My name is Isaac Tate III, and I have 29 years of teaching and coaching experience with FWISD.  In 1993, I procured Bachelors of Arts degrees in English and history at Texas Wesleyan University, and I am also certified by the state of Texas to teach in both fields.  I taught nineteen years of teaching at William James Middle School where I coached football, track, girls’ and boys’ basketball.  In 2012, I became a member of the original Dream Team member at the Young Men’s Leadership Academy (YMLA) as the first Social Studies teacher, football, and basketball coach at the middle school level.   I was selected the first ‘Teacher of the Year’ at the YMLA for the 2012-13 school year. I also earned the FWISD ‘Sewell Lexus Teaching Excellence Award in Humanities’ in 2015. Presently, I serve as the YMLA Varsity Assistant and Freshman Basketball Coach.  I am proud to report, since 2018, YMLA basketball has produced six scholars to play basketball at the collegiate level.