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Tessa Cordes

I am a graduate of  Grove City College, with a degree in Early Elementary and Special Education. I have a Pennsylvania teaching license for elementary education and special education. I also hold a Virginia teaching license. I have had a range of student teaching experiences and I taught 2nd grade in Fairfax County Public Schools from 2023-2024. I enjoy working with younger students and I am excited to create a foundation in my students' lives that future teachers will build upon. There is a need for teachers of impact in all schools, and I hope that I can be one of them. 

EDUCATION

INTERESTS

Missions Over Seas

  • I lived in Haiti for a year with my family from 2009-2010.

  • I  also went on a short-term mission trip to Guatemala in the spring of 2020. 

2015 - 2019

Sharpsville Area High School 

Graduated with a high school diploma

Working with Children 

  • I volunteered at Sharpsville Area Elementary School during my sophomore, junior, and senior years of high school. 

    • I volunteered in fourth-grade and kindergarten rooms.​

  • I worked at an 8-week-long summer day camp called Neighbor to Neighbor for 4 years. The camp was located in a lower-income neighborhood in Greenville Pennsylvania, we worked with students between grades of kindergarten and sixth grade.             â€‹https://www.freshgroundscoffeehouse.com/neighbor-to-neighbor

  • I worked the summer of 2022 at Summers Best 2 Weeks. During that time I led and counseled cabins of girls ages 8-15.              https://sb2w.org/

2019 - 2023

Grove City College

Graduated with a BA in Early Elementary and Special Education 

Why teaching? â€‹

  • I have wanted to teach for as long as I can remember. My goal in teaching is to inspire students' innate desire to learn, open up future opportunities through education, and encourage students to reach their full potential not just academically but in all areas of life.

  • I have had amazing teachers that have inspired me to follow in their footsteps.

 

Exciting Things about Teaching 

  • Building rapport with students and their families

  • Collaborating with colleagues

  • Running my own class

  • Getting involved in the community 

  • Coming up with creative ways to improve teaching

  • Helping to impact the next generation. 

Teaching

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