The College of Montevallo’s School of Schooling 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 educating.
Deaf and Laborious of Listening to – Susie Owsley Stanfield
Stanfield graduated from UM in 1984. She later turned an energetic and integral a part of the Deaf group, serving 38 years as a trainer and ASL interpreter. Stanfield now has a enterprise the place she works with deaf college students and signal language interpreters.
Educational 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 at present the principal of Calera Center Faculty. She is the 2022-2023 District 5 Center Faculty principal of the 12 months.
Educational Management – Donald Clayton
Clayton acquired his bachelor’s diploma, grasp’s diploma and administrative certificates from UM. He’s at present serving his twenty first 12 months in training because the principal of Mountain Brook Junior Excessive Faculty. As an educator, he has served in a number of different roles, reminiscent of assistant principal, athletic director, historical past trainer, ladies’ basketball and boys’ soccer coach.
Trainer Management – Jennifer Cooper
Cooper is a trainer at McCalla Elementary Faculty. Her profession in training has lasted practically 25 years, throughout which she has had the chance to serve native faculties, a global faculty and different districts across the U.S.
Educational Know-how – 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 Faculty 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 Know-how.
Elementary/Collaborative – Melanie Clark
Clark earned her undergraduate diploma in training for deaf and onerous of listening to UM in 1994 and commenced educating as a particular training trainer in 1995. She later returned to UM, incomes her grasp’s diploma in instructional administration in 2001. Clark spent a number of years serving at-risk youth. In June, she retired from Shelby County Colleges 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 Faculty for 21 years. She not too long ago started a brand new journey educating third grade at Forest Oaks Elementary Faculty.
Different Masters in Elementary Schooling – Julie Homosexual
Homosexual is a 1998 graduate of UM with a speech-language pathology diploma. She then went into the fifth 12 months Program/Different Masters and acquired her grasp’s in elementary training. She has taught fifth grade at Thompson Intermediate Faculty for 21 years and not too long ago transferred to Calera Intermediate Faculty to show fifth grade math and science.
Secondary Schooling – Justin Foster
In 2018, Foster graduated from UM together with his grasp’s in secondary training. After graduating, he taught English and TV manufacturing at Pelham Excessive Faculty. 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 acquired a number of accolades, the latest being awarded Pelham Excessive Faculty Trainer of the 12 months in 2021-2022.
Household and Client 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 Pupil 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 call on her utility as an athletic coaching intern with the Detroit Tigers.
Train and Vitamin Science – Kayla Chambers
Chambers accomplished her bachelor’s diploma in train and vitamin science from UM in 2019. Since graduating from UM, she has been on a path to securing her doctoral diploma in bodily remedy. She is 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 skilled vitamin 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 School of Schooling and Human Improvement professor since 2016. She has been instrumental within the Train and Vitamin Science program, however particularly to the vitamin and wellness college students. She offers a specific give attention to meals preparation and meals science. She can be a college mentor with the McNair Students Program and impressively sponsors the Pupil Dietetic Affiliation.
Invoice Fancher Employees Excellence Award – Mary Howard
Howard is the director of Trainer Schooling Companies. She is a vital member of not solely UM however the group of Montevallo. She challenges these round her to have enjoyable and assist develop the group. Her energetic persona and adaptable character encourage all who work together with her.
