Gina

Lubbock, TX
Bio:
Gina is a general education teacher at Whiteside Elementary who promotes a very positive inclusive classroom for all of her students. She has taught for students in 5th and 2nd grade for 19 years. She currently teaches in a departmentalized 3rd grade classroom and she thoroughly enjoys the positive atmosphere that students with special needs bring to her classroom. Regarding Gina’s classroom, one parent of a student with autism once stated, “She actually asks for the students with special needs to be placed in her classroom. I cannot imagine any general education teacher doing a better job of inclusion than Gina! She is an excellent teacher all around, but she does a wonderful job of including the students with special needs. She makes learning fun and makes her students feel special.”