Stephen Yang
Stephen is a first year graduate of the program and teaches English Language Arts at the Washington Irving Middle School. He completed his residency at Charlestown High School. Prior to joining BTR, Stephen worked with at-risk youth in South Boston and Manila, Philippines. He also taught and conducted nonviolence and reconciliation trainings in his native state of Rhode Island. His experiences at home and abroad led him to realize that economic status and ethnicity do not predetermine a student’s capacity for success.
As a firm believer in public education, Stephen seeks to prepare all young people to be literate, college and industry ready, community leaders.
Inspiration to teach:
Young people. Seeing them inspired is inspiring. We aren’t preparing workers, we’re preparing leaders. Teaching is a vocation of humanity.
About BTR:
This program and its staff keeps your head above water, plugs you into a strong support network, and makes sure you’re prepared for the classroom.
Favorite Thing in the World To Do:
Develop relationships.
Random thought:
“When the going gets tough, the tough gets going!” -Joan W. Donaldson
Recently by Stephen
RSS Feed7.05.11 - A Tribute to Julie Sloan
The E/la residents of Cohort 8 would like to pay tribute to Julie Sloan, our content methods instructor for the 2010-11 academic year. We have benefited tremendously from Julie’s guidance through our E/la content methods course. This course has, unarguably, been the most rigorous,… [more]
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6.20.11 - Willing to Able
Charlestown High School wrapped up its last day of administering finals today. Students meandered in and out of rooms to socialize and say goodbye. Teachers began organizing their papers and visuals in preparation for next year. News of Cohort 8 residents receiving and accepting… [more]
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3.25.11 - Thus, I Ask
In my darkest hour of self-pity
I ask myself why
My focus is on content
While my students still fight
“Don’t romanticize, son!”
Most students do say,
“You gotta get yours”
I think: there are, other ways.
For… [more]
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3.02.11 - It’s Working!
Please read the following unaltered first draft of an opinion editorial written by one of my 11th grade students. The student received feedback on only one paragraph prior to submission. Reprinted with permission from the author.
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As the city of Boston’s… [more]
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1.27.11 - High Need
When speaking about education in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama remarked on the need to “prepare 100,000 new teachers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math” in order to create a more “innovative” and “competitive”… [more]
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