Blackhawk School District educator named Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year
Updated: 9:41 PM EST Dec 5, 2022
Blackhawk School District educator named Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year
Updated: 9:41 PM EST Dec 5, 2022
RYAN HARDESTY RECEIVED THE HONOR TODAY IN A CEREMONY IN HARRISBURG. HARDESTY TEACHES 7TH AND 8TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES AT HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE BLACKHAWK SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF HIS STUDENTS WHO NOMINATED HIM. >> ONE OF MY STUDENTS NOMINATED ME IN 2020 AFTER THE PANDEMIC, AND BECAUSE OF THE HOLDOVER OF THE TIME PERIOD, IT WAS PUSHED INTO THIS CLASS. I’M JUST SO THANKFUL THAT A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT THOUGHT ENOUGH ABOUT ME TO NOMINATE ME FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND TO THINK THAT MY JOB EDUCATING THEM WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THAT. MIKE: HARDESTY WAS ONE OF 12 FINALISTS TO BE NOMINATED. OTHER NOMINATIONS CAME FROM SHALER, BETHEL PARK, SOUTH FAYETTE, AND THE BURRELL SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Blackhawk School District educator named Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year
Updated: 9:41 PM EST Dec 5, 2022
Pennsylvania has named its next teacher of the year. Ryan D. Hardesty is a seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher at Highland Middle School in Beaver County. The Blackhawk School District teacher was revealed as the Keystone State's top educator at a conference in Hershey. "The goal of education is to meet the specific needs of the diverse set of learners that come into our classroom," he said. "To do so, we should plan engaging and rigorous work that pushes students to reach their full potential."As Pennsylvania’s Teacher of the Year, Hardesty will travel the state, meet and collaborate with other educators, and will represent Pennsylvania in next year’s National Teacher of the Year competition. Congratulations, Mr. Hardesty.
Pennsylvania has named its next teacher of the year.
Ryan D. Hardesty is a seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher at Highland Middle School in Beaver County. The Blackhawk School District teacher was revealed as the Keystone State's top educator at a conference in Hershey.
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"The goal of education is to meet the specific needs of the diverse set of learners that come into our classroom," he said. "To do so, we should plan engaging and rigorous work that pushes students to reach their full potential."
As Pennsylvania’s Teacher of the Year, Hardesty will travel the state, meet and collaborate with other educators, and will represent Pennsylvania in next year’s National Teacher of the Year competition.
Congratulations, Mr. Hardesty.