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....
Author: Emma Mansberg | MTR Volunteer | St. Mary's Episcopal School c/o 2017 Nelson Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This ideal is at the heart of both Generation Watches and Memphis Teacher Residency, and MTR...
The MTR Class of 2015 celebrated their graduation with a Master of Urban Education at the annual MTR Victory Party on Friday, May 15. Christy Anderson, graduating resident of the Class of 2015, shared the address below. Good afternoon, Class of 2015. Here we are. At the...
Author: Hayley Moore | MTR 2012 | English Teacher at Kingsbury Middle School Last week I attended my cohort’s Ultimate Victory Party. This is a celebration of fulfilling our four year commitment to MTR. My friend Rebecca spoke that evening of how deeply we have all learned...
New MTR Residents and MTR Camp interns are preparing now for their journey into urban education in Memphis. Ayanna McFarland shares her reflections below regarding her evolving relationship with MTR, which began in 2011 when an MTR resident was placed in her classroom at Whitehaven High School. Ayanna would eventually...
Author: David Montague | MTR President Below is a portion of what David shared at the MTR Spring Selection Weekend dinner last Friday. He uses elements of Jesus' first resurrection appearance to Mary Magdalene (John 20) and connects it to the work of urban education. Be encouraged this Easter weekend. He...