Mrs. Marisa Wester is a graduate of the University of Texas
at Austin
with a Bachelor of Music Studies in Music Education and Clarinet Performance
and a Master of Education in Learning Disabilities. She possesses her PK-12
teaching certification in both music and special education. This is her fourteenth
year as a public school teacher and her fifteenth year in education. She has
taught as a band director and special education teacher in both Texas
and Georgia.
She has delivered numerous in-service trainings for teachers in special education
and technology applications. After two years as a special education strategist
developing accommodations and modifications for children with special needs,
she chose to apply her skills as an educational consultant for NCS Learn providing
software and curriculum training for classroom teachers and administrators.
She returned to public education in 2001 teaching in a total language classroom
in Allen. Mrs. Wester came to Frisco ISD in 2002 and taught three years at
Fisher Elementary in a resouce/content mastery class
before choosing to return to teaching music in the public schools.
Mrs. Wester continues to be an
active musician. She is a member of the choir at Christ
United Methodist
Church in Plano. She teaches clarinet lessons to
several area students and performs regularly at her church and as a clarinet soloist
and chamber musician. She also plays guitar for children and writes her own
music.
Mrs. Wester lives in Frisco with
her husband and three children.
