A little bit about me: I am a graduate of the University of Central Florida, Western State Colorado University, and Alaska Pacific University. I hold a Master's in Teaching and a Master's in Fine Arts in Creative Writing. I currently attend East Texas A&M, where I am pursuing my Ph.D. in English Applied Linguistics. I am from Alaska and have been in Texas for five years. This is my 14th or 15th year of full-time teaching, but I also spent several years subbing. I have been a boys' basketball coach, head track coach, ran a student-run coffee shop, and managed a school-wide recycling program, as well as serving as a spelling bee coordinator, yearbook advisor, and, not least of all, department chair. I've taught 7th/8th-grade English for 8 years. I taught 5th/6th split in elementary on the JBER military base. I also teach Junior College First-year students and Sophomores Comp 1 and Comp 2 at Houston Community College.  Before teaching, I worked as a copy editor for literary magazines. I am married with two kids and a dog named Jack. I spend my time outside school reading, writing, doing home improvement projects, and hanging out with my kids. 

This year at Travis HS, I will be the UIL Coach for Literary Criticism and Ready Writers.

Courses I am teaching this year:

 English I AAC (Pre-AP) 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Periods

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OnRamps Dual Credit with UT (12th Grade) 1st, 6th and 7th Periods 

                        Introduction to Rhetoric: Reading, Writing and Research (Fall)

                        Reading and Writing the Rhetoric of American Identities (Spring)

         Conference & PLC 5th Period 

Tutorials are offered in the mornings on Wednesdays and Fridays from 7:00-:7:25am--appointment only. Please email ahead of time for a pass. I typically have to arrange childcare to make tutorials possible. 

tricia.windowmaker@fortbendisd.gov