SCIENCE

Cesar "Charlie" Gutierrez:

Interim Science Supervisor and AISD high school teacher of the year 2005, taught biology, chemistry, biotechnology, anatomy & physiology, and health science technology at Reagan High School for 10 years. Prior to that, he taught at the Alternative Learning Center from 1988-96. He has mentored new teachers and student teachers, and has been a presenter at AISD’s annual New Teacher Academy. He earned bachelor’s and master's degrees from the University of Texas, and was a student at Baylor College of Medicine until, he says, “teaching found me.”

Alvenetta Henry:

Alvenetta Henry joined Austin Independent School District in June 2001 as a Day-care Director for the Pleasant Hill Employee Day Care. In October 2002 she became a Substitute Administrative Assistant traveling to a number of schools throughout the district. In September 2003 she was offered a position as a Secondary Secretary for the Social Studies Team as a full time employee. Wanting to learn more, she accepted a position with the Science Department in May 2008 where she is currently a Secondary Science Secretary. As a busy mother of one daughter, a senior at Charles Akins High School and Diamond Dazzler (Dance Team) she is also a booster club mom. In September 2008 Alvenetta joined the Seedling Foundation, a mentoring program through the district that reaches out to our youth in the community that have parent s who are incarcerated. When not working she volunteers for community service projects church activities. Her hobbies include cooking, camping, shopping, live music and Austin festivals.

Myrtle Lagrone:

 

 

 

 

Frieda Lamprecht:

Frieda Lamprecht is an Elementary Science Curriculum Specialist with the Science Department of Austin Independent School District. She holds a degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Science from the University of Texas at Austin. She has been in education for over 15 years, as a teacher working with at-risk students at Menchaca Elementary School, and later as a teacher at Casis Elementary. Her experiences include presenting and training teachers for over 12 years, writing, editing, and contributing to the development of a standardized, rigorous curriculum in science for over 12 years, and serving the science department as a teacher leader and mentor for 4 years before being asked to join the curriculum team.

Prior to her employment with Austin ISD, Ms. Lamprecht trained and developed leaders in the business community for over 17 years. Her passion there, as it is in education, was to build confidence in her managers by discovering their talents and strengths, working out from there to produce well-rounded, confident leaders.

She resides in Austin, Texas with her west highland terrier, Bailey.

Raegan Witt-Malandruccolo:

Raegan Witt-Malandruccolo has been an Austin ISD science teacher since 2004. She earned a bachelor's degree in Biology and her master's degree in science and math education from the University of Texas at Austin. Her classrooms have included all levels of learners from life skills to gifted and talented students. Raegan has experience as a mentor teacher, department chair and curriculum writer. Her main objective as a secondary science specialist is to be a resource and support for teachers and to help improve classroom instruction and student learning.

Deborah Rang:

Deborah Rang has been Secondary Science Specialist in Round Rock ISD, a Science Specialist at Education Service center Region XIII. Prior to her service as a science specialist, she worked as a science teacher in Austin ISD, Del Valle ISD, and Pflugerville ISD, and as an Instructional Assistant teaching pre-service teachers Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Science at Texas State University. She has mentored teachers and students both as a science teacher and a science specialist, and has presented at state and national science conferences. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Biology focus, a Masters in Educational Administration, and is currently seeking her PhD in School Improvement. She resides in South Austin with her dog Munchkin. As a science specialist in AISD, her goals are to harvest resources to share with teachers and to support the connections between pedagogy and content through curriculum and professional development to open opportunities for learning for all teachers and students.