Melissa Tipton

Hello!  I am one of the proud visual arts teachers at Mills Elementary!   I have been teaching since 2005, and this will be my sixth year teaching visual arts. 

While my heart has always been focused on helping others learn new things, teaching came into my life as a second career!  I was working as a horticulturist and lepidopterist at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin and was asked to help out with the summer camp program for young children.  During that summer, I found a passion inside me that I never realized was there! In 2004 I decided to go back to school to get my Texas state teaching certification.  I have taught 2nd, 4th, and 5th grade General Ed/ESL, but in 2017 I chose to combine my Bachelor of Fine Arts from Texas State University and my commitment to education and became an elementary art teacher. This is truly a dream job for me! 

When I'm not teaching art to my awesome artists, you can find me spending time with my family, camping at a Texas State Park, tending to my backyard chickens, or digging in my garden.  I’m excited to be a part of the Mills ES family and look forward to sharing my passion for art education with my students!