Counseling Services Updates
March 24, 2020
Counselors Roles and Responsibilities
Dallas ISD has two platforms to help connect students and parents with their school counselors (Let's Talk and Request for Counseling Services Link in English & Spanish).
We ask that all counselors check their emails and follow-up within 24 hours or less.
Let's Talk Link: https://www.dallasisd.org/letstalk
Request for Counseling Services: https://www.dallasisd.org/Domain/3068
* Please do not test the links above. The links are active and working.
Documentation of Services Provided
*Please note that this is not a form that you will have to submit on an hourly basis. The focus is not to track what you are doing hour by hour but to provide a snapshot of the tasks completed while working remotely. It is advised that at the minimum counselors submit one daily.
Homeless Students
Phone Number: 211 or (877) 541-7905
2-1-1 Texas is a free, anonymous social service hotline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Evening Academy
Attendance for Credit
TEA Assessment Guidance
wi-fi resources for students/families
*Information obtained from IT Application Training & Support Newsletter AT&T
has a program for qualified individuals for $5 or $10 per month for home internet access
Charter has a program for qualified individuals for $14.99 per month for home internet access
https://www.att.com/shop/internet/access/index.html?source=ECmj0000000000mbU&wtExtndSource=access#!/#%2F
Comcast/Xfinity opens free access to Wi-Fi hotspots
Coverage map of Xfinity hotspots across Dallas
https://wifi.xfinity.com/
Sprint
Sprint COVID-19 response: follows FCC agreement, provides unlimited data to existing customers, and, starting Tuesday, 3/17/2020, will allow all handsets to enable hot-spots for 60 days at no extra charge.
T-mobile
T-Mobile COVID-19 response: follows FCC agreement, plus unlimited data to existing customers, and, coming soon, will allow all handsets to enable hot-spots for 60 days at no extra charge.
Counseling Services
Email: CounselingServices@dallasisd.org
Website: https://www.dallasisd.org/Page/22338
Location: 9400 N Central Expy, Dallas, TX, USA
Please visit the Counseling Services website to obtain access to forms.