The School of Education held its Teacher Education Induction Ceremony on Oct. 13, 2009, in the Koury Business Center's LaRose Digital Theatre, a ceremony that recognized dozens of students as they take the next step in their path to the classroom after Elon.
David Cooper, dean of the School of Education, welcomed the inductees and introduced the faculty and staff. Faculty members spoke to the new candidates about the School of Education’s conceptual framework and making the transition from student to professional.
The highlight of the ceremony was the talk given by Courtney Kennedy ’05, a kindergarten teacher at North Graham Elementary School. Kennedy was recently honored as the Alamance-Burlington Teacher of the Year, and she passed along to the candidates some of the things she had learned in her first years of teaching.
The following teacher candidates were inducted into the Teacher Education Program.
Heather Babb – Music Ed
Sophia Bauers – Spanish
Riley Beetner – SPE/English
Katherine Bosch – Elementary Ed
Ellen Boyle – Elementary Ed
Courtney Broocks – Elementary Ed
Kaitlin Brosnan – Elementary Ed
Britton Brown – History 9-12
Kathryn Cameron – SPE/ELEM
Zane Campen – Chemistry
Casey Collins – Music Ed
Courtney Corr – Elementary Ed
Elias Crowder – History 9-12
Rebecca Desnoyers – Elementary/MG
Jessica Dobyns – Elementary Ed
Christopher England – Physics
Kaitlin Fay – Music Ed
Leah Fulbright – Music Ed
Laura Gamble – Elementary Ed
Eric Hale – Elementary Ed
Brittany Hallberg – Elementary Ed
Angela Hannah – Music Ed
Joshua Hartzog – Biology
Danielle Hayduchok – Elementary Ed
Phyllis Jarrell – Spanish
Samuel Jennings – Math 9-12
Rachel Jobes – Elementary Ed
Megan Justice – English Ed
David Kay – History 9-12
Amanda Ketner – Math 9-12
Kristen Koenig – Math 9-12
Brenna Lakeson – Music Ed
Chelsey McElwee – Elementary Ed
Tara McFadden – Physical Ed
Kathryn McMullin – Elementary Ed
Jordan McNeill – SPE/ELEM
Madeleine Mejean – Elementary Ed
Katherine Molzon – Physical Ed
Kelsey Murphy – Music Ed
Kaitlin Perry – Elementary Ed
Stephenie Pruett – Elementary Ed
Kathryn Puckett – Elementary Ed
Jessica Richardson – Elementary Ed
Alexandra Riebel – Biology/Chemistry
Lauren Rodriguez-McCleary – Elementary Ed
Catherine Rossi – Middle Grades
Elizabeth Saffelle – Elementary Ed
Natalie Sayag – Elementary Ed
Amanda Shields – Elementary/Special
Maureen Skelly – Elementary Ed
Caroline Smith – Middle Grades
Jennifer Sorkin – Elementary Ed
Courtney Stallmann – Elementary Ed
Nathan Thomas – Music Ed
Christine Tompkins – Music Ed
Melissa Turowski – Math 9-12
Nicole Veator – Music Ed
Katie Ward – SPE/ELEM
Elizabeth West – Elementary Ed
Laura Wylie – SPE/ELEM
Christy Zimmerman – Elementary Ed