Hannah\u2019s choices give her hands-on and research experiences that will help her excel in her career as a teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NAU secondary education students like Hannah have long been affiliated with Leupp\u2014where Lumberjack teaching candidates\u2019 reputations precede them when they meet the youth and faculty there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey love to see NAU students,\u201d Hannah said. \u201cThey\u2019re anxious to show you around the school and give you things to do. The feeling is that NAU teachers are there to work and do an awesome job, to do personal learning and also to help them. NAU students have a high expectation to live up to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She says the NAU College of Education\u2019s <\/a>exceptional requirements for time spent in the field, plus supportive faculty mentors such as Shawn Thomas and Cecilia Chaffin<\/a>, mean she\u2019ll be prepared when she gets her first job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNAU students are more experienced because they have so many hours in the classroom,\u201d Hannah said. \u201cIn your first year of teaching, it helps you get excited and hit the ground running and be part of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe fact that I can go to school for zero dollars, that gets every cent covered, that\u2019s an awesome feeling,\u201d Hannah said. \u201cNAU was the perfect decision in all ways. The College of Education is established and I couldn\u2019t have picked a better teachers college. Now that I have this good basis of opportunities in Flagstaff, this has rooted me in Arizona and has built me up as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Hannah](\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2023\/03\/434880-Detail-HannahGish-1-e1594298306227.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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