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Grace Mitchell, Chair of Education Department and Coordinator of MAT Program
Department: Education
Arrival Year: 2009
Degree and Institution: B.S East Carolina University (History and Education); M.Ed. Duke University (Education); M.A. UNC-Charlotte (History); University of Virginia (Higher Education Administration).
Projects: Projects include program development in higher education, issues related to generational differences and educational leadership. She has published four books including The Essentials of Teaching in Secondary Schools.
Personal Information: I have family in Winston-Salem and Boston and my two children live in San Francisco and New York. I enjoy local history, historic preservation and cooking.
Annie Jonas
Department: Education
Arrival Year: 2005
Degree and Institution: BS Psychology: Guilford College, M.Ed.: Harvard University, ABD, Western Carolina University
Projects: I am currently exploring, via interviews and observations, the teaching practices of experiential secondary teachers in traditional public schools.
Personal Information: I love the outdoors, running, biking, and chasing around my one year old son, Gabriel.
Pat Tuttle
Department: Coordinator of Minor in Education & Liaison to Mountain Area Child and Family Center (MACFC)
Arrival Year: Fall 2004
Degree and Institution: M. A in Christian Education from Union Seminary-Presbyterian School of Christian Education with a concentration in Early Childhood Education.
Projects: I have directed early childhood programs for 21 years, receiving national accreditation for our program in Black Mountain. I joined the faculty at WWC in fall 2004 to teach early childhood curriculum and to be the WWC liason with Mountain Area Child and Family Center. I appreciate the relationship between the college and MACFC and support the learnings that can take place both for collegiates and little children. It is a wonderful laboratory experience and enables WWC students to better understand how young children learn and grow.
Publications: My writings have been published for church related journals and in curriculums for church schools.
Personal Information: My husband, Bob, works at Montreat in Youth and Young Adult Conferencing. Our son and daughter in law are both ordained Presbyterian pastors, and our daughter is working in Phoenix with severely abused and neglected toddlers and 2 year olds. We also have 2 dogs and enjoy big circle mountain dancing, reading, and visiting our children.
Nancy Hofmann, Administrative Assistant
Department: Education
Arrival Year: 2004
Degree and Institution: AAS in Education from Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1976
Projects: Catholic Daughters of the Americas and tutoring in local schools.
Experience & Publications: I have spent over thirty years working in both public and private schools. Previous to WWC, I served as Southeastern Regional Coordinator for Save the Children, AmeriCorps Program. While employed by the State of North Carolina, I developed North Carolina Universities Federal Work-Study Orientation packet for use by federal work-study coordinators in training of new federal work-study employees and a program guide for implementation and management of U.S. Department of Education America Reads Challenge, as well as a brochure to support the program.
Personal Information: I have a son and a daughter, two absolutely wonderful grandsons, and a cat named Jack. A former sous chef, I have a great appreciation for gourmet food and fine wines. I am originally from Virginia so North Carolina has given me the change of seasons I missed while living in Florida. My hobbies are birdwatching, collecting birdhouses and reading.