Rebecca Thompson
Academic Coaching + Elementary
Bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University: Interdisciplinary Studies
Master’s degree from Lamar University: Educational Technology Leadership
28 years total teaching experience in HPISD and RISD (4th and 6thgrade)
18 years’ experience in HPISD at University Park Elementary 4th grade
HPISD Instructional Leadership Team (14 years)
University Park Elementary’s Teacher of the Year (2021-2022)
Co-founder of Compass Points Solutions for experiential learning and study skills training programs
11 years chaperoning 5th and 6th graders to Washington DC/Boston/Philadelphia
Private Tutoring (16 years)
In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Mark, family and friends, and her three precious Boston terrier children: Smitty, Junie B. and Penny. She also loves reading, walking outdoors, traveling, experimenting in the kitchen, and going to movies.
Rebecca believes that fostering a student’s talents and curiosities through experiential learning and hands-on activities are the key to developing, not only successful students, but lifelong learners. Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I LEARN.”