Professional Dress 

Classroom Teachers, SPED, CTE

Azle High School

1200 Boyd Rd., Azle, TX 76020

8:00AM – 4:00 PM

8:00 - Breakfast in the cafeteria, Sponsored by Brookshires

8:30 - Groups break into separate meetings

• CTE - Meet in Library, room TBD

• Special Education New Teachers - Room F21

• Instructional Teachers with 2 or more years of educational experience - S11

• Instructional Teachers with 0-1 years of educational experience - Library

  • Classroom Management - Marilisa Moore, Educator Preparation Services with Tarleton State University

Athletic Coaches Workshop

Azle ISD Administration Building

Swarm Conference Room

300 Roe Street

8:00AM – 4:00 PM

August 1, 2025

Morning - Report to your campus. 

Welcome Back! 

Convocation Lunch Times:

• 11:00: Transportation, Maintenance & Custodial

• 11:15: Central Office

• 11:30: Azle HS, DAEP, Hornet Academy

• 11:45: Azle JH, Forte JH, Azle Elem, Hoover

• 12:00: PreK-4 campuses

PM -Vendor Fair- Rubber Gym and Fine Arts Gym 

2:15PM Convocation- AHS Competition Gym 

• Pledges- Story Hilliard, AHS Student Body President

• Welcome - Todd Smith, Superintendent

• Azle Education Foundation- Philippe Lalonde

  • Berneice Finney Award Recognition 

• Greetings - Bill Lane, Azle ISD Board President

• City of Azle - Randa Goode, Mayor

• Azle Area Chamber of Commerce 

• Keynote Speaker: Doug Crawford - Protect Young Eyes 

• Marching Green Pride, AHS Cheer, and Buzzy!

Seating Chart for Convocation: 

• Cross Timbers Elementary

• Eagle Heights Elementary

• Hilltop Elementary

• Liberty Elementary

• Silver Creek Elementary

• Walnut Creek Elementary

• Azle Elementary

• Hoover Elementary

• Azle Jr. High

• Forte Jr. High

• Azle High School

• Hornet Academy - Report to Chris Hill

• Emergent Bilingual Teachers

• Special Education Services

• Career & Technical Teachers - Report to Dr. Murr

• Elementary Music

• PE Teachers

• Instructional Para's - Report to Campus Principal

• Nurses

• Campus Office Staff - Report to Campus Principal

• Central Administration Staff - Report to Director

• Maintenance - Report to Director

• Nutrition - Report to Director

• Transportation - Report to Director

• Cross Timbers Elementary

• Eagle Heights Elementary

• Hilltop Elementary

• Liberty Elementary

• Silver Creek Elementary

• Walnut Creek Elementary

• Azle Elementary

• Hoover Elementary

• Azle Jr. High

• Forte Jr. High

• Azle High School

• Hornet Academy - Report to Chris Hill

• Emergent Bilingual Teachers

• Special Education Services

• Career & Technical Teachers - Report to Dr. Murr

• Instructional Para's - Report to Campus Principal

• Nurses

• Campus Office Staff - Report to Campus Principal

• Central Administration Staff - Report to Director

• Maintenance - Report to Director

• Nutrition - Report to Director

• Transportation - Report to Director