She saw him years later in her hometown’s Fourth of July celebration in Brockway, Pennsylvania. Foradora was very interested in political science, the subject Spigelmyer was teaching. She tells a story of a student named John Foradora from her first year of teaching, which happened to be at her high school alma mater.
One of Spigelmyer’s former teachers sparked her passion for social studies, history, and political science, and she has no doubt had that effect on her own students as well. She took on her first administrative role for the NYLC. She never needed to press it.) She taught for the National Young Leaders Conference (NYLC) in Washington, DC, where Spigelmyer, a self-proclaimed country bumpkin, found herself teaching students from all over the nation, using the Supreme Court, White House, and foreign embassies as her classroom. (While there, she could press the big red button behind her desk if a problem arose with the inmates. She taught inmates at the Greensburg Correctional Institute as part of her adjunct faculty role at Westmoreland County Community College. She taught at a private girl’s school in Buffalo, New York. She taught Seneca Nation students in Silver Creek, New York. Over her teaching career, Spigelmyer has worked with diverse groups of students. “It is the bridge that opens doors for our students’ future success.” “Education is and always will be a deep passion for me,” she says. Her first teaching job was at Dubois Central Catholic High School, her alma mater. In her early career, she taught high school in both Pennsylvania and New York, covering subjects like history, global studies, civics, practical law, psychology, sociology, and English. Through all high school, she never lost interest in becoming a teacher. “My neighborhood friends would avoid me at times because I always wanted to play school in the summer,” she laughs. Spigelmyer wanted to be a teacher since she was in third grade. This principle continues to guide her decisions as PA Cyber’s CAO.įrancie Spigelmyer oversees several academic departments at PA Cyber as Chief Academic Officer. She believes that teaching methods are just as important as (if not more than) what is taught, in both K-12 and higher education. She worked extensively with Blackboard and created five online courses for BCCC. In 2000, she was one of BCCC’s original faculty members who created and taught the first online classes for the college, back when the technology was new. Previously, she held the roles of Interim Vice President for Student Services, full-time assistant professor, and coordinator for the College in High School program. In this role, she served as chief advisor to the college’s president and guided nearly 270 employees. Prior to joining PA Cyber in 2018 as CAO, she held several positions at Butler County Community College (BCCC) over two decades, notably Vice President for Academic Affairs. They pay close attention to evolving technologies that are aligned with the school’s dynamic pedagogical strategies to ensure students succeed in the classroom and in life. Spigelmyer acknowledges that educators and administrators at PA Cyber hold unique positions because they make every decision looking through a cyber lens. She works directly with the principals, attendance directors, school nurses, teacher evaluators, the guidance director, and the data and assessment director. “My greatest joy at PA Cyber is working with a very talented group of people who are clearly driven to commend and improve the teaching and learning environment for all students,” she says.
Spigelmyer, who holds a doctorate in instructional management and leadership, oversees thirteen departments that comprise the school’s academic staff. PA Cyber, short for the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, educates more than 11,500 students in grades K-12 from nearly every school district throughout the Commonwealth. Spigelmyer speaks to PA Cyber’s graduating class of 2021 at Kutztown University.Īs Chief Academic Officer (CAO), Francie Spigelmyer ensures that PA Cyber implements best practices in online education and meets the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s standards.
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