In 2000, moved to 海角直播and joined teaching faculty. Ch谩vez was already a solid neighborhood school serving a high-need population, but Barton saw the potential for greatness.
Inspired by his vision for Ch谩vez, Barton earned his master鈥檚 degree and administrative certification from University of Illinois at 海角直播(UIC), and graduated from LAUNCH, a Fund-seeded principal preparation program designed to develop aspiring principals for 海角直播 (CPS). Barton was named the principal at Ch谩vez in 2010.
In 2011, Ch谩vez was one of 15 schools in the , which extended the school day by 90 minutes. With this extra time, students used technology to further advance math and reading skills. Even in this small pilot, the results were encouraging; students鈥 math and reading gains exceeded those of comparable schools.
Since then, Ch谩vez has slowly and deliberately increased the use of technology in its classrooms, with the constant input of its teachers and students.
鈥淲e transitioned from just being an after school use of computers to in-school use mainly because the teachers saw how effective it was, and teachers wanted to learn how to begin using this to improve their instruction,鈥 . 鈥淢ore than coming from me, it came from the teachers themselves who saw the power of these programs and what technology can do to advance these students.鈥
Today, Ch谩vez is a Level 1+ school, among the best neighborhood schools in the city, and every one of its teachers uses technology to personalize learning.
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Barton Dassinger is an听; as well as a 听听and a Fellow in the inaugural cohort of the . He was 听profiled in .