WVU Parkersburg Professional Studies division announces Spring 2024 Education clinical students

 Parkersburg, W.Va. (February 16, 2024) — WVU Parkersburg is proud to announce its Spring 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 Spring 2024 class of students in Education 401 includes:

TYLER COUNTY — Scott Gorby

WOOD COUNTY— Makayla Burns; Chloe Kennedy; Quentin Kennedy; Abigail Lathem; Eliza Lawrentz; Jessica Morrison; Sydney Nuckolls; Ariana Pagan; Hanna Smith; Elizabeth Weaver

The Spring 2024 class of students in Education 410 includes:

JACKSON COUNTY — Maggy Criser

PLEASANTS COUNTY — Lindsey Cross

RITCHIE COUNTY — Valerie Bircher

WOOD COUNTY — Nolan Brace; Alysha King

To learn more about the Elementary Education program, please visit wvup.edu/education or contact Bobbi Marshall at Bobbi.Marshall@wvup.edu or (304) 424-8000 ext. 442.