Application Process

Application Tips

Applicant submits request via our automated system requesting to submit an application to the VIP program.

Completion of a detailed online application to become a member of the VIP Team is required, application questions are below:

Write a brief narrative explaining why you would be a great choice for the LISD VIP team.
Describe what teaching and learning would like like in your ideal classroom.
What changes do you anticipate would be evident in your ideal classroom and how will you communicate with parents and guardians about changes in classrooms practices?
What digital tools and devices are you proficient with and/or certified in?
Describe how you will incorporate each of the five VIP Tenets in your classroom.
Do you tweet? What is your Twitter handle?

How applications are reviewed:

Blind review (names and campuses are covered up) of applications done by the VIP leadership team.
Rubric used for the review of questions.
Review tweets of the applicants to get a feel for what the teaching and learning looks like in the classroom.

Applicants are encouraged to tell their story.

As applications are reviewed tweets of the applicants are looked at to see what they do in their rooms.
If accepted into the VIP program the team members are asked to tweet their classroom lessons, successes, class meetings, etc. at least once a week using #LISDVIP.

Teachers are welcomed by the VIP leadership team in a fun, celebratory ¨festive occasion:¨

Distribute the Welcome to VIP bags.
Theme is selected for music to be playing as team enters the room with the award bag. (video is made to showcase highlights of the award day, see below)
Bag includes such items as a