Victoria Garza

Special Education Teacher with 4 years of experience in teaching a diverse range of students with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities. I am skilled in delivering effective instruction for students with unique needs including emotional, mental, and learning disabilities. Create a stable classroom environment with effective classroom management.

• TExES Core Subjects 4-8
• TExES Special Education EC-12
• TExES Science of Teaching and Reading
• TExES English as a Second Language Supplemental (Pending)
• Crisis Prevention Intervention

• Structured Work Systems and Activity Organization
• Behavior Intervention Plan
• Cognitive Behavioral Interventions
• Functional Behavioral Assessment
• Modeling
• Parent Implemented Intervention
• Prompting
• Visual Supports

• Functional Behavioral Assessment
• Behavior Analysis for Everyone

Social Committee: (2021-Present)

• Create a more fun, enjoyable, collaborative environment for the campus.
• Plan and coordinate social activities such as birthdays, holidays and school cultural celebrations within the campus.

Raiders of Excellence: (2022-2023) 

• Mentored at risk students by meeting 1:1 and reinforcing them with positive feedback and advice in school and their learning environment.
• Coordinate and plan different events for students such as guest speakers, singers and different enjoyable and relatable events for students to engage in positive behavior.

Special Olympics: (2021-Present)

• Accompany students to strive in an inclusive accepted life through the empowerment of sports to change the negative attitudes and misperception's about people with disabilities.
• Opportunity to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in students' favorite sport.
• Encourage an active role in the community to share the training of athletes and assist in public education of the emotional, physical, social, and spiritual needs of people with intellectual disabilities and their families.