Orientation session prepares Thiel College student teachers for area classrooms

Posted January 14, 2020 Print

GREENVILLE, Pa.-- Eleven members of the Thiel College Class of 2019 are headed to four Mercer County school districts to finish their degrees with their student-teaching assignment.

Pictured top row (L-R): Austin Hall ’20, Dominic Farabaugh ’20, Matthew Crawford ’20, Luke Lindeman ’20; middle row: Olivia Stone ’20, Taylor Guth ’20, Logan Addison ’20; bottom row: Courtney Harriman ’20, Lexi Callander ’20, Crystal Sams ’20, Kaila Carolus ’20.

Hall, a 2016 graduate of Mercer (Pa.) Area Junior-Senior High School, is teaching fourth grade and third–fifth-grade learning support at Sharpsville Elementary School.
Farabaugh, a 2015 graduate of Penn Cambria (Pa.) High School, is teaching second and third grade and second-grade learning support at Greenville Elementary School.
Crawford, a 2016 graduate of Greenville (Pa.) Senior High School, is teaching secondary social studies at Commodore Perry School District
Lindeman, a 2016 graduate of Southwestern (N.Y.) Central High School, is teaching Kindergarten and learning support at Sharpsville Elementary School.
Stone, a 2016 graduate of Kane (Pa.) Area High School, is teaching third grade and second–third-grade learning support at Greenville Elementary School.
Guth, a 2016 graduate of Riverside (Pa.) High School, is teaching seventh–12th-grade math at Greenville Junior-Senior High School.
Addison, a 2016 graduate of Greenville (Pa.) High School, is teaching fourth grade and fourth-grade learning support at Hermitage School District.
Harriman, a 2016 graduate of Geneva (Ohio) High School, is teaching seventh–12th at Commodore Perry School District.
Callander, a 2016 graduate of Keystone (Pa.) Junior-Senior High School, is teaching sixth-grade learning support and second grade at Greenville Elementary School.
Sams, a 2016 graduate of Cameron County (Pa.) Junior-Senior High School, is teaching fourth grade and third-grade learning support at Greenville Elementary School.
Carolus, a 2016 graduate of General McLane (Pa.) High School, is teaching fourth grade and fourth-grade learning support at Sharpsville Elementary School.

The students had an orientation session this past Wednesday, which included CPR lessons and a presentation by retired teacher and author of “Student Teaching: The Inside Scoop from a Master Teacher,” Dede Faltot Rittman.