Meeting New Teachers
Carla Braden, who will be teaching elementary special education, is a 1966 graduate of Wall High School. She graduated from Angelo State University in December 2000 with a BS in Education with a minor in special education. She is certified EC-4 and all grade levels of special ed.
Braden was employed at Grape Creek ISD from 2002 – 2006, first as a paraprofessional, then as a CEI lab teacher and then was a special ed resource teacher for two years.
Kelly Baker, who will teach business and technology, was employed from 1987 to the present by Whitharral ISD, teaching various computer classes and web design, accounting, yearbook and journalism. Previously, she taught newspaper, yearbook, journalism, photography and keyboarding at Greenwood ISD.
K. Baker graduated from Humble High School in 1978 and Southwest Texas State University in 1982 with a B.A in journalism and a minor in business administration. She holds lifetime teaching certifications in secondary business administration (6-12), secondary journalism (6-12), information processing technologies (6-12) and a provisional certification in technology applications (8-12), which expires in July 2008.
Micky Baker, hired to be a coach and teacher, is a 1978 graduate of Robert Lee High School, attended Western Texas College, Midwestern State University, and graduated from Angelo State University in 1982 with a B.S in physical education and a minor in history. He has completed six hours of graduate work in administration at Sul Ross State University.
For the last 20 years, Baker has been the athletic director and head girls’ basketball coach at Whitharral ISD. From 1982-87 he worked at Greenwood ISD as a coach and teacher. He has taught Texas, world and American history, world geography, government/economics and secondary PE.