WELCOME!!
Business, Finance &
Marketing Advisory Board!
Introductions
 Industry, Community, Post-Secondary
Teachers and Students
 LTHS Business, Finance & Marketing Team
Jessica Patterson
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15th year teaching-10th year at LTHS
Baylor University-Computer Science
Career and Technology Department Chair
Currently teaching Pre-AP Computer Science
1, AP Computer Science 2, AP Computer
Science 3, Digital Electronics
Melanie Garnett
 14th year teaching-7th year at LTHS
 Sam Houston State University-Business
Education
 Currently teaching Business Image
Management and Multimedia (BIMM) and
Accounting
 Taught for two years, went corporate for five,
and came back to teaching
Kathryn Ateek
 Second year teaching and both at LTHS
 Texas A&M University-Business Marketing
 Currently teaching Business Computer
Information Systems (BCIS), Fashion
Marketing, Retailing, Diversified Career Prep
and Assistant Cheerleading Coach
 I decided to teach business classes…
Brett Schwab
 Fourth year teaching-Second year at LTHS
 Texas A&M University-Speech
Communications
 MBA-Texas State University, San Marcos
 Currently teaching Finance, Business Law,
International Business, BCIS and coaches
tennis and soccer
 Previously worked for Konica and MCI
 I decided to teach business classes…
Jennifer Riddlebarger
 Second year teaching and both at LTHS
 Texas A&M University-Business Marketing
 Currently teaching BCIS, Principles of
Business and Principles of Marketing
 Previous worked for Countrywide Loans for
3.5 years
 I decided to teach business classes…
Tina McCann
 Eighth year teaching / Second year at LTHS
 Baylor University-Marketing and Management
 Worked in the Advertising industry as a senior media
buyer for various Advertising agencies in Dallas and
Austin
 Currently teaching Principles of Marketing,
Advertising, Sports & Entertainment Marketing,
Entrepreneurship, School Store Operations,
Business Leadership, Wealth Management
 DECA Advisor
 Currently serving as the state president for
Marketing Educators of Texas and serves on the
Texas Career and Technology Council board.
Susan Matheson
 First year teaching-First year at LTHS
 BA in Social Science from Michigan State
University
 MBA in Marketing-North Central Illinois
 Business Planning, Marketing, Finance and
Management
 I decided to teach because…
Overview of Program/Updates
 LTISD Institutes
 Funding Update
 Update on Articulation Agreements A Week at
the Institutes
 High School of Business™
 School Store-“CavZone”
LTHS INSTITUTES OF STUDY
 Advanced Science & Medicine
 Veterinary & Agricultural Science
 Math, Engineering & Architecture
 Business, Finance & Marketing
 Humanities, Technology &
Communications
 Fine Arts
Institute of Advanced
Science & Medicine
Institute of Veterinary &
Agricultural Science
Institute of Math,
Engineering & Architecture
Institute of Business,
Finance & Marketing
Institute of Humanities,
Technology & Communications
Institute of Fine Arts
Funding Updates
 Perkins (non-competitive): $31,000
 CATCP (competitive): $5,000 anticipated
 Siemens (competitive): $17,000 – Engineering
 SME/PLTW (competitive): $5,000 anticipated Engineering
Articulation Agreements
 Current articulations are through ACC:
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BCIS
BIMM
Marketing
Computer Science
A Week at the Institutes
 Engineering
 Web Page Design
 Film Production
High School of Business™
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LTHS High School of Business
Leadership / Wealth Management
Principles of Business / Business Economics
Principles of Marketing / Principles of Finance
Principles of Management / Business Strategies
LTHS School Store-CavZone
 Student based enterprise ran by Senior
Marketing Students
 Profits go directly to DECA
 Current Revenue: 
Upcoming Events
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Rededication of LTHS (Sept 22)
High School of Business Training (Nov)
Instructional Coaching (Oct-Dec)
ACTE Conference (Dec)
Year in Review:
Advisory Recap 2007-2008
 Recruit: Bringing Students into the Program
 Retain: Enriching the experiences of
students in our programs
 Promote: Preparing our students for college
& career
 Partnerships: Building community/industry
partnerships
Advisory Committee
Focus Groups
 Defining the Work
 Organizing the Work
 Evaluating the Work
Group Reports
Upcoming Meeting Date
 November 11th ~ 7:30-8:45am in LTHS Lecture Hall, E203
Thank you for your commitment and
dedication to Lake Travis ISD students!!
Amanda Johnson - johnsona@ltisdschools.org
Jessica Patterson - pattersonj@ltisdschools.org
Jill Siler - silerj@ltisdschools.org