Charlayne McClanahan
Class Year: 2005

Major: Elementary Education

Employer: Reading Community Schools (Michigan)

Accomplishments at TSU: Women’s softball, President’s List or Dean’s List three times, academic honors, Student Education Association, NCATE committee

Professional Accomplishments:  Head girls’ basketball coach

Jared Turner
Class Year:  2005

Major: Social Studies Education

Employer:  Yorktown Community Schools (Indiana) 

Accomplishments at TSU: IACTE Outstanding Future Educator, President’s List or Dean’s List five times, academic honors, cross country, track, Christian Campus House, Chi Alpha Sigma, National Dean’s List, National Collegiate Athletic Honor Society

Professional Accomplishments:  Assistant track coach

Comments: "There is no doubt in my mind that there is no other profession that I could have gone into and had the same passion and love for what I do. The impact you have on others lives as a teacher is beyond anything that could have been explained to me before entering the profession myself."

Celena Larkey
Class Year: 1999
Major: Elementary Education

Graduate School: Teachers College, Columbia University (New York)

Master's Degree Program: Curriculum and Teaching

Employers: DeKalb County Central United School District, MSD of Steuben County, Columbia University

Accomplishments at TSU: IACTE Outstanding Future Educator, President’s List six times, academic high honors

Professional Accomplishments: The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project is a research and staff development organization housed at Teachers College Columbia University. The teacher-educators who staff the Project are involved in long-lasting collaborations with teachers across the United States. The goal of the Project is to support expert literacy instruction within schools through research, writing and professional development of teachers and school leaders. Celena, a former primary and upper grade teacher and writing coach in Indiana, is a Project Staff Developer. She has presented at various national conferences and universities. She was a teaching assistant for the Teaching of Writing course at Columbia University taught by Lucy Calkins.