Mrs. Shoaf

Mrs. Shoaf is new this year at the school, but already everyone knows her. So I thought we could ask her some questions about how she likes working here. Her first statement was that she loves working at Southern Wells! Her first impression at this school was about the students here, who were appreciation for hard working. She found that many students are used to working hard outside of school and that translates well to the classroom. She also was impressed by the way all students interact. She feels like there is less separation between groups of friends here than at other schools she has been in. This is a great statement about our school.
To the questions, what’s her favorite part of teaching here? Her answer came quickly… Her favorite part of teaching at Southern Wells is making connections with the students. She likes teaching English, but she loves young people. Building respect with students is important to her and she really enjoys maintaining healthy relationships with her students and seeing them maintain healthy relationships with each other.
Which grade does she like teaching the most? She actually loves teaching all of her classes. She has at the moment two freshmen and two senior English classes. If she could chose any age for teaching, she thinks she would like a 7th or 8th grade the best. When she was a student she taught a group of 7th graders and she loved, loved, loved that grade!
Finally to the last question, why she wanted to teach at Southern Wells, the reason is, that she wanted to teach close to home, so when this job opened up, she applied right away. She lives about 25 minute’s away from the school, in between Bluffton and Berne. She also appreciates the atmosphere of a small school, so Southern Wells is perfect.




By: Helke Sundmacher