Texas State Teacher Fellows

05/27/2026

05/12/2026

Congratulations to our very own Teacher Fellow in current Cohort 32 for being honored as Bastrop ISD’s Rockstar Rookie of the Year!!! We are so proud of you Miss Casey! 🎉🤗♥️

05/05/2026

Cohort 32 successfully presented their action research last night! It was their final Monday night class. Three classes this summer and then graduation on August 1st! 🍎📈📊🎓
Congratulations to Kylie Wiesenhutter for being recognized by the cohort as the recipient of the Dr. Barbara Davis Award. 💕

05/01/2026

Congratulations to Teacher Fellow alumna, Lyndsey Tatum for being honored as Teacher of the Year! We are so proud of you!! 🍎🎉

04/28/2026

🎉 Congratulations, 🎉 Tony Diez on another outstanding portfolio presentation from Cohort 32. Ten current and alumni Teacher Fellows were in attendance!

04/27/2026

Another Cohort 32 milestone to celebrate! Congratulations 🎉 to Kaci Trogden of Hays CISD for her successful portfolio presentation. We are proud of you!

04/23/2026

We are proud to share Brianna Camarillo’s portfolio accomplishment today in Hays CISD. Brianna enthusiastically presented to her colleagues, administrators, Texas State professors, and friends and family.

04/22/2026

Congratulations to Annelise Wilk of Cohort 32 for her successful portfolio presentation today in Hays CISD. We are proud of you!

04/17/2026

Cohort 32 Spotlight on Kylie Wiesenhutter, 4th Grade ELAR and Social Studies teacher at Naumann Elementary School in Leander ISD.

Personal motto: “Choose joy and let your light shine”
With this being my first year of teaching and completing my Masters, there is so much that you go through each day. If you are a teacher you know every single day is different with challenges trying to bring you down and dim your light. This quote is truly a reminder to be my true joyous self!

Favorite spot in your classroom:
My favorite spot in my classroom is our carpet where we come together every morning for class meetings. It has become one of my favorite parts of the day, and my students look forward to it as well. During this time, students are able to share their thoughts, express their voices, and truly be heard by their peers. Even though it is just a carpet, it is a place where we build community, practice listening, and support one another as classmates!
My best teaching moment this year has to relate back to my peer coaching assignment as a Teacher Fellow. The lesson that I implemented truly was the most powerful lesson I have ever seen my students do. They first got the chance to create their own rubrics for informative writing. Next, they were able to grade an informative writing piece based on their rubric! For me, it was such a proud teacher moment getting to see them become a “teacher” and self-assess on something they made themselves.
Our favorite classroom activities are silly sports and goofy games! My students love having the chance to laugh and have fun together while building rapport with one another. As a teacher, this is truly a time where you get a glance of ALL their personalities!
A book we enjoyed together this year was…
“How Full is Your Bucket” For Kids Written by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer.
This book was one of the first I got to read to my students. It truly made a difference in my students' actions in the way they speak and act to one another. Our bucket filling station quickly became my students' favorite spot in the classroom, where they can write a bucket filler for anyone in our classroom!

04/17/2026

Congratulations to Jordan Barela of Cohort 32 on presenting her Portfolio today. Jordan shared her year of growth and learning as a second grade teacher at Kyle Elementary in Hays CISD. Great job, Ms. Barela!

04/13/2026

Cohort 32 Spotlight on Carrie Buckley, 5th grade math and science teacher at Naumann Elementary School in Leander ISD.
Personal motto: “The sky was never the limit; it was just the beginning.“
Favorite spot in your classroom:
My teaching desk at the front of my classroom! It is where all of the magic happens. I love the subjects I teach and I love watching my students learn what I am teaching and getting to explore different topics and ideas with one another. From my teaching desk, we get to explore learning together whether it’s notes, worksheets, models, or discussions, and be amazed by what we discover.
Best teaching moment this year:
I honestly loved receiving my middle of year MAP (math) testing scores because I got to see all of my students' growth on paper. Although not everything is perfect, I have had quite a year when it came to learning new curriculum, adjusting curriculum to my students needs, and applying this learning while working through all things that come with teaching 5th grade.
We LOVE to play Telemime and Magic 11!