MEET KRISTA

When she saw Union University’s Educator Preparation Program received the highest ratings in Tennessee for four consecutive years, Krista Robertson knew Union’s College of Education would prepare her to be an excellent, Christ-centered teacher. Now, as an elementary teacher, she sees how essential Union’s year-long student teaching internship was for her professional development as she had a community of professors and fellow UU students supporting and equipping her to educate the next generation.

“My professors have helped me see that teaching is my mission field, and they always tell us that our kids are made in the image of God. If I had a difficult day in the classroom, I knew I could come back to [Union’s] campus, where my professors and friends encouraged me and reaffirmed the Lord’s calling in my life”