Brown, Granberry receive Outstanding Community Leader awards
July 31, 2008
Pictured L to R: Marilyn Player, Leon Brown, Sally Granberry, Amy Holley, Dean Fran Kochan and Dr. Tim Havard. Students Player and Holley nominated Brown and Granberry, respectively, for the awards. |
Area community leaders Leon Brown and Sally Granberry were honored in July by graduate students in the Auburn University College of Education for improving opportunities for the youth they serve.
Master's students in the college's Instructional Leadership Preparation Program, based in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, developed the awards program and planned the presentation ceremony as part of EDLD 7520: Leadership in Learning Organizations.
"Students developed their own rubric to judge the merits of each nominee and discussed each nominee's qualifications, which included volunteerism and direct student interaction, said Dr. Tim Havard, assistant professor and course instructor.
Brown's work as an at-risk youth mentor for the past five years, and his other community service efforts, in Macon County and Tuskegee, Ala., gained the class' attention. He is the mentor coordinator for the Macon County Board of Education "Choices 4 Success," a school-based volunteer mentoring program. During the past four years, he has coaching youth basketball teams and mentored youth for the Tuskegee Housing Authority. He has made a difference in the lives of children by encouraging healthy social development and providing positive feedback on their strengths and areas for potential improvement.
Granberry, Christian education director at Auburn United Methodist Church
 , has bettered opportunities for students at Loachapoka Elementary School. She established a memorial for her mother as an outreach vehicle, gained support from respected groups and coordinated volunteer programs—all to benefit the school. She organized volunteers to tutor students, offer enrichment activities, arranged and chaperoned field trips, provided new and used books for the library, and hosted special events for the school.
The idea of learning organizations, also known as learning communities, is an important element of the master's program. As one of only three state-approved programs of its kind in Alabama based on Alabama's Instructional Leadership Standards, ILPP seeks to model student experiences after real-word, school-based collaborative processes in the schools where students will later serve as administrators and leaders.
For more information about the degree program, visit www.education.auburn.edu/eflt.
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