Ginger Koestler is an Office Director with the Mississippi Department of Education’s Office of Special Education. Ginger has been with the Mississippi Department of Education for five years and works with school districts, teachers, and families to provide academic and behavior supports for students with disabilities. Before coming to the Department, Ginger was a special education teacher serving self-contained, resource, and tutorial students with disabilities at the elementary and middle school levels. Ginger graduated from Delta State University with both a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (minor in Special Education) and Master of Education in Special Education. She received her Specialist Degree in Educational Leadership from Belhaven University, where she is also currently pursuing her Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership.