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Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 3 Kellogg Community College Social Science Instructor, Glenda Morling, was awarded the 2008 TRENDS Outstanding Educator Award in Occupational Studies for her outstanding work in Early Childhood Education.
The TRENDS in Occupational Studies conference provides training and network opportunities for community college instructors in Michigan. Occupational programs can include business, information technology, industrial trades, health, early childhood, and others. The Outstanding Educator Award was established to honor outstanding performance during the academic year preceding the annual TRENDS conference. The award is state-wide and nominations come from the 28 Community Colleges in Michigan. Recipients are selected based on excellence within the classroom, professional achievements, and service to the college.
Morling, who teaches Early Childhood Education, Psychology, and Service Learning for Kellogg Community College, was instrumental in developing and launching a new online Early Childhood Education Program and most recently, for taking the lead to learn, organize, and teach a new service learning initiative at the college. She has also been actively involved in literacy initiatives within the college and in the community for several years. The Bellevue resident was one of the founding members of the Early Beginnings Literacy Coalition, has participated in hosting two literacy training days for more than 400 teachers and child care workers, has been the early childhood representative on the Community Literacy Collaborative, an ongoing literacy campaign in the Battle Creek Community, and presents regularly at education conferences and local organizations about the importance of early childhood education.
She also organizes international travel opportunities for students at Kellogg Community College. In 2008, she organized a ten-day international trip to England for 20 KCC Early Childhood Education students to visit early childhood programs in England and learn about universal curriculum and preschool standards. Morling is also helping to organize a Literary Tour of England in 2009.
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