NAME:
Gini Powell
SCHOOL:
Vance Middle School
CLASS:
7th grade resource
SCHOOL PHONE:
652 - 9300
1968 - Born in Charlotte, NC.
1969 - As an infant, went to the Philippines w/ parents. Dad was a
missionary pilot for Wycliffe Bible Translators.
1973-74 - Returned to U.S. for furlough. Attended kindergarten @ Harold
McCormick Elementary in Elizabethton, TN.
1974 - Returned to the Philippines. Attended 1st-4th grades at two different
missionary schools.
1978 - Returned to TN. Lived in Roan Mountain. Attended 5th-12th grades at
Cloudland Elementary & H.S.
1986 - Attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, for 2 yrs.
1988 - 3 years at ETSU.
1991 - Earned Bachelor's Degree from ETSU.
1991 - Taught for 4 years at Boones Creek Elementary in Gray, TN.
1995 - Returned to the Philippines as an adult, to teach in a missionary
school (1st-2nd grades) for 3 yrs.
1998 - Taught for 4 years at University School, on ETSU campus.
2002 - Was hired by Bristol Tennessee City Schools, and assigned to Vance
Middle School.
Feb., 2009 - Earned Master's Degree (Literacy and Learning in the Content
Areas)from Walden University.
My mission is to observe and respond to students’ diverse academic needs. I
will incorporate creativity, enthusiasm, and innovation into my efforts to
access each student’s ability to learn. I will demonstrate respect for each
child, whether he/she has an attention deficit or autism, an emotional
disturbance or a learning disability. I will promote each one’s dignity,
both inside and outside my classroom. Part of my mission includes aiding my
students in exploring the importance of school, and the importance of
learning. I will attempt to answer every question, and every cry for help
from my students, whatever form that question or “cry” may take. I will
continue to learn from my students. I will continue to reach out to the
total child that each one might be provided every opportunity to succeed, in
my classroom and beyond.
