Elementary Education Office
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Beverly Helfinstein
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Georgia Miller
(512) 464-5131
DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Carla Amacher
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Eleanor Hamrick
(512) 464-5096
Elementary Instructional Coaches
Ann Barlow – Bluebonnet, Anderson Mill, Spicewood
(512) 428-2272
Debra Blackburn – Purple Sage, Callison
(512) 428-2209
Julie Carerra – Wells Branch, Blackland Prairie
(512) 464-5672
MaryBeth Cordon – Jollyville, Forest Creek, Deep Wood
(512) 428-2280
Christy Evans – Gattis, Sommer, Canyon Creek
(512) 464-5674
Melanie Herbst – Voigt, Laurel Mountain, Cactus Ranch
(512) 428-2298
Melissa McCarroll – Double File Trail, Caldwell Heights, Teravista
(512) 464-2265
Jan Nutt – Forest North, Old Town, Brushy Creek
(512) 464-5102
Angela Patrick – Union Hill, Fern Bluff
(512) 428-2271
Regina Payne – Berkman, Caraway, Live Oak
(512) 464-5682
JulieErrin Rodriguez – Robertson, Pond Springs, Great Oaks
(512) 428-2210
“The primary goal of instructional coaching is to enable teachers to implement scientifically proven instructional practices.” -Jim Knight, Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction (2007)
“To be effective, scores of researchers say, professional development must be ongoing, deeply embedded into teachers’ classroom work with children, specific to grade-level or academic content, and focused on research-based approaches. It also must help to open classroom doors and create more collaboration and sense of community among teachers in a school.” -Alexander Russo, Harvard Education Letter (2004)