On March 22, the Auburn School Board of Directors will recognize Lisa Gallinatti, Washington Elementary School librarian, for being an outstanding educator. Ms. Gallinatti has recently earned her National Board Teacher Certification. After graduating from Tahoma High School, Ms. Gallinatti attended Washington State University where she graduated in 1990 with a bachelors degree and certification in elementary education and reading, grades K-8. In 1991, she was hired by Auburn School District as a third grade teacher at Washington Elementary School. After three years of teaching third grade, Ms. Gallinatti became the school librarian. At this time, she started her learning service endorsement and she also earned her masters from City University in education technology.
In 2000, she achieved her learning services endorsement for libraries from the
University of Washington. In 2002,
she applied to the National Certification process during which time she was
awarded a Washington Mutual and Microsoft scholarship of $1,800 to pursue the
National Certification. She
completed her work in April, 2003; took her exams in June, 2003; and was
notified this November that she had successfully completed the rigorous process
and had become Nationally Certified. Ms.
Gallinatti’s national certification is in Early Childhood Through Young
Adult/Library Media. (ECYA/LM). As
well as serving as Washington Elementary School’s librarian, she is in her
fourth year as a co-coach of girls’ basketball.
She is also her school’s Global Reading Challenge advisor and
student-of-the-month leadership co-facilitator.
Ms. Gallinatti describes her enthusiasm for her profession “I try to
make the library the students’. I
try to make them life-long readers and to realize the power of the library and
how it can facilitate learning in all areas of their lives, both in academics
and personally. There’s always one
child that you recommend a book to and they come back to you and want another
because they just loved that book.” Washington
Elementary School principal, James Smith, observes about Ms.
Gallinatti, “She is a very conscientious, hard working teacher.
Her spirit and dedication for the sake of the students at Washington
Elementary is outstanding and she truly makes a difference for each of them.
She is a great school librarian, school technology specialist, basketball
coach, and Global Reading Challenge coach. I
am proud of Lisa and of her exemplary professionalism as an educator.”
For more information, contact Superintendent Linda Cowan at (253) 931-4914.
