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...
MTR would like to congratulate 2012 Graduate Hanna Willroth on being placed at Cornerstone Preparatory School in Binghampton. Regarding her new job, Hanna says, "I am not sure what grade I will be teaching yet, either K, 1, 2, or 3. I am so excited to...
Regardless of my job title, I am a teacher. At my very core, God made me a teacher.I can officially say that I am entering my 20th year as an educator. Like any teacherwho works to be highly effective for students, I spend time at...
The use of student assessment data and relevant background information to inform decisions related to planning and implementing instructional strategies. Highly effective teachers constantly monitor their progress and the progress of their students, "adjusting course in light of changing realities around them". Teachers use a...
MTR would like to congratulate 2012 Resident Ben Rollins on being placed at Melrose High School. Regarding his new job, Ben says, "I will be teaching mathematics at Melrose High School. I am very excited to work at a school that has so much community...
"Relational capacity" is the level of trust and safety between student and teacher. The influence a teacher has on their students is directly related to the degree of relational capacity. The teacher's opinions, beliefs, and directives will carry more weight if the student feels safe...
MTR would like to congratulate 2012 MTR Graduate Calli Rollins on being successfully placed at Cornerstone Preparatory School in Binghampton. Regarding her new job, Calli says, "I teach because I believe a good education can empower students to create and fulfill lifelong dreams. These...
MTR 2013 Residents visit Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Sun Studio....
Our students come to us with significant gaps in skill and content and, as a teacher, it is our responsibility to find and seal the cracks that exist. We will seal the cracks through rigorous and well scaffolded instruction that addresses the gaps and sets...
MTR would like to congratulate 2012 MTR Graduate Cherise Bell on being successfully placed at Kingsbury High School. Regarding her new job, Cherise says, "I will be teaching at Kingsbury High in the fall and I am very excited about it. I've been attending La...