The Rural Disquisition: An Educator’s Powerhouse

08/09/2025

As an English teacher in a CTE school, one of my responsibilities is assuring each of our students has a cover letter for their required portfolios when they leave our center.

My question is this: How can I help them stand out to future employers?

07/10/2025

Join the Southern Regional Education Board’s own Kenneth Mason and me next Wednesday, July 16 in New Orleans as we present our engaging, interactive PBL “Habits of Success: Using APL and Kagan Practices to Optimize Student Learning”.

At this stop on the “playground” you will have the chance to try a variety of engagement strategies you can easily adapt for use in your own classroom!

Come and join us!!

02/24/2025

Beyond PROUD that two of these girls are my students and that ALL THREE attend the tech center!!!

Plus we will get to take Allie to the state contest!!!




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WCTEC is excited to make the following announcement!

Last week, countywide Young Writers contest winners were announced. The tech center is proud to say that three of our students placed in the 11-12 division!

🥇1st Place: Allie Stevens, 12th Grade

🥈2nd Place: Josy Nice, 11th Grade

🥉3rd Place: Brook Gray, 12th Grade

Congratulations to each of these students!

West Virginia Department of Education

Wetzel County Schools

Valley Lumberjacks

Magnolia High School Blue Eagles

Paden City High School

02/06/2025

The Wetzel County Technical Education Center Open House is tonight from 3:30 - 6:00PM.

Come and see the new culinary complex; explore options like drafting, drones, and welding; explore the electrical and Health Sciences labs; and come and try your hand at some of the English 12 students’ curriculum!

We even have snacks and door prizes!

12/09/2024

About to use some Kagan Publishing & Professional Development strategies during the Professional Development I am leading tomorrow! So excited!



Attendees will utilize:
➡️ Jot Thoughts
➡️ Timed Pair Share
➡️ Continuous Round Robin
➡️ Round Table Consensus

12/05/2024

My Tech Express station is officially ready!

11/21/2024

A video showcasing all of our haiku entries!!

11/21/2024

With the sponsorship of Prodigy Wellness Center’s Sarah Shepherd and community connection Brenda Botizan, we were able to offer winners of both our Haiku and Math Flyer contests a gift cards and other goodies!

It was so nice to partner with our math teacher to host a week of contests!



Wetzel County Technical Education Center

11/18/2024

Started out right by unboxing my Kagan Publishing & Professional Development
mystery box!

11/18/2024

Let the American Education Week Contests…Begin!!!

Students will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of contests at the tech center in celebration of American Education Week!

There will be…
-Daily grammar and vocabulary questions
-Daily logic problems in math
-A Scavenger Hunt

…and more!

Let’s get these students excited about English and Math!!



Wetzel County Technical Education Center

11/15/2024

I solemnly swear that I’m up to something fun.