Waterloo Community School District
Per'Tiyah Bruce is an accomplished English teacher at Waterloo Community School District, with an extensive background in education and community engagement. As Chief Executive Officer of Priority Lessons since January 2018, Per'Tiyah has successfully hosted workshops on resume building and job interview skills, assisted students academically, and organized numerous community events, achieving annual sales of $15,000 through various initiatives. Prior experience includes customer care coordination at HOMELINK/The VGM Group and a summer internship at the 1619 Freedom School, where Per'Tiyah contributed to developing a program for African American women preparing for their senior year of high school. Per'Tiyah's educational credentials include a Master's degree in Teaching and Learning - English Education from the University of Iowa and a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Northern Iowa.
Waterloo Community School District
At Waterloo Schools, the future is now. With career-ready programming like the more than 20 options available at the Waterloo Career Center, we help students discover where their passion meets profession. Our alumni include world-renowned Olympic wrestler Dan Gable and Pulitzer Prize winning author and creator of The 1619 Project Hannah Nikole-Jones. We continue to grow generations of leaders – one of our current seniors has been offered a full ride scholarship to Stanford University thanks to her involvement in our International Baccalaureate offerings. The future is here! The future is now. Waterloo Schools is an award-winning PK-12 school district committed to growing students from Iowa, the heartland of the US, into global citizens. Our students graduate with a diploma and a plan for their futures; they're college-ready and career-ready. We offer a vast array of nationally and internally recognized programs such as Leader in Me, Junior Achievement, and International Baccalaureate as well as opportunities exclusively available at Waterloo like LifeLabs.