Olivia Besel is an MTR resident and expected to graduate with the Class of 2017. She is teaching 5th grade at KIPP Memphis Academy Middle. We are thankful that Olivia is at MTR and we hope that this blog will serve as an encouragement to...
An MTR teacher shared this email with his team this week. Hopefully all teachers can find encouragement in it. The first week back at school does not always go as planned: "I know how frustrating today was. I left disappointed, frustrated and discouraged...
Allison Mollenkamp served at MTR Camp as a Reading Teacher at Kingsbury Elementary. She gave this reflection at the MTR Camp Closing Dinner: "When I was seven years old and in the second grade, I fell in love for the first time. With theatre that...
MTR Resident Olivia Besel, Class of 2017, shares her experience of making Memphis home: living in community with other residents, finding a church home, learning a new city...
On Friday, May 20, the MTR Class of 2016 celebrated their Union University graduation and completion of the Residency Year at the MTR Victory Party. Family and friends flooded in from across the nation to support and celebrate the accomplishments and commitment of the 2016s....
Well, we have made it. We are a few steps away from the finish line of our final year in the Memphis Teacher Residency. I for one am going about my days with surreal tint. There are several good reasons to have a gathering like...
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...