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Student Teachers respond to Children in Tanzania and China
July 1, 2010 - Preparing Teachers for the Classrooms of the World…it’s far more than a catch phrase…it’s a reality of Union’s Teacher Education Program!
In Spring 2003, junior Sarah Hubbard approached Dr. Dottie Myatt about the possibility of student teaching in an international setting. Dr. Cynthia Jayne, Director of the Institute for International and Intercultural Studies, had recently visited George Washington Academy, an American school in Casablanca, Morocco, and highly recommend that we pursue placement there. GWA was most willing and eager to host Sarah for the full semester and placed her with a fourth grade teacher a... read more
Top Local Teachers are Our Graduates
June 1, 2010 - 
The Jackson-Madison County School System participated this year in the state Department of Education, Tennessee Teacher of the Year award. A teacher must be a fulltime teacher, certified prekindergarten through 12th grade teacher in a state accredited public school, spend the majority of the day in direct teaching and be in at least the fifth year of teaching in Tennessee public schools, to be eligible.
According to the state department's website, teachers are selected through five cycles: building level, system level, field service center region, grand division, and state, and at three levels - pr... read more