After four decades in the classroom, First Lady Jill Biden has announced that she is stepping away from her teaching role at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), marking the end of an era in which she balanced life as an educator with national public service.
In a televised “thank you” event with teachers from across the country, she reflected on her passion for education, saying: “Being your First Lady has been the honor of my life. But being your colleague has been the work of my life.” AP News+1
A Career Rooted in Teaching
Jill Biden’s journey in education began long before she agreed to the life of public service. Her career spans around 40 years of classroom instruction — from teaching English at high schools, to supporting students with emotional disabilities, to becoming a community-college professor.
Her association with NOVA dates to 2009, when she began teaching there while her husband served as Vice President. For 15 years at that institution, she taught English composition and writing, becoming deeply identified with the role of professor ‘Dr. B.’ in the halls and classrooms of the college.
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