UHV graduate new principal of Columbus elementary school
Thursday, July 9, 2009 | By
Thomas Doyle
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<p>The new principal of Columbus Elementary School in Columbus is a proud graduate of the University of Houston-Victoria.</p>
<p>Sally Kallina earned her master’s degree in administration and supervision in 2002 from the UHV School of Education & Human Development. Prior to that, she also took the extra classes she needed to get her teaching certification at UHV.</p>
<p>Her teaching career includes stints as a classroom teacher in Nada and El Campo and service as an assistant principal and a principal in the Wharton school district.</p>
<p>“I love being with the kids,” Kallina said. “As a principal, I get to be with all of them.”</p>
<p>Kallina said her UHV education prepared her well for all the different levels of her teaching career.</p>
<p>“UHV does a good job with teacher preparation,” Kallina said. “I tell all the young people who go there that they will be ready. It will be a good experience for them.”</p>
<p>The programs in the School of Education & Human Development stressed confidence in public speaking and leadership, which Kallina said helped prepare her for her current position.</p>
<p>“Any enterprise is judged by the quality of the product it produces,” said Mary Natividad, interim dean of the School of Education & Human Development. “Teachers and administrators, like Ms. Kallina, reflect very well on us.”</p>
<p>The UHV School of Education & Human Development offers courses face to face in Sugar Land and Victoria, and many degrees entirely online. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.uhv.edu/education/" target="_blank">www.uhv.edu/education/</a> or call senior recruitment coordinator Sandy Hybner at 361-570-4252.</p>