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August 2, 2016
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Encouragement, MTR Camp

Reflections From MTR Camp: Kids and Hope

Allison Mollenkamp served at MTR Camp as a Reading Teacher at Kingsbury Elementary. She gave this reflection at the MTR Camp Closing Dinner: "When I was seven years old and in the second grade, I fell in love for the first time. With theatre that...

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June 7, 2016
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Christian Community Education, Encouragement, In the Community, Memphis, Residents

Making Memphis Home

MTR Resident Olivia Besel, Class of 2017, shares her experience of making Memphis home: living in community with other residents, finding a church home, learning a new city...

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May 26, 2016
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Christian Community Education, Encouragement, Graduates, Residents

Who Do You Play For?

On Friday, May 20, the MTR Class of 2016 celebrated their Union University graduation and completion of the Residency Year at the MTR Victory Party. Family and friends flooded in from across the nation to support and celebrate the accomplishments and commitment of the 2016s....

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May 6, 2016
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Christian Community Education, Encouragement, Graduates

Ultimate Victory Party Address

Well, we have made it. We are a few steps away from the finish line of our final year in the Memphis Teacher Residency. I for one am going about my days with surreal tint. There are several good reasons to have a gathering like...

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April 13, 2016
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Christian Community Education, Memphis, MTR Staff, Urban Ed

An Open Letter To Robin

Robin Henderson, Director of MTR, concluded her seven year career at the Memphis Teacher Residency in March. As the MTR family prepares to celebrate her this weekend at the MTR Spring Formal, the time is right to share an open letter to her written by MTR...

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Alexandra van Milligen teaching at KIPP Collegiate High School
March 25, 2016
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Classic Literature in a Contemporary Classroom

How can we engage our students in literature that, to them, seems out-dated and culturally irrelevant? In a world where “fun” and “passive entertainment” are synonymous, how can a novel...

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Caitlyn Kennedy training with the Memphis Teacher Residency.
February 26, 2016
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Christian Community Education, Graduates, In the Classroom

Making the Most of Make-Up Work Days

Author: Jessica Johnson | MTR Instructional Coach Many teachers have periodic or ad hoc days devoted to students’ making up work that they didn’t complete on schedule or revising work that didn’t exhibit mastery. These days are designed to foster student learning and improve students’ grades....

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February 5, 2016
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MTR Talk: Building Community Through Physical Space

Brooke DeBoard is an MTR graduate from the Class of 2015. She taught her residency year at Cherokee Elementary School and is now a Kindergarten teacher at Cornerstone Prep School, Denver campus in the Frayser community. She was a recent guest speaker at MTR Talk and...

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January 21, 2016
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Christian Community Education, Encouragement, In the Classroom

The Task at Hand

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...

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December 4, 2015
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Mentor Gratitude

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...

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Restored communities living with dignity and in peace.
The vision of MTR is to use our specific work within education, in partnership with other holistic organizations, to help restore communities so that all individuals can become empowered contributors to our city and people of all races and classes can engage with one another in peace.


Mission

Christian love expressed in equal education.
As a response to the gospel mandate to love our neighbors as ourselves, MTR will partner to provide students in Memphis neighborhoods with the same, or better, quality of education as is available to any student in Memphis by recruiting, training and supporting effective teachers within a Christian context.

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    TOPIC Tony Campolo shared on a variety of topics specific to faith and education. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Tony Campolo is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University. For 40 years he...
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