Lisa Bagley of Texas earned a 2020 Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year award. Lisa teaches AP Environmental Science and Computer Science at West Mesquite High School.
I always enjoy sharing stories about talented classroom teachers who have earned accolades for their work. One of these is Lisa Bagley, an AP Environmental Science and Computer Science teacher at West Mesquite High School. She is one of ten educators nationwide who has been selected as a 2020 Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year.
As part of her award, Lisa received a prize package valued at more than $50,000 for West Mesquite High. The package includes $25,000 for the school and an additional $25,000 in computer supplies, including Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablets. Lisa also received one year subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited and a 12-month membership from Audible.com.
“I am incredibly thankful to have the ability to deepen that impact through this award!” Lisa expressed. “The award will allow us to purchase the technology we need for our scholars, facilitate training for our computer science and engineering teachers, and strengthen the STEM pipeline from our feeder middle schools so that our West Mesquite students have every opportunity to showcase their excellence!” she continued.
In addition to her classroom responsibilities, Lisa serves as a consultant and mentor for the National Math and Science Initiative in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. She has also served for the past six years as a reader for AP Environmental Science for the College Board located in New York.
Lisa earned her Bachelor’s degree at Rice University in Anthropology in Houston, Texas, in 1994. She earned her Master’s degree in Anthropology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, in 1998. She worked for the Dallas Independent School District for five years and she has taught in the Mesquite Independent School District for the past seven years.
To read more about Lisa, follow this link to an article about her published in the Dallas Morning News.
