MTR would like to congratulate Kamie Dilley on being placed at Hanley Elementary. Regarding her new job Kamie says, "I will be teaching Reading at Hanley Elementary this upcoming school year. I am so excited to be apart of the Orange Mound community and the...
“What is the relationship between poverty and the central theme of our novel? I am going to give you twenty seconds to really think about this one. It’s going to require deeper thinking, so in twenty seconds I will start taking volunteers.” Notes are flipped,...
MTR would like to congratulate Tom Sesto on being placed at Soulsville Charter School. Regarding his new job, Tom says, "I will be teaching middle school students math at The Soulsville Charter School. I am most excited about meeting my first class of students this...
Thanks to all the residents who came out to the Redbirds game!...
MTR would like to congratulate Kevin Mattice on being placed at Melrose High School. Regarding his new job, Kevin says, "Teaching math and coaching football at a school with a tradition as rich as Melrose High ...
MTR would like to congratulate Julie Vryhof on being placed at Cornerstone Preparatory School. Regarding her new job, Julie says, "I am excited to work at a school where high expectations for students and staff produce academic success. I am blessed to be in an...
Ms. Cornwell has a responsibility to teach her students the correct answer, not the “almost” answer or the “not quite, but close enough” answer. Her high expectations are evident throughout the 4th grade Math classroom as seen in: answers that are in complete sentences, subject-verb...
MTR woud like to congratulate 2012 graduate Hayley Penuel on being placed at Kingsbury Middle School. Regarding her new job, Hayley said, "The diversity of the Kingsbury community is rather unique within Memphis City Schools. It delights me as an educator to have so many...
MTR would like to congratulate Tara Smith on being placed at Kingsbury Middle School. Regarding her new job, Tara says, "I am most excited about preparing students to be successful in high school and college!" Check out Tara's video below to see why she chose the...
Teaching is challenging, rewarding, exhilarating, and most of all, exhausting. Great teachers are constantly thinking of ways to improve, reaching that one student, and making chemical equations relevant while simultaneously smiling, giving grace, apologizing, forgiving, and holding a firm line. There is a temptation for great...