Becky Cremer ’09, a third-grade teacher at Idlewild Elementary in Memphis was one of a select group of Memphis City Schools teachers to appear on billboards and buses around the city to advertise the local public school system. An education major and elementary education minor while at PC, Cremer was chosen to participate in the campaign based on her teaching performance: she ranked in the top 5 percent of all 6,000 Memphis City Schools teachers in a recent teacher evaluation.

The Memphis native credits the education department for providing her with the “skills, resources, and confidence” to teach. “No one is ever completely prepared to become a teacher,” Cremer said, “but when I began teaching, I knew what to expect, and I knew what to do. The PC education department gave me the toolbox I needed to be successful right from the start and helped mold me into who I am. And who I am is someone who has the knowledge, the confidence, and the enthusiasm to reach out and make a difference.”

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