WVU Parkersburg Professional Studies division announces Fall 2024 Education clinical students

 Parkersburg, W.Va. (December 4, 2024) — WVU Parkersburg is proud to announce its Fall 2024 Clinical students.

“The Residency Model has been such a wonderful addition to teacher preparation programs. Residents are given the opportunity to work with the same cooperating teacher and the same K-6 students for an entire year,” said Dr. Bobbi Marshall, dean of Professional Studies. “Being able to participate in the same class for a full school year gives teacher candidates the opportunity to participate in the start of the school year as well as the end of the school year. The full year experience provides teacher candidates with the skills that they need to successfully step into their own classroom after graduation.”

The Elementary Education program provides field experience in the classroom as early as the freshman year. With the traditional student teaching model, teacher candidates spend a semester in two classrooms and quickly assume teaching responsibilities under the mentorship of an experienced teacher until they are teaching full-time. The new residency model places teacher candidates in one classroom for their entire senior year, and they assume responsibilities more gradually.

The Fall 2024 class of students in Education 401 includes:

JACKSON COUNTY — Jordan Knotts

TYLER COUNTY — Megan Brown

WIRT COUNTY — Rebecca Miller

WOOD COUNTY — Elizabeth Hoover; Shawntel James; Gracie Leach; Madeline Kitts; Kathryn Offenberger; Harley Bell; Lydia Bice; Elizabeth Collie

The Fall 2024 class of students in Education 410 includes:

TYLER COUNTY — Scott Gorby

WOOD COUNTY— Sydney Dudley; Eliza Lawrentz; Makayla Burns; Abigail Lathem; Quentin Kennedy

Visit https://www.wvup.edu/academics/programs/elementary-education/ to learn more about Elementary Education at WVU Parkersburg.