Trainers

Discovery Institute trainers are practicing educators — counselors, teachers, and administrators who use the Discovery Program in their own schools every day and train school staff across the country to do the same.

Galynn Lackey, M.ED.

Galynn Lackey began her career in social-emotional education as a graduate student in Colorado State University’s (CSU) School Counseling degree program. Prior to that, Galynn received her B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Criminal Justice from CSU. Galynn has been a member of the counseling staff at Centennial High School, an alternative high school in Fort Collins, Colorado, since 2011 — dividing her time between counseling and teaching Discovery to incoming students.

Galynn is an advocate for students’ academic and affective growth — and understands that for students to experience such growth, they must be equipped with concrete skills and strategies to successfully navigate their world. A committed teacher and trainer, Galynn believes that the skills taught in the Discovery Program serve as an essential foundation for a healthy and fulfilled life. In her role at Centennial High School and as a trainer for the Institute, Galynn has witnessed what a tremendous impact the Discovery Program can have on students, staff, and school culture.

Andy Fieth, MA

Andy is a practicing middle school principal and has a background in developing and sustaining nontraditional learning environments at the secondary level. In his role as a national-level trainer, Andy has spent more than a dozen years providing direct instruction and guidance for educational systems across the West. The results of Andy’s work consistently and resoundingly reveal improved test scores, increased grade point averages, significantly fewer office referrals, and decreased drop-out rates.

In addition to the national training certifications, Andy holds a principal’s license and an MA in Educational Leadership. A 25-year educational veteran and administrator, Andy’s strengths allow him to zero in on the defined area of need. His finely attuned listening skills and acute problem-seeing/solving pathways provide leaders and their staff the opportunity to consciously tap into innate strengths and create sustainable action plans for change. A true servant leader, Andy’s coach-like leadership style models integrity and a “do as I do” mentality.