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New Staff and New Positions for the 2024-25 School Year

New Staff and New Positions for the 2024-25 School Year
As the 2024-25 school year starts, Springfield-Clark Career Technology Center (CTC) is excited to announce several new additions to our team and a few key staff position changes.
 
New Faces at CTC
Please help us welcome nine new staff members stepping into positions vacated by previous staff. Each individual brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to their role and is passionate about delivering the top-notch education and support that CTC is known for. Help us welcome:
  • Mr. Gabe Abraham - Intervention Specialist
  • Mrs. Peggy Ault - Project SEARCH Instructor
  • Mr. Wesley Curtin - IT Support Specialist
  • Mr. Matt Grigsby - Applied Engineering & Manufacturing Instructor
  • Mr. Chad Mossing - Director of Career Technical Education
  • Ms. Stevie Pandey - Food Services Helper
  • Mrs. Kelly Perry - Spanish/TESOL Instructor
  • Mrs. Rebecca "Shack" Shackelford - Career Pathways Leader
  • Mrs. Christina Steffanni - Career Awareness Supervisor
  • Mr. Joe Stephens - English Language Arts Instructor
New Positions Expand Career Awareness Activities at CTC 
We’ve added two new positions designed to help further our mission of bringing career awareness and career readiness to K-12 students throughout the county. These new roles, Career Awareness Supervisor and Career Pathways Leader, will be filled by veteran staff members Christina Steffanni and Rebecca Shackelford. The duo will work with CTC’s Curriculum Director, Dr. Pam Noeth, to provide Tour ‘N Explore events for elementary and middle school students to visit campus and to expand the career-awareness camps for teachers.
 
“We’re excited to expand upon Dr. North’s career kits and other career awareness opportunities to help the students of Clark County explore the myriad of career opportunities available to them,” shared Michelle Patrick, CTC Superintendent.
 
We’re confident these changes will positively impact students and help us fulfill our vision of getting every student Career Ready, College Ready, Life Ready.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ, ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜! ๐ŸŒŸ

Mr. Abraham is dedicated to supporting our staff and students by providing interventions and professional support that make learning accessible for all students. โœจ

๐Ÿซ Mr. Abraham comes to CTC as a seasoned IS, having worked at Northeastern High School for the past decade.

Mr. Abraham's family includes his wife, son, and two beagle fur kids. ๐Ÿถ He and his wife played college soccer โšฝ๏ธ and continue to enjoy the sport today. He is the Boys' Varsity Soccer Coach at Northeastern High School.

๐Ÿค— Welcome to CTC, Mr. Abraham!

๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐˜† ๐—”๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ง๐—– ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—–๐—›! ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŽ‰

Mrs. Ault has a dynamic background in various educational roles, most recently as the Director of Field Placement and Outreach at Wittenberg University. She is a 4th generation teacher with a passion for guiding students through their transition from school to work.

When she's not at school, Mrs. Ault enjoys reading and camping with her husband and three children. She is a chicken shawarma and hummus aficionado and a big fan of smooth writing pens!

Welcome to CTC, Mrs. Ault! ๐ŸŽ‰โœจ

๐ŸŒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ, ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป! ๐Ÿ’ป

Say hello to Wes, the wizard behind the scenes troubleshooting our IT issues and making sure everything runs smoothly! ๐ŸŒŸ

Wes, a proud graduate of our very own SCCTC Cybersecurity program, is currently attending the University of Cincinnati, majoring in Cybersecurity. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป Heโ€™s thrilled to step into his dream career here while continuing his education.

When Wes isn't saving the day with his tech skills, he loves traveling to new and far-off placesโ€”the more random, the better! ๐ŸŒโœˆ๏ธ

Welcome back to CTC, Wes! We're excited to have you on the team. ๐ŸŽ‰

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿญ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜† - ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ! โš™๏ธ

Weโ€™re excited to introduce Matt Grigsby, who will be teaching manufacturing, maintenance, and engineering skills, including metal fab, CAD/CAM, automation, robotics, and more! ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ

Matt is pumped about working with the students and all the cool equipment in our lab. ๐Ÿ˜Ž He worked at CTC last year with Mr. Ron Summers, and with Ron's retirement, Matt is now the instructor for the program.

Before joining us, Matt was a Motion Specialist at C&E Advanced Tech, ๐Ÿ”ง where he helped customers choose and size motion products and how to program drives and troubleshoot equipment.

Matt and his wife Amanda have three boys, a Black Mouth Cur mix named Ruby Roo, and Jake the cat. ๐Ÿˆ Matt enjoys music of all types and studying martial arts, ๐Ÿฅ‹ particularly an Okinawan style called Pangainoon, but he loves exploring different styles.

Welcome to the CTC family, Matt! Weโ€™re thrilled to have you on board.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป! ๐ŸŒŸ

Weโ€™re excited to welcome Mr. Mossing to the leadership team at CTC! With extensive experience as Principal and Assistant Principal at Shawnee High School, ๐Ÿซ Mr. Mossing is eager to bring his passion for helping students succeed to CTC!

๐Ÿก Outside of work, Mr. Mossing and his wife Karen are proud parents to Molly (18), William (16), Catherine (13), and Lucas (10). They enjoy cheering on their children in academic competitions, sports, 4-H, and Destination Imagination. ๐Ÿถ Their furry companions, Sirius and Captain, complete their busy household. When not on campus, Mr. Mossing finds joy in woodworking, building for others, and coaching basketball.๐Ÿ€

Welcome to the CTC family, Mr. Mossing! ๐Ÿ‘‹

๐Ÿด ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜†, ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ! ๐Ÿด

Let's give a warm welcome to Mrs. Pandey, our newest addition to the Food Services team at CTC! Stevie comes to us with a diverse background, ๐Ÿ“ having recently served as a Nutritional Coordinator at a daycare center, where she prepared and served nutritious meals daily.ย ๐Ÿฅ—

Mrs. Pandey will help with food prep,ย ๐Ÿฅช assist on the cafeteria line, and be a cashier. Outside of work, she enjoys painting, swimming, kayaking, travel, and camping. Fun fact: She is currently learning Hindi to prepare for an upcoming trip to India โœˆ๏ธ with her husband to visit family.

Welcome to CTC, Ms. Stevie! ๐ŸŒŸ

โœจ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต/๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ! โœจ

Weโ€™re thrilled to welcome Kelly Perry, our newest instructor who will be teaching ESL, helping ELL students, and translating for families. Oh, and sheโ€™ll also be teaching Spanish!

๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€”she speaks Spanish and is learning Haitian Creole! She loves warm weather โ˜€๏ธ and spends her summers gardening and having fun at King's Island with her kids. In her spare time, Kelly enjoys traveling, sewing, and busting a move at Zumba classes. ๐Ÿ’ƒ

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ, ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜†! Weโ€™re excited to have you here.

๐ŸŒŸ Congratulations to ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ! ๐ŸŒŸ

We're excited to announce Rebecca Shackelford aka "Shack" as the new Career Pathways Leader at CTC! In this brand new position, Shack will be helping with the K-8 Tour & Explore events and developing new opportunities for community engagement.

๐ŸŽ With an impressive 28 years of service at CTC , ๐Ÿคฉ Shack brings invaluable experience and dedication to this role. Outside of campus, she enjoys pampering her dog, Toto๐Ÿพ, and gardening, reading, and spending quality time with family.

Join us in congratulating Shack on another new chapter with CTC! ๐ŸŽ‰

๐ŸŒŸ Congratulations to ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ, ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ! ๐ŸŒŸ

We're thrilled to announce Mrs. Christina Steffanni as our new Career Awareness Supervisor at CTC! In this exciting new role, she will spearhead initiatives like the K-8 Tour & Explore events that bring young students to campus to discover careers and tour the school. She'll also take this concept on the road to local schools, develop Teacher Camps, and expand career awareness into the community through innovative programs like Career Kits and events such as Trunk or Treat with Clark State.

With an impressive 19 years of dedication to CTC, Mrs. Steffanni brings a wealth of experience and passion to this role. In her downtime, she enjoys quality time with her family and recently showcased her talents by refinishing her kitchen table and chairs this summer.

Join us in congratulating Mrs. Steffanni on her new role!

๐Ÿ“š ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ! ๐Ÿ“š

We're thrilled to welcome Mr. Stephens to CTC! He has experience teaching English at Greenville High School and World Religions at Edison State Community College. โœ๏ธ Mr. Stephens is excited to join the ELA department and to jump into teaching embedded English in CTC's career-tech programs!

๐Ÿก Outside the classroom, he's a proud "girl dad" to two daughters and shares a home with his wife Celeste, a teacher at Fairborn, along with their two cats, Cakey and Roomba. Fun fact: Mr. Stephens is a competitive powerlifter ๐Ÿ’ช with an impressive 1873-pound total! ๐Ÿ‹

Welcome to CTC, Mr. Stephens! ๐Ÿค—

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš•๏ธ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ!๐Ÿฉน

Nurse Wilson joins us as the new school nurse at CTC! ๐Ÿฉบ With experience managing health services at Springfield City School District and a background at Springfield Regional Medical Center, ๐Ÿฅ she is a seasoned healthcare professional.

Outside of work, Nurse Wilson enjoys family time with her two boys, Landyn and Alex, and loves staying active with โšพ๏ธ baseball, bowling, and creating a backyard oasis with her partner Ryan.ย ๐ŸŒดย 

Welcome to the team, Nurse Wilson! We're thrilled to have you! ๐ŸŽ‰