Prospective and current MAT@USC students had the special opportunity to meet Dean Karen Symms Gallagher and Professor Pat Gallagher as well as fellow students in an informal breakfast in New York City on January 6th. Below is a recap of the event from MAT@USC blogger, Cathy Cassar:
This morning I attended a breakfast in Manhattan with Dean Gallagher, Professor Gallagher, …
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Cathy Cassar
I live in Guilford, Connecticut. I graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1993 with a BA in political science and French. I then went on to become a marketing copywriter for apparel (like Elaine from Seinfeld). For the past ten years I’ve been having kids (two girls, ten and eight; and one three-year-old boy). I am happy to have selected the MAT@USC because the course content is so fascinating. I have learned so much in my first few months. I am more eager than ever to get started teaching in New Haven, Connecticut. I hope my posts give you some insight. Tell me what you think.
Posts by Cathy Cassar
Breakfast with Dean Karen Symms Gallagher in New York City
Advice for New Students Beginning The Framing Experience
As I was sitting here preparing for my Praxis II exam, I realized that it was about this time last year that I was preparing to begin my first MAT@USC course, The Framing Experience. Every course that I’ve taken has been exceptional, but The Framing Experience stands out as my favorite.
It’s a fast and furious course. If I recall correctly, …
What does it mean to be a teacher?
What does it mean to be a teacher? I suppose it didn’t occur to me to ask this question when I made my decision to embark upon my journey to become a teacher because I didn’t perceive teaching as a very philosophical endeavor. I thought that teaching English would be about 1) passing on knowledge about literature, 2) correcting essays and …
Round two…and three…
You can find part one of this entry, here.
Last post I described the first lesson I taught from my three-lesson unit about friendship. For the second and third lessons, I wanted to engage my class in a discussion about the friendship between two characters in The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. I picked this book for a few reasons. One …
Lesson Accomplished!
Hi. It’s been awhile—those Rossier folks keep us MATers pretty busy learning. Since my last post, I finished the one assignment I’ve been most nervous about…my first lesson plan implementation.
First, why was I nervous? I’m not an unsocial person. I enjoy talking with others. I like kids. I’ve spoken in front of large groups. What was up? I think I …
