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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University senior Brooke Taylor-Johnson received the Olds Family Student Teacher Award, which honors an exemplary student teacher from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Department of Elementary Education each semester.
University field supervisor Maryann Bentley nominated Nacogdoches native Taylor-Johnson for the honor, and a committee of six Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ elementary education faculty members, who reviewed teaching videos and additional nomination materials, selected her to receive the award.
Taylor-Johnson will graduate in May with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies. Her specialization is teaching early childhood through sixth grade. She completed her student teaching at Thomas J. Rusk Elementary School in Nacogdoches with first-grade teacher Danielle Goff serving as her mentor.