Honors

Darryl Jirinec, Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES TA, has been named 2006 National Advisor of the Year by SkillsUSA, a partnership of students, teachers and industry working for a skilled work force. An instructor in heavy equipment repair and operation, Jirinec was praised for creating a curriculum "that benefits the learning needs of students and develops the workplace readiness skills that business and industry demand" ... Freddi Macek, Rochester TA (retired), received the Robert J. Flavin Community Service Award from the Rochester Labor Council, AFL-CIO and the United Way, for her work as a community and union activist ... Brenda Lee, Greenwich TA, received the New Business Teacher of the Year Award from the Business Teachers' Association of New York for contributions to the advancement of business education ... Kevin Coughlin, Rochester TA, received the 18th annual Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Musician's Award for Outstanding Music Educators in the category of band director ... Delene Good, Rochester TA, was one of four New York state teachers to participate in a study program in China, sponsored by the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia ... Tina Amato, New Rochelle Federation of United School Employees, was one of 23 teachers in the U.S. honored at the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship's awards dinner ... Drew A. Deapo II, Jordan Elbridge TA; Dina Kushnir, Fayetteville-Manlius TA; Gwendolyn L. Maturo, Syracuse TA; Joseph T. Pescer, Solvay TA; and Scott D. Stagnitta, Skaneateles TA, received Outstanding Teacher Awards from the Technology Alliance of Central New York.

In print

John Tytell, PSC Queens College, wrote Naked Angels: The Lives and Literature of the Beat Generation. Contact the publisher at www.ivanrdee.com for copies ... Anne White, Queensbury TA (retired), wrote Best Laid Plans, her latest Lake George mystery, published by Hilliard and Harris. Visit www.amazon.com for copies.