Tim Andrekovich

State:

Pennsylvania

PLS courses I teach:

• Meaningful Activities to Generate Interesting Classrooms®
• Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility®

Year you started with PLS:

Since 2008

Why I love teaching PLS courses:

PLS classes provide an effective solution to real-life classroom situations. They also provide an opportunity to share ideas with the other members of the class which is extremely beneficial.

Education:

• IUP Secondary Social Studies 1987
• Gannon University Master’s of Curriculum and Instruction 2007

Teaching experience:

• 7th Grade World Geography
• 8th Grade American History
• Bellwood-Antis Middle School since 1987

Related experience, recognition, awards, etc.:

• Current Secretary, past Vice-President and President of the Bellwood-Antis Education Association
• Head Junior High Wrestling Coach since 2001
• Rigor, Relevance and Relationship Team Leader
• Pennsylvania Literary Network

What I love most about teaching:

I really enjoy watching my students grow socially and emotionally by accepting more responsibility for their actions throughout the year. It’s also great to see them become aware of the world around them (since I teach World Geography). Teaching Middle School students can be quite amusing at times. You just never know what’s going to happen. If you teach in a Middle School, you know what I mean.

My favorite moment in teaching:

It’s a great feeling running into former students, years later, and having them tell me how much they enjoyed my class and how valuable it is to their life after high school. Many of my former students travel due to their occupation or the fact that many of them have been deployed overseas because of their military commitment.

Personal information:

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