{"id":5331,"date":"2019-05-29T13:19:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T17:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/?p=5331"},"modified":"2024-02-12T08:34:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:34:27","slug":"elite-educators-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/elite-educators-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"ELITE Educators Graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/ELITE-Educators-Graduate-May-2019.jpg\" alt=\"ELITE Educators Graduate 2019\" class=\"wp-image-5333\" width=\"576\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/ELITE-Educators-Graduate-May-2019.jpg 959w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/ELITE-Educators-Graduate-May-2019-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/ELITE-Educators-Graduate-May-2019-768x250.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption> <br>Pinellas County Schools Superintendent Dr.  Mike Grego, with Elite Educator Grads Amber Hillhouse, Angelica Bethany, Jacqueline Davidson and Michelle Feo.\u00a0  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St. Petersburg College (SPC) College of Education, and Pinellas County School (PCS) officials gathered at the administration office on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 to congratulate recent <strong>ELITE Educator Elementary Education graduates<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Michael Grego, Superintendent, started the event with a brief explanation of the inception of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/future-students\/degrees-training\/education\/elementary-education\/elite-educator-program-elementary-education-bs-degree\">ELITE Educator program<\/a>&#8212;a joint venture between PCS and SPC\u2019s College of Education, to ensure outstanding well-prepared educators who receive additional \u201cincentives\u201d with their degree. Giant checks (an internship stipend) were awarded for completion of the program, along with a guaranteed job!\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program was initiated by Grego and Dr. Kimberly Hartman, Dean of the College of Education, to provide education majors with pertinent content material early in their pre-education classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/go.spcollege.edu\/elite\/\">Elite Educator program<\/a> is a partnership with Pinellas County Schools and St. Petersburg College. It prepares students to teach kindergarten through 6<sup>th<\/sup> grade with an ESOL and Reading Endorsement. Students come in as cohorts and take their classes together. They are assigned a mentor for the entire program to make a connection with the college and the services offered. The cohorts enjoy seminars and professional development opportunities in this highly structured program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Amber-Hillhouse-ELITE-May-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Hillhouse receives stipend for successful completion of ELITE program\" class=\"wp-image-5334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Amber-Hillhouse-ELITE-May-2019.jpg 571w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Amber-Hillhouse-ELITE-May-2019-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><figcaption>Amber Hillhouse receives stipend for successful completion of ELITE program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowledge fuels a teacher&#8217;s passion. Becoming more is what keeps teachers motivated. Teachers can impact the learning environment in many ways, including the physical, psychological and instructional setting. Educating children is a rewarding and tough job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are currently seeking enrollment for the fall 2019 term. For more information about the ELITE Educator program, contact <a href=\"wilkins.pam@spcollege.edu\">Pam Wilkins<\/a> at 727-712-5888. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/survey\/15974\">The Perks for this Program<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Completing the program guarantees you a position with Pinellas County Schools<\/li><li>Receive exceptional math and science preparation<\/li><li>Prepared to work with exceptional students and English Language learners<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Petersburg College College of Education, and Pinellas County School officials gathered at the administration office on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 to congratulate recent ELITE Educator Elementary Education graduates.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[8,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-of-education","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5331"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5397,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions\/5397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}