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Campus Review

October 8, 2014

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watching our students grow and achieve.

A thank you note from a parent or an

email from a former student has worked

the magic of keeping many good teachers

going for years,” says Dr. Ruth Caillouet,

chair of the Clayton State Department of

Teacher Education and professor of

English Education. “But, we are very

thankful to be able to be a part of this

amazing opportunity. The Teacher

Excellence Recognition Initiative will

reward Clayton County Public School

high school teachers for the truly excel-

lent work they do in the classroom every

day."

Cox, a Latin teacher and chair of the

World Language Department at Jonesboro

High School, is no stranger to Clayton

State. After earning her English degree at

the University of Georgia, she became

Clayton State’s very first masters gradu-

ate, earning her Masters of Arts in Liberal

Studies (MALS) on Dec. 11, 2008.

While earning a MALS degree and the

TERI award from Clayton State are sig-

nificant honors, they do not represent

Cox’ only notable achievements. Along

with her husband and fellow Jonesboro

High School teacher Andrew Cox, she is

also the most accomplished Mock Trial

coach in the state of Georgia, leading the

Jonesboro Mock Trial Team to four State

Championships and two National

Championships over the years. She is also

a former (2007) Clayton County Teacher

of the Year.

TERI donor Jack Hancock has more than

30 years of experience in governmental

and corporate liability. He is a successful

and accomplished trial and appellate

lawyer who received his B.B.A. and his

J.D. from the University of Georgia. He

has also served as a member of the Board

of Directors of the Clayton County

Chamber of Commerce, serving as legal

counsel and chair, and served on the

"Most teachers do not go into the profes-

sion because of the tangible rewards of

money or fame. We love teaching and we

love watching our students grow and

achieve. A thank you note from a parent or

an email from a former student has

worked the magic of keeping many good

teachers going for years,” says Dr. Ruth

Caillouet, chair of the Clayton State

Department of Teacher Education and

professor of English Education. “But, we

are very thankful to be able to be a part of

this amazing opportunity. The Teacher

Excellence Recognition Initiative will

reward Clayton County Public School

high school teachers for the truly excel-

lent work they do in the classroom every

day."

Henley, who teaches 10th, 11th and 12th

grade Social Studies at Morrow High

School, bases her teaching methods and

philosophies around the ideas of Howard

Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, mean-

ing that she believes that people learn in

various ways. She was introduced to the

idea of Multiple Intelligences while earn-

ing her Master of Education at Georgia

State University in 1997 and, almost 20

years later, it is still the basis for her

teaching, since she feels it results in more

student engagement.

Henley’s teaching methods have served

her well; her students have had some of

the highest Advanced Placement scores in

Clayton County, including her favorites,

United States History and Government

and Politics: United States.

The coordinator of the Governor’s Honors

Program (GHP) at Morrow High School,

wherein 14 Morrow students have attend-

ed GHP over the past nine years, Henley

was also chosen earlier this year as the

Daughters of the American Revolution

U.S. History Teacher of the Year for

Georgia.

TERI donor Jack Hancock has more than

30 years of experience in governmental

and corporate liability. He is a successful

and accomplished trial and appellate

lawyer who received his B.B.A. and his

J.D. from the University of Georgia. He

has also served as a member of the Board

of Directors of the Clayton County

Chamber of Commerce, serving as legal

Board of Directors of the Regional

Business Coalition.

Nominations for the TERI awards may

come from the teachers themselves, a

peer, a principal, or a Clayton State

University faculty member. The award

application includes a letter of nomination

with a detailed description of outstanding,

innovative, and engaging classroom or

school-wide practices that positively

influence student performance, submitted

to the school principal where the teacher

is employed. Each high school principal

reviews the nominations from his/her

school and submits no more than one

nomination to the Clayton State

University Office of the Provost. A

Clayton State selection committee chosen

by the Provost evaluates all nominations

and then selects two teachers from the 10

nominations for the award.

Photo at right on p. 15.