CHS Math Teacher Praised in UGA Publication

Thirty University of Georgia graduates have committed to teach in high-needs schools across the nation through the competitive Teach for America program....

Teach for America, part of the AmeriCorps national services network, recruits and develops college graduates and professionals who make a two-year commitment to teach in high-needs rural and urban schools across the country. Only 15 percent of this year's 44,000 applicants, with an average GPA of 3.4, were admitted to the program…

Zack Kroll of Roswell enlisted in Teach for America after he graduated in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in economics from the Terry College of Business.

"I really wanted to find something where I was making an impact-being positive and productive," he said.

After being accepted into the corps, Kroll served from 2011 to 2013 at a rural school in the Mississippi Delta. Though challenging, Kroll said, it was an eye-opening experience for him, and it propelled him to come back to UGA to get his master's degree from the College of Education. He completed his Master of Arts in Teaching this May.

"I really, really enjoyed connecting with people on a different level and teaching them something they didn't know before," he said. "I plan on working with young people for as long as I can, and a lot of that came from this experience."

Kroll now teaches geometry at Centennial High School in Roswell and plans to eventually work in education administration.

(taken from UGA Today, UGA Public Affairs Division)