Who We Are

The Texas Center for Educator Excellence (TxCEE), an Austin-based satellite office of the Region 18 Education Service Center, provides leadership and technical assistance across Texas to improve educator effectiveness. Over the last decade, TxCEE has received three Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grants; a Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Grant; an Education, Innovation, and Research (EIR) Grant; and a National Professional Development (NPD) Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, totaling more than $180 million. The statewide projects have supported TxCEE’s mission of equipping educators to improve student achievement by aligning district resources and increasing educator effectiveness through educator training, coaching, and instructional support.

Texas Center for Educator Excellence staff consists of Texas educators with decades of experience as teachers, teacher leaders, campus and district administrators, state education officials, and higher education professionals. Our team is passionate about helping Texas school districts develop and implement systems that support teachers and principals.

TxCEE Leadership Team

Joann
Taylor

Chief TxCEE Officer

Jeanifer
Caldwell

Director of Teacher Pipelines & Support

Trish Jarrott

Director of
HCMS Strategies

Jessica
Sievert Navarro

Director of
Partnerships

Rick
Garner

Director of School Training & Support

TxCEE Staff

Lauren
Anshutz

PBCS Coordinator

Ruth
Blackwell

Business Operations
Specialist

Robyn
Christensen

Leadership Training & Support Specialist

John
Dees

Leadership Training & Support Specialist

Anabel
Garza

Leadership Training
& Support Specialist

Elijah
Kanellakis

Help Desk Analyst

Patsy
Lockett

Business Operations
Manager

Patrick
Longest

Project & Support Specialist – Communications

Daniel
Moses

Data Project Manager

Rhonda
Offield

Instructional Training
& Support Specialist

Claude
Pardue

Project Manager for Data Management System

Dana
Phillips

Instructional Training
& Support Specialist

Tammy
Phuong

Instructional Training & Support Specialist

Trisha
Quintanilla

Instructional Training
& Support Specialist

Greg
Rodriguez

Instructional Training
& Support Specialist

Bryan
Sanchez

Instructional Training
& Support Specialist

Megan
Tesano

Instructional Training
& Support Specialis
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