Medina City Teachers Association

Congratulations to our retirees. We love and honor all of you!

Medina Schools recognizes people retiring at end of school year As the school year comes to a close, the Medina Schools' administrators and board members recently recognized the teachers and staff members who will be retiring from the district.

Congratulations to William Feeman, recipient of the Medina City Teachers Association Scholarship, presented here by Mr. Kevin Henslee.

Medina Teachers are ready to read names for Commencement!

Congratulations to Northrop intensive needs teacher Jessica Nickol, a Going the Extra Mile Award recipient.

Congratulations to Blake Elementary fourth-grade teacher Greg Miller, recipient of this year's PACE Team Award.

Congratulations to Heritage Elementary paraprofessional Lynn Houghtaling, recipient of one of this year's Going the Extra Mile Awards.

This weekend MCTA Delegates attended the Ohio Education Association Representative Assembly in Columbus. They met on Friday to review the year and plan for next year, and then they attended the evening session of the RA. They attended the RA all day Saturday, where they voted on policy and got to see Senator Sherrod Brown. Thank you, Delegates, for giving your weekend to serve our students and members.

It's dissection week in the high school biology department, and Mrs. Frawley's students are all in for it. Thank you, Medina Teachers, for giving our future scientists and doctors a hands-on opportunity to practice science!

Medina Teachers also serve students as coaches and advisors. Congratulations to Mr. Douglas, Mr. Mohn, and Mr. Bracken for their hours of work outside of the school day to make this outstanding production of The Prom happen. They all deserve Dazzle awards!

MCTA hosted our end of year celebration at Buffalo Wild Wings. We awarded our teachers who have reached their 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 year mark of service, and we welcomed our retirees. We are a family, and WE ARE MEDINA!

This has been a busy week for MCTA. Wednesday was our General Assembly, and Saturday MCTA delegates attended the North Eastern Ohio Education Association Representative Assembly.

Congratulations to Dorin!

Featuring President David Hamman, who talks about how MCTA organized our PD day with OEA!

From its humble beginnings in a closet at an OEA Representative Assembly to its evolution into an important resource for all educators across Ohio, there's a lot you probably don't know about the Ohio Association of Special Needs Professionals, or OASNP. In this episode, OASNP leaders Jené Wilson and Nikki Nadasky offer five surprising facts about the organization within OEA. We also hear from Medina City Teachers Association President David Hamman about how that local was empowered to take the lead in its own professional development, and why this PD Day was such a success for the MCTA's 470 members.

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Medina Teachers know that authentic learning comes from opportunities to share their experiences with community members. Thank you to Ms. Shaffer and Mr. Kaplack for this wonderful program.

Medina High School students host seniors for monthly seminar Monthly Senior Citizen Seminars at Medina High School seem to benefit students and seniors alike as the two groups interact and even do projects together.

Medina Teachers have spirit at Evolve Academy! Dress Like a Celebrity Day has us asking, Who wore it best, Dwayne Johnson or Mrs. Shubrowsky? Twin Day with Mr. Loftis and Mrs. Shubrowsky makes us wonder if they were separated at birth.

What are you doing this blustery first Wednesday of Spring? MCTA is meeting to advocate for students and teachers.

Medina Educators want you to vote YES on the levy!

MCTA President Dave Hamman and Building Representative and Delegate Wendy Shubrowsky want you to vote for the levy!

On January 24th, and February 29th Broadway Creek Senior Living residents visited Medina High School for the Senior Citizen Seminar. Organized by teachers Katie Shaffer and Vic Kaplack, each month seniors visit MHS to meet with students who showcase the learning they are doing in their classrooms. During these seminars, students from Marcie Komar's Spanish class showed residents how to make a Spanish "fortune teller." Art teacher Lauren Smith had some of her art students practice printmaking and painting with watercolor pencils with our senior visitors, while Melissa Maxwell's photography class showed them how to edit photos. A big thank you to all the students who participated; Addyson Meyers, CJ Jordan, Blair Crandall, Hannah Faulkner, Marissa Nugent, Kaitlin Frimel, Serene Rocha, Charlotte Hobbes, Katelyn Scheiber, Triton Rupert, Madilyn Niehaus, Beckett Vogrin, Addy Shook, Meagan Beidelschies, and Becca Ambrosetti. We are looking forward to their visit in April!

Did you know that North Eastern Ohio Education Association sponsors free professional development for educators? MCTA representatives Rob Thompson and Stephani Itibrout spent Saturday morning learning about the current use of AI in education at NEOEA's Megaconference.

Medina Teachers appreciate OEA!

Medina City School District slashes budget to stay in the black The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce placed Medina City Schools on “precaution status” after the district’s most recent five-year financial forecast projected a budget deficit in year three.

Today Medina Educators met for professional development sponsored by the Medina Teachers Association and the Ohio Education Association. We learned about the Code of Conduct regarding online presence from Ellen Adornetto, and we practiced de-stressing techniques with Taraja Shephard Allen.

What are you doing this weekend! MCTA members are attending the Ohio Education Association Advocacy and Organization Institute! President David Hamman, Katie Shaffer, Wendy Shubrowsky, and Lori Berger are learning best practices in representation. Thank you for your service to Medina Teachers and Students!

What are you doing on this sunny Wednesday evening? MCTA is meeting for a night of levy support!

Medina Teachers actually won all the Spirit Games at the Mr. Medina rally, but there was a very biased judge.

This week students in Mrs. Itibrout's AP classes and Mr. Wetherbee's Honors Sophomore Language Arts classes teamed up with actors from Great Lakes Theater to perform and discuss scenes from Hamlet and Macbeth. They had fun with costumes and props and discussed the universality of Shakespeare's themes.

Medina High School's Teacher Band "Paper Jam" SLAYED at SPICE today! !

Students in Mr. Haramis' Wild America class traveled to Cuyahoga Valley National Park to see first-hand some of the environmental history of the area. Students met with park rangers to discuss the role of the National Park Service in many things, including the cleanup of a toxic waste dump under the Federal Superfund Act. They also visited structures and features built by the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression and hiked along the Ledges trail, They ended the trip with a short visit to Lock 29, part of the historic Ohio and Erie Canal and a slight detour past a Hopewell Indian mound.