Pitt-Johnstown educators are teaching and learning in Bolivia

Bethany McConnell, assistant professor in Pitt-Johnstown’s Department of Educational Studies, developed a workshop for educators in Cochabamba, Bolivia, who have for years hosted student-teachers from Pitt’s regional campuses.

Pitt’s Global Experiences Office partners each year with Alexis Wieczorek (UPJ ’10), director of Connect2Bolivia and former Vira I. Heinz scholar, to facilitate student-teaching placements at the Bolivian school. The study abroad opportunity is open to education majors at Pitt’s Johnstown and Greensburg campuses.

Two Pitt-Johnstown education majors completing the seven-week teaching experience assisted with leading the two-day workshop on differentiated instruction, which tailors teaching to the learning needs of each student. More than 50 local educators attended.

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