The College of Montevallo’s Faculty of Training and Human Improvement held an awards dinner on Feb. 7 to acknowledge the achievements of its excellent alumni. The awards are introduced yearly in a number of classes to alumni who’ve proven dedication and exemplary dedication to instructing.
Deaf and Onerous of Listening to – Susie Owsley Stanfield
Stanfield graduated from UM in 1984. She later grew to become an lively and integral a part of the Deaf neighborhood, serving 38 years as a instructor and ASL interpreter. Stanfield now has a enterprise the place she works with deaf college students and signal language interpreters.
Tutorial Management – Desaree Jackson
Jackson graduated from UM with a bachelor’s diploma in biology. She has greater than 16 years of training expertise and is presently the principal of Calera Center College. She is the 2022-2023 District 5 Center College principal of the yr.
Tutorial Management – Donald Clayton
Clayton obtained his bachelor’s diploma, grasp’s diploma and administrative certificates from UM. He’s presently serving his twenty first yr in training because the principal of Mountain Brook Junior Excessive College. As an educator, he has served in a number of different roles, reminiscent of assistant principal, athletic director, historical past instructor, ladies’ basketball and boys’ soccer coach.
Instructor Management – Jennifer Cooper
Cooper is a instructor at McCalla Elementary College. Her profession in training has lasted almost 25 years, throughout which she has had the chance to serve native faculties, a world college and different districts across the U.S.
Tutorial Expertise – Wesley Lawley
Lawley earned his grasp’s diploma in secondary training, tutorial management certificates and training specialist diploma from UM. He has been with the Bibb County College system for greater than 20 years. On this place, he has been instrumental in acquiring a USDA RUS DLT Grant 3 times. His most up-to-date grant awarded him greater than $750,000 for long-distance studying tools. He additionally teaches an adjunct class at UM and sits on the board with Alabama Leaders in Instructional Expertise.
Elementary/Collaborative – Melanie Clark
Clark earned her undergraduate diploma in training for deaf and onerous of listening to UM in 1994 and commenced instructing as a particular training instructor in 1995. She later returned to UM, incomes her grasp’s diploma in academic administration in 2001. Clark spent a number of years serving at-risk youth. In June, she retired from Shelby County Faculties after 27 years. She now teaches at UM in elementary collaborative training.
Skilled Educators’ Masters – Sabrina Lynch-Castillo
Lynch-Castillo was awarded her graduate diploma in elementary training from UM in 2003. She taught fifth grade at Thompson Intermediate College for 21 years. She just lately started a brand new journey instructing third grade at Forest Oaks Elementary College.
Various Masters in Elementary Training – Julie Homosexual
Homosexual is a 1998 graduate of UM with a speech-language pathology diploma. She then went into the fifth Yr Program/Various Masters and obtained her grasp’s in elementary training. She has taught fifth grade at Thompson Intermediate College for 21 years and just lately transferred to Calera Intermediate College to show fifth grade math and science.
Secondary Training – Justin Foster
In 2018, Foster graduated from UM along with his grasp’s in secondary training. After graduating, he taught English and TV manufacturing at Pelham Excessive College. Foster led his college students to a third-place victory on the SkillsUSA State Competitors in TV Information Manufacturing and Promoting Design. He additionally works in native radio and is an announcer for Pelham basketball video games. As well as, Foster has obtained a number of accolades, the newest being awarded Pelham Excessive College Instructor of the yr in 2021-2022.
Household and Shopper Science – Ebone Fowler
Fowler graduated from Montevallo in 2012. After commencement, Fowler had a profitable retail merchandising profession at Dillard’s Company. She was a visible merchandise supervisor and later transitioned to gross sales supervisor. Whereas there, she created and applied an affiliate workbook that led to a 70% enhance in worker productiveness. As the variety, fairness and inclusion advocate, Fowler now works for Saks Fifth Avenue in Birmingham.
Train and Vitamin Science – Aubrey Lengthy
Lengthy accomplished her bachelor’s diploma (2020) and grasp’s diploma in train science (2021) at UM and served as vp of the Scholar Train Science Membership. She is planning to proceed her training as a bodily therapist in Michigan, the place she is employed as a bodily remedy technician. She awaits a choice on her software as an athletic coaching intern with the Detroit Tigers.
Train and Vitamin Science – Kayla Chambers
Chambers accomplished her bachelor’s diploma in train and diet science from UM in 2019. Since graduating from UM, she has been on a path to securing her doctoral diploma in bodily remedy. She’s going to graduate in August 2024. Upon graduating together with her doctorate, she plans to work in outpatient orthopedics, specializing in guide bodily remedy. Ultimately, she desires to show in a doctoral program.
Vitamin and Wellness – Bernice Lee Ballard
Ballard graduated from UM in 2008 and is a renal dietitian for Fresenius Medical Care in Montevallo and Shelby. She presents professional diet care to end-stage renal illness sufferers requiring dialysis. She has precepted college students at UM and UAB for a number of years. Ballard serves on the UM Vitamin and Wellness Advisory Board and is a Birmingham District Dietetic Affiliation member.
Ernest Excellent Dedication to Educating Award – Dr. Kelley Devane-Hart
Devane-Hart has been a Faculty of Training and Human Improvement professor since 2016. She has been instrumental within the Train and Vitamin Science program, however particularly to the diet and wellness college students. She offers a selected concentrate on meals preparation and meals science. She can also be a school mentor with the McNair Students Program and impressively sponsors the Scholar Dietetic Affiliation.
Invoice Fancher Employees Excellence Award – Mary Howard
Howard is the director of Instructor Training Companies. She is an important member of not solely UM however the neighborhood of Montevallo. She challenges these round her to have enjoyable and assist develop the neighborhood. Her energetic persona and adaptable character encourage all who work together with her.
