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Perfection of The Life, the…
3.01.10 by Neema Avashia (BTR Graduate) , John W. McCormack Middle School
The intellect of man is forced to choose/perfection of the life, or of the work/And if it take the second must refuse/A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark. –Yeats Over February break, I read this amazing book by Abraham Verghese called Cutting for Stone. … [more]
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Meet me Halfway
2.03.10 by Jon-Mychal Bowman (BTR Graduate)
This week marks the beginning of the third quarter of school year. As I sit at my desk next to a pile of graded notebooks, I can look back at the past five months and trace the enthusiasm and freshness that began in the… [more]
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A Moving Target
1.27.10 by Kellyanne Mahoney (BTR Graduate)
It is embarrassing to admit that last weekend was the first time I picked up a newspaper in possibly over a year. This is embarrassing mostly because I had once been the staunchest advocate for print newspapers, beginning when I sat with tiny ink-smeared… [more]
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A Good Enough Teacher
1.22.10 by Adina Schecter (BTR Mentor) , Charlestown High School
I currently teach in a multi-age, multi-level alternative high school program, but my first step in a classroom (as an adult) was seven years ago in a fifth- and sixth-grade classroom in Cambridge. My mentor teacher worried about her students all the time. She… [more]
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A Year’s Growth
1.18.10 by Jesse Solomon (BTR Staff)
When Residents begin their year in BTR, we ask them all to focus on one core goal: helping each student in each of their classes make at least one year’s worth of academic progress in the year. We do this because what matters most… [more]
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What Teaching In Boston Means
1.14.10 by José Valenzuela (BTR Graduate) , New Mission High School
On January 12, 2010, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck Haiti, its effects centered in Port-au-Prince. On January 13, 2010, I went into work. TechBoston Lower Academy school has an overwhelming Haitian-American population (98% of the students in Sheltered English Instruction classes… [more]
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Discovering Myself (again!)…
1.10.10 by Sonya Crocker (Resident) , Charlestown High School
Discovering my “teacher identity” has been a major challenge in my residency year so far. I know who I am by myself, around my friends and family, working with professors and bosses—but who am I with my students? And in front of a whole… [more]
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Honor
12.08.09 by Kellyanne Mahoney (BTR Graduate)
Thud! Thud! Thud! Namir was pounding vociferously on his desk. Soon about a dozen other students were imitating him in a thunderous cacophony. This is not the beginning of some teacher’s nightmare, but rather the opposite. The Honorable Judge Namir, or so I have… [more]
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Tell Me What You Want…
12.06.09 by Jon-Mychal Bowman (BTR Graduate)
...What You Really, Really Want.” The Spice Girls were pioneers in professional development. I just never realized it until a few weeks ago. Targeted questioning is not just a good teaching practice. It’s a good life practice. Take for example two scenarios from outside… [more]
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Shoutout to the Superfriends
11.23.09 by Neema Avashia (BTR Graduate) , John W. McCormack Middle School
I grew up in a house with two doctors—my dad, and my sister. Dinner table conversation frequently, if not always, revolved around healthcare. Social gatherings were much the same. And I was often annoyed about the fact that no one talked about anything other… [more]
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Upcoming Events
03.16.10BTR Info Session
BTR/Boston Plan for Excellence
03.19.10Make A Difference Happy Hour
The Savant Project in Mission Hill
03.23.10BTR Info Session
BTR/Boston Plan for Excellence
Boston Teacher Residency invites aspiring educators to come out to the Make A Difference Happy Hour on Friday, March 19th at the Savant Project in Mission Hill! Check out the event page for details and RSVP.
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Boston Teacher Residency Kudos to Lorna Roy, BTR grad and ESL/Math teacher at Newcomers Academy, where a number of Haitian students have enrolled after seeking refuge in Boston since the earthquake. Lorna serves as the student interpreter in this recent Newscenter 5 Boston story: http://tinyurl.com/lornaroy
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Boston Teacher Residency is recruiting in New York! Aspiring educators in NYC are welcome to drop by "office hours" to meet with a recruiter at the Starbucks on E66th and 3rd near Hunter College from 3-5pm, Thursday, 3/4
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Boston Teacher Residency Selection Day invitations to Finalists will be emailed today! Thank you to all the talented candidates who applied for Regular Admissions.
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