Meet Mr. Robertson. He teaches Advanced Ethnic Studies at Hopewell Middle School. Advanced Ethnic Studies intersect Mexican American history, world cultures, Texas History, and U.S. History. Similarly, this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month theme is Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation.
Will is a member of the Special Education team. His role as the District’s transition specialist helps students and their families plan for life after graduating from Round Rock ISD and beginning their journey into adulthood. Will works with students to assess their interests and then matches them with employment or community participation opportunities.
After ten years of working in human resources and recruiting, Will became certified to teach through Region’s emergency certification program and began teaching at McNeil High School. This year marks Will’s 15th year with Round Rock ISD.
Francine is a senior internal auditor for the District. She works on internal audit projects determined by the District’s approved audit plan, including campus audits, operational audits, and various special projects. And she is a District cultural and inclusion ambassador. Francine begins her third year with Round Rock ISD after a 16-year break from the workplace to raise her three daughters.
Amaris is a Round Rock ISD accountant. Her duties include complying with and enforcing federal, state, and local financial and legal requirements for the District’s bank reconciliations and internal services usage charges like print shop, postage, transportation, etc.
Amaris has worked for the District for seven years and is a Round Rock ISD alumna. She attended Chisholm Trail Middle School and Round Rock High School. Now, her sons attend Caldwell Heights IB® World Elementary School and Round Rock High School.
Keli is the District’s professional development coordinator and has been with Round Rock ISD for seven years. Her work supports Round Rock ISD’s Early Career Teacher Support Framework by providing resources, tools, professional learning opportunities, and logistics for early career teachers, teacher coaches, and lead teacher-coaches. And her role includes developing, planning, and delivering engaging and meaningful staff professional learning opportunities, including SummerRR Camp, Leadership Summit, speaker series, and welcome week.
Congratulations to the custodial teams at Anderson Mill, Brushy Creek, and Wells Branch elementary schools. They received GermBlast’s “Environmental Excellence” award for their outstanding work keeping students and faculty safe and healthy. Round Rock ISD partners with GermBlast for high-level disinfection at our 56 campuses and facilities.
Paul is the District’s secondary math curriculum coordinator. He supports secondary math teachers and created the Aligned Round Rock Curriculum for middle and high school math courses (except AP). When he’s not solving quadratic equations, Paul is an accomplished musician. He is the keyboardist for the 10-7 Band, a pianist and member of his church’s worship team, and has recorded three CDs of original piano compositions.
Round Rock ISD retirees and employees with 20, 25, 30, 35, and an inspiring 40 years of service were honored at the District’s annual Employee Service Awards.
The Employee Service Awards celebrate District employees’ hard work and dedication to reaching milestones in their years of service and recognizing retirees.
Congratulations to all the honorees. Your service has touched countless lives and hearts.
Congratulations to Round Rock ISD Instructional Technology Specialists Katie Leining at Walsh Middle School, Shannon Sieber at Pearson Ranch Middle School, Jesse Sosa at Live Oak Elementary School, and Alayna Stoll at Purple Sage Elementary School. This team of four instructional superstars earned their Master of Education in Educational Technology and Innovation from Concordia University Texas. All four completed the degree plan with a 4.0 Grade Point Average (GPA).
The Round Rock ISD Bilingual and ESL programs department, part of State and Federal services, is changing its name to Emergent Bilingual Programs. The change results from the passing of Texas Senate Bill 2066, which replaced the term “Limited English Proficient” with “Emergent Bilingual” in the Texas Education Code.
Round Rock ISD’s community education and enrichment departments have merged. Together, their new name is Enrichment, and they are part of Future Readiness.
After serving Redbud and Union Hill elementary school students as a counselor, Carrie is transitioning to the central administration office as coordinator of counseling services.