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OUR STAFF

Constanze Heitkoetter

GIS Director

  • Native German

  • 14 years experience teaching young children

    • Teacher at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Early Childhood Center

    • 2 years in-home childcare

  • Work for GTHS

    • Instructor for Samstagschule, Sommercamps, Teen, and Adult classes since 2007

  • First-Aid and CPR certified

  • Mother of two bilingual children

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Annette Barrada

Lead Teacher

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Hallo und Guten Tag, my name is Annette and I am a German native.

 

I have been working with children ages 3 to 6 in a preschool setting since 1998 and teach German to preschool students at the German Texan Heritage Society in Austin since 2006. For 7 years, I worked in a Special-Education classroom for Pflugerville ISD with children of different ages and various disabilities.


I am a mother of two bilingually raised children who are all grown up now. I get to relive the experience of when they were little by giving my love to the toddlers and children that I take care of.


I am excited to teach the German Pre-school class at the German International School of Texas at Austin.

 

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Bradley Barr

GTHS Academic Director

I have been teaching German classes to all ages with GTHS since 2011, and I’ve worked as the Academic Director since 2019. I was born in Austin, and besides the few words my grandparents taught me as a kid, I began learning German at Westlake High School. I completed my master’s degree in German studies in 2014 at the University of Kentucky. I’ve taught as a middle school German teacher, currently also teach German classes at Austin Community College.

 

I’m grateful to be a part of the great team behind the German International School, and look forward to working together with the community to grow and develop the school.

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