Robin Henderson, Director of MTR, concluded her seven year career at the Memphis Teacher Residency in March. As the MTR family prepares to celebrate her this weekend at the MTR Spring Formal, the time is right to share an open letter to her written by MTR...
How can we engage our students in literature that, to them, seems out-dated and culturally irrelevant? In a world where “fun” and “passive entertainment” are synonymous, how can a novel...
Author: Jessica Johnson | MTR Instructional Coach Many teachers have periodic or ad hoc days devoted to students’ making up work that they didn’t complete on schedule or revising work that didn’t exhibit mastery. These days are designed to foster student learning and improve students’ grades....
Brooke DeBoard is an MTR graduate from the Class of 2015. She taught her residency year at Cherokee Elementary School and is now a Kindergarten teacher at Cornerstone Prep School, Denver campus in the Frayser community. She was a recent guest speaker at MTR Talk and...
How quickly the magic of Christmas fades in the cold of January, especially with the stress of a new semester in the classroom. MTR President, David Montague, shared these words with MTR teachers on the first day back to school this month. They are just...
In a spirit of gratitude, MTR Instructional Coach, Brittany Ordu, collected a list of adjectives that MTR Class of 2016 residents use to describe their mentors. MTR mentors are outstanding educators who open their doors and practice to model, train and support MTR residents through their...
Author: David Montague | MTR President [caption id="attachment_2969" align="aligncenter" width="772"] Rosa Parks seated toward the front of the bus, Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)[/caption] Today is the 60th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest in Montgomery, AL. I thought her actions that displayed a deep...
Justine Brunett, MTR Class of 2016 and Elementary Resident (ESL concentration), shares her end of course reflection for the Cultural Foundations course of the Master of Urban Education. She answers the question, "What is a gospel-centered response to urban education in Memphis?" [caption id="attachment_3249" align="alignleft" width="278"]...
MTR Residents are not the only ones with a stack of books to read. MTR Staff are constant readers too and have offered up their current reading. There will be a reoccurring blog post with the latest readings and takeaways, hopefully a few of them...
Author: Jessica Johnson | MTR Coach and Director of Development Caitlyn Kennedy, Melrose High School English teacher and MTR Graduate, created a seating chart like the one above to keep track of where everyone is sitting and—without opening her computer or taking out a pen—to make adjustments...