~Professional Growth~
Writing a Professional Resume
Participating Members:
Amber Lukcik
Kendra Moxon
Matthew Grayo
Katelyn Zanotti
Rowan Alexander
Lucas Ali
Eric Baer
Allison Popelas
Luke Falbo
Matthew Boyer
Alex Poellnitz
Kaylee White
On October 30, Allison Gloekler, Assistant Director of Career Services at Pitt-Greensburg, presented a lunchtime workshop about resume writing. The workshop took place in a computer lab so that members could put into practice her suggestions and get personal advice after her formal presentation.
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Participating Members:
Rowan Alexander
Eric Baer
Courtney Cambal
Cameron Collins
Randall Duke
Casey Fortuna
Carly Franks
Alexis Hepler
Mackenzie Janda
Summer Lash
Amber Lukcik
Brittani Malik
Latoshia Maurer
Andrew McDonald
Kendra Moxon
Lydia Myers
Gavin Pasqualino
Alex Poellnitz
Allison Popelas
Amanda Stein
Haley Stonebraker
Mina Waldron
Kaylee White
Tori Ventrosco
Jessica Williams
Katelyn Zanotti
Although NEA is often not a fan of cyber schools (and we understand the problems inherent to them), the reality is that some of our members will -- and have -- been hired by cyber schools. Further, some school districts create their own on-line schools for students so that the district does not need to pay out money for students who cannot attend school. To that end, Sean Snowden, the 9-12 Academy Principal at Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School in Beaver, Pennsylvania, provided a workshop on teaching on-line and the various cyber school situations that exist.
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Charter school workshop
Gifted education panel discussion
Participating Members:
Jenna Aleski
Rowan Alexander
Lucas Ali
Miranda Anker
Eric Baer
Abby Bechtell
Kelsey Butler
Courtney Cambal
Maura Carr
Leta Cirigliano
Cameron Collins
Brandon Cross
Jenny Espinosa
Kerigan Fabery
Luke Falbo
Casey Fortuna
Carly Franks
Matthew Grayo
Alexis Helper
Chelsea Holmes
Hayley Hulbert
Hunter Humenik
Tori Jackson
Lilly Jennings
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Dr. Kenneth Williams, Assistant Superintendent of Mount Pleasant School District and Adjunct Professor at Pitt-Greensburg, hand-picked four gifted students (two male/two female, one from each grade 9-12) to present as a panel on Gifted Education. Our members asked questions about classwork, extra curricular, personal goals, and social situations in order to gain greater insight into what gifted students want, need, and struggle with within school.
John Kerlicker
Olivia Larson
Nadia Louis
Summer Lash
Emily Monahan
Kendra Moxon
Coleen Murphy
Cheyenne O'Bradovich
Joe Ortman
Nickolas Papson
Shirley Petropoulos
Alex Poellnitz
Kimberly Ruffner
Alyssa Sadler
Natalie Sarnese
Angela Schwartz
Amanda Sepp
Molly Staszak
Hayley Stonebreaker
Kaylee White
Lindsey Wittkopp
Gina Wojtowicz
Katelyn Zanotti
Participating Members:
Jenna Aleski
Rowan Alexander
Kelsey Butler
Courtney Cambal
Maura Carr
Leta Cirigliano
Brandon Cross
Matthew Grayo
Chelsea Holmes
Olivia Larson
Kendra Moxon
Coleen Murphy
Joe Ortman
Shirley Petropoulos
Amanda Sepp
Molly Staszak
Kaylee White
Lindsey Wittkopp
Gina Wojtowicz
Katelyn Zanotti
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Pitt-Greensburg has a partnership with Southmoreland School District, Hempfield Area School District, Mount Pleasant Area School District, and Yough School District. Within this partnership, speakers are brought to our campus for the benefit of teachers and parents from those districts along with our SPSEA members.
For this particular event, Kelly Heitchue, Westmoreland Intermediate Unit Training and Consultation for Behavior & Autism Initiatives, provided information for working with and supporting students with Autism.
Considerations and strategies for supporting students with behavioral & emotional needs workshop
Affiliate Dinner
Participating Members:
Megan Berg-Swope
Nicole Bonacci
Hannah Cerk
Abigail Cox
Taylor Coyner
Brittany Curry
Francesca DeCarlo
Alyssa Gavron
Kendra Hudachek
Mackenzie Janda
Megan Kirkpatrick
Brittani Malik
Mindy Olive
Alison Popelas
Gabby Revenis
Kaylee White
Jessica Williams
Lucinda Wracher
In conjunction with our Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children (PAEYC), which is one of our SPSEA committees, Pitt-Greensburg Early Childhood Students along with students from St. Vincents, Seton Hill, and WCCC went to the 2017 Affiliate Dinner (held in mid-April each year, after our SPSEA conference)
Issues and ideas for Early Childhood are shared along with recognizing each university's education programs and members.
Teacher Leadership Institute
Participating Members:
Jenna Aleski
Rowan Alexander
Miranda Anker
Eric Baer
Maura Carr
Luke Falbo
Alexa Fetterman
Casey Fortuna
Carly Franks
Matthew Grayo
Allie Grimm
Hunter Humenik
Tori Jackson
Olivia Larson
Kendra Moxon
Nick Papson
Alex Poellnitz
Allison Popelas
Sarah Raptosh
Kimberly Ruffner
Alyssa Sadler
Natalie Sarnese
Amanda Sepp
Jake Snyder
Molly Staszak
Haley Stonebraker
Mauricio Trejo-Garcia
Kaylee White
Lindsey Wittkopp
Gina Wojtowicz
Lucinda Wracher
Katelyn Zanotti
During the fall SPSEA Executive Board Meeting, Dr. Chris Clayton, SPSEA Guru Extraordinaire, pushed every region to have a conference. The Southwest Region accepted this challenge and the Teacher Leadership Institute was born. In addition to the Southwest Region being invited, high school students interested in becoming teachers were also invited at a discounted price.
Although a regional event, it was held at Pitt-Greensburg with Pitt-Greensburg students making up the majority of people on the planning committee. This March 24 event hosted 43 students, including 29 from Pitt-Greensburg.
New Teacher Panel
Participating Members:
Last April, after the conference, we invited back two prior SPSEA members Dave Postlethwait, a secondary mathematics teacher in Virginia, and Tori Popovich, an elementary teacher in Virginia, both of whom began teaching in Virginia at the beginning of 2017. They shared their experiences as new teachers in the classroom and their experiences as transplants in Virginia. They answered tons of questions and showed our members how incredible our opportunities are compared to other preservice teachers around the country. It was a really eye-opening and interesting workshop!
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Katherine Andrews
McKenzie Brooks
Hannah Cerk
Alyssa Fry
Brittani Malik
Bryan McFeeley
Allison Popelas
Amanda Sepp
Samantha Tarboletti
Thomas Trapp
Jessica Williams
Lucinda Wracher
Alisha Ziegler
American Education week
During American Education week, our SPSEA students thank our professors throughout the university for educating us! This year, each professor received a highlighter and candy -- and a note thanking for them "highlighting" our day. These tokens of appreciation were put into the mailboxes of every full-time professor, remind us that we need to be thankful for our teachers, too!
Participants include:
Jenna Aleski
Lucas Ali
Rowan Alexander
Peyton Clark
Brittani Malik
Kendra Moxon
Allison Popelas
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State Conference 2017
Last April, 15 Pitt-Greensburg SPSEA members attended the SPSEA State Conference held in Pittsburgh. They attended break-out sessions, keynote speakers, met students from other universities, gained TONS of professional development, and had a really great time!
Participating Members:
Jenna Aleski
Samantha Cook
Francesca DeCarlos
Paul "PJ" Dumnich
Michelle Etling
Frank Laspin
Latoisha Maurer
Brittani Malik
Mindy Olive
Allison Popelas
Megan Schmucker
Amanda Sepp
Matti Tyskewicz
Jessica Williams
Lucinda Wracher
