Brittni Trollinger, Campus Carrier Staff Reporter
Mary Outlaw, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the department of teacher education, received this year’s 2013 Outstanding Service to the Profession of Teaching award.
The award is given to teachers who have made significant contributions to the profession of teaching. It is given by the Charter Fellows, a group of Berry alumni who graduated from the teacher education program and return to campus twice each year for professional development to renew their commitment to teaching and for fellowship with other teachers.
Outlaw has taught at Berry for 21 years and teaches two curriculum and methods courses for early childhood education majors.
Outlaw said you do not always know the difference your teaching makes for someone in the teaching profession, so recognition of outstanding service is treasured.
As an educator at Berry, Outlaw’s goal is to prepare the best teachers in Georgia, the southeast and beyond.
“Reflecting on the last ten to twelve years of teaching, team teaching has been a key feature in the courses I have taught at Berry,” Outlaw said. “The mission—not to be ministered unto, but to minister—are features with which I find a nice philosophical fit.”
Jacqueline McDowell, dean of the Charter School of Education and Human Sciences, said Outlaw has made outstanding contributions to the field of teacher education and has developed effective methods for preparing teachers to teach in the classroom.
“Dr. Outlaw is a trusted colleague, outstanding advisor of undergraduate students and a professor who loves working with college students as well as children in the community,” McDowell said.