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受年度最佳教师启发
蒙哥马利，AL - Friday, September 6, 十大菠菜靠谱平台的大学 welcomed the 2024 Alabama Teacher of the Year, Mrs. 黛博拉·斯特林费罗，来校园. 十大菠菜靠谱平台的大学 rolled out the scarlet carpet with a celebration of school spirit to honor Mrs. 友. 特别的客人, 社区成员, 教师, 工作人员, 和 students were greeted at Flowers Hall by the 十大菠菜靠谱平台的大学 Ambassadors, 十大菠菜靠谱平台老鹰队的啦啦队, 还有红灰行进乐队. The festive celebration included lively music 和 cheering that could not be dampened by the rainy weather.
The event was hosted by the 十大菠菜靠谱平台的大学 Teacher Education 和 Fine Arts Department, 和 十大菠菜靠谱平台的大学 President Anthony Leigh 和 Huntingdon First Lady Mrs. 温蒂利. The program was part of the President’s Year of the Educator initiative to honor 和 highlight teachers 和 administrators not only in the Huntingdon family but across the state of Alabama.
经过Mrs . james的介绍. 利曾是一名教师，曾在她的手下任教多年. 贵宾斯特林费罗上台了. 斯特林费罗与观众分享了一个关于信仰的故事, 智慧, 并在她的生活和教育生涯中提供服务. 友’s life was impacted early on 和 shaped by education. She was inspired by teachers who believed in her 和 pushed her to succeed, 重视教育的父母, 和 coworkers 和 students who motivated her to use her classroom as a mission field.
友 shared that we must have faith to continue to believe each day that we can get up 和 make change in the world; but faith is only the first step. She continued by sharing that faith needs 智慧, 和 not just 智慧 gained by acquiring knowledge. She believes that 智慧 is even more about how we use that knowledge to serve others. 教学, 对友, is not about conveying information; teaching is a service profession that uses 智慧 as a tool. She spoke passionately about her own life where others acted in service to give her a refuge at school, 给她机会, 并给她一个在生活中做更多事情的愿望. She encouraged the audience to use service to open doors for others, to recognize that every kind act 和 every moment of support 和 encouragement can change another life for the better.
斯特林费罗最后呼吁采取行动. 她说每个人, 无论职业或大学专业如何, 能在世界上创造无限的变化吗. She told the audience that included numerous future educators that it is never too late to have faith, 获得智慧, 或者分享服务，让另一种生活更美好, often by believing in others before they can even believe in themselves.
Emma G比赛样品' 27, 来自加兹登的教育学专业, 阿拉巴马在活动结束后评论道, “I can safely say that the Teacher of the Year delivered a speech that touched not only my heart but many of the hearts of the education majors in the room. It sparked a fire in many of us, not why she chose to teach but why we should choose to teach.”
友 was announced in May as the 2024 Alabama Teacher of the Year, 从40多个中选出,全州有1万名教师. She is currently a fourth-grade teacher at Airport Road Intermediate School in Millbrook, Alabama 和 has a career spanning over 40 years in the classroom 和 in administrative roles. 在米尔布鲁克, 友 has been a mentor to numerous students in the 十大菠菜靠谱平台的大学 teacher education program 和 many Huntingdon alumni educators.
十大菠菜靠谱平台的大学, grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition of the United Methodist Church, 是否致力于培育信心的成长, 智慧, 和 service 和 to graduating individuals prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Founded in 1854, Huntingdon is a coeducational liberal arts college.
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十大菠菜靠谱平台的大学 is committed to a policy against legally impermissible, 任意的, 或者不合理的歧视行为. 因此, 学院, in accordance with applicable federal 和 state law 和 大学政策, prohibits discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived 比赛, color, 种族, 性别, 性别认同, 性取向, 残疾, 宗教, 年龄和/或国籍. Inquiries 和/or complaints may be addressed to: 十大菠菜靠谱平台第九条协调员, 东美景大道1500号.，蒙哥马利，AL 36106; TitleIXCoordinator@hawks.十大菠菜靠谱平台.edu; or 334-833-4420.
