Education professor Kitty Green is on a mission—unofficially. First, she says, “I want my students to go into their classrooms with essentially the same quest that I've had—which is to teach so your students learn and have fun.” Second, she wants to prepare Saint Mary's education grads to become effective teachers in diverse classrooms.
Another part of Green's mission is to build strong networks among education graduates so that they can help each other to succeed professionally. “When they scatter to the winds to teach in all these schools all over the country, I want them to have a support system,” she says.
Angela Saoud, a 2005 graduate, says Green “truly, truly cares about her students and their successes. She is genuine, kind, intelligent, and inspiring. She passes on her wisdom in a way that makes you sure of the decision you've made to teach. And, she is one of those professors that you keep in touch with—because you want to, and more importantly, because she wants you to.”
