Shortly after earning my bachelor’s, I felt a tremendous urgency to join the fight against the achievement gap by becoming this battle’s strongest soldier: a teacher. I stepped into the inner-city Detroit classroom that I would call home for my first year of teaching as a Teach for America corps member. I came to appreciate the notion that the quality …
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Developing Classroom Strategies
Thinking Man. May 26, 2007 By: tshein, Flickr via Creative CommonsI’ve never taught in a classroom before. I’ve given presentations at middle schools and high schools in previous jobs, but I’ve never actually taught a lesson plan. Leading up to beginning the MAT@USC program in September the #1 thing I think about is developing classroom strategies to make my students’ …
Have Questions? Need Help? Want Someone to Talk To? Student Ambassadors Are Here!
This summer, in an effort to promote social connectivity and provide additional support, MAT@USC launched a new Student Ambassador Program for the online community. Student ambassadors will connect with prospective students and current students to help foster our growing community of educators, learners, and leaders.
For prospective students, student ambassadors will work to answer questions about the program and offer …
I Thought That Kid Hated Me
Love letter circa 2003. April 16, 2007 By: staralee, Flickr via Creative CommonsIn teaching, just like in life, there are some people you don’t get along with. I find that with teaching middle school, there are at least two or three kids a year that I look at and think, “It’s going to be a long year.” Don’t misjudge me, …
From Chalk Dust to SMART Boards
student ipad 014. September 15, 2010 By: flickingerbrad, Flickr via Creative CommonsWhen you reminisce about “those glorious days of old,” as my high school song calls our four years in high school, do you remember the chalk dust floating in the air and glinting when the fluorescent lights met the sunlight just right? Do you remember when teachers always had …
Frequent Low- and No- Stakes Tests Improve Learning and Retention
Taking a Test. November 7, 2009 By: peruisay, Flickr via Creative CommonsWhen a student studies and then attempts to retrieve information on infrequent high-stakes tests, it is assumed that learning takes place during the studying and that assessment takes place during the testing. However, the results of research reported in the May 2011 Journal of Educational Psychology, challenge the effectiveness …
