Author: Christy McFarland | MTR Pre-Residency Director | christy@memphistr.org The MTR Application season opened a few days ago and our Pre-Residency team quickly shifted into recruiting and selection gears. As we review applications and conduct interviews, there are occasional missteps by applicants that can easily be avoided...
A story of encouragement for first year teachers. Written by Danielle Shelley, MTR Recruiter; wife to Josh Shelley (MTR, '12), mother of Harvey and Verity It was about this time last year that I started feeling guilty about my job as a recruiter for MTR. I was...
Author: Lauren Farris | MTR Camp Staff '14| Calvin College '15 This original post and other brilliant musings from Lauren can be found on her blog: laurenestellfarris.wordpress.com Memphis worked it’s way into my blood this summer. I don’t know if this is a by-product of the absurd Mississippi Delta humidity...
I am finishing up reading through The Gospel of John. Late last week I read John 20:11-18 (see below) and the story of when Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene after his crucifixion. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to...
Students who participated in after-school reading coaching with our team of over 80 wonderful volunteers learned on average 383 sight words since August! For many of our students who started the year far below grade level in reading, this is a HUGE difference in their...
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...
As a young man with most of my life ahead of me, I decided early to give my life to something eternal and absolute. Not to these little gods that are here today and gone tomorrow. But to God who is the same yesterday, today...
[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...