Buena Vista Street Building, UTSA Downtown Campus
UTSA to honor outstanding student teachers for Fall 2002
(Dec. 2, 2002)--The UTSA College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) will honor the university's outstanding student teachers for the fall semester during "Induction to the Profession Ceremonies" at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 at the Downtown Campus in the Buena Vista Street Building Theater. The UTSA and San Antonio communities are invited to share in this unique event, which will also include a video tribute to teaching, "A Note From Your Teacher," produced at UTSA.
UTSA is a major provider of teachers in the San Antonio area, according to COEHD Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Nancy Martin. Each semester, the university has from 200-400 pre-service, student teachers working in area schools.
Based on appraisals done by the student teachers' cooperating classroom teacher and COEHD supervisor plus an essay on how the student teaching experience has prepared the student for the future, 34 student teachers were nominated for their outstanding work and classroom promise.
Four finalists have been selected, one each from the secondary and all-level
certification categories and one from the elementary level. Distinguished
achievement award candidates and winners for fall 2002 are: all-level candidates,
Edna Coleman (winner) and Catherine Carrosquilla; secondary
candidates, Pam Kelley (winner),
Lauren Claymon, Herman Robinson and Yakira Townsend;
and elementary candidates, Maria Astorga and John Moran (winners),
Christina Alaniz, Daniel Beatty, Taysha Bernal, Holly
Bufalino, Rachel Carranza, Andrea Colwell, Marcella Estrada,
Carrie Fiedler, Ester Flores, Loretta Garcia, Christine
Gonzales, Olivia Hero, Christine Juarez, Katherine Keyes,
Marla Lopez, Shreve Moranto, Diana Rodriguez, Rosa
Linda Ruiz , Kelley Rush, Trudy Salinas, Laura Serpa,
Kellie Spencer, Lisa De Stefano, Carrie Valadez, Julie
Whitfield and Nancy Winchester.
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