2011-2012 Webinars
Join us on Monday, February 6th with Brother Ariana McAvoy (Delta Chi '11), recipient of Epsilon Alpha's Teach For America Month donation. Register to join the webinar or join the call at 209.647.1600 using participant code 834694.
On Monday, September 26th, Teach For America held a webinar to kick-off our 2nd Annual Teach For America Month. Led by Karen Manahan, TFA Manager of Non-Profit Alliances, Brothers heard from Emily Bruegger (Epsilon Zeta '09) and Tyrone Dash (Alpha Tau '09) how your efforts are impacting their classrooms.
Below are some of the highlights from the webinar. If you'd like to listen to the entire webinar, please contact Director of Leadership Advancement, Krista Kay, at tfa@phisigmapi.org.
Overview on Teach For America by Karen Manahan
Krista Kay on Phi Sigma Pi Chapter involvement
Karen Manahan introduces Teach For America Month
Tyrone Dash and Emily Bruegger on why they decided to apply to Teach For America and the achievement gap in their classrooms
Tyrone Dash and Emily Bruegger on Chapter support and their classroom's greatest needs
Emily Bruegger and Tyrone Dash on the greatest challenge faced in their classroom
Emily Bruegger and Tyrone Dash share their experiences classroom placement
Tyrone Dash and Emily Bruegger's day in the life as corps member
Emily Bruegger and Tyrone Dash on how being a Brother prepared them for being a corps member
Tyrone Dash and Emily Bruegger's advice on supporting Teach For America classrooms
Thank you to to all chapters in attendance, with special recognition to the chapters with the highest percentage (Theta) and quantity (Delta Lambda) of their members on the webinar.
Chapter With Highest Percentage of Members in Attendance
Theta Chapter, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Chapter With Most Members in Attendance
Delta Lambda, University of Miami
Other Chapters With Members in Attendance
- Alpha*, University of Central Missouri
- Alpha Pi*, Pennsylvania State University
- Alpha Tau*, Howard University
- Beta Nu, Cornell University
- Epsilon Alpha*, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- Epsilon Zeta**, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
- Zeta Alpha, University of California - San Diego
- Zeta Theta, University of Illinois - Chicago
*Represented by alumni Brothers
**Represented by collegiate and alumni Brothers
Below are some resources mentioned on the webinar:
2010-2011 Webinar
On Monday, September 13th, Teach For America held an exclusive webinar for Phi Sigma Pi Brothers led by Nathan Fitzpatrick, TFA Manager of Non-Profit Alliances. Included on the call as panelists were Brothers and TFA Corps Members Stephanie Pompelia (Beta Nu '08) and Bo Hilty (Gamma Phi '03). Thank you to all chapters in attendance, and special recognition goes out to the chapters with the highest percentage (Theta) and quantity (Epsilon Iota) of their members there. As promised, Director of Leadership Advancement Krista Kay will make a donation to the TFA school/region of Theta Chapter's choice.
Chapter With Highest Percentage of Members in Attendance
Theta Chapter
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Chapter With Most Members in Attendance
Epsilon Iota
Ohio University
Other Chapters With Members in Attendance
- Alpha*, University of Central Missouri
- Alpha Pi*, Pennsylvania State University
- Alpha Rho, Virginia Institute of Technology
- Beta Zeta, University of Georgia
- Gamma Alpha, Purdue University
- Gamma Epsilon**, University of Florida
- Gamma Theta*, Louisiana State University
- Gamma Mu*, Central Michigan University
- Gamma Pi*, Towson University
- Gamma Psi, College of William and Mary
- Gamma Omega, University of Nebraska
- Epsilon Upsilon, University of New Mexico
*Represented by alumni Brothers
**Represented by collegiate and alumni Brothers