David Guffey:
David Guffey, M. Ed (Co-PI) is the AISD Science department administrator whose responsibilities include district-wide supervision and administration of AISD ’s instructional programs for science teaching and learning. Mr. Guffey holds advanced degrees in both curriculum studies and educational administration, and has served for 18 years as a secondary science teacher, science curriculum specialist, campus administrator, director of secondary education and director of community relations and planning in Texas school districts before moving to his current position in AISD. He currently manages all of the Pre-K, elementary, middle and high school science specialists.
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.
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.
Barbara ten Brink:
Dr. ten Brink is a fourth-generation Texan with the advantage of being a military dependent living in Japan, Germany, Maryland, Virginia, and Texas. The sole goal of her career is to improve the scientific literacy of students, teachers, and community members through improving the delivery of science instruction to all learners. She holds three science degrees from Texas Tech, Texas State, and UT at Austin. She taught science for seven years prior to coordinating science for the State of Texas at TEA, Round Rock ISD, and Austin ISD. Her love of science education is exemplified in having served as founder and president of the Texas Council of Elementary Science (1984); president of the Council for Elementary Science International (1994); Board of Directors of the National Science Teachers Association (1994); president of Texas Science Education Leadership Association (2000); director of the Austin Area Science Fair and Festival (1996-2003). Dr. ten Brink authored an elementary science textbook through eight editions. She writes a column for Science Teachers Association of Texas entitled, On the Brink of Success.
Cesar "Charlie" Gutierrez:
Secondary science specialist 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.”
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