VIDBE-Q
Volume 62 Issue 2
Teacher of the Year Award: Paula Tapia
Paula Tapia,
Baldwin
County Public School System
Council for Exceptional Children
Division on Visual Impairments and Deafblindness
Presents 2017 Awards
at International Conference in Boston, MA
The Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Visual Impairments and Deafblindness (DVIDB) is proud
to present the Teacher of the Year Award to Ms. Paula Tapia at the Council for Exceptional Children and Expo
in Boston, MA. on April 20, 2017. Ms. Tapia is a creative and caring TVI and COMS in the Baldwin County
Schools in Alabama. She has many years of teaching experience and has the exceptional ability to address
each student as an individual. Every lesson, whether from a TVI or O&M standpoint, is specifically designed
for that individual student. She has never incorporated the cookie cutter approach to her teaching.
She takes extra time to communicate with parents or guardians about the specific accomplishments
and needs of each of her students. Extra communication also occurs with her students. She incorporates the
interests and goals of her students into each lesson. Parents and administrators love and support Ms. Tapia.
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