NAME:
Gina Smallwood
SCHOOL:
Byars Dowdy Elementary
CLASS:
4th Grade
SCHOOL PHONE/email:
444-6651 - smallwoog2@k12tn.net
I am very excited about teaching 4th grade at Byars Dowdy Elementary this school year. I have
taught 3rd and 4th grade EXTEND for the past eight years. Prior to that I taught 5th grade at both
CHUE and Byars Dowdy.
Education: B.A. in Education, M.A.E in Curriculum and Instruction,
Administrative and Supervision Endorsement (Plus Thirty); Currently pursuing doctorate in
Curriculum and Instruction.
I have been married for 24 years to Richard Smallwood. He is the Assistant Principal and Athletic
Director of Carroll Oakland Elementary School.
I have two children: Layla, a sophomore at Lebanon High School and Anna, a fifth grader at Carroll
Oakland Elementary.
In my spare time I read, watch my children play sports, and spend time with my family and
friends.
Students will be active and engaged learners.
Students will formulate thought provoking questions.
Students will brainstorm many, varied, and unusual ideas which will lead
them to become creative problems solvers as well as critical thinkers.
Students will be fluent, flexible, and original thinkers.
Students will elaborate in problem solving, creative thinking, and critical
thinking.
Students will become productive thinkers.
Students will be both consumers and producers of information and knowledge.
Students will gain important interpersonal and intrapersonal skills.