Small Engines 4-Teachers
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Small Engines 4-Teachers
...preparing teachers to lead courses in small and marine engine repair and maintenance.
Small Engines 4-Teachers
...preparing teachers for Small Engine instruction.
- Based in Valdez, AK
- Prepares teachers to lead courses in small and marine engine repair and maintenance
- Grow teacher knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy about Indigenous Knowledge
- Develop place-based, culturally responsive knowledge, awareness, and practical skills.
Place-based activities may include:
- Boat trip on Prince William Sound
“Anthony Gerasch Jr, is an excellent role model in how he instructs the class himself, and he’s sharing materials with us which gives us a takeaway as to how we can bring those materials and techniques into our own classrooms.”
Brian Rendall, Lower Kuskokwim School District
Dates, Location, and Contact
Dates: May 28-June 3, 2026 (*2 required Zoom sessions prior to the onsite course. Times/Dates TBD. Approximately 2 hours each.)
Grant Funding: Available to Alaska teachers and covers tuition, housing, and partial travel reimbursement.
Credits: 3 *Grant funding requires students to enroll in the summer course. Students must receive a C or better in the course or they will be responsible for tuition expenses.
Seats Available: 12 per class
Location: Valdez, AK
Contact: Katie Bobowski, 907-822-3673 or uaa_pwscforteachers@alaska.edu
Instructor: Anthony Gerasch
- What to expect
- Preparation to lead courses in small and marine engine repair
- Modeling of safe practices and developing a culture of safety
- Introduction to vocational opportunities available for Marine Engine Technicians
- What will you get
- A week of content rich days immersed in classroom and field exercises to deepen teaching pedagogy.
- Teachers will walk away with lesson plans, resources, and tools for how to fit the curriculum into a classroom or virtual learning environment, and examples of place-based lesson planning.
- All students will develop a place-based lesson plan or unit to use in their own classroom. All of the lesson plans developed will be in a shared drive that will be made available to all students for adaptation and use in their classroom.
- Why should you come
- Gives teachers the ability to reconnect to and re-energize their passion for teaching.
- Mixes classroom activities with place-based/outdoor activities, which asks the teachers to not only consider their curriculum, but to also consider their classroom.
- Collaborative workshop activities allow teachers to meet and network with other educators who are living through the same experience.
Meet The Instructor
Anthony Gerasch
Anthony is a master certified marine and powersports technician, as well as the assistant professor of Marine Technology at Prince William Sound College. He operates a Marine Service Technology program that trains students and teachers how to service and maintain boats and engine systems. Anthony enjoys working alongside students and finds great value in finding creative ways to help students achieve their individual goals. Anthony has been in the marine and powersports industries since 2014 and continues training and learning every day. He has an AAS degree from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, where he studied Music Education, and two AAS degrees from Minnesota State Community and Technical College, where he studied Marine Engine Technology and Powersports Technology. He also holds certifications from Yamaha, Mercury, Evinrude, Polaris, Arctic Cat, Stihl, Briggs & Stratton, and EETC. Outside of work, Anthony enjoys working on his own projects and creating Alaskan memories with his wife and son.
Alaska Mariculture Cluster Build Back Better Grant
