Posted on September 17, 2008
About Our People
* Several FCPS employees were honored at the Virginia Technology Education Association's (VTEA) 50th annual conference held in August in Virginia Beach. They were:
- Mark Bolt (left in top picture), technology education teacher, Carson, VTEA State Middle School Teacher of the Year.
- Ivan Chirinos (middle in top picture), technology education teacher, Edison, VTEA Northern Region High School Teacher of the Year.
- Bud Jacobs (right in top picture), technology education teacher, Franklin, VTEA State Middle School Program of the Year.
- Chu-Chun Tsai (bottom right picture), technology education teacher, Woodson, VTEA Achievement Award.
- Tony Casipit (bottom left picture), technology education coordinator, VTEA John Monroe Award for Outstanding Service. Since the inception of the John Monroe Award in 1997, only three other members have been so honored.
* Patrick Ledesma, a school-based technology specialist at Holmes, and Lara Long, assistive technology resource teacher with Assistive Technology Services at Dunn Loring, presented "Empowering Diverse Learners and Special Education Students With Wikis" at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in San Antonio, Texas, on June 30.
Ledesma also presented a policy report with the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) titled "Measuring What Matters: The Effects of National Board Certification on Advancing 21st Century Teaching and Learning" on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 17. Ledesma was part of CTQ’s Teacher Solutions team that analyzed existing research about certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to make recommendations and identify additional areas for study.
* Alan Weintraut, who teaches journalism and sponsors the award-winning
A-Blast newspaper at Annandale, is one of seven educators nationwide to win a 2008 National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) Pioneer Award. He will receive his award at the Journalism Education Association (JEA)-NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in St. Louis on November 15.
The NSPA Pioneer Award is the association’s top honor for individuals and recognizes substantial contributions to scholastic journalism outside regular job requirements as well as a commitment to improve scholastic journalism.
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