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March 30, 2010
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Students in the Teacher Education Program of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School presented 2010 Pi Lambda Theta Achievement Awards

2010 PLT awards

Five candidates in the Teacher Education Program of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School – Bethany Formal, Katie Hutchins, Jamie Pickert, Chris McDougall, and Faith Reynado – were presented with Promising Scholar Awards from Pi Lambda Theta (PLT) on Saturday, March 13. The recipients will receive a $50 cash award plus a free membership to PLT for a year. Pi Lambda Theta is the most selective national and international honor society of educators and a contributing organization to quality assurance in education. PLT supports accomplished teaching, standards-based professional learning, and the recognition of educators for excellent performance.

An additional 21 students received honorable mentions, and were awarded a year’s membership in Pi Lambda Theta. They are: Zoë Block, Jaclyn Bluestein, Ann Bumby, Nina Burke, Celina Cerny, Jenny Childers, Amanda Cooper, Lisa Cowles, Jasmine Day Riley, Kate Dickenson, Samantha Fulton-Koerbling, Kristen Gaines, Mandy Gascoigne, Stephanie Georgilas, Abbie Korman, Karen Neese, Cara McNamee, Adrián Sánchez, Brett Sawyer, Lauren Tickel, and Rachel Vintayen.

UCSB’s Teacher Education Program offers the Multiple-Subject, the Single-Subject (in 6 content areas), the Level I Education Specialist Moderate/Severe Teaching Credential, and an M.Ed. in Teaching. The programs are run as a cohort, with the elementary and secondary cohorts no larger than 60 students each, and the special education cohort no larger than 15. Candidates are placed in partner K-12 schools throughout the 9-month academic year, student teaching in the morning and attending university classes in the afternoon/evening. The Teacher education Program is unique in that many of its faculty both supervise candidates in the field and teach university courses. The result is a cohesive, well-articulated program of study that takes candidates through each developmental phase of learning to teach.

[Award recipients are available for interviews; contact George Yatchisin at 805 893 5789]
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Photo Caption: The 2010 Pi Lambda Theta award winners and honorable mentions: Front row (L-R):Jaclyn Bluestein, Celina Cerny, Jenny Childers, Katie Hutchins(Promising Scholar recipient), Jamie Pickert (Promising Scholar recipient), Lauren Tickel, Rachel Vintayen, and Karen Neese
Back row (L-R): Zoë Block, Ann Bumby, Amanda Cooper, Lisa Cowles, Kate Dickenson, Kristen Gaines, Mandy Gascoigne, Chris Mac Dougall (Promising Scholar recipient), and Cara McNamee.
Absent from the photo are: Bethany Formal (Promising Scholar recipient), Faith Reynado (Promising Scholar recipient), Nina Burke, Samantha Fulton-Koerbling, Abbie Korman, Adrián Sánchez, Brett Sawyer, Jasmine Day Riley, and Stephanie Georgilas.

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Students in the Teacher Education Program of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School presented 2010 Pi Lambda Theta Achievement Awards