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Teacher Advisory Council (TAC)

Danina Garcia, National Steering Committee Representative

Danina Garcia is a National Board-certified English teacher, a 2003 graduate of the Philadelphia public school system and a fourth-generation schoolteacher. She currently teaches at Vaux Big Picture High School, where she was a founding staff member for the school’s reopening in 2017. She has been participating in the Teacher’s Institute seminars since 2022.

As national steering committee representative, Garcia represents TIP to our parent program, the Yale National Initiative, and helps select fellows for national seminars at Yale.

 

TIP Teacher Advisory Council Members

Teacher Liaisons (TLs) represent their school and promote the TIP program to their fellow teachers. Teacher Representatives (TRs), in addition to performing these responsibilities, meet monthly to decide on program policies and program content. TRs also review applications to the program and decide on the placement of teachers in seminars and workshops.

 

Teacher Liaisons

Marie Clark, H. C. Lea School

 

Teacher Representatives

Ariel Coff, Science Leadership Academy Middle School

Marla Colondres, Swenson Arts and Tech HS

Emma Connolly, D. Newlin Fell School

Jennifer Gallagher, Widener Memorial

Danina Garcia, Vaux Big Picture HS

Chloe Glynn, Furness High School

Anna Herman, U School

Tyriese Holloway, Overbrook High School

Tia Larese, Penn Alexander School

Alima McKnight, Richmond School

Keeler Park, Girls High School

Katherine Steiner, Academy at Palumbo

Emma Steinheimer, Science Leadership Academy

Geoffrey Winikur, Carver High School of Engineering and Science

Lisa Yau, F. S. Key School