Pendleton County Middle/High School Educators Rising Members attended the 2024 West Virginia Educators Rising state competitive events at Canaan Valley Resort. The event was held March 6 – 8 and included guest speakers, workshops and competitive events.
Paigelyn Long competed in the Exploring Support Services Careers earning first place. Her presentation focused on the career of speech language pathologist, Linda Teter.
Lydia Heavner competed in the Exploring Non-Core Subject Teaching Careers earning third place. Her presentation focused on the career of agricultural education, Ronald Hudson.
A requirement of the competition was to complete at least eight hours of job shadowing, conduct an interview and develop a PowerPoint exhibiting personal gained insight from the experience.
Heavner and Long are students in the career and technical education early childhood education and Grow Your Own Programs at PCMHS.