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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Student Spotlight: Golden Thrower | Huangshan City, China
My name is Golden Thrower, MBA, MPA, and I am a student in the MAT@USC TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). I recently moved to Huangshan City, China from California for a once-in-a-lifetime journey as an ESL teacher.
In the United States, I taught adults in professional studies, particularly law, and now I teach English as a Second Language …
Lessons from the End of a Semester in MAT@USC TESOL
by Shannon Riley
The beauty of the online MAT@USC TESOL program is the ability to take what we are learning online, translate it into practice in the classroom, and reflect on it with our professors and classmates. We get to explore what’s challenging us in our classes, and gain input from classmates and professors from around the globe. And yes, we …
California Charter Schools Association Conference
Thousands of charter school teachers and administrators gathered in the shadow of the California Statehouse in Sacramento last week to learn, connect and draw attention to a movement that now includes 982 schools in California which are educating 412,000 students. In the words of one of my USC colleagues: That’s a lot!
USC’s Rossier School of Education attended the California Charter …
Thank a Teacher Thursday: Gifted & Talented Edition
It’s always Teacher Appreciation Day here on Thursdays and today we’ve decided to feature a group of educators who are most notable for their efforts in teaching to gifted and talented students! We’ll continue to spotlight a handful of individuals for Thank a Teacher Thursdays (#ThankaTeacher), who not only make a contribution to the classroom, but to the greater online …
Why I Want to Become a Teacher
by Jamie Lomazzi
One of the primary reasons I want to teach is to empower young people. I first realized my potential for doing this as head coach of a local all-girls synchronized swimming team. Observing the way in which many of the middle school and high school girls were able to develop significantly greater self-confidence by the end of …
