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Crosson approaches teaching with the goal of helping her students develop their communications and problem-solving skills in a global society, expanding their worldview, and empowering them to use their voices.

“Ashlie Crosson is an outstanding educator and role model who is preparing her students to be global citizens and change-makers,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin. “Ashlie works hard every day to nurture in her students a love for learning while also helping them to be their most authentic selves.

“Ashlie is also a strong advocate for independent reading, investing her own funds to help her school build classroom libraries with diverse books for young adult readers. Her tireless dedication to her students is helping prepare the next generation of creators, leaders, and innovators.”

“Ashlie is always thinking about her students and advocating for them,” said Del Fuller, PSEA Central Region president and president of the Association of Mifflin County Educators. “She is constantly looking for opportunities to give her students new perspectives that would not normally be available to them. She has organized trips to Europe and D.C.; she runs our school newspaper and is a leader in using AI in the classroom. She strives to bring her ideas to the classroom and to share with her fellow teachers, making everyone around her better at their craft. Ashlie Crosson is a teacher students look up to and a teacher we should look to emulate. Congratulations to Ashlie for winning the CCSSO National Teacher of the Year Award.”

At Mifflin County High School, Crosson teaches Advanced Placement language and composition, English 10, and Survival Stories, an elective that approaches global humanitarian crises from a youth perspective. She also advises the journalism program, which publishes the school newspaper and district magazine.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in English education, with a minor in journalism, from Susquehanna University and a master’s degree in educational leadership at Penn State University and gifted endorsement from Millersville University.

Read Ashlie Crosson’s full bio here.

Chapin is a Stroudsburg Area middle school teacher and president of PSEA. An affiliate of the National Education Association, PSEA represents about 177,000 active and retired educators and school employees, aspiring educators, higher education staff, and health care workers in Pennsylvania.