Honored to be one of 43 educators from around the country named The NEA Foundation 2024 Awards for Teaching Excellence recipients! I can’t wait to represent PSEA at the #neafgala in May.

Honored to be recognized by the Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies with their President’s Award at their ceremony last night! Love the work they and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) do to promote social studies education. Looking forward to their conference today! NSTOY-PA PA Department of Education

Thank you Craig Melvin and the TODAY for following me around for an entire day yesterday to highlight the stories of educators and our students! You and the crew were wonderful to my students and family. Can’t wait to see it! NSTOY-PA PA Department of Education

Congratulations to these amazing educators!

We need to do more to provide resources like access to counselors and broadband internet to our rural students.

Excited to celebrate these finalists in Hershey over the next few days! They’re all such excellent ambassadors for education in Pennsylvania! NSTOY-PA PA Department of Education Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Education

Proud to represent Pennsylvania and join this incredible cohort of educators! #NTOY24 Can’t wait to get to know them all over the next year! PA Department of Education Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Education NSTOY-PA

Thank you Craig Melvin and TODAY for using our story to highlight and elevate teachers! Proud to represent PA and the Blackhawk community. PA Department of Education @drmumin_pde NSTOY-PA

Thank you to Governor Josh Shapiro for joining my class today and answering students’ questions! You were so kind to them. We’re so appreciative of you giving us your time. PA Department of Education NSTOY-PA

Congratulations to these amazing finalists! I can’t wait to learn and grow alongside of you this year!

Thanks to East Stroudsburg University College of Education for having me out to visit last week! The faculty could not have been more welcoming and it’s clear how hard they’re working to prepare the next generation of educators. The students I got to speak to are passionate and ready to lead!

Amazing players, amazing women. So proud to announce at games for our Lady Cougars past and present!

Huge congrats to all of our Google for Education National Teachers of the Year! Coming from a family of teachers, I know how important education is to changing lives. I was honoured to spend time with these amazing educators this week and hear their inspiring stories

The past few days have been a whirlwind and I’m exhausted in the best way possible. So proud to be a part of this incredible group of educators! I learned so much from their example already. NSTOY-PA PA Department of Education #NTOY24

Come cheer on your Lady Cougars!

Thank you to Pitt-Bradford for inviting me to work with your pre-service teachers today! They’re incredible young men and women and I can’t wait for them to join us in the field. Their questions and hunger to learn were invigorating! PA Department of Education NSTOY-PA

So honored to announce for and get to watch this incredible group of young women! Great athletes and great humans. So proud of them all!

Can we take a moment to appreciate what these Blackhawk girls accomplished over the last three years? - 78-9 record - Three seasons in a row with 25+ wins - Three consecutive WPIAL championship appearances - Back-to-back PIAA championship appearances - One WPIAL 🥇 - One PIAA 🥇

All four of these deserving educators are excellent people and teachers! Proud to have them represent my #NTOY24 class. The named person will have the support of all of us! Catherine Walker, NBCT @2024GaTOTY Missy Testerman Joe Nappi

Congratulations to fellow Blackhawk teacher, Mrs. Jennifer Sharek, on being named one of the 12 finalists for 2025 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year! She is doing great work for students in our district and the Commonwealth! media.pa.gov/Pages/Educatio…