• Hi, My name is Marianne Tomasic, and I began working at East Middle School at the end of February 2024.

    I am currently teaching Special Education and English Language Learning.

    I began my career in Erie's Public Schools as a Junior Field Student at Wilson Middle School in the Fall of 1990, then as a student teacher in the Fall of 1991.  I student-taught at Academy High School's SPAVA program as a theatre teacher under Anna Iverson and then at East High School for English under Mary Koening.  However, after a stint working at Gannon University as the Director of Student Employment, I left Pennsylvania and spent most of my teaching career in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

    In West Virginia, I taught Yearbook, Creative Writing, Public Speaking, Print Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, English 9 Honors and General, English 12, and English 11 at the high school level and then at the middle school level Tier 2 Reading Intervention courses for grades 6-8.  I also sponsored many clubs and coached cross-country and track and field.  Finally, I was active as a school leader, as the Faculty Senate President and member of various school committees.  While in West Virginia, I won several awards, such as the Fulbright Japan Memorial Fund, and the Governor's School of the Arts Writing Mentor of the year.

    I left West Virginia and, in Maine, taught grade 8 English and Writing, and at the high school level, U.S. History, English classes for grades 9-12, Gothic Literature, Yearbook, and two courses I designed entitled, "Sentence Fluency and Research Writing" and "Literary Criticism in American Literature."

    I moved back to Pennsylvania to be closer to my aging parents.

     

    I enjoy live music, embroidery, swimming, and hiking.  

     

    Degrees:

    B.S. Comprehensive Literature and Secondary Education - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

    M.S. Communications (specializing in Broadcast Journalism)  - Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    M.Ed. Literacy Education with a specialized Focus on on Writing Literacy - Shenandoah University

    M.A. Teaching Writing - Johns Hopkins University

     

    Below are links to some college writing assignments and research.

     
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