Faculty News

February 2008:

DAVIS COLLEGE PROFESSOR SELECTED AS NATIONAL PROGRAM REVIEWER 

JOHNSON CITY, NY -- Davis College proudly announces that Assistant Professor and TESL Concentration Chair Bonnie D. Novak has been selected to become a program reviewer for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.

As one of only five reviewers selected nationwide, Novak will serve a 3-year term on the first review panel for the standards of P-12 English as a Second Language Teacher Education Programs. These standards were approved by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the TESOL Board of Directors in October 2001.

Through the new standards the panel will address the need for consistency throughout the United States in how teachers are prepared to teach ESL to children in P-12 schools. In addition, Novak will have an exciting opportunity to influence the preparation of future teachers within the teaching profession. This volunteer commitment is considered as an honor and a service to the profession.

A resident of Cicero, N.Y., Novak has been at Davis since July 2004. She is also an online adjunct professor of English for Liberty University and an online course designer and professor for Davis College.

Novak earned her bachelor’s degree from Mississippi University for Women and a master’s degree from Mississippi State University. She is presently working on her Doctor of Education through Liberty University.  

Davis College is a Bible-centered higher education institution committed to making an impact upon the world for Jesus Christ by the fostering of Christian character and the equipping of students with the knowledge, competencies, and skills needed in an ever-changing world for service and leadership within the church, Christian organizations and society.