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...
Last week, several MTR Staff and Teachers attended the Literacy Summit presented by Literacy Mid-South in conjunction with the Mid-South Book Festival. The purpose of the summit was to bring together “nonprofit and government agencies, community advocates, volunteers and adult learners to network, develop new...
Loren Roth worked in Memphis for seven weeks as an MTR Camp Summer Intern - Math Teacher. MTR Camp is designed to provide academic enrichment within a summer camp experience for elementary students who live within MTR partner neighborhoods, while exposing interns to urban education and the...
The MTR Residency Class of 2017 Application Season opens today, September 1! Tory Lang shares her journey to Memphis in the blog post below. Tory interned at MTR Camp in 2014, graduated from Duke University in May 2014, and began Memphis Teacher Residency in June 2015. The...
Cornerstone Prep - Denver Campus opened doors for their first students on Monday, August 10. Cornerstone Prep, an MTR partner school since Cornerstone Prep - Lester Campus opened in 2012, expanded from the Binghampton neighborhood to Denver Elementary School in the Frayser neighborhood for the 2015-2016 academic year....