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5 Questions With Faculty: Deborah Glymph
Why teach at Chatham Hall?
As a member of the faculty for the last eight years, I am both honored and privileged to be able to teach such talented and insightful students. Equally as important is my ability to be and stay curious.
As a member of the faculty for the last eight years, I am both honored and privileged to be able to teach such talented and insightful students. Equally as important is my ability to be and stay curious.
The ability to stay current and to access numerous resources allows me to hone my skills to reach my “superpower” as I teach and learn from students whose superpowers also rise as they experience the journey of high school at Chatham Hall.
What do you like most about being an educator?
Talking to young people. Learning from young people. I am a mother of two daughters and a grandmother of three beautiful grandchildren, Ivy, Mason and Violet, who inspire me to be the best I can be. Being around them, as well as my Chatham Hall students, allows me to witness, firsthand, their changing awareness, their insights, and their view of the world they live in. I have taught a range of age groups from kindergarten to college, and I am still learning so much every day. I am such a fortunate educator to have experienced so many life-changing moments with my students — to be a facilitator of their journey as well as my own. As I have previously mentioned, Chatham Hall, for eight years, has supported my interests and my curiosity, which is so reassuring to an educator.
What have you enjoyed most about working in DEI/CCI so far?
The journey. Working in this realm is deliberate and intentional work which has its ups and downs, ins and outs, but it is always exciting, invigorating and challenging. I know I am giving my best and I am content, but not satisfied. To quote our colleague, former Rector Rachel Connell, “keep going, keep rising.”
What’s your favorite item in your classroom and why?
My Harkness table, absolutely! So many wonderful, difficult, inspirational, challenging, frustrating and amazing conversations have happened at my table. Discoveries, reflections,collaboration, empathy, empowerment, all the glorious things that make up a Chatham Hall school year. I am so fortunate to have the opportunity to watch students grow right before my eyes.
What’s your favorite Chatham Hall tradition and why?
Christmas-all of it! The caroling, Senior Night In the Well, holiday movies, campus-wide decorating, and food, food, and wait for it... food! Actually, I love everything that starts with Halloween! Two years ago, my grandchildren were at my house to help me pass out the treats. They were so excited, even though we were still wading through the pandemic. I was so gratified to see the Chatham Hall community be so welcoming to my family and it added so much joy to the experience.
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What do you like most about being an educator?
Talking to young people. Learning from young people. I am a mother of two daughters and a grandmother of three beautiful grandchildren, Ivy, Mason and Violet, who inspire me to be the best I can be. Being around them, as well as my Chatham Hall students, allows me to witness, firsthand, their changing awareness, their insights, and their view of the world they live in. I have taught a range of age groups from kindergarten to college, and I am still learning so much every day. I am such a fortunate educator to have experienced so many life-changing moments with my students — to be a facilitator of their journey as well as my own. As I have previously mentioned, Chatham Hall, for eight years, has supported my interests and my curiosity, which is so reassuring to an educator.
What have you enjoyed most about working in DEI/CCI so far?
The journey. Working in this realm is deliberate and intentional work which has its ups and downs, ins and outs, but it is always exciting, invigorating and challenging. I know I am giving my best and I am content, but not satisfied. To quote our colleague, former Rector Rachel Connell, “keep going, keep rising.”
What’s your favorite item in your classroom and why?
My Harkness table, absolutely! So many wonderful, difficult, inspirational, challenging, frustrating and amazing conversations have happened at my table. Discoveries, reflections,collaboration, empathy, empowerment, all the glorious things that make up a Chatham Hall school year. I am so fortunate to have the opportunity to watch students grow right before my eyes.
What’s your favorite Chatham Hall tradition and why?
Christmas-all of it! The caroling, Senior Night In the Well, holiday movies, campus-wide decorating, and food, food, and wait for it... food! Actually, I love everything that starts with Halloween! Two years ago, my grandchildren were at my house to help me pass out the treats. They were so excited, even though we were still wading through the pandemic. I was so gratified to see the Chatham Hall community be so welcoming to my family and it added so much joy to the experience.
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Day and boarding school for girls grades 9-12 in the Episcopal tradition.
Main Phone
+1 434.432.2941
Admissions Contact
+1 434.432.5516 • admissions@chathamhall.org
Day and boarding school for girls grades 9-12 in the Episcopal tradition.
