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Baranoff Counseling Team

Jane Tackett

jane.tackett@austinisd.org

Denise Solis

denise.solis@austinisd.org

We work together to bring a seamless counseling program that supports the emotional and academic needs of our students through classroom guidance, small groups and individual counseling. We also provide support for parents.

Baranoff Counselors' Website

Some other counselor led programs include:

  • PALS Program
  • Mentors
  • Red Ribbon Week
  • No Place for Hate
  • Social Emotional Learning Curriculum
  • Career Day

Parent Resources

  • Austin Child Guidance: Walk-in counseling clinic on Fridays from 2-4pm.
    512-451-2242, https://www.austinchildguidance.org
  • Counseling
    • New Life Institute
      512-469-9447
    • Lifeworks/Hotline
      512-735-2400
    • Austin Child Guidance
  • Divorce
    • Bannockburn
      512-892-2703
    • Austin Academy for Individual and Relationship
      512-329-6611
    • YWCA
      512-326-1222
  • Dyslexia
  • Financial
    • Texas Department of Human Services
      512-445-0022
  • Loss
    • Camp Brave Heart
      512-342-4700
    • For the Love of Christi
      512-467-2600
    • Wonders and Worries
      512-329-5757

Tutor List

  • Katie Beccarelli- Kindergarten teacher

    K-2 Generalist Only

    Email

  • Angie Bell- current Pre-K Baranoff teacher

    K-4 all subjects 3:15-4:15 M,T, W

    Email

    Email

    512-590-2870

  • Lori Carlson (K-8th)
    Reading and Math - Counselor at Bedichek Middle School
    Resides in Shady Hollow
    512-414-5184
    Email 

  • Kristen Poff, current 5th grade Baranoff teacher

    All grades generalist

    kspoff@gmail.com

    cell: 512 740 6048

  • Jeanette Flournoy- 1st grade Baranoff teacher
    K-5 all subjects- Generalist
  • Cell: 210-380-4908

  • Ginny Garrison West, M.A., CALT, LDT (Grades 1-5)
    Licensed Dyslexia Therapist
    Math, Reading, writing (dyslexia, ADHD, other disorders, Asperger's)
    512-293-8754/ 512-301-8643
    Email

  • Jerri Guilette - current Baranoff teacher
    K-4 All subjects
    512-947-7458
    Email

  • Jennifer Magallanez (All Subjects)
    Current 5th Grade Teacher
    512-841-7147(work)
    Email

  • Susan Montry (2nd-4th)
    Reading/Math/Writing - Retired 3rd Grade Teacher at Baranoff
    512-203-2624
    Email

  • Karen Monteith - Certified Academic Language Therapist, Dyslexia Therapist, Reading, Spelling, Writing using multisensory structured language approach
    512-422-4116 (cell)
    512-891-8555
    Email

  • Stephanie Munoz, Current 3rd Grade Teacher
    2nd-4th Grade; General studies
    Email
  • Brittany Nava, CALT- Current Dyslexia Specialist
    Kindergarten - 2nd Grade; Literacy and Math
    Email

  • Ryan Rutherford - Current Dyslexia Specialist
    1st-5th Grade literacy only
    Email

  • Wendy Shanafelt - Current 4th grade Teacher
    3rd-5th reading and writing only
    Email

  • Katie Peterson-Hernandez - Current 1st grade teacher 
    All grades generalist
    Email

  • Molly Garcia - Current 2nd grade teacher
    K-4 All subjects
    512-656-0179
    Email

  • Melissa DeFilippo- current Baranoff TA
    Certfied in EC-6, ELA 4-8. Special Education
    K-8 math, science, and reading
    878-660-4793
    Email