Axe ’Em, Jacks!
ACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University senior Bailey Freeman of Lufkin received the Olds Family Outstanding Student Teacher Award, which honors an exemplary student teacher each semester from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Department of Elementary Education.
University field supervisor MaryAnn Bentley nominated Freeman for this honor, and a committee of five Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ elementary education faculty members, who reviewed teaching videos and additional materials, selected her to receive the award.
Freeman will graduate Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ this month with a bachelor's in interdisciplinary studies. Her specialization is teaching fourth through eighth grade. She completed her student teaching at Central Heights Middle School in the Central Heights Independent School District with seventh-grade teacher Brenda Trantham serving as her mentor.