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Meet TASPA’s Director of Programs & Membership JEANNIE TOMASEK
TASPA PROGRAM DIRECTOR
TASPA is pleased to announce that Jeannie Tomasek will start as our new Director of Progrmas and Membership in June. Jeannie Tomasek was born and raised in Shiner, TX, and attended Shiner ISD schools. She received her Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education from Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M - Kingsville), and holds Lifetime Certification in Secondary Social Studies Composite (Grades 6-12). She began her career as a classroom teacher with Bryan ISD, serving as a World Geography teacher at Bryan High School. After moving to Austin, Jeannie initially worked for the Texas Workforce Commission as an Foreign Labor Certification analyst. In 1996, she accepted the position of Certification Specialist with the State Board for Educator Certification, a position she held for eleven years. Jeannie became the Manager of Fingerprinting in the Division of Educator Investigations at the Texas Education Agency in 2007. During this time, she oversaw the implementation of Senate Bill 9, otherwise known as the “Fingerprinting Bill”, which greatly expanded national criminal history background check requirements based on fingerprinting in Texas public schools. Since that time, she has continued to lead the Fingerprinting & Registry Support team at TEA, and serve as a principal resource for school personnel in Texas. Jeannie and her husband, Robert reside in Round Rock, and have two sons, Kyle, a senior at Texas Lutheran University, and Collin, a sophomore at Texas A&M University – College Station. In her spare time, Jeannie enjoys spending time with family and friends, walking, hiking and singing in her church choir. “In joining the staff at TASPA, I am most excited to continue interacting with and providing program specific guidance and training to school district personnel. This is something that I have enjoyed during my years with SBEC and TEA; this interaction is probably what has kept me motivated in the same role for so long. I have a profound respect for the work done by school personnel staff, especially in these difficult times, and I know that I can continue to make a positive impact.”
