Published on April 1, 2019
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Dr. David Little of our Orlean Beeson School of Education forwarded to me last week this message from a recent graduate, now a first-year teacher in a school in another state, following her “summative meeting” with her principal and first-year teacher advisor:
“They both told me they could not believe I was a first year teacher! They said I had a great teacher presence, wonderful classroom management, great student relationships, promoted higher order thinking, and noticed that I focused a lot on social/emotional development. All I could say was, ‘I had a wonderful master's program and teachers!!!’ Thank you for everything.”
The world is better because of the ceaseless investment of Samford faculty members in the lives of their students.
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.