Classroom crusader, the new teacher on a mission to inspire

Molly Greenwell has just joined the Bullitt East staff as a special education teacher.

Greenwell has an array of educational experiences that she believes have prepared her to be an efficient educator. She joined Bullitt East to become closer to the community. Greenwell already has many goals for the future at Bullitt East.

“So I have a criminal justice degree as my bachelor’s from the University of Louisville, and then I have my MIT from the University of Cumberland, and then I’m getting my rank one and teacher leadership from Campbellsville University,” Greenwell said. 

      From the beginning of her career, Greenwell knew she wanted to branch out into as many opportunities as possible to be able to perform her best as an educator. She took many steps at the beginning of her career in order to keep it on a stable road to success. Greenwell feels confident that her past experiences will be able to provide guidance for the future, not only in school but in her personal life as well.

“Everybody here seems like family. I grew up in the community, but I didn’t go to school here, so it’s cool to see how great it actually is,” Greenwell said. 

             One of the main things that inspired her to become a part of Bullitt East is how close the school community is. Now that she’s joined the Bullitt East staff, she says that she gained more connections with the people around her. Greenwell believes that Bullitt East has built a healthy relationship between students and teachers,  which she is proud to be a part of.

“I would like to eventually work with one of the sports teams of some kind. I was a track coach before at the middle school level. High-school level sports can be intimated so I want to be someone students feel they can come to if they’re overwhelmed, I also want to help the parents become more involved,” Greenwell said.

                   Now that she’s part of the community, Greenwell wants to expand her role in it by becoming more involved with students and parents. She hopes to connect more with the students by participating in extracurricular activities, often to provide them with a familiar face they can feel safe around. Greenwell plans to help parents become more involved by providing them with regular updates on how their child is performing in school so they know what to do at home to improve their child’s learning.

“As an educator, my short-term goal, which is also kind of a long-term goal, is just to make sure my students feel comfortable in their learning environment. I always want to have that happen,” Greenwell said.

For the future, she believes the best way to have students learn effectively is by making sure they are comfortable. Greenwell says that if students cannot feel welcome at school, then it will be harder for them to have a good learning experience. She is working towards this goal by becoming involved with  students as much as she can to know what they need to feel safe and included at school.

“My long-term goal is to be a teaching coach. I would love to be a special education teacher coach one day to help other teachers be able to have that kind of effective classroom,” Greenwell said. 

Greenwell has always taken pride in inspiring others; she wants to help others hone their skills so the educational system can continue to grow and improve. Greenwell hopes that one day if she can become a teaching coach, she can teach others to have a more involved way of teaching.