Focus Daily News Share via: Duncanville ISD Teacher Mentor Program Aspiring teachers fresh out of college accept their first positions and are then turned loose to shape the minds of students everywhere. Putting those new teaching skills to the test while managing a classroom for the first time can be overwhelming. To make that transition a little easier, Duncanville ISD launched a Teacher Mentor Program, which partners experienced educators with first-year teachers. “A new teacher has to learn so much in the first few years and I wouldn’t have survived without the support received from the program and by Duncanville staff overall,” said Josie Prachyl, who teaches fourth grade at Alexander Elementary School.