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Lucila
A. Garza
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 Lucila
A. Garza has been an educator for 37 years. She is a certified teacher in Texas in elementary
education with a Master's Degree in gifted education. Her teaching experience ranges from kindergarten
to eighth grade. She is certified in the areas of special education, regular education, and gifted
education and has worked in the specialized field of alternative education. She was involved
in creating a school within a school at the middle school level for over-aged, at-risk youths
where she worked as lead teacher for the three teachers involved in the program. She was the
English/Language Arts teacher for this special population. This spectrum of experience has given
her first hand knowledge of children and the relationships that must be built in order to motivate
them to learn and be successful.
Founder of her own company, Mentoring Innovations, LLC, she is currently a training associate
for the Center for Cognitive CoachingSM and a state trainer for the Texas Beginning
Educator Support System (TxBESS), an initiative of the State Board for Educator Certification
and the Texas Workforce Commission. Luci trains mentors who offer support to their districts
in an effort to retain and recruit beginning teachers. She consults with districts to formalize
mentoring or induction programs. Additionally, she trains Habits of Mind and Adaptive Schools.
Lucila A. Garza
3409 Esperanza Crossing
Suite 7210
Austin, TX 78758
Telephone: 512-627-7859
E-mail: lucilag@mac.com
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