Ozarka AAT Graduates Achieve Success at Tech!
Melbourne – Ten graduates of Ozarka College’s Associate of Arts in Teaching program successfully completed their student teaching experience during the Spring 2009 semester as part of their curriculum to graduate from Arkansas Tech University with their bachelor degrees in education.
Ozarka College began an Associate of Arts in Teaching Degree program in 2002. Arkansas Tech agreed to deliver the upper level courses via Internet, allowing students to stay in this area to obtain a four year degree.
Ozarka College’s AAT Coordinator, Michelle Cooper states, “I am pleased to report that all ten of these students have successfully completed their bachelor’s degree this semester and will graduate on May 16 from Arkansas Tech University.”
Spring 2009 graduates and the teachers they have been student teaching under left to right (front row): Gaila Holowell of Melbourne, teaching at Melbourne Elementary under Sheila Caraway; Andrea Sinclair of Cherokee Village, teaching at Salem Elementary under Andrea Walling; Heather Pruitt of Mountain View, teaching at Mountain View Elementary under Trudy Fraser; Kimberly Linville of Fox, teaching at Rural Special Elementary under Ramona Rorie; Carla Barnett of Fox, teaching at Mountain View Elementary under Tonya Gower; and AAT coordinator and instructor, Michelle Cooper.
Pictured left to right (back row): Rae Galbraith of Ash Flat, teaching at Cave City Elementary under Shana Fleetwood; Matthew Kelley of Hardy, teaching at Mount Pleasant Elementary under Jodi Moody; Jamela Hinesley of Mountain View, teaching at Mountain View Preschool under Daphne Goodwin; Kristen Hyslip of Ash Flat, teaching at Salem Elementary under Annette Henley; and Lea Turner of Higden, teaching at Cowsert Elementary in Clinton under Barbara Trapp.
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Cooper adds, “This program would not be possible without the help of the local schools and teachers who allow our students into their classrooms to learn first hand from their real experiences. Ozarka College, Arkansas Tech and our students appreciate their support for this program and look forward to continuing to build the relationships with them.”
For more information on the Associate of Arts in Teaching program at Ozarka College, please contact Admissions at 870-368-7371 or toll free 800-821-4335.
