TSTA-Aspiring Educators UTEP

New School Year, New Board!
We are so excited to be back and have lots of planned for this upcoming semester 🥳🙌🏼

Welcome Back Miners ⛏️🍎 TSTA-AE is ready to welcome you back this semester! Join us for our 1st general meeting of the semester NEXT Thursday @ 6PM! Wishing you a great semester 🥳🙌🏼

This past weekend, our chapter attended the 66th TSTA-AE State Convention and House of Delegates in Austin, Texas. We attended several professional development sessions and met fellow aspiring educators from all over Texas.

Our chapter attended workshops about social justice in the classroom, where we learned about what we can do as teachers to ensure our classroom is a safe space for our students and how to communicate this with them. First-year teachers provided us with tips for the first year of teaching, how to successfully establish routines, and classroom expectations from day one. We learned about our strengths and weaknesses through social-emotional learning and how we can use it to improve our planning. Last but not least, we learned the basics of special education, how students are tested and how they qualify for services. These experience will help all of us throughout our careers as future educators.

We were able to attend this convention thanks to the incredible support we received from the College of Education. . We are so grateful and more than ever, we know how fortunate we are to have your support!

We can’t wait for next years State Convention 🥳

UTEP TSTA-AE attended the 66th Annual State Convention and House of Delegates in Austin TX.
The UTEP chapter came home with 4 awards 🥳:
🏆Local Excellence Award 1st Place
🏆Outstanding Local Website 1st Place
🏆Outstanding Local Student Leader- Cynthia Lili Gonzalez Silva (UTEP Chapter President)
🏆Electronic Scrapbook Award 1st Place

First Picture from left to right:
Michael, Lili, Giselle, Sam, and our Chapter Advisor, Dr.Rossatto

Across race and place, the voices of students and educators are essential to the decisions and choices to ensure that the school and community can live, grow and thrive with support, love and joy.

Aspiring Educators have fought against voter disenfranchisement for decades, we continue our commitment to ensure democracy through free, fair and accessible elections. Together, we can ensure every eligible American has the freedom to vote, and that the results of our elections reflect the will of the people.

Check out Tuesdays actions on
bit.ly/J4BLWEEK & choose how you will take action today!

As education justice leaders, America's next generation of educators recognize our role in creating bias and hate free school environments where Black students and educators are welcomed, treated with dignity, and can thrive and grow.

Go to bit.ly/J4BLWEEK to sign on to our statement in solidarity - "Aspiring Educators: Demand Justice For Black Lives Through Safe, Just and Equitable Schools."

We know schools and their communities are strengthened when we work together.

Help us congratulate our graduating member Sarah Segura

Applied Learning and Development with a
concentration in Middle Grades Education (4-8
ELAR).
“l enjoyed being a part of TSTA, and I am
grateful for all of the friendships I made while
in this organization. Everyone was so
welcoming!”

Congratulations!

Help us congratulate our graduating officer!

Alexandria Piña
Membership Chair
Bachelors of Arts in Applied Learning and Development with a concentration in Early Childhood- 6th grade.
Alexandria got a job offered with EPISD at Cooley Elementary. 🥳🎉
“I enjoyed the community and how we were not only involved with UTEP but within the El Paso community. It has helped me grow and feel confident about my future career. Along with the workshops I have attended they have been helpful for me for my future career. Not only was I part of an amazing organization however I was part of a community of future educators.”

We want to take the time and congratulate our graduating members!

Charlene S. Rodriguez
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Learning and Development w/ a concentration in EC-6!
• Charlene was offered a 2nd grade position w/ SISD! 🥳
• “I loved being able to be an advocate for educators and for our university! I enjoyed being surrounded by future educators like myself”

Congratulations to our Graduate Members! We are so proud of you 🥳💙❤️🙌🏼

Great time at our Friendsgiving! Good food and great people 🙌🏼🦃💛