Mrs. Tina
Mayer joined the West Jefferson Hills School District on July 1,
2008 as the Gill Hall Principal. Prior to her start here, Mrs.
Mayer was a Middle School teacher in the Clairton School
District, and an elementary principal in the Bethel Park School
District and the Penn Hills School District. She obtained her
Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Indiana
University of PA in Elementary Education, obtained certification
for middle level Math and Language Arts, and earned a Master’s
Degree and principal certification from California University of
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Mayer is
a member of PAESSP, NAESSP, and ASCD. She has conducted
presentations on interdisciplinary units and cross-curriculum
teaching at the Governor’s Institute, as well as recently
presenting at the State-Wide Title 1 conference on
“Adopt-an-Anchor”, and anchor based instruction.
Mrs. Mayer
enjoys spending time with her family, husband, Michael and
daughter, McKenna. She also enjoys reading and crafts.
Her
educational philosophy is school, family, and community based.
All stakeholders in a child’s life must devote themselves to
surrounding children with a rigorous education, owned
responsibility, and a solid sense of self. As a team, we can
inspire successful, life- long learners that grow into valuable
community members.