Two’s
Anna Broughton
Anna Broughton (Ms. B) is a retired elementary school teacher who blessed Casner with her enthusiasm and experience. Ms. B enjoys reading, cooking (and eating), and listening to music. Her greatest joy is spending time with her precious grandchildren.
Judy Rice
Judy Rice is a retired elementary school teacher who has blessed Casner as a substitute teacher with her loving kindness and vast experience for several years now. She’s excited to team-teach the Twos this year with Miss Broughton and says she can’t wait to guide and play with young children again. Her greatest joy is spending time with her precious grandchildren and Casner alumni, Everett and Perry.
Grace VanLaningham
Grace VanLaningham will be Casner’s Twos’ Aid this year! Grace began teaching Sunday School to littles when she was in the sixth grade and has been leading a Kindergarten Sunday School class at Hill Country Bible for four years. She loves children and in her free time enjoys baking and spending time with her church small group and her family and their three dogs. Grace says she cannot wait for the school year to begin!
Jill Brumley
Jill Brumley is a 4th generation Austinite and will be teaching Twos; Spanish on Mondays; and assisting with Curriculum Coordination with an emphasis on integrating Handwriting Without Tears into our Four’s program. She has a B.S. in elementary education from Texas Christian University and has loved teaching school since 1984. She has two children that attended Casner when they were young & has four grandchildren, ages one month, 18 months, 2 and 4. Her ideal weekend would be creating new experiences with her grandchildren, cooking, gardening & needlepointing. Jill says she feels blessed to be a part of CCA!
Threes
Tanya Crosswell
Tanya Crosswell first joined the Casner family as a substitute teacher before she began teaching the three-year-olds full-time in 2015. She grew up in Canada but has been calling the Great Hills/Austin area home for the past 20+ years. She is very excited to get to spend her days with the joy and energy of her three-year-old class. Tanya is married with two children.
Heather Hogan
Heather Hogan is originally from Beaumont Texas. She graduated from Texas State University with a marketing degree and then moved to Austin. She went back to school for teaching and taught preschool and nannied until her and her husband had their own children. She has two kids that are Casner Alumni and is really excited to be teaching the 3’s!
Lyda McIver
Lyda McIver moved from Minneapolis, MN to Austin, TX. She attended North Central University and graduated with a Children’s Ministry degree. Her soft spot is with toddlers and we like to call her “the toddler whisperer.” She loves building relationships with new children and their families and is excited to see what the year holds.
Fours
Nancy Baker
Nancy Baker is a native of Texas and has lived in the Austin area for over 20 years. She has a BBA from Texas A&M University and has completed Masters level graduate work at Texas State University to obtain her Early Childhood Teaching Certification. She has been a teacher at Casner since 2012. She also taught Kindergarten in Leander ISD for several years before coming to CCA. She is married with 2 children, and each of them are graduates of CCA. She is so thankful to teach the precious four-year-olds how important they are and how much Jesus loves them!
Brandy Brewer
Brandy Brewer has been a teacher at Casner since she moved here in 2004 from Oklahoma. She holds a B.S. in education from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and a Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Oklahoma. Prior to Casner, she taught elementary school. She is married with two sons who attended Casner when they were young and still talk about Mrs. Casner anytime they see something red, white, and blue.
Celia Fulmer
Celia Fulmer is a native of Texas and a graduate of Baylor University. While living in San Antonio, she taught and oversaw the preschool ministry of her church for six years before becoming a preschool teacher. She has been at Casner since 2012 and it’s been her heart’s desire from the start that the children in her care know that Jesus loves them and that they are prepared for school in the years ahead. Celia is married and has two children of her own.
Amy Warnock
Amy Warnock
grew up in Mississippi and has lived in the Austin area for the past 20+ years. She holds a B.S. Degree in Speech/Language Pathology. Amy has years of experience in early childhood education as a preschool teacher and as a speech therapist. She is delighted to teach at such a loving school where God’s word is woven throughout the day. Amy is married to her high school sweetheart and they have four children.
Kindergarten
Karen Leuty
Karen Leuty was raised in a military family and lived in many locations in the United States. Her family moved to Austin where she graduated from Anderson High School. She then attended the University of Texas receiving a B.S. in education with a concentration in reading development. She has been teaching kindergarten at Casner since 2007. She cherishes teaching children this age and their hugs and smiles warm her heart.
Kristi Ray
Kristi Ray joined the Casner family as a substitute teacher in 2019 and quickly knew CCA was where God wanted her to be. She is so excited to be teaching Kindergarten at Casner. Mrs. Ray graduated from Texas A&M University where she met her husband, Russ. She has experience teaching all ages in schools, in churches, on the mission field, and even at home. She has special training from Texas Christian University’s Institute of Child Development in dealing with children who have experienced trauma. She has been busy teaching, substituting at several Christian private schools, volunteering, working as the Missions Director for a local church, and raising four children for the past 30+ years.
Specials Teacher
Amanda Sencenbaugh
Amanda Sencenbaugh moved to Austin 10+ years ago and fell in love with the city. She has a B.S. in elementary education and taught third grade for several years before staying home with her children. Mrs. Sencenbaugh taught kindergarten at Casner for 3 years before becoming the music teacher and Chaplin. She feels blessed to have the opportunity to share her love of music and the word of God with the children. She is married with two children who are both proud Casner graduates.
