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Downers Grove, IL —
Mary McGlone makes teaching sound fun.
“Oh my goodness, it’s the children,” she said. “Oh they’re fabulous. There is nothing like a child. They’re just full of enthusiasm. It’s the most wonderful thing to do, to work with children.”
McGlone, a Downers Grove resident, has been a teacher for 32 years. The last 20 of those years she has been teaching at St. Joseph School in Downers Grove.
“I try to make it as enjoyable as I can so they have fun while they’re learning,”McGlone said. “If they’re not having fun then I’m not having fun.”
This year, the College of Education at the University of St. Francis in Joliet awarded McGlone with the Bishop Joseph I. Imesch Award for Excellence in Teaching.
McGlone was chosen from a group of 900 teachers at 62 schools in the Diocese of Joliet.
It recognizes McGlone’s excellence in teaching as demonstrated through a student-centered learning environment that supports students’ intellectual, spiritual, social and personal development.
The award also recognizes McGlone’s personal life and her status as a Christian role model among students, teachers and school administrators.
For McGlone, teaching is all about the children.
“Just being with the children, just being with them every day and being able to work with them and teach them things. I love it when I can say a word that they don’t know and I can look at their little faces and, ‘Wow what does that mean?’” she said when asked what excites her about teaching.
The Imesch Award is not the first time McGlone was recognized for her work as a teacher. In 2006 she received the Downers Grove Junior Woman’s Club’s Outstanding Teacher Award.
So what advice does McGlone have for young teachers looking to make a positive impact in students’ lives? She says to love children and love being with them.
“And just kind of dedicating your whole self to it. And I’m very, very fortunate my children are grown and my husband plays golf and I have the time to do it. ... I have the time. That’s what a lot of teachers have to do, make the time to do it and enjoy it,” she said.
Mary McGlone makes teaching sound fun.
“Oh my goodness, it’s the children,” she said. “Oh they’re fabulous. There is nothing like a child. They’re just full of enthusiasm. It’s the most wonderful thing to do, to work with children.”
McGlone, a Downers Grove resident, has been a teacher for 32 years. The last 20 of those years she has been teaching at St. Joseph School in Downers Grove.
“I try to make it as enjoyable as I can so they have fun while they’re learning,”McGlone said. “If they’re not having fun then I’m not having fun.”
This year, the College of Education at the University of St. Francis in Joliet awarded McGlone with the Bishop Joseph I. Imesch Award for Excellence in Teaching.
McGlone was chosen from a group of 900 teachers at 62 schools in the Diocese of Joliet.
It recognizes McGlone’s excellence in teaching as demonstrated through a student-centered learning environment that supports students’ intellectual, spiritual, social and personal development.
The award also recognizes McGlone’s personal life and her status as a Christian role model among students, teachers and school administrators.
For McGlone, teaching is all about the children.
“Just being with the children, just being with them every day and being able to work with them and teach them things. I love it when I can say a word that they don’t know and I can look at their little faces and, ‘Wow what does that mean?’” she said when asked what excites her about teaching.
The Imesch Award is not the first time McGlone was recognized for her work as a teacher. In 2006 she received the Downers Grove Junior Woman’s Club’s Outstanding Teacher Award.
So what advice does McGlone have for young teachers looking to make a positive impact in students’ lives? She says to love children and love being with them.
“And just kind of dedicating your whole self to it. And I’m very, very fortunate my children are grown and my husband plays golf and I have the time to do it. ... I have the time. That’s what a lot of teachers have to do, make the time to do it and enjoy it,” she said.
