Meet Erika Douglas, Secondary ELAR Coordinator
My educational career lends itself to a wide array of experiences. I have had the pleasure of working with students, parents and staff in many capacities, from a physical education teacher/coach, an ELA teacher, a literacy coach, a middle school principal and now, the Secondary ELA Coordinator! I come to Royal ISD eager to join a team focused on doing the work to grow each and every student!
Meet Pamela Stewart, K-3 Reading Cohort Leader
Fun Fact about me: I have driven almost everything there is to drive, including flying airplanes.
I am excited about meeting, learning and growing with my new Royal ISD team!
Meet Allison Gillentine, Instructional Technology Specialist
Allison Gillentine received her Bachelors and Masters from the University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, TX. Mrs. Gillentine has been in public education for 18 years. Her experiences include teaching in middle school, junior high, and high school science as well as campus and district leadership roles. Her experience as a classroom teacher, district special programs coordinator, district level specialist, district science coordinator, district 504 coordinator, high school academic dean, interim DAEP principal, and technology specialist have provided her with the opportunity to experience public education at varied levels. Mrs. Gillentine focuses on supporting learner centered instruction with a focus on best instructional practices for all populations to support success for staff and students while utilizing instructional technology.
Meet Rachael Anderson, District Testing Coordinator
Meet Sedrick Keyes, Instructional Technology Specialist
A Brookshire native committed to serving the town that served him. Since 2012 Mr. Keyes has served in several roles in our district, from Junior High Science teacher, Basketball coach, Project Based Learning facilitator, Computer Technology teacher, Dean of Students, Elementary STEP/CHAMPS teacher and Tech Support. and currently an Instructional Technology Specialist
Sandra Olison, Technology Integration Specialist
Sandra Olison holds a Masters Degree in Technology Education a B.S. Information Technology. Ms. Olison is a Google Certified Educator, Google Certified Trainer, ISTE (International Society for Technology Education ) Certified Instructor, Certified Project Scrum Master, and K-12 CTE(Career Technology Education) instructor.
She enjoys learning new technology and assisting our students and staff in overcoming their technology fears. With over 25 years of experience as an IT professional She has traveled all over the United States and abroad utilizing her technology consulting, training and support skills. She hopes to transfer some of those skills , methodologies and processes to our students and staff via curriculum and instruction. As a Houston native, her family moved to this area during her high school years and she was able to graduate from Royal HS. As a returning Falcon she has worked in Royal ISD for the last nine years in various roles and looks forward to serving Royal ISD via Teaching and Learning Dept.
Meet Mara Tran, District Instructional Program Specialists
My name is Mara Tran and I’m the District Instructional Program Specialist at ROYAL ISD. I’m so excited to be part of the Department of Teaching and Learning, providing instructional support and tools for the teachers here.
I started my career in the educational field in 2010 as the Algebra II teacher in Lamar Consolidated High School. Between 2010 and 2015, I not only taught Algebra II, Algebra I, Geometry and Pre-Cal, I was also the advisor of the National Honors Society. My favorite moment was always witnessing the joy and victory of our high school seniors walking across the stage of the Katy ISD Merrill Center receiving their hard-earned diplomas.
In 2015, I became the Algebra I teacher at Cardiff Junior High, KATY ISD. After just one year, I was voted to be the Teacher of the Year 2017 due to the exceptional academic growth of my students.
In 2017-2018 I was offered to be the math instructional coach at the same school. I was honored to be mentoring math teachers and learning all about various strategies and resources. My favorite moment there was attending the “IC Fridays” where all the secondary instructional coaches gathered and “sharpened” one another.
In 2018 I was blessed to have an opportunity to be the Assistant Principal at Royal Early Childhood Center. Talk about changes - from teaching secondary students, to mentoring teachers, and now being the AP for our youngest students! God always has His unique way to make me learn! I was surrounded by a very supportive and nurturing administrative team there, growing every day professionally. I had to step out of my comfort zone almost daily! I’m forever grateful for such experiences!
In January 2021, I was once again blessed with this amazing opportunity to be working with Dr. Joy Wilson in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Since then, I never stopped learning and I love every minute of it! I’m excited to be able to share what I learn with you via our 5-min PD segment on our departmental newsletters! If there is any feedback or advice, always feel free to email me. Life is not a destination, but a journey!
On the personal side, I was born in Hong Kong when it was still under British rule. We moved to Canada when I was 16 years old. I graduated from the University of Alberta with a Honors B.Sc. in Chemistry then I pursued a M.Sc. in Biochemistry form McGill University. I started my career as a Research Scientist in Southern California. I met my husband there. We were blessed with two children - a sophomore in College and a junior in High School. They are my pride and joy (most of the time)!
