Since 1993

Who Is …
Texas Association for Alternative Education - (TAAE)

TAAE is a statewide association for the administrators and teacher professionals involved in alternative education. Alternative education in public schools, charter schools, schools of choice, juvenile justice, disciplinary settings, school within a school which strive to keep and graduate kids in Texas who are not in main stream teaching facilities. Our Texas alternative teachers are advocates for the kids in need and targeted by Texas Education Agency as candidates for "No Child Left Behind" concerns.

 

Strong Voice for Alternative Education

Meet the Board

The TAAE Board is a group of Educators who work in alternative education and represent all alternative educators for the TAAE.

Dr. Lisa Rogers

President
Dr. Lisa Rogers
Groesbeck High School

Charles Etheridge

President-Elect
Charles Etheridge
Crossroads High School

Tara Sanchez

Vice-President
Tara Sanchez

Dwana Finster

Secretary
Dwana Finster
Hope High School

Amanda Godfrey

Treasurer
Amanda Godfrey
The Mary Catherine Harris High School

Dr. Kim Garner-Simmons

Membership Liaison
Dr. Kim Garner-Simmons
Knippel Education Center

John Schaefer

Past President
John Schaefer

Stan Reed

Executive Director
Stan Reed