Springfield Township School District

Instructors

Sonia Andre-Borges

Degrees earned: B. A., English and Education, La Salle University
Teaching assignments at STHS: ILA 8 Honors, ILA 8Ac
Favorite short quotations about learning, literacy, or literature:
"Diamonds are only chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs..."--Minnie Richard Smith
"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are."-- Mason Cooley

Eric M. Gershman

Degrees earned: B.A., English--Temple University
M.A., Secondary Education--Arcadia University
Teaching assignments at STHS: ILA 9 Honors, ILA 9Ac (ILA 9L1, ILA 8Ac, SAT Prep)
A favorite short quotation about learning, literacy, or literature:
"Anyone enters that world of writing or literature by writing or reading, venturing forward part by part, unpredictable part by unpredictable part." --William Stafford

Kathryn Maher

Degrees earned: B.S. in Secondary Ed.-English/Communications, Penn State University (Schreyer Honors College)
Teaching assignments at STHS: ILA 8Ac and ILA 9Ac
A favorite short quotation about learning, literacy, or literature:
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." -Jorge Luis Borges

Michele L. Mazurek

Degrees earned: B.S.ED., English--West Chester University
M.A.ED., English--Arcadia University
Teaching assignments at STHS: ILA 8Ac, ILA 8L1

Jennifer McCaslin

Degrees earned:
Bachelor of Arts: Double Major: English and Psychology, Barnard College of Columbia University
Master of Science in Education: Teaching, Learning and Curriculum, University of Pennsylvania
Professional Organizations: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Teaching Assignments: English 11 Honors, English 11Ac, English 10 Honors, English 10Ac
A favorite short quotation about learning, literacy, or literature:
Interviewer: Did you know as a child you wanted to be a writer?
Toni Morrison: No. I wanted to be a reader.

Daniel J. Meder

Degrees earned: B.A, English/Communications-- Cabrini College M. A., Education-- Gratz College
Teaching assignments at STHS: Introduction to TV Production, TV Production, Digital Video Editing, Broadcast Journalism (ILA 9Ac, English 12Ac)
A favorite short quotation about learning, literacy, or literature:
"A good television show must be a good show before it reaches the cameras. All of the known tricks in the master cameraman’s book cannot make an acceptable television show out of a weak script, a poor dance, a dull performer, unmotivated direction. We must start with content; we must have an idea that is stimulating, a personality that is arresting, and direction that illuminates the story with clarity and excitement."--Garry Simpson

Kenneth Rodoff

Degrees earned: B.A., Secondary Education / English, Temple University
M.A., Education, Gratz College
Awards: Fulbright Memorial Scholar Keystone Technology Integrator Award
Professional organizations: NCTE
Teaching assignments at STHS: English 12 Honors, English 12Ac, English 12L1 (English 10 Honors, English 11Ac, Television Production, SAT Prep)
A favorite short quotation about learning, literacy, or literature:
“The greatest survival skill you can have is the ability to learn how to learn. The best way to learn how to learn is to love to learn"--sourceunknown

Carol H. Rohrbach

Language Arts Coordinator, K-12

Degrees earned: B.A., English--Wilson College
                 M.A., English--Villanova University
                 Fellow, Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project
Awards: Finalist, PA Teacher of the Year 2003
                Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Educator 2003
     Who’s Who Among American Teachers (multiple nominee)

Distinguished High School Teaching recognition from U. of Richmond, U. of

Chicago, Smith College, Gettysburg College, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science

Published: “Love at First Byte” (interface, 1988)
“Just Say, ‘No’ To Formal Grammar” (Strategies for Teaching Writing from the Pennsylvania Writing Project, 1995.)
Co-author with Joyce Valenza of “Changing School Culture at Springfield Township High School: A Research Integrity Policy that Works” for inclusion in Student Cheating and Plagiarism, Book 2: Focus on Honesty and Integrity by Ann Lathrop and Kathleen Foss (Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.)

Professional organizations: NCTE, ASCD
Teaching assignments at STHS: Advanced Placement English 12 (English 9 Ac, English 9L1; English 11 Honors, English 11 Ac, English 11, L1; SAT Prep, Book Club Roundtable, Writing Skills)
Favorite short quotation about learning, literacy, or literature:
“There is no such thing as a final version, only drafts and deadlines.”--Robert Weiss, former director Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project

Christine Frances Settino

Degrees earned: B.S., Language Arts Education/Communications--Temple University
M.A., Humanities--Penn State University
Awards: Three National Endowment of Humanities grants
Teaching assignments at STHS: ILA 9 Ac, English 10 Ac, English 11 Ac, American Studies

Laurie Shirley

Degrees earned: B.A., English/Liberal Arts --La Salle University
M.A., Teaching of English--Teachers College
Teaching assignments at STHS: ILA 8 Ac; ILA 8 Honors; ILA 9, L1; ILA 9 Ac; ILA 9 Honors; English 11 Ac
Favorite short quotation about learning, literacy, or literature:
"Students learn what they care about, from people they care about and who, they know, care about them." --Barbara Harrell Carson

Kristin Ward

Degrees earned: B.S., Secondary Education English/Communication--Penn State U.
JD--Temple University
Teaching assignments at STHS: Academic Support (English 10 Honors, English 10 Ac, English 10--SUCCESS)