Remember last May? You were sitting there with all those research papers to grade and journals to look at, and you said to yourself: “I must remember to suggest this to the publications staff I advise . . .” What was that this? What are you going to try differently this year? This blog could be a great repository of innovative ideas for the novice adviser and staff.
Are you a new adviser? Do you know of a new adviser? Would you or a colleague like help from an experienced adviser?
This fall PSPA is offering mentoring for a limited number of new advisers through a program sponsored by JEA.
JEA began the mentoring program in 2007 to provide on-going training and support for new advisers. The goals of the program are to help develop a culture of responsible journalism in schools and to strengthen journalism programs by retaining committed, well-trained advisers.
By September, PSPA will select two or three new advisers for mentoring. If you are interested in participating in the program or you would like to know more about it, contact Janice Hatfield at hatfieldj@windstream.net.
Longtime Wyoming Valley West publications adviser Les Nicholas will be inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame this June. Read the entire story on Les as published in Wilkes-Barre’s The Times Leader.
Gryphon Adviser Jim Zervanos and his debut novel Love Park
LOVE Park is the debut novel by Jim Zervanos, adviser of the Penncrest High School literary magazine, Gryphon. The novel is about a colorful Greek-American family living in the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, and it’s been getting rave reviews.
Charles Baxter, author of National Book Award-nominated The Feast of Love, declares, ”LOVE Park is both funny and moving, and I enjoyed it tremendously.” Larry Platt, editor-in-chief of Philadelphia magazine, calls LOVE Park “a love letter to Philadelphia” and a ”must-read debut.”
The protagonist is twenty-six-year-old Peter Pappas, who vows to change his life this summer - or at least to move out of his childhood home. When an affair with an exotic widow jump-starts his journey into adulthood, he learns a secret that just might set him free - if it doesn’t destroy his family first.
LOVE Park will be available nationwide starting May 1, 2009. You can order it here, or check out the author’s page for more information.
