Lead Teach is the time residents find out who they are as teachers. -Chandra Perkins The gradual release model informs Memphis Teacher Residency’s approach to teacher training. As residents instruct our students in the classroom using this model, aspiring teachers like me also experience this type of...
[caption id="attachment_1896" align="alignnone" width="600"] Daniel Warner, '14History, East High School[/caption] We are called to faithfulness, not effectiveness. This stands out in a field as data driven as urban education. It flies in the face of the Protestant work ethic. And honestly it just makes me feel...
[caption id="attachment_1892" align="alignnone" width="600"] Cherise Clark, '12Spanish, Kinsbury High School[/caption] Sra. Cherise Clark uses a quarterly awards ceremony to motivate and recognize student achievement. Her strategy and procedures may be helpful for educators to develop an awards ceremony in their classrooms also. MTRVoices: How did you develop...
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons on the third grade hall at Sherwood Elementary are surprisingly quiet, given the presence of 50 students and 40 volunteers gathered in five classrooms. The quiet comes from the diligent pairs huddled on colorful carpets and in small desks, working with flashcards and manipulatives...
On November 1, 2013, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) released the 2013 Report Card on the Effectiveness of Teacher Training Programs. The THEC report is designed to provide data that informs the public on the effectiveness of teacher training programs and to provide teacher preparation programs the...
The last 6 months have completely turned my world upside down, but I wouldn't change a thing. Thankful for the Lord's grace in my life to call me to bless and serve my students, school, and class of 2014 #memphistr cohort. I've learned and grown so...
[gallery type="slideshow" ids="1867,1868,1869"] "There is no greater power on earth than an idea whose time has come." -MLK (quoting Victor Hugo) in his essay The Time for Freedom Has Come. Many thanks to all of our MTR residents and staff..and Merry Christmas!...
Thanks to Tony Campolo and Margot Starbuck for interviewing David and featuring MTR on his blog: David, you’ve said urban education is the greatest social justice and civil rights issue in America today. Why? Urban education is a civil rights issue because of the lack of sameness and universal...
[caption id="attachment_8170" align="aligncenter" width="486"] Artist rendering of the proposed Crosstown development. Photo: Looney Ricks Kiss[/caption] On Tuesday, December 3, the Memphis City Council will vote on a resolution to provide the Crosstown Development Project with $15 million that will fund a variety of critical infrastructure, blight...
Nearly 122,000 Mid-South kids worry about where their next meal will come from. This epidemic is called food insecurity, which often leads to hunger. These children receive free or reduced price school meals during the week, but at home, families struggle with food budgets that are...