{"id":312,"date":"2015-08-12T12:52:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T16:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education\/?p=312"},"modified":"2024-02-12T08:30:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:30:46","slug":"education-entrepreneurial-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/education-entrepreneurial-success\/","title":{"rendered":"SPC education student finds entrepreneurial success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tricia Bright, a St. Petersburg College Elementary Education graduate, is the successful founder of Little Techs and Junior Techs LLC. Little Techs, a fun educational technology-based program, was founded in 2011 with the teaching philosophy \u00a0of &#8220;I do. We do. You do.&#8221; Watch Tricia Bright success story.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Start Your Success Story: Tricia Bright\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c1p93s9VsLQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After observing her 3-year-old daughter having fun while learning on the iPad, Bright developed the passion to offer the same experience to future &#8220;little techs&#8221;. The company\u00a0started with 7 schools the first year but now has expanded to 25 schools.<\/p>\n<h5>Internships offer hands-on knowledge<\/h5>\n<p>Bright attributes her entrepreneurial success to her experience at St. Petersburg College&#8217;s Education program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I hadn&#8217;t gone to St. Petersburg College, I know 100% without a doubt I wouldn&#8217;t be where I am today,&#8221; said Bright.<\/p>\n<p>She believes the internship through the college provided an invaluable experience and hands-on knowledge of teaching in the classroom. \u00a0The long-term impact of St. Petersburg College professors, helped catapult Little Tech success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/Education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Petersburg College&#8217;s \u00a0Education program <\/a>is one of Florida\u2019s exemplary teacher preparation programs. \u00a0The College of Education areas of study include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early Childhood Education<\/li>\n<li>Elementary Education<\/li>\n<li>Exceptional Student Education<\/li>\n<li>Interdisciplinary Educational Studies<\/li>\n<li>Math and Science for Middle Grades and Secondary Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/Education\/#tab=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tricia Bright, a St. Petersburg College Elementary Education graduate, is the successful founder of Little Techs and Junior Techs LLC. Little Techs, a fun educational technology-based program, was founded in 2011 with the teaching philosophy \u00a0of &#8220;I do. We do. You do.&#8221; Watch Tricia Bright success story. 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