PE Student-Teaching Awards - Spring 2012

Sixteen senior physical education majors at SUNY Cortland were recognized with Lenore K. Alway/Anthony P. Tesori Awards for their outstanding work in student teaching in New York state schools during the Fall 2011 semester.

Physical Education Department faculty members nominated nine women and seven men for the recognition. The students received a certificate.

The Alway award, given to women, acknowledges Lenore K. Alway, the late pioneering head of women’s physical education at the College from 1941 to 1965. The men’s award honors Anthony P. Tesori, a 1939 graduate who gave the College many years of leadership in athletics and administrative areas and earned the College’s C-Club Hall of Fame Award for his achievements before and after graduation.

The Alway Award honorees and the New York state schools or school districts where they completed their teaching are as follows:

• Alyson Case of Naples, N.Y., at Rochester City School District and Victor Central School District.

• Jamie Florindi of Cortland at Ithaca School District and LaFayette Central School District.

• Gillian Garzia of Cortland at Clarkstown Central School District and Ramapo Central School District.

• Jacqueline Graves of Manlius, N.Y., at Syracuse City School District and East Syracuse – Minoa Central School District.

• Lauren Herman of Dix Hills, N.Y., at Ithaca City School District and Groton Central School District.

• Rebecca Knierim of Springville, N.Y., at Cheektowaga – Sloan Union Free School District and at Orchard Park Central School District.

• Alicia Nipper of Auburn, N.Y., at Marcellus Central School District and Fulton City School District.

• Nicole Sherman of Dix Hills at North Babylon Union Free School District and at Hauppauge Union Free School District.

• Sara Tagliaferri of Cortland at Dryden Central School District and Tully Central School District.

The Tesori Award honorees and the schools or school districts where they completed their teaching are as follows:Via Cortland

• Tyler Byrnes of Cortland at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District and Glens Falls City School District.

• Scott Gilberti of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., at Beacon Central School District and Somers Central School District.

• Zachary Kiggins of Cortland at West Genesee Central School District and LaFayette Central School District.

• Joseph Roche of Mahopac, N.Y., at Groton Central School District and Newark Valley Central School District.

• John Roth of Johnstown, N.Y., at Marathon Central School District and Fabius-Pompey Central School District.

• Frank Thomas of Cortland at McGraw Central School District and Liverpool Central School District.

• Matthew Walker of New Windsor, N.Y., at Pine Bush Central School District and Ramapo Central School District.

Non-Traditional Students Inducted into Honor Society

Congratulations to two of Cortland PE students and Rockstar PE Alum Tracy McClure and Nate Davis for being elected to membership in Alpha Sigma Lambda, an international honor society recognizing the academic achievements of non-traditional students.

Alpha Sigma Lambda national standards reserve membership for students who are in the top 10 percent of all non-traditional students at the College. Members must have completed 24 credits hours of work at SUNY Cortland with a grade point average of 3.2 or higher. For the inductees to be in the top 10 percent of students at SUNY Cortland this year, they needed to have a GPA of 3.65 or greater.  The GPA range for this group of students inducted was 3.65 to 4.22.

Tracy McClure - Blog - ePortfolio

Nate Davis - Blog - ePortfolio

via Cortland News

Portfolio Showcase Spring 2012 including 4 ePortfolios

The Cortland PE Department awarded 16 teacher-candidates with Honors on their Portfolios during the Spring 2012 Portfolio Showcase at Park Center on Thursday April 26, 2012.  The recipients were J. Trenton Jones, Anthony DiRienzo, Melanie Matassa, Rebekah Fredickson, Jessica Volz, Bree Zogaria, Jamie Boldish, Andrew Hettinger, Nicole Petit, Sunnie Bifarella, Pete Johnson, Lima Stafford, Carlee Hoyt, Kimberly Quartier, Michelle Krisa, and Charles Giardino.

Please take notice that the first four recipients had Electronic Portfolios and that more and more people are choosing to represent their ability to meet NCATE Initial Teacher Standards with this tool. Click here to find out more information on how to start your own ePortfolio.  To date there have been nearly 200 ePortfolios created from current Cortland PE teacher-candidates and alumni and to see more samples and get directions to creating your own, please click here. In fact 11 of the 16 recipients all have blogs and ePortfolios.  Congratulations and Good Luck during Student-Teaching.

Motor Development Videos & Concert Spring 2012

In PED 201 - Motor Development (with Assistant Professor Stephen Yang), students are given this project assignment to produce a representation of their understanding for a particular chapter. Each group must complete a musical video/song with lyrics appropriately explaining/teaching the audience the most important concepts. They will also have to perform in front of an audience which gives them another opportunity to show their commitment to communication and performing with passion. All part of becoming a Rockstar PE Teacher http://www.rockstarpe.org/ 

Come to Poolside next Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 12:30pm to catch this semester's latest and greatest performances.  Come out to support this semester's groups and perhaps catch some repeat performances from previous groups.

Past videos and performances.



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PE Student Teachers Honored

Eighteen senior physical education majors at SUNY Cortland were recognized with Lenore K. Alway/Anthony P. Tesori Awards for their outstanding work in student teaching in New York state schools during the Fall 2011 semester.

Physical Education Department faculty members nominated 12 men and six women for the recognition. The students received a certificate.

The men’s award honors Anthony P. Tesori, a 1939 graduate who gave the College many years of leadership in athletics and administration and earned the College’s C-Club Hall of Fame Award for his achievements before and after graduation. The Alway award, given to women, acknowledges the late Lenore K. Alway, the pioneering head of women’s physical education at the College from 1941 to 1965.

The Tesori Award honorees and the schools or school districts where they completed their teaching are:

• Michael Esteves of Pleasantville, N.Y., at Mount Vernon City School District and Bedford Central School District.

• Michael Gimblette of Ossining, N.Y., at Hendrick Hudson Central School District and Somers Central School District.

• Anthony Giuliano of Harrison, N.Y., at Tarrytown Union Free School District and Irvington Union Free School District.

• Alexander Greenberg of Harrison, N.Y., at Peekskill City School District and Scarsdale Union Free School District.

• Scott Hamlin of Liberty, N.Y., at Sullivan West Central School District – Elementary School and Sullivan West Central School District – Secondary School.

• Christopher Heim of Amherst, N.Y., at Williamsville Central School District and Amherst Central School District.

• Mike Howell of Binghamton, N.Y., at Maine-Endwell Senior High School and Chenango Bridge Elementary School.

• Christopher Infante of Nanuet, N.Y., at South Orangetown Central School District – Elementary School and South Orangetown Central School District – Middle School.

• Miles Levesque of Tupper Lake, N.Y., at Lansing Junior Senior High School and South Hill Elementary School.

• Nick Mangan of Orangeburg, N.Y., at Ramapo Central School District and Byram Hills Central School District.

• Ryan Strader of Cicero, N.Y., at Central Square Central School District and Baldwinsville Central School District.

• Frank Zambrano of Nanuet, N.Y., at Ramapo Central School District and Pearl River Union Free School District.

The Alway Award honorees and the schools or school districts where they completed their teaching are:

• Jenna Monahan of Holbrook, N.Y., at Deer Park Union Free School District and Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District.

• Brittney Reed of Cortland, N.Y., at Manlius Pebble Hill School and Moravia Senior High School.

• Caitlin Sharkey of Palenville, N.Y., at Saugerties Central School District and Saugerties Central School District.

• Megan Shirey of Springfield Center, N.Y., at Herkimer Central School District and Richfield Spring Central School District.

• Jennifer Thorpe of Lakewood, N.Y., at Beverly Martin Elementary School and Cincinnatus Central School.

• Jenna Wenk of Ossining, N.Y., at Lakeland Central School District and Peekskill City School District.