Workforce
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: NELLY MATEO, LEAP TO TEACHER
SLU Provides 25 Scholarships for Teachers-to-Be in Shortage Areas Across NYC Earning a degree and passing multiple teaching certification exams is no easy feat, especially for those who are also working, parenting, and managing all the other responsibilities that come along with adult life. Worker Education at SLU understands how challenging this can be and…
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SLU Student Spotlight: Sima Petilli, LEAP to Teacher
Sima Petilli, a special-needs educator and participant in SLU’s LEAP-to-Teacher program who recently earned her master’s degree at Lehman College, was not going to let anything stand in her way of becoming a certified teacher – not even the sudden, mid-semester transition to working, studying, and full-time parenting from home in response to COVID-19, all…
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Spotlight on Students: Montserrat Vargas
By Becky Firesheets This new reality of life in quarantine is challenging for all of us, but we don’t have to look far to find encouragement and motivation, especially when it comes to our students here at SLU. Montserrat Vargas, an adult learner currently enrolled in Worker Education’s Reading/Writing College Preparation course, recently shared her…
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Spotlight on Staff: Congratulations to Isaac Rodriguez of LEAP to Teacher
By Becky Firesheets Lehman College’s new LEAP to Teacher Coordinator Isaac Rodriguez is certainly not new to SLU. After two years as the Writing and Research Consultant for the Murphy Institute at Queens College, Isaac is thrilled for this opportunity to step up – and not just because his commute is shorter now. “I love…
